Judge dismisses $30 million lawsuit against MySpace (Houston Chronicle) A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the social networking Web site MySpace filed by the family of a 13-year-old Austin girl who says she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old man she met online. [News Source]

Settlement in lawsuit says urban journalism programs won’t consider race (WHBF-TV Quad Cities) RICHMOND, Va. Race won't be a factor when some two dozen urban journalism programs decide who to admit. That's among the terms of a settlement being accepted by the programs' sponsors and other parties to a lawsuit. [News Source]

Microsoft Reaches Settlement In Iowa Lawsuit (ChannelWeb) Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit in Microsoft said Wednesday it agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit in Iowa that accused the world's largest software maker of overcharging consumers in the state. [News Source]

$30M Lawsuit Against MySpace Dismissed (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the social networking Web site MySpace filed by the family of a 13-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old man she met online. [News Source]

Lawsuit says government discriminates in housing (Northern Virginia Times Community) Claims of exclusionary zoning and violations to the federal Fair Housing Act are the focus of a Fauquier developer's lawsuit against Culpeper's Board of Supervisors - and the outcome of these allegations could change how local governments make certain land-use decisions in Virginia. [News Source]

Court Dismisses Teen’s Lawsuit Against MySpace (Fox News) News Corp.'s MySpace said Wednesday a federal court dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed by the family of a teenage girl who was a victim of an adult sex predator she met on the popular Internet social network. [News Source]

Lawsuit deal says urban journalism programs to be race blind (Fox 6 News San Diego) including California -- under settlement of a lawsuit filed for a white high school student who was rejected. [News Source]

Lawsuit deal says urban journalism programs to be race blind (KESQ) RICHMOND, Va. Race will not be used as a criteria for enrollment in more than two dozen urban journalism programs nationwide -- including California -- under settlement of a lawsuit filed for a white high school student who was rejected. [News Source]

Settlement reached in Microsoft lawsuit (USA Today) Microsoft on Wednesday settled a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of Iowans who bought the company's programs between 1994 and 2006. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. [News Source]

Rep. Waxman Warns Novartis on Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A U.S. congressman critical of rising drug costs on Wednesday urged Swiss pharmaceuticals maker Novartis AG to reconsider its patent lawsuit against the Indian government, saying it could chill the supply of affordable drugs in developing nations. [News Source]