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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Massachusetts high court allows marriage ballot initiative
BREAKING NEWS ~ Massachusetts high court allows marriage ballot initiative
Jeannie Shawl
July 10, 2006 09:58:00 am

AP is reporting that the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has ruled that a proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage can be placed on the ballot for voter approval,...

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News First Katrina insurance trial begins in federal court
First Katrina insurance trial begins in federal court
Jaime Jansen
July 10, 2006 08:49:00 am

The first federal trial relating to insurance coverage for property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina begins Monday in Gulfport, Mississippi. In the lawsuit against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company , a Mississippi homeowner is...

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News House intelligence chair says lack of surveillance briefings may have broken law
House intelligence chair says lack of surveillance briefings may have broken law
Jaime Jansen
July 10, 2006 08:01:00 am

US Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) , chairman of the House Intelligence Committee , said that the Bush administration may have violated the law by failing to brief the committee on intelligence activities, in a May 18 letter...

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News Iraqi government investigations document rampant police corruption, abuse
Iraqi government investigations document rampant police corruption, abuse
Brett Murphy
July 9, 2006 01:13:00 pm

Iraqi Interior Ministry investigations into Iraqi police operations have revealed over 400 incidents of police misconduct, "including the rape of female prisoners, the release of terrorism suspects in exchange for bribes, assassinations of police officers and participation in insurgent...

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News Egypt newspapers strike in protest of draft press bill
Egypt newspapers strike in protest of draft press bill
James M Yoch Jr
July 9, 2006 01:00:00 pm

Twenty-five independent and opposition newspapers in Egypt refrained from publishing on Sunday in a pre-planned strike designed to protest the lack of legal protection afforded to journalists as reflected in a draft press law...

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News US resumes repatriation flights for illegal immigrants from Mexico
US resumes repatriation flights for illegal immigrants from Mexico
Brett Murphy
July 9, 2006 12:08:00 pm

The US Department of Homeland Security resumed its repatriation program for illegal immigrants from Mexico Friday with a flight carrying 67 people to Mexico City. This is the third straight summer that the...

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News DOJ tells court legal notes may have aided Guantanamo suicide plot
DOJ tells court legal notes may have aided Guantanamo suicide plot
Brett Murphy
July 9, 2006 10:08:00 am

US Department of Justice lawyers said Friday in court documents that Guantanamo Bay detainees may have used paper provided by lawyers to plan the three suicides that occurred at the prison last...

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News Mexico presidential candidate alleges fraud as basis for election challenge
Mexico presidential candidate alleges fraud as basis for election challenge
James M Yoch Jr
July 9, 2006 09:23:00 am

Mexican leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters in Mexico City Saturday ahead of a mass rally that voting fraud caused his official loss to ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon [campaign...

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News US soldiers charged with rape, murder, dereliction of duty in Mahmudiya probe
US soldiers charged with rape, murder, dereliction of duty in Mahmudiya probe
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
July 9, 2006 09:00:00 am

The US Defense Department has announced that three US servicemen have been charged with rape and murder and a fourth has been charged with dereliction of duty in connection with the March 12 rape and murder of an Iraqi...

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News UK Attorney General confirms extradition of Enron bankers to US for fraud trial
UK Attorney General confirms extradition of Enron bankers to US for fraud trial
James M Yoch Jr
July 9, 2006 08:44:00 am

UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith confirmed Saturday that three British bankers charged in the US with wire fraud in connection with the Enron scandal will be extradited and tried in the United...

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First US execution by gas

On February 8, 1924, Gee Jon, a Chinese man convicted of murder, was executed by gas in Nevada and became the first person in the United States to be put to death in that manner.

The Nevada state legislature had eliminated hanging and shooting as a method of execution in 1921, and had provided for execution by lethal gas instead. Nevada sent 32 convicts to the gas chamber between 1924 and 1979. Learn more about the history of executions by gas in Nevada.

Mary, Queen of Scots executed

On February 8, 1587, Mary I of Scotland was executed for involvement in a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England. Before execution, Mary denied three times assisting the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, and crown Mary as ruler of Great Britain. Mary's guilt or innocence is debated to this day. Learn more about the Babington Plot.

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