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September 2007

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World North Korea…

DK History: Incas

GOLD MASK WHO RULED THE INCA EMPIRE? HOW DID INCA SOCIETY FUNCTION? WHO WAS DESCENDED FROM THE SUN AND MOON? FIND OUT MOREThe Inca people lived in the Andes mountains of Peru. Between the 12th…

Egan, Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Egan, PatrickEgan, Patrickēˈgən [key], 1841–1919, Irish and American political leader, b. Co. Longford, Ireland. Fervently devoted to the cause of Irish home rule and land reform, he…

John IV, king of Portugal

(Encyclopedia) John IV, 1604–56, king of Portugal (1640–56). He succeeded as duke of Braganza in 1630. Descended from Manuel I and in illegitimate line from John I, he had the strongest claim to the…

Augustinians

(Encyclopedia) Augustinians, religious order in the Roman Catholic Church. The name derives from the Rule of St. Augustine (5th cent.?), which established rules for monastic observance and common…

Basilian monks

(Encyclopedia) Basilian monksBasilian monksbəzĭlˈēən [key], monks primarily of the Eastern Church. They follow the Rule of St. Basil the Great, which has been universal among them since the 7th cent…

Campaign-Finance Reform: History and Timeline

A look at early campaign finance legislation and efforts to regulate fund raising for political campaigns by Beth Rowen Related Links Watergate Overview Presidential Scandals: Nixon and…

The Supreme Court: Using Marijuana

Using MarijuanaThe Supreme CourtControlling Our BodiesLimiting Abortion RightsDenying the Right to DieUsing MarijuanaForcing Drug Tests One way that states are trying to help patients deal…

U.S. Voting Rights

When the Constitution was written, only white male property owners (about 10 to 16 percent of the nation's population) had the vote. Over the past two centuries, though, the term "government by the…