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 Sunday, February 8 |
Bush defends war on Sunday talk-show appearance
Chris Buell at 2/8/2004 04:10:39 PM
NY Times: "President Bush said today that the war in Iraq was worth its costs because Saddam Hussein was 'a madman' who posed a clear threat and who, at a minimum, had the capacity to build banned unconventional weapons."
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Water-rights could raise costs of environmental protection programs
Chris Buell at 2/8/2004 04:10:27 PM
AP: "An effort to save two rare fish in California's Central Valley more than a decade ago now could jeopardize the federal government's ability to protect threatened or endangered species."
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Canadian Supreme Court to decide on lobby group limits
Chris Buell at 2/8/2004 04:10:04 PM
CP: "Advocates of free speech square off against defenders of political fairness this week at the Supreme Court of Canada, just as Prime Minister Paul Martin is pondering a spring election."
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Stewart defense team to face star witness
Chris Buell at 2/8/2004 04:09:50 PM
AP: "Lawyers for Martha Stewart get their first chance Monday to cross-examine the government's star witness, a former brokerage assistant who has delivered damaging testimony against the homemaking maven."
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Israeli Supreme Court takes up barrier issue
Chris Buell at 2/8/2004 04:09:27 PM
AP: "Israel's Supreme Court will hear a challenge tomorrow on the legality of a separation barrier in the West Bank."
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UN delegates meet with Iraqi Governing Council on elections
Chris Buell at 2/8/2004 04:09:05 PM
CNN: "UN delegates were meeting Sunday with members of Iraq's Governing Council on the viability of letting Iraqis hold independent elections by June 30."
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US, Australia reach free-trade agreement
Chris Buell at 2/8/2004 04:08:34 PM
AP: "The United States and Australia concluded a free-trade agreement Sunday that officials said will eliminate duties from more than 99 percent of American manufacturing exports to Australia."
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$300 million of Saddam's money found, US claims
Chris Buell at 2/8/2004 04:08:04 PM
AP: "The United States believes it has found at least $300 million Saddam Hussein hid in banks, yet doesn't have enough evidence to get countries such as Syria and Switzerland to hand over the money, US and European officials told The Associated Press."
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US satisfied by Pakistan's investigation into leaked nuclear information
Chris Buell at 2/8/2004 04:07:44 PM
VOA: "US Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to President Pervez Musharraf by telephone on Saturday to discuss Islamabad's ongoing probe into Pakistani nuclear proliferation to Libya, Iran and North Korea."
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Judge orders police to return pot
Chris Buell at 2/8/2004 04:07:27 PM
AP: "A judge ordered police to return marijuana to the two men it was confiscated from."
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Fla. justice system to be reviewed after killing of 11-year-old
Chris Buell at 2/8/2004 04:07:10 PM
AP: "For the better part of a decade, the man suspected of killing an 11-year-old girl whose abduction was caught on videotape had been under the supervision of Florida's criminal justice system. But despite his many brushes with the law, Joseph P. Smith never spent long behind bars."
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THIS DAY AT LAW - First US execution by gas
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/8/2004 12:01:41 AM
On February 8, 1924, Gee Jon, a Chinese man convicted of murder, was executed by gas in Nevada and became the first person in the United States to be put to death in that manner. The Nevada state legislature had eliminated hanging and shooting as a method of execution in 1921, and had provided for execution by lethal gas instead. Nevada sent 39 convicts to the gas chamber between 1924 and 1979. Learn more about the history of capital punishment in Nevada.
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