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News Mali coup leaders draft new constitution
Mali coup leaders draft new constitution
Jennie Ryan
March 29, 2012 09:49:27 am

Mali leaders announced on Thursday that they have drafted a new constitution following last week's military coup . In a statement read on Mali state television, it was announced that the new constitution will allow citizens to demonstrate...

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News Oklahoma judge strikes down ultrasound law
Oklahoma judge strikes down ultrasound law
Saheli Chakrabarty
March 29, 2012 09:18:47 am

An Oklahoma County judge struck down on Wednesday a state law requiring doctors to perform an ultrasound and describe a woman's fetus to her before she undergoes an abortion . The...

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News Supreme Court hears final day of health care arguments
Supreme Court hears final day of health care arguments
Jaimie Cremeans
March 29, 2012 07:50:12 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the final day of arguments on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in the case of United States Department of Health and...

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FBI targeted California mosques to gather intelligence: ACLU
Julia Zebley
March 28, 2012 07:20:24 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) revealed Tuesday that it received documents confirming that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used a "Mosque Outreach" program to gather intelligence on Muslim-American citizens ....

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Supreme Court rules against retroactive application of immigration travel law
Julia Zebley
March 28, 2012 06:38:30 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Vartelas v. Holder that the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) , a law designed to deny re-entry to immigrants who have committed...

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Supreme Court rules on federal court sentencing authority
Dan Taglioli
March 28, 2012 04:57:24 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Setser v. United States on whether a federal district court, in sentencing a defendant for a federal offense, has authority to order that the federal...

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News Supreme Court rules on government liability for emotional damages
Supreme Court rules on government liability for emotional damages
Dan Taglioli
March 28, 2012 03:06:43 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Wednesday in Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper that the phrase "actual damages" as found in the Privacy Act of 1974 is sufficiently ambiguous...

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News Wisconsin voter ID lawsuits head to state high court
Wisconsin voter ID lawsuits head to state high court
Max Slater
March 28, 2012 01:29:11 pm

Two lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's voter ID law are heading to the Wisconsin Supreme Court after two appellate courts sent them to the state's high court on Wednesday. In the two...

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News Uganda opposition leader pleads not guilty to unlawful assembly charges
Uganda opposition leader pleads not guilty to unlawful assembly charges
Rebecca DiLeonardo
March 28, 2012 01:18:55 pm

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of unlawful assembly stemming from an incident at a protest last week. Besigye and other protesters were arrested last week after a...

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Catholic priest Girolamo Savonarola burned at the stake

Radical Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was burned at the stake in the Republic of Florence on May 23, 1498 for preaching against the practices of the powerful within the Catholic Church, including Pope Alexander VI, and celebrating mass while excommunicated. Learn more about the life of Savonarola and his execution.

Captain Kidd hanged for piracy

On May 23, 1701, Captain William Kidd, convicted of piracy and murder, was hanged in London. His body was later tarred and hung up in a gibbet - an iron cage - at the mouth of the River Thames as a warning to others.

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South Carolina becomes eighth U.S. state

On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratified the US Constitution, becoming the eighth American state. Learn more about the history of South Carolina.

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