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News Crimea parliament votes to become independent state via referendum
Crimea parliament votes to become independent state via referendum
Ann Schober
March 11, 2014 02:45:55 pm

Crimea's parliament voted Tuesday to secede from the Ukraine and declare itself an independent state in the event of a yes vote in a referendum scheduled for Sunday. Ukraine's parliament, calling the Crimean referendum unconstitutional and...

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News Couples challenge Wyoming ban on same-sex marriage
Couples challenge Wyoming ban on same-sex marriage
Ann Schober
March 6, 2014 12:51:53 pm

Four same-sex couples filed a lawsuit in Wyoming state court on Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the state's restriction of marriage to one man and one woman. The couples, along with the civil rights advocacy group Wyoming...

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News Federal government sues Sprint for wiretap expenses
Federal government sues Sprint for wiretap expenses
Ann Schober
March 4, 2014 04:46:49 pm

The US government on Monday filed a lawsuit against Sprint Communications, Inc., alleging the company overcharged them for telephone wiretapping services. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California [official...

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News Federal appeals court orders Google to remove controversial anti-Islamic video
Federal appeals court orders Google to remove controversial anti-Islamic video
Ann Schober
February 27, 2014 03:22:06 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday ordered Google to remove from its YouTube video-sharing website an anti-Islamic film that incited massive anti-American protest in the Muslim world in...

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News Holder urges Congress to pass new data breach legislation
Holder urges Congress to pass new data breach legislation
Ann Schober
February 26, 2014 09:31:20 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that he is urging Congress to create a "strong national standard" requiring businesses to immediately notify consumers and law enforcement agencies when significant consumer data breaches occur....

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News Mississippi House approves 20-week abortion ban
Mississippi House approves 20-week abortion ban
Ann Schober
February 15, 2014 06:16:36 am

The Mississippi House of Representatives approved a measure on Thursday banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. According to the legislation, the bill was introduced out of concern that a fetus can feel pain by...

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Guiteau tried for assassinating US President Garfield

On November 14, 1881, Charles Guiteau went on trial for the assassination of US President James A. Garfield. The trial of Guiteau pointed to problems with nineteenth-century law's treatment of insanity; Guiteau's trial is also problematic in retrospect as Garfield's death was immediately attributable not to Guiteau, but to Garfield's doctors who—before sterilization was well understood—repeated probed his wound with unwashed hands while searching for an embedded bullet.

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