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News Federal judge rules against drilling moratorium
Federal judge rules against drilling moratorium
Erin Bock
September 2, 2010 08:03:53 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday denied the government's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Hornbeck Offshore Services and several other drilling companies...

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News Microsoft appeals patent infringement case to Supreme Court
Microsoft appeals patent infringement case to Supreme Court
Erin Bock
August 30, 2010 08:42:39 am

Microsoft Corporation on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas finding that the...

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News Federal appeals court upholds decision finding no link between vaccines and autism
Federal appeals court upholds decision finding no link between vaccines and autism
Erin Bock
August 30, 2010 07:15:11 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday affirmed a decision issued last year by the US Court of Federal Claims finding insufficient evidence to establish a link...

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News Croatia extradites convicted Djindjic assassin to Serbia
Croatia extradites convicted Djindjic assassin to Serbia
Erin Bock
August 26, 2010 08:19:48 am

Croatian authorities on Wednesday extradited a man to Serbia for his connection with the 2003 assassination of former Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic . Sretko Kalinic was discovered by authorities in Zagreb...

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Bangladesh court rules against mandatory religious clothing
Erin Bock
August 22, 2010 04:50:02 pm

The Bangladeshi Supreme Court ruled Sunday that workplaces and schools cannot force individuals to wear religious clothing such as veils and skull caps. The court found that wearing religious clothing is an individual choice and cannot be...

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Canadian lawyers oppose bill requiring Supreme Court justices to be bilingual
Erin Bock
August 15, 2010 01:25:10 pm

The Canadian Bar Association passed a resolution at its annual meeting Saturday opposing a federal bill that would require Supreme Court of Canada. justices to speak both French and English. The private member's...

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Florida AG proposes Arizona-style immigration law
Erin Bock
August 12, 2010 08:11:42 am

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum (R) on Wednesday proposed tougher laws against illegal immigrants. McCollum unveiled a draft of the new legislation, which goes "one step further" than a controversial Arizona immigration law [SB 1070...

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Turkish court annuls arrest warrants for military coup plot suspects
Erin Bock
August 8, 2010 01:48:57 pm

A Turkish court on Friday annulled the arrest warrants issued for 102 Turkish military officers over an alleged 2003 coup plot. The officers, including 25 generals and admirals, were arrested last month for allegedly participating in a...

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Kagan sworn in as Supreme Court justice
Erin Bock
August 8, 2010 12:40:06 pm

Elena Kagan was sworn in as the 112th justice of the US Supreme Court Saturday. Kagan, the former US Solicitor General and dean of Harvard Law School , took part...

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August 5, 2010 07:54:54 am

Oil company British Petroleum (BP) was sued Tuesday in a $10 billion class action lawsuit over a toxic chemical leak that lasted for 40 days at its refinery in Texas City, TX. The complaint was...

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Phillip III of Spain expels Muslim converts to Christianity

Phillip III of Spain began the expulsion of the country's "Morisco" (Muslims who converted to Christianity and their descendants) population on April 9, 1609, based on the Crown's fears that the Morisco population retained Muslim beliefs. Hundreds of thousands of Moriscos would be expelled from the country from 1609-1614. The expulsions took place just over 100 years after Spain's Jewish population was expelled in 1492. Learn more about the expulsion of the Moriscos.

Senate approves purchase of Alaska

On April 9, 1867, the U.S. Senate voted to ratify the Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska and thereby approve the purchase of the territory from Russia for $7.2 million. Initially, the purchase was made to keep Alaska away from the British. It was politically unpopular with many Americans who denounced it is "Seward's Folly", after U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, who had lobbied for the purchase. Seward was later vindicated by the discovery of gold and oil in Alaska.

Learn more about the Alaska Purchase from the U.S. State Department.

Last beheading in England

On April 9, 1747, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, became the last man to be beheaded in England when he was executed on Tower Hill for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Learn more about the legal history and practice of beheading.

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