294th day of 2010 - 71 remaining
Thursday, October 21, 2010
BOTTLE O’ RUM DAY
The Battle of Trafalgar was fought this day in 1805. Admiral Horatio Nelson led the English fleet to victory over Napoleon’s combined French and Spanish navies. This win ended any threat to England by...
Firebomb attack brings prison sentences
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Two brothers who firebombed the home of a Swedish cartoonist who drew the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog were sentenced to prison Thursday.
Mentor Alija, 21, was given a three-year sentence for the arson attack on the home of...
Obama abandons term 'enemy combatant'
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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Friday that it is abandoning one of President George W. Bush's key phrases in the war on terrorism: enemy combatant
The Justice Department said in legal filings that it will no longer use the...