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News California GOP changes rule to endorse Schwarzenegger
California GOP changes rule to endorse Schwarzenegger
Amit Patel
February 14, 2005 02:40:00 pm

The California Republican Party has changed a party rule which allows the party to endorse Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger 16 months before the 2006 gubernatorial primary. Schwarzenegger, who still has not decided whether he will seek...

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News Judge suspends Ebbers fraud trial until Wednesday
Judge suspends Ebbers fraud trial until Wednesday
Amit Patel
February 14, 2005 02:01:00 pm

US District Judge Barbara Jones Monday suspended the fraud trial of former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers until Wednesday without explanation. The postponement comes just before the defense's cross-examination of the government's star witness, Scott Sullivan, the former finance chief...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ AIG receives subpoenas from Spitzer, SEC
Corporations and securities brief ~ AIG receives subpoenas from Spitzer, SEC
Amit Patel
February 14, 2005 12:37:00 pm

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, insurance giant American International Group (AIG) announced it has received subpoenas from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the SEC "relating to investigations of nontraditional...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Bank of America settles market timing charges with SEC
Corporations and securities brief ~ Bank of America settles market timing charges with SEC
Amit Patel
February 9, 2005 01:28:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has announced that three Bank of America Corp. brokerage units have agreed to pay $375 million to settle market timing charges. The SEC charged the three units with...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC charges reporter with fraud
Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC charges reporter with fraud
Amit Patel
February 8, 2005 01:22:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has indicted television financial commentator and investment adviser Courtney Smith over his alleged role in a stock manipulation scheme. According to the SEC complaint, the head of GenesisIntermedia,...

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Annan suspends UN Oil-for-Food chief
Amit Patel
February 7, 2005 02:59:00 pm

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has formally suspended Benon Sevan , the head of the UN oil-for-food program , and Joseph Stephanides, a senior official who dealt with contracts. The suspensions come after an...

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News Israel, Palestinians to sign truce Tuesday
Israel, Palestinians to sign truce Tuesday
Amit Patel
February 7, 2005 02:31:00 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will sign a truce on Tuesday at a summit being held in Egypt, according to reports. The truce will end four years of...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Justice Department probes NYSE specialists
Corporations and securities brief ~ Justice Department probes NYSE specialists
Amit Patel
February 7, 2005 01:25:00 pm

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, the Justice Department is investigating as many as 20 individual specialists on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) over allegations of using illegal trading practices...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Enron tapes indicate market rigging
Corporations and securities brief ~ Enron tapes indicate market rigging
Amit Patel
February 4, 2005 03:08:00 pm

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, Washington state utility Snohomish Public Utility District has released audiotapes which reveal Enron's plan to take a power plant off-line in 2001 to create higher...

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News Senate committee approves Bush plan to limit class action suits
Senate committee approves Bush plan to limit class action suits
Amit Patel
February 3, 2005 03:12:00 pm

The Bush administration plan to curb class action lawsuits gained a victory today as the Senate Judiciary Committee left intact language that would send many class action lawsuits from state courts to federal courts. The committee approved...

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Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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