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02/06/06 Trademark Act May Threaten Fair Use
02/03/06 Shipping Co. Pleads Guilty in Pollution Case, Will Pay $10M
02/03/06 Govt. Survey Science May Hide Unemployment Numbers
02/03/06 New Study Urges Docs to Ditch Flu Drugs
02/01/06 Special Counsel Report Short on Details, Group Charges
02/01/06 Washington State Moves to Protect Gays, Right Aims to Spoil
01/04/06 Medicare Drug Plan Launch Uneven, Frustrating
08/23/05 Failing Constitutional Vote, Iraqi Assembly Without Mandate
07/29/05 Fight Over Florida Coast Oil Intensifies Around Energy Bill
06/07/05 Correction: Maine Climate Change Law Misrepresented
04/07/05 Vermont Moves to Protect Traditional Farmers From Modified Crops
04/01/05 Tank Commander Found Guilty in ‘Mercy Killing’ of Iraqi
03/29/05 Army Papers Reinforce Allegations of Systemic Prison Abuse in Iraq
03/28/05 Army Drops Charges Against Another 17 Alleged Murderers of Iraqis
03/28/05 Hunger Strikers Win Raises, Privileges for Campus Workers
03/28/05 Muslim Firefighter Says Suspension Was Discriminatory
03/24/05 Medicare Insolvent At Least 20 Years Before Social Security
03/23/05 Gay Students, Allies Defeat Community Opposition to School Club
03/01/05 Try or Release ‘Enemy Combatant’ Padilla, Bush-appointee Rules
03/01/05 Racial segregation impermissible in prisons, High Court rules
03/01/05 TV Stations Fined for Failing Deaf People in Time of Crisis
02/22/05 Schindler-Schiavo case moves closer to 3rd removal of feeding tube
02/22/05 McDonald’s settles trans fats suit for $8.5M
02/17/05 Ruling upheld for journalists facing time for protecting sources
02/15/05 Activists urge Congress to reconsider Patriot Act
02/15/05 Senate passes pro-business class action restrictions
02/15/05 Drug Co. knew of mercury hazard, did nothing, memo reveals
02/14/05 Congress to hold hearings on US mismanagement of Iraq funds
02/14/05 Group sues for due process on behalf of 570 Guantanamo prisoners
02/14/05 Judge shoots down soldier’s motion for timely discharge
02/14/05 Pataki signs ‘Caregiver Consent’ law
02/11/05 ‘Help the Needy’ founder convicted on 59 charges
02/11/05 Radical defense attorney, aids convicted in terrorism-related case
02/11/05 Anti-immigration bill flies through House
02/11/05 German court will not hear war crimes case against Rumsfeld, others
02/11/05 Gov’t scientists urged to abandon at-risk species, survey finds
02/10/05 Pentagon Job Rules Overhaul Will Undermine Workers, Unions Say
02/10/05 Abstinence programs to compete with holistic sex ed. for federal funds
02/10/05 US mistreats asylum-seekers, panel finds
02/10/05 White House raises estimated cost of Bush Medicare program, again
02/09/05 Whistleblower advocates fired, relocated from Special Counsel office
02/09/05 Suit Advances Against Michigan Police Use of MATRIX Database
02/08/05 Collective litigation threatened by corporate-backed bill
02/08/05 Corporate execs knowingly poisoned community, grand jury charges
02/08/05 Iraqi Elites May Award Oil Contracts Before New Assembly Sits
02/08/05 Bush Budget Would Inflate Corporate Welfare, Slash Social Programs
02/07/05 EPA rigged mercury findings to please White House, inspector finds
02/07/05 Ban on enforced ‘drive thru mastectomies’ proposed to Congress
02/07/05 Anti-immigration bill would give DHS special power to break laws
02/04/05 Fight Resumes Over Drilling in Alaskan Reserve
