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...court has taken up the plight of the young, recognizing in an unusual and potentially groundbreaking decision a new civil right to be green. Earlier this year, the supreme court of New Jersey unanimously ruled that Michael Sisler, 31, can proceed with an age-discrimination suit against Bergen Commercial Bank in Paramus, N.J. The case will go to trial in the near future, but it began in 1993, when Sisler was an employee at New Era, a local bank his grandfather had founded. As Sisler tells the story in court papers, chairman Anthony Bruno of Bergen Commercial, a larger financial...
Cuba vs. America: Fidel Castro filed a $181 billion suit charging the U.S. with "bloody acts" against Cuba, including CIA attempts to poison his milk shakes...
Cuban American vs. Cuba: Ana Margarita Martinez filed a sexual-violation suit against Cuba, saying she was deceived into marrying a Cuban spy who vanished...
TRAIN YOUR BRAIN Now that bathing-suit season is almost over, you can ease up on the stomach crunches and focus on a decidedly more important part of your anatomy, your brain. Mind Gym, from Simon & Schuster Interactive ($30), aims to boost your mental agility with a series of fun, silly games. Begin by answering a few odd questions: Could a trout be mayor? Would you read a book called, 10 Steps to Health, Wealth and Happiness? If you answered no to both, you may not be very open to new ideas, scolds the CD-ROM's sarcastic, British-accented...
Meanwhile, a similar suit has been brought against First USA, the No. 1 credit-card issuer with 45 million accounts, for deliberately "delaying posting of customer payments in order to charge late fees and penalty interest"--an allegation the company denies. First USA's alleged trick was to mark statements as arriving on time only if they were received by 8 a.m. of the due date. The company has since changed that time--to 10 a.m. In San Francisco, Providian Financial faces lawsuits for allegedly billing customers for services they didn't want, like credit insurance. Providian says the charges...