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In Hawaii state lawmakers voted to allow the new inter-island ferry to resume service. The Superferry law overrode court decisions requiring an environmental study.
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Pres. Bush signed into law a measure barring states from levying taxes on Internet access through 2014.
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San Francisco energy officials approved a new $230 million power plant near Potrero Hill, which would let it close an older, dirtier plant nearby.
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The US acknowledged that it had undertaken military moves against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, including spy planes and providing Turkey with more intelligence.
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The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point to 4.5%. The DJIA rose 137.54 to 13,930.01. Nasdaq rose 42.41 to 2,859. Oil futures rose to a new record high closing at $94.53 per barrel on the NY mercantile Exchange. Gold traded above $800 an ounce for the first time since 1980.
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Authorities said French police had arrested 20 suspects as part of a Europe-wide crackdown on child pornography over the Internet.
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A bomb ripped through a passenger bus in the central Russian city of Togliatti, killing eight people and injuring 48. Togliatti is a city on the Volga River known as the headquarters of Russia's largest carmaker, AvtoVAZ, which returned to state control in 2005. The city has a reputation for gang violence as varying groups have competed for control over the lucrative factory.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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2005 –
Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and Letizia, Princess of Asturias
2000 –
Willow Smith, American actress
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Jordan-Claire Green, American actress
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Lil' JJ, American comedian
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Ben Brooks, British motocross racer
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Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast
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Jack Riewoldt, Australian rules footballer
1988 –
Sébastien Buemi, Swiss racing driver
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Nick Foligno, Canadian Ice Hockey Player (Ottawa Senators)
1986 –
Brent Corrigan, American pornographic actor
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October, 31
- Births
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2007,
Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby union footballer (b. 1951)
2006,
Pieter Willem Botha, President of South Africa (b. 1916)
2006,
Peter Fryer, English Marxist writer and journalist (b. 1927)
2005,
Mary Wimbush, English actress (b. 1924)
2005,
John "Beatz" Holohan, American drummer (Bayside) (b. 1974)
2005,
Hal Anger, American biophysicist (b. 1920)
2003,
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian singer (b. 1908)
2003,
Richard Neustadt, American political historian (b. 1919)
2002,
Lionel Poilâne, French baker and entrepreneur (b. 1945)
2002,
Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician, former president of Greece (b. 1903)
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October, 31
- Deaths
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