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News Washington gubernatorial election ruling [Chelan County Superior Ct.]
Washington gubernatorial election ruling [Chelan County Superior Ct.]
Bernard Hibbitts
June 6, 2005 10:15:00 pm

Borders, et al. versus King County, et al., oral decision by Chelan County Superior Court Judge John Bridges, June 6, 2005 [rejecting the Republican challenge to Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire and upholding the 2004 gubernatorial election results that put her...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Pentagon details disrepectful acts involving Koran at Gitmo
BREAKING NEWS ~ Pentagon details disrepectful acts involving Koran at Gitmo
Bernard Hibbitts
June 3, 2005 08:12:00 pm

AP is reporting that the Pentagon has confirmed that a US soldier at the terror detention camp at Guantanamo Bay kicked a detainee's Koran and that a guard's urine was splashed on the Islamic sacred text.8:35 PM ET -...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush will nominate CA congressman as new SEC chief, say GOPers
BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush will nominate CA congressman as new SEC chief, say GOPers
Bernard Hibbitts
June 1, 2005 10:32:00 pm

AP is reporting that President Bush intends to nominate Congressman Christopher Cox (R-CA) as the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to Republican officials. Current SEC Chairman William Donaldson announced earlier Wednesday that...

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"Deep Throat" article [Vanity Fair]
Bernard Hibbitts
May 31, 2005 10:57:00 pm

"I'm the Guy They Called Deep Throat", John D. O'Connor, Vanity Fair Magazine, July 2005 . Excerpt:I believe that Mark Felt is one of America's greatest...

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News Criminal complaint against US citizens accused of providing support to al Qaeda [FBI]
Criminal complaint against US citizens accused of providing support to al Qaeda [FBI]
Bernard Hibbitts
May 31, 2005 09:03:00 pm

Criminal complaint and affidavit against Tarik Ibn Osman Shah and Rafiq Sabir . Read the full text of the complaint . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ WashPost confirms FBI's Felt was "Deep Throat"
BREAKING NEWS ~ WashPost confirms FBI's Felt was "Deep Throat"
Bernard Hibbitts
May 31, 2005 05:32:00 pm

Following claims circulated by Vanity Fair earlier Tuesday , the Washington Post has confirmed that retired FBI deputy director W. Mark Felt, now 91, was Watergate's "Deep Throat". Reporters Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and former...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Ex-FBI official claims to be Watergate "Deep Throat"
BREAKING NEWS ~ Ex-FBI official claims to be Watergate "Deep Throat"
Bernard Hibbitts
May 31, 2005 12:38:00 pm

Wire services are reporting that a former FBI official is claiming to be "Deep Throat", the Washington insider who leaked secrets about the Watergate coverup to the Washington Post that eventually led to President Richard Nixon's 1974 resignation, according...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ French PM resigns after EU vote
BREAKING NEWS ~ French PM resigns after EU vote
Bernard Hibbitts
May 31, 2005 06:20:00 am

French President Jacques Chirac has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin just two days after French voters turned down the proposed European constituton in a referendum that...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Khodorkovsky sentenced to 9 years for tax fraud
BREAKING NEWS ~ Khodorkovsky sentenced to 9 years for tax fraud
Bernard Hibbitts
May 31, 2005 06:02:00 am

The BBC is reporting that on the twelfth day of verdict-reading, a Moscow court has sentenced Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky , former CEO of Russian oil company Yukos, to nine...

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News Europe in crisis after French rejection of EU constitution
Europe in crisis after French rejection of EU constitution
Bernard Hibbitts
May 29, 2005 06:02:00 pm

Political leaders and observers across Europe were staggered late Sunday by the apparently-massive French rejection of the proposed European Constitution . The document, drafted by a European constitutional commission headed by former French President Valery Giscard...

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Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

OPEC founded

On September 14 1960, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq. OPEC was created to promote higher crude oil prices for its members through the restriction of global supply.

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Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

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