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Label of gay is no longer defamatory, court rules Associated Press: A New York appeals court ruled it is no longer slander in that state to falsely say someone is gay. This ruling “doesn’t mean this is the universal view of the country,” said School of Law Professor Jonathan Entin. “The…

Best undergrad B-schools by specialty 2012 Bloomberg Businessweek: Weatherhead School of Management’s finance program ranked No. 1 in the nation in Businessweek’s latest ranking of undergraduate specialty subjects, calling it an “obvious choice” for students interested in finance.

War crimes Australian Broadcasting Corp.: Michael Scharf, the John Deaver Drinko - Baker & Hostetler Professor of Law, joined Overnights to discuss questions surrounding war crimes, such as how international law deals with war crimes, what countries are liable to prosecution and how successful…

New lab turns SD gold town into scientific hub Associated Press: A gold boom town in South Dakota houses a laboratory in which they hope to detect dark matter, which would answer questions about life, its origins and the universe. “It’s this huge piece of the puzzle that’s just missing for us,”…

Cutting census funding will hurt small business Bloomberg Businessweek: The House of Representatives recently voted to eliminate the annual American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau. Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, believes the Senate will…

Is Washington, D.C., really the environment’s savior? The Atlantic: In a guest post, School of Law Professor Jonathan Adler writes about his “free-market environmentalism” views and why he believes federal regulation is not the answer to environmental issues.

Ohio’s health insurance exchange ideastream: Federal officials have set Nov. 16 as the deadline for states to submit their “blueprints” for how a health insurance exchange would work in their states, but Ohio has yet to take any action. J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix/Medical Mutual of Ohio…

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County collaborate on curbing plastic bags The Plain Dealer: Cleveland and Cuyahoga County are working together to get rid of plastic grocery bags. Graduate student Nicole Mendelsohn wrote a paper for a class arguing that it makes economic sense for grocery stores to stop…

Letting ourselves get old? Psychology Today: Kathryn Betts Adams, associate professor of social work, blogs about whether individuals are apologetic about looking, feeling or even just being “old.”

Cleveland Heights startup part of $200 million gigabit broadband effort Crain’s Cleveland Business: Case Western Reserve University is one of 30 research universities across the country participating in Gig.U, an initiative that aims to provide ultra-high-speed networks to urban communities. The…