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...Urlesque managing editor Kelly Reeves says they took their cue from commentators who were tired of feline humor and cooked up the online holiday as a way to provide relief. They've gotten some big-name websites on board, including NPR, Best Week Ever and PetSugar. But Reeves says Urlesque's ban has also awoken a vocal feline-defense movement. The Web's leading distributor of cat humor, ICanHazCheeseburger, even made a video to rally defenders to the feline cause...
...rare safe haven, begins to lose much of its structural integrity. Despite the film’s grim tone, the storyline isn’t all danger and darkness. After a two-year absence, Quidditch is back, and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) joins the Gryffindor team as Keeper. Comic relief comes in the form of new characters, most notably Ron’s annoyingly perky girlfriend Lavender Brown (Jessie Caves) and the arrogant Cormac McLaggen (Freddie Stroma), who compulsively chases after Hermione Granger (Emma Watson). Both in and out of the classroom, the Potter characters learn to brew love potions...
...Suing a government entity isn't easy, though. The process involves filing an administrative claim for relief, which, if rejected by the SEC, would allow the suit to be fought in federal district court. When a court decision is rendered, the appeal process often drags out for many years. (Read a Q&A with Bernie Madoff's mistress...
...difficult to find a justification to treat Madoff's victims different than the victims of the Worldcom fraud or Enron," says Chris Clark, a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. "I don't mean to sound unsympathetic, but it's difficult for me to imagine that Congress would legislate relief for one group of aggrieved investors when people lost billions of dollars in Lehman Brothers. Are they going to pass a statute that says you get your money back if you lost it at Lehman...
...swim in a burqini - a one-piece that resembles a wet suit - in a public pool that denied her entrance. Given that, it's little wonder that the approval - or disinterest - that the French public has shown the Zakia Halal ads has been a source of contentment and relief to many French Muslims. (Read "Halal: Buying Muslim...