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Florida A&M under criminal investigation; law school dean suspended

[JURIST] A criminal investigation has been launched against Florida A and M University for alleged misuse of taxpayer monies, and interim University president Castell Bryant announced Tuesday that A and M law school [official website] dean Percy Luney, Jr. had been placed on paid leave based on the findings of a payroll audit report. Details of the audit are likely to be released on June 30, according to a school spokesperson. Luney became founding dean of the law school in 2001; it received provisional ABA accreditation in 2004. AP has more. The university and the law school have recently been rocked by a series of financial scandals; several weeks ago administrators stepped in to remove Kentucky lawyer Shirley Cunningham Jr. from the university payroll after he made a $1-million donation for a law school chair which was filled by himself at an annual salary of $100,000plus benefits. The St. Petersburg Times has more.

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Algerian National Liberation Front announces independence campaign

The pro-Algerian independence National Liberation Front released a proclamation on November 1, 1954 announcing the beginning of its campaign for Algerian independence from France, marking the start of the Algerian War. The war would rage for seven years and claim hundreds of thousands of lives until it was ended by the 1962 Évian Accords. Algeria would win its independence on July 3, 1962. Read the full November 1 declaration.

Rent control established in New York City

On November 1, 1943, the federal Office of Price Administration first established rent control in wartime New York City.