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Kerry calls for release of Supreme Court nominee Roberts’ GOP files
Holly Manges Jones
July 23, 2005 09:59:00 am

US Senator John Kerry (D-MA) called on the White House Friday to release the complete file of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts during the time he served in two Republican administrations. Democrats are seeking the...

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Holly Manges Jones
July 23, 2005 09:58:00 am

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has violated the 1974 Privacy Act by collecting personal information on nearly 250,000 people without their knowledge, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Friday. Congressional...

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Scrushy asks court to drop SEC suit against him
Holly Manges Jones
July 21, 2005 08:39:00 pm

Former CEO of HealthSouth Corp. Richard Scrushy petitioned a judge Thursday to terminate the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) civil suit against him for corporate fraud charges since he was acquitted of criminal...

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Gitmo prisoners protest detentions with hunger strike
Holly Manges Jones
July 21, 2005 08:02:00 pm

Fifty-two detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp are protesting their detentions and allegedly inhumane treatment by refusing meals, according to a statement released Thursday by the naval base's Joint Task Force . The prisoners have so far...

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London police arrest two men in bus, subway attacks
Holly Manges Jones
July 21, 2005 07:00:00 pm

London police arrested two men Thursday as suspects in the noon hour attacks on a bus and three subway trains . Officials said one of the men was arrested near the home of Prime Minister Tony Blair [official...

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July 21, 2005 06:59:00 pm

Saddam Hussein on Thursday questioned why he only has access to his lawyer during interrogation sessions before judges investigating the charges against him. In a new released videotape of Saddam, he asked Judge Munir Haddad, "The lawyer only sees...

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Holly Manges Jones
July 19, 2005 08:01:00 pm

US Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a bill Tuesday which could force millions of illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States to leave. The proposed bill includes the...

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Holly Manges Jones
July 19, 2005 07:29:00 pm

The Senate Tuesday delayed a floor debate on the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 which proposes giving native Hawaiians self-governance privileges . The Akaka bill is sponsored by US Senators Daniel Inouye...

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July 19, 2005 07:06:00 pm

An Egyptian Interior Ministry report has concluded that there are no links between detained chemist Magdi al-Nashar and the al-Qaeda suspects responsible for the bombings in London. Nashar was arrested in Cairo last week as part of...

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TIME magazine reporter Matthew Cooper said Sunday in an article he has written on his grand jury testimony that Dick Cheney's chief of staff Lewis Libby contributed information to the story revealing the identity of Valerie...

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Ford pardoned Nixon for Watergate

On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford, in a televised address to the American people, pardoned ex-President Richard Nixon for any offenses committed in association with the Watergate break-in.

Read the full text of Ford's address, or listen to him read the pardon (via Watergate.info).

Treaty of San Francisco signed, officially ending WWII in the Pacific

On September 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco was signed between 49 nations and Japan, ending World War II in the Pacific region. In addition to dismantling the Japanese Empire, the accord also provided for compensation to be paid by Japan to prisoners of war and civilians who were victimized by Japan during the War. Communist China did not participate in the San Francisco negotiations and thus signed the separate Treaty of Tapei with Japan.

Ford pardoned Nixon

On Sepetmber 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned predecessor Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office. Read President Ford's remarks explaining the pardon.

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