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Television Business Report: Teamster official disputes Tribune’s television station licenses after the company was reorganized under an employee stock ownership plan.

North County Times: Palomar Pomerado Health System officials said “PPH employees missed a few steps while cleaning equipment used in certain procedures.”

New Orleans Times-Picayune: “After 9/11, the government compensated people who were victims of a terrorist attack; in this case, the perpetrators are for-profit, multi-national oil companies.”

USA Today: Documents revealed as part of a lawsuit showed Toyota was dealing with cracking and breaking steering relay rods for 12 years before recalling nearly a million trucks in the U.S. that had the problem.

The National Law Journal: The U.S. Supreme Court and Congress “appear headed for collision over mandatory arbitration in consumer and employment contracts.”

Raleigh News & Observer: Under a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the makers of heart pumps, artificial joints, implants and other medical devices cannot be sued if their products injure patients, as long as those products have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Los Angeles Times: Kathy M. Kristoff reports on new overdraft rules for checking accounts that will go into effect in the next few weeks.