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News DOJ charges 4 in alleged JFK Airport terror plot
DOJ charges 4 in alleged JFK Airport terror plot
Natalie Hrubos
June 3, 2007 12:41:00 pm

Federal authorities arrested three men Saturday and are still searching for a fourth after foiling a terrorist plot to bomb John F. Kennedy International Airport . The complaint charging the four men claims the plot was...

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News Connecticut legislature approves eminent domain restrictions in wake of Kelo battle
Connecticut legislature approves eminent domain restrictions in wake of Kelo battle
Natalie Hrubos
June 3, 2007 11:24:00 am

The Connecticut House of Representatives approved a bill Saturday night that prohibits the state from from taking property solely to boost property taxes. The measure, approved by the state Senate last week, reflects a compromise between the state...

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News Blair calls for stronger UK terror laws
Blair calls for stronger UK terror laws
Natalie Hrubos
May 27, 2007 12:18:00 pm

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday in an op-ed published in the Sunday Times that the country has chosen to protect the civil liberties of foreign nationals over national security and therefore...

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News Suspended Pakistan CJ lauds judicial independence in high court address
Suspended Pakistan CJ lauds judicial independence in high court address
Natalie Hrubos
May 27, 2007 11:40:00 am

Thousands of Pakistanis rallied outside the Supreme Court of Pakistan Saturday in support of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry , who returned to the court building for the first time since being suspended...

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News Ukraine leaders make election deal in bid to end constitutional standoff
Ukraine leaders make election deal in bid to end constitutional standoff
Natalie Hrubos
May 27, 2007 10:57:00 am

Ukrainian political rivals President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych agreed Sunday to hold elections on September 30 in a move intended to end an escalating constitutional crisis in...

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News Romanians reject referendum bid to impeach president
Romanians reject referendum bid to impeach president
Natalie Hrubos
May 20, 2007 12:34:00 pm

Romanian voters Saturday rejected a referendum proposal to impeach reformist President Traian Basescu . Basescu was suspended by the opposition-dominated parliament last month for allegedly abusing his powers. Earlier this month, the...

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News Hicks transferred to Australia to finish Guantanamo sentence
Hicks transferred to Australia to finish Guantanamo sentence
Natalie Hrubos
May 20, 2007 12:11:00 pm

Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks was transferred to a maximum security prison near his hometown of Adelaide, South Australia Sunday to serve the remainder of his nine-month prison sentence. In March, a...

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News Texas to release 226 juveniles whose sentences were improperly extended
Texas to release 226 juveniles whose sentences were improperly extended
Natalie Hrubos
May 20, 2007 11:38:00 am

The Texas Youth Commission (TYC) will release 226 inmates from its juvenile prison system after an investigation revealed that their sentences were improperly extended. Commission Special Master Jay Kimbrough, appointed early this month by Texas...

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News French appeals court acquits one in landmark paedophilia case
French appeals court acquits one in landmark paedophilia case
Natalie Hrubos
April 21, 2007 03:18:00 pm

A French appeals court Saturday acquitted one of 12 individuals who appealed their convictions in a 2005 child prostitution case, one of the biggest criminal trials in the country's history . Sixty-two men and women were...

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News Iraq debaathification chief vows to oppose draft law rehabilitating Baathists
Iraq debaathification chief vows to oppose draft law rehabilitating Baathists
Natalie Hrubos
April 21, 2007 02:57:00 pm

The Shiite head of Iraq's Debaathification Commission said Friday he would fight a proposed law allowing former Baath party members to return to their previously held government positions. Despite provisions in the proposal...

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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.

Hitler put on trial for treason in Munich

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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