Paterno family 'encouraged' by lawsuit vs. NCAA STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Joe Paterno's family says it's encouraged by word that Pennsylvania's governor is filing a federal lawsuit against the NCAA over its sanctions against Penn State. [News Source]

Lawsuit alleges wrongful death, excessive force caused by two Alabaster police officers ALABASTER, Alabama -- The City of Alabaster and two police officers are the target of a lawsuit filed on behalf of a woman who claims her husband died from excessive force used by the cops who responded to a... [News Source]

Convicted killer's wife files for sanctions The wife of a man convicted of killing a rural Kansas woman is asking for compensation after her name was dropped from a wrongful death lawsuit. [News Source]

Convicted killer's wife files for sanctions The wife of a man convicted of killing a rural Kansas woman is asking for compensation after her name was dropped from a wrongful death lawsuit. [News Source]

MTA exec claims she was maltreated for being a lesbian: lawsuit A pioneering female executive at the MTA has filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming she was mistreated for being a lesbian. Sherry Herrington - the first female operations chief at the Metro-North Railroad - claims she was singled out and reprimanded simply for recommending her live-in-companion for a railroad job. [News Source]

Social Media Can Become Your Worst Enemy Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media websites have rapidly become a means for millions of users to chat, email, and connect. Although these social networking sites can be wonderful tools to reconnect with distant loved ones, find old friends and make new ones, and make business connections, they are also the easiest means for disclosing one’s entire life online. While this may ... [News Source]

Times Square hotel employees fended off horndog bosses: lawsuit They say they were fired from a horndog hotel for rebuffing its sexual hijinks. Four ex-employees of Hotel Edison are suing the Times Square establishment and two of its managers for sexual harassment and age discrimination. [News Source]