The US Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a potentially landmark labor case on whether 1.5 million women employed by retail giant Wal-Mart can file a discrimination lawsuit as one unified group.Female workers at the company, which is America's largest employer, claim that over the years, they systematically received lower pay than their male counterparts…

B. E. Smith today announced the appointment of Jamie Townsend as vice president, financial performance. A seasoned healthcare executive with more than 25 years of experience in senior leadership and consulting roles, Townsend will assume her duties at B. E. Smith immediately.Lenexa, Kansas (Vocus/PRWEB) February 08, 2011 B. E. Smith today announced the appointment of…

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – Christof Innerhofer of Italy mastered a bumpy course to win the super-G at the world championships for his first major title, while Bode Miller lost a pole and finished 12th.Hannes Reichelt of Austria was second and overall World Cup leader Ivica Kostelic of Croatia was third.Defending champion Didier Cuche of Switzerland missed…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Looming U.S. rules that power utilities face on air pollution could create nearly 1.5 million jobs over the next five years, according to a report.Engineering, construction and pipefitting are some of the professions that could see a rise in jobs as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules push utilities to invest in new…

LOS ANGELES – Simon Cowell wants his new Fox talent series "The X Factor" to include controversy, vocal groups and, maybe, Paula Abdul on the judging panel."We've spoken to her, she knows I'm a big fan," Cowell said of his former fellow "American Idol" judge. "I've always said at some point we are going to…

A new look at a 95-million-year-old fossilized snake revealstwo tiny leg bones attached to the slithery creature's pelvis. Athree-dimensional reconstruction of the bones could help researchers understandhow snakes evolved to lose their legs.The fossil, found in Lebanon, is from an era when snakes hadnot yet completely lost the hind limbs leftby their lizard ancestors. A…

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Ten loud explosions that rocked Kandahar one day last week actually signaled good news on the front line of the war against the Taliban.The blasts — one every 30 minutes from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. — were from Afghan and coalition forces blowing up more than 6,000 pounds of Taliban AK-47s,…

For an Australian-born U.S. citizen, Rupert Murdoch casts an extraordinarily long shadow over Britain and its politics. As the owner of four U.K. newspapers, he already has a big part in the national conversation. And now his latest bid to take full control of BSkyB, the country's biggest pay-TV station, is giving the government a…

The operator of an alleged "scareware" scheme, using deceptive advertising to trick Internet users into buying software to fix their supposedly infected computers, will pay the U.S. Federal Trade Commission US$8.2 million to settle a complaint brought by the agency, the FTC said.Marc D'Souza and his father, Maurice D'Souza, will give up the money in…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc is already feeling pressure from the next Apple Inc iPhone and forecast a steeper than usual drop in sales this quarter as a result, sending its shares down 6.8 percent.In the roughly two weeks since Motorola's biggest customer Verizon Wireless unveiled plans to start selling an iPhone…