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The latest arguments are over access to the ACC's media rights agreement with ESPN.

The two have been at each other’s throats for months over FSU’s desire to leave the conference.

The filing was a response to Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s complaint last month. Moody accused the ACC of breaking Florida’s public records law by not providing a copy of the league’s TV contracts.

Florida State is challenging the conference’s exit fees and the validity of a grant-of-rights agreement that binds league members together through their media rights.

A deal was announced on Wednesday in which Amazon will acquire MGM, the storied Hollywood movie studio.

Alex Atala's Sao Paulo restaurant, D.O.M., is ranked among the top 10 restaurants in the world. His cuisines, which showcases irridescent insects, delicate jungle herbs and other ingredients from the Amazon, is pushing the frontiers of gastronomy.

In 1969, an explorer and photographer named Loren McIntyre was dropped into the Amazon rainforest to try and make contact with a tribe called the Mayoruna. Now his story is headed to Broadway. The show uses binaural audio to play sounds of the rainforest in 3-D.

The two recently filed motions for a judge to dismiss each other’s case.

MGM is the film and television studio behind iconic films like the James Bond franchise, Rocky and The Silence of the Lambs.

The announcement comes after the company said it was laying off 18,000 employees in January.

Amazon.com just turned five years old and the company may have reached a pivotal moment. As NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports, the Internet pioneer has experienced phenomenal growth, gaining some 20-million customers. But it has piled up lots of debt, is struggling to control its massive inventory, and still hasn't earned a dime. Some analysts say Amazon could run out of cash as early as next year. Amazon boosters disagree and insist the company is on the path to profitability.

A study published in the journal Science, points to increasing development of infrastructure in Brazil as a major cause of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Brazil.

Linda talks with Christopher Null, the Executive Editor of SmartBusiness for the New Economy, about Amazon-dot-com's new privacy policy. Amazon has announced that whatever information it may have about its customers is now considered a company asset, and may be shared, transferred or sold. (4:00) The SmartBusiness URL is www.smartbusinessmag.com

Some non-Indian settlers in the Brazilian Amazon believe much of the land being given to the Indians could be used more productively for agriculture or mining. And they suspect that Brazil's government is enlarging the Indian territory as a back-door means of keeping it undeveloped. NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Amazon state.

FSU has filed an amended complaint against the league that alleges former commissioner John Swofford cost member schools millions of dollars by acting in the best interest of his son who worked at television partner Raycom Sports.

Twenty percent of Netflix's streaming is made up of content for kids. Amazon just ordered a bunch of pilots of kids' shows. TV critic Eric Deggans says subscription streaming services are going to lean on parents' desire for control of what their kids watch as they build their audiences.

Amazon.com, Inc. today confirmed plans to open another fulfillment center in Lakeland. It will be in addition to another center that Amazon earlier…

Warehouse workers at an Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island have voted to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, making it the first Amazon facility in the U.S. to unionize.

In a stunning breakthrough, Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted to form a union. It will be the first unionized Amazon facility in the United States.

The new fee doesn't apply to sellers who use third party delivery services or ship orders themselves. Inflation in the U.S. stands at a 40-year high.

Music Critic Charles de Ledesma reviews two new CD releases feature music indigenous to the Amazon rainforest -- including the ancient chants of the Waorani [wow-RAH-nee] Indians, who are native to Ecuador. But the tribe doesnt want any more visitors, they only want people to understand their struggle for survival. Charles de Ledesma follows music trends from London. The albums are "Waorani Waaponi" and "Ambient Amazon". Tumi Music can be reached in Bath, England, 8-9 New Bond Street Place, Bath BA1 1BH ENGLAND, 011-44-225-462-367. (4:30) (IN S

One labor and employment observer said the New York vote was "shocking," since Amazon workers there had no support from an established union.

The site will have a ton of new, high-profile content this fall as it competes with traditional broadcasters and Netflix. But they haven't figured out how to sell these shows to critics or the public.

Federal regulators say Amazon uses manipulative techniques to enroll shoppers into Prime memberships that are purposefully hard to cancel.