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News Pilots union finally settles with Northwest, avoiding rejection of collective agreement
Pilots union finally settles with Northwest, avoiding rejection of collective agreement
Christopher G. Anderson
March 3, 2006 04:10:00 pm

After nearly five days of round-the-clock negotiations in New York City, bankrupt Northwest Airlines (NWA) has reached a tentative agreement with its pilots union, NWA officials announced Friday. The pilots' union, the Northwest Airlines Air...

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News Flight attendants union settles with Northwest Airlines, pilots still talking
Flight attendants union settles with Northwest Airlines, pilots still talking
Christopher G. Anderson
March 1, 2006 03:15:00 pm

Within hours of the court-appointed deadline, leaders of the flight attendants union have reached a tentative settlement with bankrupt Northwest Airlines (NWA) , after the two sides spent over 24 straight hours at the negotiating table...

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News Iraq daytime curfews lifted, but civil war threat remains
Iraq daytime curfews lifted, but civil war threat remains
Christopher G. Anderson
February 27, 2006 04:33:00 pm

The last Iraqi daytime curfew was lifted in Baghdad Monday after five days of sectarian bloodshed, but tensions in the country still threaten to bring civil war. Iraqi officials announced an end to the curfew to let...

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News Lawyers call UK lawsuit to block US ports deal ‘woefully thin’
Lawyers call UK lawsuit to block US ports deal ‘woefully thin’
Christopher G. Anderson
February 27, 2006 04:05:00 pm

A last-minute effort by Miami-based Eller & Co. to block expected UK High Court approval of the $6.8 billion sale of US port operating rights by British company P&O to United Arab Emirates...

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News Supreme Court declines second lethal injection appeal
Supreme Court declines second lethal injection appeal
Christopher G. Anderson
February 27, 2006 03:10:00 pm

The US Supreme Court refused Monday to entertain a second appeal by convicted murderer Clarence Hill in which his lawyers argued that Florida's system of death by lethal injection amounted to a cruel and...

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News Patent office  issues final rejection of NTP patent in BlackBerry dispute
Patent office issues final rejection of NTP patent in BlackBerry dispute
Christopher G. Anderson
February 22, 2006 04:31:00 pm

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced Wednesday that one of the five NTP patents that a court found was infringed upon by Research In Motion's (RIM) , manufacturer of the BlackBerry wireless...

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News New Jersey filing suits to block port takeover by Arab company
New Jersey filing suits to block port takeover by Arab company
Christopher G. Anderson
February 22, 2006 03:45:00 pm

New Jersey is launching legal actions in federal and state court to keep a company from the United Arab Emirates from taking over US port operations in the state, Gov. Jon Corzine said...

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News South Korea weighs death penalty abolition
South Korea weighs death penalty abolition
Christopher G. Anderson
February 22, 2006 03:15:00 pm

The government of South Korea is seriously considering abandoning capital punishment, according to officials at the country's Justice Ministry on Wednesday. Earlier this week the ministry ordered a study to determine how abolishing the death penalty -...

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News Egypt opposition leader to appeal forgery conviction
Egypt opposition leader to appeal forgery conviction
Christopher G. Anderson
February 20, 2006 03:58:00 pm

Ayman Nour , the Egyptian opposition leader jailed for forgery after his unsuccessful campaign last year, has filed an appeal and requested a suspension of his five-year sentence until the appeals court can rule on the...

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News Idaho lawmakers put same-sex marriage ban on November ballot
Idaho lawmakers put same-sex marriage ban on November ballot
Christopher G. Anderson
February 15, 2006 04:31:00 pm

Reversing a stance taken in previous years, Idaho state senators Wednesday voted to put on the November ballot a constitutional amendment that would establish one man and one woman marriages as the "only domestic legal union that...

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Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court

On February 15, 1879, US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879. Learn more about Belva Lockwood.

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