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U.S. Court Orders 'Enemy Combatant' Freed
2005-03-01: MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge ruled on Monday that President Bush has no authority to order an American citizen jailed indefinitely as an enemy combatant, and ordered terrorism suspect Jose Padilla be released within 45 days.
U.S. Adventurer Sets Off on Solo Global Flight
2005-03-01: SALINA, Kan. (Reuters) - Steve Fossett, who sailed around the globe in a balloon three years ago, took off from a Kansas airfield on Monday trying to circle the Earth nonstop in a one-engine plane without refueling.
DeLay PAC Lawsuit Goes to Trial in Texas
2005-03-01: AP - A high-stakes political fund-raising trial began Monday as Democrats argued that the treasurer of a committee formed by House Republican Leader Tom DeLay broke the law by using corporate money to get GOP legislative candidates elected.
Man Charged with Passing Chip Design Information
2005-03-01: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Taiwanese citizen living in California took computer chip design information from a San Francisco-area firm and e-mailed it to a potential rival in Taiwan, U.S. authorities charged on Monday.
Ebbers Mounts an 'I Never Knew' Defense
2005-03-01: Bernard Ebbers, the former WorldCom chief executive, displayed an innocence in court that was part of a defense effort to cast him as someone who relied on others.
European Shares Little Changed
2005-03-01: Reuters - European shares were little changed as
worries over steep bond yields offset solid results from the
world's third-biggest drugs maker, Sanofi-Aventis.
Construction Spending Rises in January
2005-03-01: AP - Construction spending rose a strong 0.7 percent in January as low mortgage rates continued to bolster home building and nonresidential construction climbed to the highest level in more than two years.
London opens higher but Dax dips
2005-03-01: FT.com - The FTSE Eurofirst index edged higher helped by a gain in London, but the major bourses of Europe were flat to weaker.
Sallie Mae Names Fitzpatrick CEO
2005-03-01: AP - SLM Corp., known as Sallie Mae, promoted Thomas Fitzpatrick to chief executive to replace Albert Lord, who will be elected chairman later this month.
Williamsburg Reinvented
2005-03-22: In an area with little real estate to buy, Williamsburg in Brooklyn is getting bigger - a whole town bigger. More than 130 buildings are currently planned.
Andersen Lawyer Calls Extraordinary Amount' of WorldCom Jury Pool Biased
2005-03-28: A lawyer for Arthur Andersen LLP, which faces trial March 28 for its role as WorldCom Inc.'s accountant, said an ``extraordinary amount'' of the pool from which 10 jurors will be selected is biased against the ...
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