October 22, 2001 – The SEC begins to investigate Enron
It was only the beginning of the end, but by the time it was done, one of the greatest success...
September 4, 2013
Crime & Law
February 1, 2002 — The Patriot Act takes effect in the USA
The PATRIOT Act (in full: the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism...
August 29, 2013
July 14, 2003 — Valerie Plame is outed as a spy
In one of the more astonishing displays of the Bush administration’s belief that it was above the law, Valerie Plame...
August 9, 2013
February 5, 2004 — Undocumented workers drowned in Morecambe Bay
Morecambe Bay is located in Lancashire, England, and is the site of a traditional cockle picking area. But as with...
August 4, 2013
February 25, 2004 — Niyazov bans beards in Turkmenistan
Just in case there was any remaining doubt that he was a raving loony, Saparmurat Niyazov, President For Life of...
July 29, 2013
June 27, 2005 — Bunny Greenhouse testifies regarding Halliburton’s corruption
Bunny Greenhouse was a rising star in the United States Army Corps of Engineers until the year 2000. Suddenly, under...
June 4, 2013
August 29, 2005 — Hurricane Katrina destroys much of New Orleans
At 6:10AM on the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made a landfall on the Louisiana coast near Buras-Triumph....
May 29, 2013
December 13, 2005 — Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams executed
Tookie Williams wasn’t anyone’s idea of a nice guy. He was one of the leading members of the notorious Crips...
May 24, 2013
June 6, 2013 — The Guardian and The Washington Post report on PRISM surveillance
Edward Snowden became a household name when he leaked a series of explosive documents detailing the NSA’s PRISM program, which...
March 29, 2012
October 5, 2014 — Robert Kennedy Jr. dumps the corpse of a brown bear in Central Park
While Robert Kennedy Jr. has done some weird things in his time, this is probably the weirdest. This entry is...
March 26, 2012
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