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WASHINGTON, Nov. 02, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hausfeld, a global plaintiffs’ law firm, announced today that the judge overseeing Brown, et al. v. Transurban USA, Inc., et al., No. 15-cv-494 (E.D. Va.), the Honorable James C. Cacheris, has largely denied the Defendants’ motions to dismiss the pending class action case. The plaintiffs in the case alleges that the I-495 and I-95/I-395 HOT Lanes operator (Transurban) and its debt-collection agents (Faneuil, Inc. and Law Enforcement Systems, LLC (“LES”)) violated state and federal law by assessing and seeking to collect crippling administrative fees and penalties for allegedly missed tolls. Drivers who use...

Today is the 100th birthday of one of the greatest innovators in music history, Les Paul. Not only was Paul a popular performer, but his inclination to tinker and invent led to the development of the solid body electric guitar, multitrack recording, tape delay, phasing and a number of other innovations. Born Lester William Polsfuss in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on June 9, 1915, Paul started playing harmonica at the age of eight before learning the piano and then switching to guitar. An innovator from the beginning, Paul invented the neck-worn harmonica holder that enabled him to accompany himself on guitar at...

If you’re a Herman Cain fan, or as I’ve heard some people say a self-described Cainiac, you know it’s been a hard week for our beloved Hermanator. To make matters worse, Mr. Cain’s response to the quote-unquote “sexual harassment” charges has not been exactly cogent or consistent. With all that being said, make no mistake about it, all of us in the Herman Cain movement know a few things to be true. First, Herman Cain is still the best contrast to Obama the GOP has, and truly might be the Tea Party’s last chance to stop a Mitt Romney nomination....

Gone. Everything was Gone. After spending the past three years talking about victims of the Obama depression, I had become one. Ever so slowly I watched as the local small business owners in my small mid-western town, crushed by over-taxation and burdensome regulation, had to shutter their doors one by one. And as the local business owners began to vanish, so did the advertising dollars. It wasn’t long before our independently owned, all-American, news talk station was purchased by a large company out of Mexico City. My midday conservative talk show, Virtues and Values with Les Dowrey was replaced by...

Nov. 7, 2005 — A weekend bar brawl involving a cheerleader for the Carolina Panthers has sparked charges and questions over an apparent mistaken identity. Panther cheerleader Angela Keathley, 26, and another woman whose identity remains a mystery to police face charges for a bar brawl at Banana Joe's in Tampa, Fla., early Sunday. Police arrested Keathley and another woman who identified herself as fellow cheerleader Kristen Owen after authorities said they got into an argument in the bathroom at the bar. Police said the woman who identified herself as Owen gave the authorities the cheerleader's address. But according to...