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Data thefts at U.S. retailers have rekindled enthusiasm in Congress for a single federal law on how customers should be notified about such breaches, but those efforts face the same roadblock as in the past: dozens of overlapping state laws already in place.

Parent company of "Comedy Central," Viacom, said in a statement that it fully supports the comedy show's brazen move to establish a parody coffee shop mimicking the iconic coffee giant's trademark store and offerings.

The office of Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto's court filings with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the state's same-sex marriage ban attempted to close future arguments that contested the controversial law.