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News Federal appeals court rules ERISA trumps Maryland Wal-Mart health care law
Federal appeals court rules ERISA trumps Maryland Wal-Mart health care law
Jaime Jansen
January 17, 2007 08:05:00 pm

A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts the Maryland Fair Share Health Care Fund Act [text,...

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News Former Croat generals to face Hague war crimes trial in May
Former Croat generals to face Hague war crimes trial in May
Jaime Jansen
January 17, 2007 07:16:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Wednesday that three former Croatian generals will begin their war crimes trial at The Hague in May. Ante Gotovina , Ivan Cermak and...

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European Commission renews call for antitrust charges against Intel
Jaime Jansen
January 17, 2007 06:22:00 pm

European Commission investigators have again asked EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes to formally charge computer chip maker Intel with antitrust violations, according to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday. In October,...

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Senate Democrats renew drive to grant legal status to immigrant farm workers
Jaime Jansen
January 10, 2007 08:17:00 pm

Democrats in the US Senate on Wednesday renewed efforts to pass legislation that would grant temporary legal status to illegal immigrant workers who work in agriculture, after House Republicans stalled bicameral negotiations last year. The Senate passed...

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National Archives sued for information on White House visitor logs classification
Jaime Jansen
January 10, 2007 07:41:00 pm

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in the US District Court for the District of Columbia...

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Supreme Court hears arguments on union fees, public school funding
Jaime Jansen
January 10, 2007 06:42:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated cases Davenport v. Washington Education Association and Washington v. Washington Education Association , 05-1589 and 05-1657 , where the...

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Canada high court hits record low number of written opinions in 2006
Jaime Jansen
January 3, 2007 11:04:00 am

The Supreme Court of Canada has seen a dramatic decrease in the number of written decisions, reaching a low of 59 decisions in 2006 compared to 144 in 1990, according to statistics gathered by the Toronto Globe...

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Hanging of Saddam co-defendants expected Thursday
Jaime Jansen
January 3, 2007 10:43:00 am

Two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants also sentenced to death in the Dujail trial will be executed Thursday, according to an Iraqi government official. Former Iraqi intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and...

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FBI releases reports of harsh interrogations at Guantanamo Bay
Jaime Jansen
January 3, 2007 10:04:00 am

US FBI agents reported numerous instances of military personnel and contractors using harsh interrogation practices at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay , including wrapping a detainee's head in duct tape and a female guard wiping...

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Pope assails same-sex unions in Christmas address to clergy
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December 22, 2006 03:18:00 pm

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday condemned proposed Italian legislation that would recognize civil unions for unmarried couples, including same-sex couples. The Pope, speaking in a Christmas address to the Rome clergy, said...

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28 countries unite against Axis Powers

On January 2, 1942, twenty-eight countries formally agreed not to make peace with the Axis Powers separately. At the time, all twenty-eight were fighting against the Axis as Allies in World War II. The agreement was part of the Declaration by the United Nations, signed the previous day. In December of 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to this group of allies as the "United Nations."

US government agents arrested thousands in Palmer raids

On January 2, 1920, over 500 government agents acting on the direction of US Attorney General Mitchell Palmer carried out a massive counter-terror operation in 33 US cities, arresting between six and ten thousand aliens suspected of Communism, radicalism and anarchism. The "Palmer Raids" and the detentions and deportation proceedings that followed them were denounced by a number of prominent lawyers and judges who later established the American Civil Liberties Union. Read an excerpt from Attorney General Palmer's 1920 article, The Case Against the 'Reds' and learn more about the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare of 1919-20.

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