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- A Riot forms in Puerto Rico between members of the PIP , the FUPI , the Socialist Party and members of the Police in front of the Federal Court Business , where PIP and PNP backers had shown two days before the outcome of the 2004 Puerto Rican Elections are decided by a judge. Several people, including seven policemen, are severely injured. (El Vocero, in Spanish)
- "Godfather of Soul" James Brown is diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and will undergo surgery next week. (BBC)
- , held at the US military camp in Guantanamo Bay , says he has been beaten, kicked, handcuffed and blindfolded, his head slammed into concrete, forced to run in leg shackles, routinely deprived of sleep and offered the services of a Prostitute by US troops. (BBC)
- , a Marine who turned up in Lebanon after disappearing from Iraq , is charged with Desertion . (BBC)
- The United States Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of state laws that block merchants from shipping Wine across state lines. Affected businesses and consumers claim that such laws are invalid under the Commerce Clause , long held to ban a state's discrimination against interstate commerce.
- High profile Democratic New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announces his campaign for Governor in 2006 . (Yahoo)
- 2004 U.S. Presidential Election Controversy :
- --- In a sworn Affidavit Monday, a former programmer for a NASA contractor said that he developed a Vote-rigging prototype at the request of a then-Florida state representative, Tom Feeney , who is now a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. (Blue Lemur) (bradblog)
- --- Ohio Secretary Of State , and Co-Chair of the George Bush Ohio Campaign, Ken Blackwell certifies election results. Two parallel vote count efforts are pending, one claims evidence that John Kerry is the legitimate winner of Ohio. (Associated Press) (NYT)
- The U.S. Military discusses plans for mandatory visibly worn ID Badges , Forced Labor , DNA Testing , and Retina Scan s at "citizen processing centers" for all residents of the rebellious Iraq i city of Fallujah , saying they plan to make it a model city for the whole of Iraq. (Boston Globe)
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