Eavesdropping In: Pros Sue NFL For Hiding Brain Damage Risks; "Cash Cab" Kills Pedestrian; PM Cameron Tangled In Phone-Hacking Scandal; Apple Stock Hits New High; Jessica Simpson's Not Pregnant, Just Fat

by Emily Green · July 20, 2011

    75 former pro football players sue NFL alleging it intentionally covered up scientific evidence for 90 years that proves suffering multiple game-related concussions can cause long-term brain damage. [TMZ]

    Producer of "Cash Cab" strikes and kills a pedestrian while filming on location in Canada. [KTLA]

    British Prime Minister David Cameron defends insistence on hiring his former director of communications Andy Coulson, a News of the World editor arrested in connection with the phone-hacking scandal. [KABC]

    Apple stock hits all-time high after reporting record quarterly earnings due to highest-ever iPhone and iPad sales. [LATimes]

    In case you were wondering after seeing photos of Jessica Simpson in a dress a few sizes too small, she's not pregnant, she's just, uh, fat big-boned. [CB!]