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If you are in the business of thinking up new products or processes, or even if you are just a back-yard tinkerer, consider obtaining patent protection for your inventions.What a Patent Is - And Is NotA patent is a form of protection for...

You've heard the "buzz" about identity theft, but what exactly is identity theft? According to Wikipedia, identity theft (or identity fraud) is the deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to...

Today• Don't panic - best decisions are made with a cool, calm head• Sit down, relax, and read the divorce papers several times.• Don't call your spouse in anger - no contact is best for now.• Read up on divorce -...

For years, Merck has been under scrutiny for a number of drugs, most recently Vioxx. The recall of Vioxx has shares down by more than 40 percent and facing hundreds of lawsuits that could cost them billions of dollars.

Often when a person is involved in a personal injury accident they will find themselves unable to work and slowly running out of funds. Although at some point the person may receive an insurance settlement that will ultimately compensate them for...

A vast majority of people take out student loans to pay for higher education. The Supreme Court has decided to make social security benefits a means of repaying them.

This article is about people who are addicted to illegal drugs, not people who become addicted to prescription drugs that were originaly prescribed by a licensed physician for a legitimate reason.

I am and always have been the pro death penalty, however, even though I am pro death penalty, I probably would not be willing to pull the switch or push the button. I do not think that this makes me a hypocrit. Please bear with me while I explain.

Adjourn for more than 3 days - Under the Constitution, neither chamber may adjourn for more than three days without the approval of the other. Such approval is obtained in a concurrent resolution approved by both chambers.

Even the most cynical of us would agree that occasionally accidents do happen. However, more often than not, an 'accident' isn't really an 'accident' at all and a certain level of fault for the accident has to be placed...