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...Still, in December, after a six-month trial, a skeptical Tampa jury delivered not one single guilty verdict from the 53-count indictment charging al-Arian and three other men with terrorist activities. Al-Arian - whom the Bush Administration had even tagged as PIJ's North American leader - was acquitted on eight of 17 counts. The jury deadlocked on the remaining counts against him, but jurors later indicated to reporters that most of them had favored acquittal on those charges as well. The government, they said, simply wasn't able to establish a clear link between al-Arian's constitutionally...
...Empress of China, the first U.S. ship to trade with China, arrives in Canton (now Guangzhou) after a six-month voyage, carrying 2,600 fur pelts and 30 tons of ginseng. It returns home with cotton, porcelain, silk and tea, earning the ship's owners about $30,000 in profits...
...disseminating harmful materials to a minor (e-mails and nude photos and videos of herself and the teen) and was sentenced to two years' probation. A charge of sex with a minor was dropped. Jennings was the boy's freshman-English teacher; the two later became involved in a six-month sexual relationship that ended when...
MANY HAPPY RETURNS With interest rates rising, bank CDs are a safe investment choice for the risk averse. A six-month CD from ETrade.com now earns 4.75% APY, one of the highest short-term CD rates nationwide. ? PayPal.com offers a money-market account with a rate of 4.38%, no minimum deposit and no withdrawal fee, but it is not FDIC insured. ? Check Bankrate.com to compare and evaluate CD and savings-account rates...
...keeping them up to date. The one exception is Norton AntiVirus. If you have a pre-existing version on your computer, especially an expired free version, you will need to go through the tedious task of uninstalling it. Only then can Google hook you up with that free six-month deal...