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News Wisconsin high court refuses to reopen collective bargaining challenge
Wisconsin high court refuses to reopen collective bargaining challenge
Jaimie Cremeans
July 8, 2012 02:55:59 pm

The Wisconsin Supreme Court voted 3-3 on Thursday not to reopen a case challenging the state's collective bargaining law because of a justice's refusal to recuse himself. The court ruled in a...

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News Iraq court postpones trial of VP
Iraq court postpones trial of VP
Jaimie Cremeans
July 8, 2012 01:47:31 pm

Baghdad's Criminal Court has postponed the trial of Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president Tariq al-Hashimi until a federal court rules in a pending case on whether the president and other lawmakers can be questioned by the defense...

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News Georgia argues immigration law valid after Supreme Court ruling
Georgia argues immigration law valid after Supreme Court ruling
Jaimie Cremeans
July 7, 2012 03:09:27 pm

Lawyers for the state of Georgia argued Friday in court filings with the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that its immigration law is constitutional under the recent US Supreme Court ruling in...

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News New York appeals court dismisses challenge to same-sex marriage law
New York appeals court dismisses challenge to same-sex marriage law
Jaimie Cremeans
July 7, 2012 01:52:32 pm

The New York Fourth Appellate Division for the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a challenge to the state's year-old Marriage Equality Act (MEA) , ruling that closed-door meetings between gay rights advocates and state...

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News UN Action Group releases peace plan for transition in Syria
UN Action Group releases peace plan for transition in Syria
Jaimie Cremeans
July 1, 2012 03:18:14 pm

The UN-backed Action Group on Syria generated an agreement on Saturday designed to aid Syria in ending the violence that has occurred in the country over the last 16 months. The plan outlines...

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News US House petitions Supreme Court to rule on DOMA
US House petitions Supreme Court to rule on DOMA
Jaimie Cremeans
June 30, 2012 03:03:41 pm

Leaders of the US House of Representatives on Friday petitioned the Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of Section 3 of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act , which limits the federal benefits...

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Egypt swears in Morsi as President
Jaimie Cremeans
June 30, 2012 02:10:00 pm

President-elect of Egypt Mohamed Morsi was sworn in Saturday at the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) before the General Assembly of the court. In his speech, Morsi vowed that Egypt would continue on the right path...

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News Mladic war crimes trial to resume next month
Mladic war crimes trial to resume next month
Jaimie Cremeans
June 24, 2012 02:49:13 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on Friday that the genocide trial for Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic will resume on July 9 after being suspended earlier this month...

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News Libyan rights group: National Transitional Council responsible for killing judge
Libyan rights group: National Transitional Council responsible for killing judge
Jaimie Cremeans
June 24, 2012 01:48:46 pm

The Libyan Observatory for Human Rights (LOHR) on Friday condemned the killing of Judge Jumah Hasan al-Jazwi and blamed the National Transitional Council (NTC) for the killing. Al-Jazwi was shot on his way to a mosque Thursday....

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News AI: Afghanistan should work with ICC to bring justice for war crimes
AI: Afghanistan should work with ICC to bring justice for war crimes
Jaimie Cremeans
June 23, 2012 03:41:38 pm

Amnesty International (AI) said Friday that a recent Taliban hotel attack that killed 15 civilians should serve as a reminder that the Afghan government should work with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to...

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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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