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Federal prosecutor requests that Madoff be jailed for mailing jewelry to relatives
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Assistant US Attorney Marc Litt on Tuesday urged that Bernard Madoff be jailed, in a brief filed with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York . Litt alleges that...

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Five indicted Blackwater USA guards involved in the September 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to federal manslaughter and weapons charges. The guards appeared in the US...

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A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday ruled that a lawsuit brought by an Islamic charity that alleged it was the subject of an illegal wiretap by...

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US President-elect Barack Obama on Monday nominated four former Clinton-era attorneys to high-level posts within the US Department of Justice (DOJ) . Obama has designated Elena Kagan as his pick for Solicitor General, David...

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US federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald Tuesday asked the Illinois House of Representatives to limit its impeachment inquiry into Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and avoid looking into the criminal charges against him....

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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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