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British rock band Led Zeppelin on Monday effectively won a long-running legal battle over claims it stole the opening guitar riff from its signature 1971 song “Stairway to Heaven.” The band, one of the best-selling rock acts of all time, was handed victory after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the case, meaning that a March 2020 decision by a U.S. appeals court in Led Zeppelin’s favor will stand. Lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page had been accused in the six-year-long case of lifting the riff — one of the best-known openings in rock music —...

An undercover video recorded by the non-profit organization, Center for Medical Progress, shows Planned Parenthood Federation Senior Director of Medical Services, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, discussing their fetal parts business. VIDEO ON LINK Nucatola is seen in the video having lunch with actors posing as buyers who are interested in purchasing the body parts of babies who have been aborted. The Planned Parenthood senior staffer notes how abortion procedures are modified to ensure that requested body parts can be collected. She says: “We’ve been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I’m not gonna crush that...

Trick or Treat: Obamas Expect 2,000 Children at White House for Halloween [See Pic in URL of Michelle Obama] President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, invited more than 2,000 children to the White House on Saturday night for a Halloween party. 31 Oct 2009 Barack and Michelle Obama greet trick or treaters at the North Portico of the White House as they celebrate Halloween Photo: AFP/Getty The children, from Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia, were to do their trick-or-treating on the most famous front porch in America, the North Portico. Later, in the East Room, the first couple were...