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News India government lifts ban on most pornography sites
India government lifts ban on most pornography sites
Matt Belenky
August 5, 2015 01:30:20 pm

The Indian government ordered internet service providers (ISPs) on Tuesday to allow access to the 857 previously banned pornography and humor websites, provided they did not include child pornography. The news comes in response to international criticism that came...

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Malaysia prime minister fires attorney general investigating him for corruption
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July 29, 2015 03:27:27 pm

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak fired Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail on Tuesday on news that Patail was investigating him on corruption charges. The charges include documents that allegedly money from the state investment fund...

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New Jersey announces plans for police body cameras
Matt Belenky
July 29, 2015 11:57:26 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office announced Tuesday that the New Jersey State Police will spend $1.5 million to acquire 1,000 body cameras for troopers, in addition to the implementation of new guidelines aimed at...

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Maldives parliament votes to impeach vice president
Matt Belenky
July 22, 2015 09:37:20 am

The Maldives Parliament on Tuesday voted 78-2 in favor of impeaching Vice President Mohamed Jameel accusing him of neglecting his duties. Jameel had been deputy to President Yameen Abdul Gayoom since their election victory in...

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ACLU challenges NSA phone surveillance program
Matt Belenky
July 15, 2015 03:11:54 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday brought a lawsuit asking a federal appeals court to review a National Security Agency (NSA) phone data surveillance program. The motion filed by the ACLU...

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July 15, 2015 02:56:40 pm

Kuwait prosecutors announced Tuesday that 29 people will face trial for their participation in the suicide bombing of a Shiite mosque last month, which left 26 people dead and 227 others critically injured. According to the Kuwait News Agency...

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Matt Belenky
July 8, 2015 12:14:41 pm

California lawmakers on Tuesday ended their legislative efforts to allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives in the state. The right-to-die bill had been amended several times over the past half year. The law...

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Russian lawmakers vote to adopt privacy law
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July 3, 2015 12:16:24 pm

Russian parliament members on Friday voted for a bill that forces online search engines to remove search results about a person at that person's request. The new law will allow a person to request that...

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US court: Unpaid internships legal if they boost education
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July 3, 2015 11:57:05 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday ruled that unpaid internships are legal when they are tied to the intern's education. The decision reverses a lower court decision that...

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Mexican human rights center: Military officers gave orders to kill criminals
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July 3, 2015 10:05:39 am

The Miguel Agustin Pro human rights center in Mexico on Thursday announced that there is evidence that high-ranking Mexican officers gave soldiers orders to kill criminals prior to an army mass slaying of suspected cartel members in...

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Standard Oil incorporated

On January 10, 1870, John Davison Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil. Rockefeller's corporation would grow to achieve a virtual monopoly over oil production in the United States. Standard Oil's dominance lasted until the corporation was split into 34 separate companies in 1911 after the Supreme Court found the company in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The rise of Standard Oil made Rockefeller America's first billionaire and eventually the richest man in the world. Read the text of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey vs. United States, 221 U.S. 1 (1910).

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