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Another week, another wiener scandal.According to Vienna Beef Chief Executive Jim Bodman, either Red Hot Chicago stole the Vienna Beef hot dog recipe, or its marketing is lying to customers.

A famous Chicago hot dog maker is steamed at a competitor.      Vienna Beef is suing the owner of a rival company called Red Hot Chicago, accusing him of either stealing Vienna's 118-year-old recipe or lying to customers by claiming that he's using it. And the rival is

WASHINGTON -- A Supreme Court decision blocking a massive sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart may have a far-reaching effect.It's expected to make it harder to mount large-scale bias claims against the nation's biggest companies.The justices all agreed that the lawsuit against Wal-Mart Store

The U.S. Justice Department is coming to the defense of Planned Parenthood of Indiana. The state's governor recently signed a law blocking federal money from going to the agency.Late Thursday, the U.S.

A congressional committee plans a hearing in South Carolina this month over a federal labor lawsuit that claims Boeing Co. moved manufacturing facilities  from Washington state to North Charleston to avoid unionized workers. The U.S.

Chicago-based GrubHub.com is being sued by a Chicago man for allegedly lying about prices on its web site.The price in question that led to the lawsuit is $1.

Chicago Public Schools is ratcheting up its response to a Chicago Teachers Unions lawsuit over recent teacher firings. CPS and the union were in appellate court today. The district is appealing a federal judge's October decision that the district improperly fired more than 700 tenured teachers.