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*<!--Oct. 4--> The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] considers the '''[[Constitutionality]]''' of the current sentencing system in relation to the [[Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Sixth Amendment]]. Ruling against the system could affect every ongoing criminal case in the country and allow convicts to demand shorter sentences. |
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*<!--Oct. 4--> [[Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne|SpaceShipOne]] returns to Earth after its '''[[SpaceShipOne_flight_17P|second recent flight into space]]''', an achievement that wins its designers the [[Ansari X Prize]]. |
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*<!--Oct. 4-->[[Richard Axel]] and [[Linda B. Buck]] are awarded the '''[[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]''' for their discoveries of [[olfactory receptor]]s and the organization of the [[olfactory system]]. |
*<!--Oct. 4--> [[Richard Axel]] and [[Linda B. Buck]] are awarded the '''[[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]''' for their discoveries of [[olfactory receptor]]s and the organization of the [[olfactory system]]. |
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*<!--Oct. 2--> The 38-year-old [[insurgency]] in '''[[Nagaland]]''', [[India]] continues as at least 57 people are killed and over 100 injured in a series of attacks in the region. |
*<!--Oct. 2--> The 38-year-old [[insurgency]] in '''[[Nagaland]]''', [[India]] continues as at least 57 people are killed and over 100 injured in a series of attacks in the region. |
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*<!--Oct. 1--> '''[[Mary McAleese]]''' is unopposed for re-election as [[President of Ireland]] for a second seven-year term. She will be [[inauguration|re-inaugurated]] on [[November 11]]. |
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Revision as of 15:49, 4 October 2004
- The Supreme Court of the United States considers the Constitutionality of the current sentencing system in relation to the Sixth Amendment. Ruling against the system could affect every ongoing criminal case in the country and allow convicts to demand shorter sentences.
- SpaceShipOne returns to Earth after its second recent flight into space, an achievement that wins its designers the Ansari X Prize.
- Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of olfactory receptors and the organization of the olfactory system.
- The 38-year-old insurgency in Nagaland, India continues as at least 57 people are killed and over 100 injured in a series of attacks in the region.