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Today in history: 150th anniversary of Juneteenth
June 19, 2015It honors the day when slaves in Texas heard they had been freed by Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
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Report exposes vast web of secret Walmart tax shelters
June 18, 2015Walmart has built a vast, undisclosed network of 78 subsidiaries and branches in 15 overseas tax havens.
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House votes to approve Fast Track
June 18, 2015The U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve Fast Track trade authority today. The bill passed with a vote of 218-208.
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Today in history: 200 years since the Battle of Waterloo
June 18, 2015Today marks the 200th anniversary of the defeat of Napoleon by the British Duke of Wellington and Prussian field marshal Gebhard Blücher.
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North Carolina NAACP leader released from jail after voting rights protest
June 18, 2015"We were planning to stay in jail overnight in defiance against being arrested, unconstitutionally, based on the sound or volume of our voices."
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Roanoke rally for voting rights planned for June 25
June 17, 2015Attendees will rally to defend the right to vote and to support a restoration of the Voting Rights Act.
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Today: World Day to Combat Desertification
June 17, 2015The day addresses drought and desertification, and is meant to help implement the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
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Today in history: Stan Laurel is born 125 years ago
June 16, 2015Laurel and Hardy became friends with inimitable comic chemistry, and huge audience pleasers at the box office.
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