Did Kathryn Stockett use her brother’s African-American maid as the basis for a character in the bestselling novel-turned-movie “The Help?” For now, that question may go unanswered, by a court anyway. A Mississippi judge threw out a lawsuit Tuesday in which Ablene Cooper alleged Stockett used her likeness without permission in a book about relationships […]

A Nebraska woman says the economy has motivated her to create a business that is different from others. VIEW VIDEO–VIA CNN.COM

Terms were supposed to be confidential, but according to TMZ.com, Kobe Bryant and his wife paid their former maid six figures to settle her lawsuit against them out of court. As previously reported, the Los Angeles Lakers star and his wife, Vanessa, were sued by the ex-employee for wrongful discharge, invasion of privacy, emotional distress […]