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News Federal appeals court invokes Commerce Clause to strike NJ truck ban
Federal appeals court invokes Commerce Clause to strike NJ truck ban
James M Yoch Jr
February 22, 2006 07:50:00 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has rejected a 7-year-old ban in New Jersey on the use of local roads by large rigs travelling interstate because it...

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Supreme Court hears blame-shifting evidence case
James M Yoch Jr
February 22, 2006 07:29:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Holmes v. South Carolina , a case in which it will decide whether state courts can preclude defendants from presenting...

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News Patent office  issues final rejection of NTP patent in BlackBerry dispute
Patent office issues final rejection of NTP patent in BlackBerry dispute
Christopher G. Anderson
February 22, 2006 04:31:00 pm

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced Wednesday that one of the five NTP patents that a court found was infringed upon by Research In Motion's (RIM) , manufacturer of the BlackBerry wireless...

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News New Jersey filing suits to block port takeover by Arab company
New Jersey filing suits to block port takeover by Arab company
Christopher G. Anderson
February 22, 2006 03:45:00 pm

New Jersey is launching legal actions in federal and state court to keep a company from the United Arab Emirates from taking over US port operations in the state, Gov. Jon Corzine said...

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News Pennsylvania school district to pay $1M in intelligent design lawsuit fees
Pennsylvania school district to pay $1M in intelligent design lawsuit fees
Krystal MacIntyre
February 22, 2006 03:32:00 pm

Pennsylvania's Dover Area School District has agreed to pay $1 million in plaintiff's attorneys' fees after a federal district court found that the school district's inclusion of intelligent design theory in its high school biology curriculum was...

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South Korea weighs death penalty abolition
Christopher G. Anderson
February 22, 2006 03:15:00 pm

The government of South Korea is seriously considering abandoning capital punishment, according to officials at the country's Justice Ministry on Wednesday. Earlier this week the ministry ordered a study to determine how abolishing the death penalty -...

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News New Haiti president says constitution allows return of ousted Aristide
New Haiti president says constitution allows return of ousted Aristide
Krystal MacIntyre
February 22, 2006 02:25:00 pm

New Haitian president Rene Preval said Wednesday that ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide has a legal right to re-enter the country. In his first news conference since his victory in the February 2...

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News Rhode Island jury finds lead paint manufacturers liable for public nuisance
Rhode Island jury finds lead paint manufacturers liable for public nuisance
Krystal MacIntyre
February 22, 2006 01:50:00 pm

A Rhode Island jury Wednesday found three former lead paint manufacturers responsible for creating a public nuisance that had contaminated thousands of homes and continues to poison children. The jury found Sherwin Williams, NL Industries Inc. [corporate...

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EU ministers approve data retention directive in controversial anti-terror move
Stefanie Presley
February 22, 2006 01:38:00 pm

EU justice and interior ministers meeting in Brussels Tuesday approved a controversial data retention directive passed by the European Parliament in December designed to track down terrorists, paedophiles, and criminal gangs and...

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Soldier faces trial on Afghan prisoner abuse charges
Stefanie Presley
February 22, 2006 01:17:00 pm

Trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday in El Paso, TX for Sgt. Alan J. Driver, a reservist accused of abusing prisoners at Bagram Control Point in Afghanistan . He is the...

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World Intellectual Property Organization created

On April 26, 1970, the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) went into force, creating WIPO. WIPO is a United Nations agency that works to promote intellectual property rights in the international community. Today, 184 nations have signed the convention.

Learn more about WIPO.

US soldier arrested for killing John Wilkes Booth

On April 26, 1865, Sergeant Thomas P. Corbett was placed under technical arrest for killing John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.

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