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Hate crime reports up nearly 8 percent in 2006: FBI

November 19, 2007 12:55:00 PM

Almost eight percent more hate crimes were reported in 2006 than the previous year, according to the 2006 Hate Crime Statistics released by the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Monday. Participating local law...

Former oil executive pleads guilty to bribing Nigerian officials

November 6, 2007 01:35:00 PM

James Edward Steph, a former oil executive of a subsidiary of Willbros Group Inc. , pleaded guilty Monday to charges of conspiracy relating to a scheme to bribe Nigerian officials heading the country's state-owned oil company,...

Massachusetts gay marriage foes one step closer to ballot initiative

November 24, 2005 10:33:00 AM

A group of gay marriage opponents in Massachusetts said Wednesday they had gathered enough signatures to put a proposed constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage on the state ballot. The group, lead by the Massachusetts Family Institute and...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations formally ended WWII

On April 28, 1952, a peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations took effect, formally ending World War II.

Review the terms of the San Francisco Treaty.

Former CIA official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to spying for USSR

On April 28, 1994, Aldrich Ames, a former CIA official, pleaded guilty to passing US secrets to the USSR during the Cold War. Ames further confessed that he continued spying for Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Learn more about the case of Aldrich Ames from the FBI. Also read a CNN interview with Ames.