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News Judge clears GOP challenge in WA gubernatorial election dispute
Judge clears GOP challenge in WA gubernatorial election dispute
Phillip Hong-Barco
February 4, 2005 03:31:00 pm

Washington State Superior Court Judge John E. Bridges ruled in favor of Republicans Friday by allowing a court challenge to proceed against election totals that resulted in last month's swearing in of Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire . Gregoire...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ New York judge strikes down same-sex marriage ban
BREAKING NEWS ~ New York judge strikes down same-sex marriage ban
Phillip Hong-Barco
February 4, 2005 03:04:00 pm

New York State Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan ruled Friday that New York's law banning same-sex marriages violates the state constitution. Read her 62-page opinion . If upheld on appeal, the decision would allow same-sex couples in the state...

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News Merck woes deepen as federal appeals court nixes drug patent
Merck woes deepen as federal appeals court nixes drug patent
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 28, 2005 04:17:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Friday that the patent for the once-a-week version of Fosamax , the second best selling drug produced by Merck & Co. , is...

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News EU threatens Microsoft with heavy fines over antitrust non-compliance
EU threatens Microsoft with heavy fines over antitrust non-compliance
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 28, 2005 03:44:00 pm

The European Commission announced Friday that Microsoft may be fined up to five percent of its daily turnover, nearly $5 million per day, unless it complies with last year's antitrust decisions ...

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News Security measures in place for pending Iraqi election as attacks mount
Security measures in place for pending Iraqi election as attacks mount
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 28, 2005 02:59:00 pm

Extra security measures running through Sunday's election came into force in Iraq Friday on a day when attacks on voting stations around Iraq resulted in 11 deaths. Driving of automobiles is now banned...

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News EPA proposes Clean Air Act immunity deal for factory farms
EPA proposes Clean Air Act immunity deal for factory farms
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 21, 2005 03:32:00 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it will offer large "factory-style" farms an exemption from Clean Air Act fines if, in return, the farms monitor air quality and submit those figures to the government....

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News German lawmakers call for EU ban on Nazi symbols after Prince Harry display
German lawmakers call for EU ban on Nazi symbols after Prince Harry display
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 16, 2005 02:04:00 pm

German lawmakers this weekend proposed that EU justice ministers consider at their next meeting a Europe-wide ban on display of Nazi insignia. The call came in response to outrage after Britain's Prince Harry...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Federal judge rejects Newdow challenge to inaugural prayer
BREAKING NEWS ~ Federal judge rejects Newdow challenge to inaugural prayer
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 14, 2005 04:01:00 pm

FOX News is reporting that after hearing arguments in a case seeking to prevent a prayer at President Bush's upcoming inauguration, US District Judge John Bates has rejected the challenge of plaintiff Michael Newdow . Read...

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News US accuses prominent law firm of age discrimination
US accuses prominent law firm of age discrimination
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 14, 2005 03:54:00 pm

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Chicago-based Sidley Austin Brown & Wood , for alleged discrimination against the firm's older lawyers. The suit, which could cost the firm...

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News UPDATE ~ Ukraine high court sets hearing in final election appeal
UPDATE ~ Ukraine high court sets hearing in final election appeal
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 14, 2005 03:39:00 pm

Following up on a JURIST report from earlier today, the Ukraine Supreme Court announced Friday that on Monday morning Kyiv time it would hear the appeal filed earlier today by former Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots. The riots, the worst in US history to that point, killed as many as 100 people and had to be quelled by troops, some of whom had recently fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Learn more about the Draft Riots.

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