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News Former AIG head wins bailout suit with zero damages
Former AIG head wins bailout suit with zero damages
Valerie Howell
June 16, 2015 08:53:37 am

The US Court of Federal Claims ruled Monday that the Federal Reserve bailout of AIG in 2008 exceeded its authority but did not award any damages. The suit was brought by...

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News Colorado high court upholds employee termination for medical marijuana use
Colorado high court upholds employee termination for medical marijuana use
Valerie Howell
June 16, 2015 08:09:24 am

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday unanimously affirmed a lower court decision that employers' zero tolerance drug policies are not pre-empted by Colorado's legalization of medical marijuana. The court held that an employee can legally...

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News Former South Carolina police officer indicted for murder of unarmed black man
Former South Carolina police officer indicted for murder of unarmed black man
Valerie Howell
June 9, 2015 09:49:02 am

A former police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, was indicted by a grand jury on Monday on murder charges brought after the April incident in which the officer shot an unarmed black man, Walter Scott, who was running...

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News UN accuses Eritrea president of human rights abuses
UN accuses Eritrea president of human rights abuses
Valerie Howell
June 9, 2015 08:29:15 am

The Eritrean government has committed "systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations," according to a report released Monday by a panel of UN investigators. The investigators were denied access to Eritrea but were able to conduct their investigation...

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Hungary court orders retrial of communist-era war crimes convict
Valerie Howell
June 2, 2015 01:23:25 pm

A Hungarian appeals court on Monday ordered the retrial of Bela Biszku , a high-ranking leader of the Hungarian Communist Party, who was convicted for war crimes following the 1956 uprising . The intermediate court found...

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UN report: rights abuses persist in Ukraine
Valerie Howell
June 2, 2015 12:18:56 pm

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine released its tenth report on Monday, documenting the serious human rights abuses that persist in eastern Ukraine. The violations include "shelling, executions, arbitrary and illegal detentions,...

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UN rights expert calls on Serbia to ameliorate housing crisis
Valerie Howell
May 27, 2015 10:59:38 am

The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing called Tuesday on the Serbian government to take immediate action to improve the current housing crisis that has left many Serbian citizens without adequate housing....

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Supreme Court rules in patent infringement case
Valerie Howell
May 27, 2015 09:44:36 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Commil USA, LLC., v. Cisco Systems, Inc. that a "good faith" belief of a patent's invalidity is not a defense to a claim of induced patent...

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Supreme Court to hear case concerning class actions
Valerie Howell
May 19, 2015 11:22:22 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Campbell Ewald Company v. Gome . The case comes to the Supreme Court on appeal from a Ninth Circuit decision ...

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Egypt court sentences 30 Islamists to life imprisonment
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May 19, 2015 10:07:16 am

An Egyptian court sentenced 30 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on Monday to life imprisonment on charges of violent behavior. The largest case concerned 17 out of the 30 defendants and included charges stemming from attempts made...

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Sweden becomes first nation to ban aerosols

On January 29, 1978, Sweden became the first country to outlaw aerosol sprays. The ban was enacted to address the harmful effects of aerosols on the Earth's ozone layer. Read about aerosol sprays and the ozone layer of Earth's atmosphere from NASA.

Patty Hearst's prison sentence commuted by President Carter

On January 29, 1979, kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst's seven-year prison sentence for bank robbery as a member of the Symbianese Liberation Army was commuted by President Jimmy Carter. Hearst was later pardoned by President Bill Clinton.

US Army kills 250 Native Americans in Bear River Massacre

250 Northern Shoshone men, women, and children were killed on January 29, 1863 by the US Army in what is now the state of Idaho. The army attacked a Shoshone camp after meeting resistance to westward expansion, and the army fired indiscriminately during the attack. Learn more about the Bear River Massacre.

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