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News Lawyers group slams new federal bankruptcy law
Lawyers group slams new federal bankruptcy law
James M Yoch Jr
February 22, 2006 08:24:00 pm

The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) released a report on Wednesday that criticizes the new federal bankruptcy law enacted in October 2005, saying the new law does little to...

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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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News Supreme Court hears blame-shifting evidence case
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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News South Korea weighs death penalty abolition
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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News EU ministers approve data retention directive in controversial anti-terror move
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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French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter

On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel, Zola fled to England; he was granted amnesty and returned to France, but died of carbon monoxide poisoning before Dreyfus was exonerated.

Douglas Wilder takes office as first elected black governor

On January 13, 1990, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was sworn in as the governor of Virginia by former US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. Wilder was the first African-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state. He would also serve as Mayor of Richmond, the state's capital city, from 2005 through 2009. Learn more about the life and career of Douglas Wilder.

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