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News New Hampshire rejects gun use in public self-defense, but bill advances in Georgia
New Hampshire rejects gun use in public self-defense, but bill advances in Georgia
Greg Sampson
March 22, 2006 09:37:00 am

The New Hampshire House of Representatives on Tuesday voted down a bill that would have broadened the right to use deadly force in self defense when in public by a margin of 194-138. The...

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News Federal judge grants DOJ limited access to Google search records
Federal judge grants DOJ limited access to Google search records
Greg Sampson
March 18, 2006 10:45:00 am

Judge James Ware of the US District Court for the Northern District of California Friday ruled that internet search giant Google must hand over the addresses of 50,000 randomly selected websites indexed by...

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News Lawyers: Martin coached Moussaoui witnesses to protect airlines
Lawyers: Martin coached Moussaoui witnesses to protect airlines
Greg Sampson
March 18, 2006 10:06:00 am

Lawyers representing victims of the 9/11 attacks said Friday that Transportation Security Administration lawyer Carla J. Martin, alleged to have coached witnesses and disclosed part of the government's case in violation of a sequestration order in...

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News Lawsuit challenges Google search ranking
Lawsuit challenges Google search ranking
Greg Sampson
March 18, 2006 09:51:00 am

Kinderstart.com , a directory and search engine focused on children zero to seven, filed suit against Google Friday in federal court in San Jose, accusing the high-profile search engine of unexpectedly dropping the site's search rank,...

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News UK police arrest five over London Muhammad cartoons protest
UK police arrest five over London Muhammad cartoons protest
Greg Sampson
March 15, 2006 12:45:00 pm

British police arrested five men on Wednesday for their suspected role in protests staged outside the Danish embassy in London on February 3 and 4 against the publication of Muhammad cartoons that first appeared in a...

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News FBI monitored anti-war activists, ACLU documents show
FBI monitored anti-war activists, ACLU documents show
Greg Sampson
March 15, 2006 11:56:00 am

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) monitored gatherings organized by the Thomas Merton Center for Peace and Justice , an anti-war activist organization based in Pittsburgh, according to documents released Tuesday by...

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News Revised US security rules could deny clearances to gays and lesbians
Revised US security rules could deny clearances to gays and lesbians
Greg Sampson
March 15, 2006 11:00:00 am

In an unpublicized 18-page document circulated last year by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley , the Bush administration altered the Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified Information , making changes...

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News Sri Lanka tsunami robbers could face first death sentences in decades
Sri Lanka tsunami robbers could face first death sentences in decades
Greg Sampson
March 4, 2006 12:01:00 pm

Sri Lanka Solicitor General C.R. de Silva announced Saturday that two men photographed stealing a gold necklace from a woman while she struggled in the rushing waters of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami will...

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News Wal-Mart to stock emergency contraceptives in all pharmacies
Wal-Mart to stock emergency contraceptives in all pharmacies
Greg Sampson
March 4, 2006 11:32:00 am

US mega-retailer Wal-Mart announced Friday that it will stock the emergency contraceptive pill known as Plan B in all of its pharmacies nationwide beginning March 20. Previously the chain had...

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California prosecutors propose new lethal injection method
Greg Sampson
March 4, 2006 11:12:00 am

In response to a February injunction imposed by US Distict Judge Jeremy Fogel , California prosecutors Friday proposed altering the combination of sedatives and life-ending drugs used in executions in order to ensure that...

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French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter

On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel, Zola fled to England; he was granted amnesty and returned to France, but died of carbon monoxide poisoning before Dreyfus was exonerated.

Douglas Wilder takes office as first elected black governor

On January 13, 1990, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was sworn in as the governor of Virginia by former US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. Wilder was the first African-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state. He would also serve as Mayor of Richmond, the state's capital city, from 2005 through 2009. Learn more about the life and career of Douglas Wilder.

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