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News Gaddafi appears for trial via video conference
Gaddafi appears for trial via video conference
Amy Mathieu
April 27, 2014 11:29:29 am

The Libyan News Agency reported on Sunday that the son of Muammar Gaddafi , Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , and other officials have appeared for their trial via video conferencing. Saif al-Islam...

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Bahrain court sentences eight protesters to life in prison
Amy Mathieu
April 27, 2014 11:00:43 am

A Bahraini court on Sunday sentenced eight activists to life in prison for killing a policeman and participating in anti-regime protests in August. The eight pro-democracy protesters said that they confessed while being tortured. Harsh...

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News Supreme Court upholds traffic stop based on 911 tip
Supreme Court upholds traffic stop based on 911 tip
Amy Mathieu
April 22, 2014 11:59:31 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Tuesday in Navarette v. California that the traffic stop in this particular case was permissible under the Fourth Amendment because the officer had reasonable suspicion...

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News Russia court finds opposition leader guilty of slander
Russia court finds opposition leader guilty of slander
Amy Mathieu
April 22, 2014 11:04:36 am

Judge Anna Nekryach of the Babushkinsky district court on Tuesday found opposition leader Alexei Navalny guilty of slander. A Moscow City Duma Deputy, Aleksei Lisovenko filed the lawsuit after Navalny...

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Virginia high court holds emails exempt from state Freedom of Information Act
Amy Mathieu
April 18, 2014 12:48:46 pm

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the emails of Michael Mann, a former University of Virginia climatologist and professor, are exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act . Former Virginia...

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Judge upholds New York state gun law
Amy Mathieu
April 17, 2014 11:34:16 am

A trial judge for the Supreme Court of New York dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the state's strict gun laws. The plaintiffs, a group of gun rights activists, argued that the New...

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Human rights groups urge Nepal to reject amnesty legislation
Amy Mathieu
April 17, 2014 10:53:41 am

Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) urged Nepalese legislators on Thursday to reject certain sections of the proposed Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) bill...

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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against credit card issuers
Amy Mathieu
April 11, 2014 12:07:31 pm

Judge William Pauley of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a class action lawsuit on Thursday against American Express, Citigroup and Discover Financial Services that alleged the...

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UN experts: Iranian political prisoners being denied urgent medical treatment
Amy Mathieu
April 11, 2014 11:42:25 am

Experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) voiced concern on Thursday about the lack of medical treatment to two political prisoners in Iran who are at risk of dying...

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Turkey reinforces YouTube ban
Amy Mathieu
April 10, 2014 11:43:31 am

Turkish government reinforced their ban of YouTube on Thursday, despite a Constitutional Court ruling last week that the ban was unlawful. The Information and Communications Technologies Authority (BTK) said [Reuters...

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President Lincoln signs Naitonal Banking Act into law

On February 26, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the National Banking Act into law, creating the American banking charter system. The Act furthermore created the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) within the Treasury Department. The law was further intended to help raise money for the Civil War by pressing banks to buy federal as opposed to state bonds. The law was not as successful as intended in this regard and was soon replaced by the National Banking Act of 1864. Read the history of the OCC from the US Department of the Treasury.

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