The Associated Press quoted one of the complainants, Nancy Tarsitano Drake, who said that the city of Evansville violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by allowing a church-sponsored public art installation of 31 plastic crosses.
Bloomberg said that Ji Wenlin would be the latest government official under investigation by the Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in relation to the broader probe launched on former senior member Zhou Yongkang of the mainland's Politburo Standing Committee.
Typo Products LLC, the company founded by "American Idol" television host Ryan Seacrest, claimed in a San Francisco federal court that BlackBerry Ltd's patent claim to the former's iPhone accessory was invalid as the Canadian firm failed to adhere to requirements needed for patentability.
US District Judge Jane J. Boyle sided with hotel and online travel agencies named in the lawsuit and dismissed the claims made by plaintiffs on allegations that hotels and online travel agencies conspired to increase hotel room prices.
