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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement that he is hoping that the $50 million donation he is making to the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety will help further the campaign for gun violence prevention, The Christian Science Monitor said.

A bankruptcy lawyer said that the judge who has handled General Motors CO's 2009 Chapter 11 case will need to determine whether the automaker was aware of the defects in its small cars prior to filing for bankruptcy before deeming that the "new" GM is liable to the 37 lawsuits filed against the company regarding the vehicle recall.

US Court of Appeals had refused to overturn a district court ruling against secure mail service provider Lavabit as it had deemed that the new arguments presented by Ladar Levison's company were not raised in the original case, ZDNet said.