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News Appeals court rejects islanders’ claim against DOD for base development
Appeals court rejects islanders’ claim against DOD for base development
Greg Sampson
April 22, 2006 10:42:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday ruled that the federal courts were not authorized to grant compensation to the Chagossians , a group of Indian Ocean islanders forced from...

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California judge upholds constitutionality of stem cell research program
Greg Sampson
April 22, 2006 10:06:00 am

A Superior Court judge in Alameda County, California on Friday threw out a lawsuit challenging the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) , the $3 billion stem cell research program that was approved in Proposition 71 [CA AG...

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News Israel high court permits completion of security barrier near Jerusalem
Israel high court permits completion of security barrier near Jerusalem
Greg Sampson
April 19, 2006 12:30:00 pm

The Israel High Court of Justice has ruled that the Israeli government can continue construction of the security fence it has been building around the city of Jerusalem, rejecting Palestinian requests for injunctions to delay...

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News Nepal police arrest 250 pro-democracy protesters as UN envoy decries rights abuses
Nepal police arrest 250 pro-democracy protesters as UN envoy decries rights abuses
Greg Sampson
April 19, 2006 12:18:00 pm

Nepal police on Wednesday arrested approximately 250 college professors who were protesting in the town Pokhara against the direct government of King Gyanendra . Organizers set up the demonstration in violation of government-imposed curfew meant to...

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News Freddie Mac to pay $3.8M fine to settle FEC illegal fundraising allegations
Freddie Mac to pay $3.8M fine to settle FEC illegal fundraising allegations
Greg Sampson
April 19, 2006 10:57:00 am

The Federal Election Commission on Tuesday announced that mortgage corporation Freddie Mac has agreed to pay a $3.8 million fine to settle accusations that it directly raised campaign funds for...

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News Moussaoui judge reverses order requiring ‘shoe bomber’ to testify at sentencing trial
Moussaoui judge reverses order requiring ‘shoe bomber’ to testify at sentencing trial
Greg Sampson
April 15, 2006 11:42:00 am

Pointing to a letter written by lawyers representing Zacarias Moussaoui and a motion filed with the court by federal public defenders who represented Richard Reid , the so-called "shoe bomber," US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema on Friday...

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News Ninth Circuit rules Los Angeles homeless ordinance violates Eighth Amendment
Ninth Circuit rules Los Angeles homeless ordinance violates Eighth Amendment
Greg Sampson
April 15, 2006 10:34:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a 2-1 decision Friday ruled that a Los Angeles ordinance that subjects the homeless to arrest if they are caught "sitting, lying or...

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News Ex-professor to plead guilty to terror charge, be deported
Ex-professor to plead guilty to terror charge, be deported
Greg Sampson
April 15, 2006 10:30:00 am

Lawyers familiar with the case of former University of South Florida computer science professor Sami al-Arian said Friday that the Kuwait-born Palestinian activist had agreed to a deal with federal prosecutors in which he would...

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US intelligence documents reclassified under secret deal with National Archives
Greg Sampson
April 12, 2006 12:10:00 pm

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in a 2002 memorandum of understanding with three federal agencies agreed to reclassify approximately 10,000 public intelligence documents, taking them out of the public view. NARA made the...

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Australia Guantanamo detainee Hicks wins appeal in UK citizenship case
Greg Sampson
April 12, 2006 12:09:00 pm

The UK Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision holding that Australian terror suspect David Hicks should be granted British citizenship, dismissing an appeal from Britain's Home Office...

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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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On February 26, 1924, Adolf Hitler and several others were put on trial for treason in Munich in connection with an attempted coup. Learn more about the Munich (or "Beer Hall") Putsch and the subsequent trial of Hitler and his associates.

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