Tuesday, September 06, 2011Last Update: 2:03 AM PT

     WASHINGTON - Comcast and NBC Universal must take additional steps to eliminate anticompetitive behavior over the next two years as they move forward with a controversial merger under the terms of final judgment just signed by a federal judge.

     WASHINGTON - Families who have waited 25 years to be compensated for the 1985 hijacking of an EgyptAir flight to Cairo will not have to wait any longer, a federal judge ruled, rejecting an attempt by Syria and other entities to stay judgment pending appeal. In a separate order, the judge entered a $10.5 million judgment for underwriters that insured the aircraft.

     ORLANDO, Fla. - NASA cannot dismiss a complaint alleging that it violated the Freedom of Information Act by withholding records Sauer Inc. had requested for his dispute with Space Gateway Systems, a federal judge ruled.

     ORLANDO, Fla. - A federal judge dismissed several patent-infringement claims that Voter Verified filed against Premier Election Solutions and Diebold over their voting systems.

     OAKLAND, Calif. - Safeway advertises its Safeway Select Kona Blend coffee "as if Kona beans are the major portion of the Kona blend," but they actually contain "only a very small portion of Kona beans," according to a federal class action.

     MINNEAPOLIS - Xcel Energy sued the IBEW Local 160, saying an arbitrator exceeded his authority by ordering that a lineman who pleaded guilty to felony possession of child pornography should be rehired.

     SHERMAN, Texas - A technician claims Community Portable X-Ray discriminated by firing her after she told it she needed surgery because she had been "severely beaten by her husband."

     MINNEAPOLIS - Blue Cross and Blue Shield and more than a dozen pension plans accuse Wells Fargo of "systematic, intentional, and unlawful conduct - including breaches of fiduciary duty, breaches of contract, and fraud - in a multi-billion dollar securities lending program."

     LOS ANGELES - Blue Shield of California breaches contract and violates the California Mental Health Parity Act by refusing to cover treatment for eating disorders, according to a class action in Superior Court.

     SAN DIEGO - A federal class action claims Boiron pushes Oscillococcinum and Children's Oscillococcinum with bogus claims they can cure flu and the common cold.

     PORTLAND, Ore. - Parents say their 12-year-old son lost four fingers on one hand "when an explosion occurred while he was trying to put into a tube the powder used in ... toy cap rings" made by Ja-Ru Corp.

     TYLER, Texas - Thinkoptics claims Nintendo, Gamestop, Wal-Mart and others violate three of its patents on remote-control "pointing devices."

     FAIRFIELD, Calif. - A woman claims she got salmonella from food at a McDonald's in Benicia.