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Federal jury says Chevron blameless in violent Nigerian oil protest that left 2 dead
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ A federal jury has cleared Chevron Corp. of responsibility for any human rights abuses during a violent protest on a company oil platform in Nigeria a decade ago. Human rights groups had sued the San Ramon-based company under a...Tags: Trials, Human Rights, Demonstration
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Gay rights group to protest at Gov. Crist's wedding
The Associated PressA gay rights group that wants all Floridians to have the right to marry says it will hold a demonstration outside Gov. Charlie Crist's wedding. A spokeswoman for Impact Florida says the group plans to demonstrate at Crist's December wedding because he...Tags: Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Gay Rights, Executive Branch, Minority Groups
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Michelle Obama geneaology off-limits
The SwampA surviving shack along road once known as Slave Street on a South Carolina plantation. Michelle Obama's great-great-grandfather, who was born around 1850, lived as a slave, at least until the Civil War, on the sprawling rice plantation. (Tribune......Tags: Barack Obama, Georgetown, University of South Florida, Wars and Interventions, Research
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Nation briefs: Palin campaigns for Georgia senator
Sarah Palin was enlisted by Sen. Saxby Chambliss to rally conservatives while Democratic challenger Jim Martin pushed to activate black voters as they grappled for advantage in a Georgia runoff tomorrow. Palin, the Alaska governor who was John McCain's...Tags: Marriage, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Natural Resources, Referenda
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Michelle Obama's family tree has roots in a Carolina slave plantation
Tribune ReportersGEORGETOWN, S.C.—Tiny wooden cabins line the dirt road once known as Slave Street as it winds its way through Friendfield Plantation. More than 200 slaves lived in the whitewashed shacks in the early 1800s, and some of their descendants remained...Tags: Georgetown, University of South Florida, World War I, Property, People
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Judges to rule on whether Calif. prison crowding causes unconstitutional conditions
Associated Press WriterSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ California's day of reckoning has finally come for three decades of tough-on-crime policies that led to overcrowded prisons and unconstitutional conditions for inmates. The federal courts have already found that the prison...Tags: Lawyers, Suicide, Safety of Citizens, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Constitutional Issues
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Myanmar court sentences 2 journalists to 7 years in jail for undermining regime
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ A court in military-controlled Myanmar has imprisoned two journalists for seven years each for undermining the country's ruling generals after being caught with a U.N. human rights report. The court in a northeastern suburb of...Tags: Court Administration, Prisons, Democracy, Punishment, Buddhism
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China rejects EU's criticism of Taiwan spy execution, says trial was fair
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) _ China dismissed criticisms by the European Union over the execution of a Chinese medical researcher and businessman accused of spying for Taiwan, saying Monday that he received a fair trial. Wo Weihan was executed Friday after being...Tags: Trials, Awards and Prizes, Espionage and Intelligence, Dalai Lama, Punishment
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Open government
Who's on Team Gloucester?By now you're probably aware that Teresa Altemus is suing the state police for withholding public records.Altemus' attorneys filed a lawsuit Nov. 19 accusing state police of violating the state's Freedom of Information Act. According to the lawsuit, state...Tags: Cults and Sects, Censorship, Lawyers, Trials, Prosecution
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Maryland prepares to repeal a bad law from the civil rights era
An effort is under way to repeal a Jim Crow-era law that makes it illegal in Maryland to receive any kind of payment, including bus fare, for participating in a protest against racial discrimination. The law was aimed at discouraging Freedom Riders...Tags: Robert F. Kennedy, Riots, Lawyers, Martin O'Malley, Executive Branch
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Howard County Datebook
Today Holiday sale Charity's Closet, a teen-run thrift store for women and juniors, is having a sale on selected items from noon to 5 p.m. at 9090 Frederick Road, Ellicott City. Items are $5, and handbags, shoes, sandals, boots, jeans, belts and jewelry...Tags: Invention and Innovation, People, Johns Hopkins University, United Nations, Dining and Drinking
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