Legal

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on Thursday announced levying some rules to make it harder for kids under 18 to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products, also making it difficult for the companies to advertise them.

Microsoft Corp. will be paying $106 million in damages to communication firm VirnetX Holding Corp. as the former violated two of VirnetX’s patents.

A 2,200-page document, which gives account of Lehman Brother’s accounting trickery, hit Wall Street on Thursday.

New York -- Four young New York men charged with criminal possession of a weapon are suing police for false arrest following an incident that started with a snowball.

New York -- Television news producer Robert "Joe" Halderman pleaded guilty in a New York court Tuesday to trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million.

East Lansing -- Two Michigan State University wide receivers will serve 18 months of probation for being involved in a fracas on campus, a judge said Monday.

Evesham -- Police in New Jersey said they charged a restaurant cook with aggravated assault for concealing a "body hair" in food prepared for an officer.

Albany -- A New York state appeals court has ordered a trial for a 44-year-old lawsuit between two companies that no longer exist.

Chicago -- A federal lawsuit filed in Chicago by a Survivor co-founder seeks to halt a current version of the band from using the name, his attorney says.

NewPortO -- A police spokesman said a 36-year-old woman was caught flossing her teeth while driving 70 mph on a motorway in Wales.