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House concurrent resolution 108

HCR-108 was passed concurrently with Public Law 280, which granted state jurisdiction over civil and criminal offenses committed by or upon Native Americans in Indian Territory in the states of California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Nebraska, all of which have large Indigenous populations.

Malice aforethought

In most common law jurisdictions, the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code, and in the various US state statutes which have codified homicide definitions, the term has been abandoned although the meaning remains the mens rea requirement for murder.

Oregon state elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, the US state of Oregon held statewide general elections for three statewide offices (secretary of state, treasurer, and attorney general), both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, and twelve state ballot measures.

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

Franciscan brothers were missionaries to the Timucua and Guale Indians along the coast, whose territory included the Sea Islands in Georgia and up to the Savannah River.


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2003 Colima earthquake

A seiche was observed on Lake Pontchartrain in the US state of Louisiana, and sediment was stirred up in several Louisiana wells.

Banbury Springs lanx

This freshwater limpet is endemic to the US State of Idaho, where it is known from a 10-kilometer stretch of the Snake River.

Bill Skelly

In 2007 he participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program organised by the US State Department and was made an honorary Colonel of Kentucky.

Carpinteria Tar Pits

The Carpinteria Tar Pits are one of the five natural asphalt lake areas in the world, the others being Tierra de Brea in Trinidad and Tobago, Lake Guanoco in Venezuela and the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits (Los Angeles) and McKittrick Tar Pits (McKittrick) both also located in the US state of California.

Cathey

Cathey Peak, a peak in the Sacramento Mountains, in the south-central part of the US State of New Mexico.

Ccag

Connecticut Citizen Action Group, a political advocacy group operating in the US state of Connecticut

Chief Justice

In other courts, the title of Chief Justice is used, but the court has a different name, e.g. the Supreme Court of Judicature in colonial (British) Ceylon, and the Maryland Court of Appeals (in the US state of Maryland).

Covina

Covina, California, a city in the Los Angeles area of the US state of California

DeLeon

De Leon Springs, Florida, a census-designated place in the US state of Florida

Humza Yousaf

He is also a former alumnus of the US State Department IVLP programme.

Janet Mills

Janet T. Mills (born 1947), Attorney General of the US state of Maine

Janet T. Mills

Janet Trafton Mills (born December 12, 1947, in Farmington, Maine) is the Attorney General of the US state of Maine and current vice chair of the Maine Democratic Party.

Karim Ali Fathy

As of October 2013, Fathy reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 39 after taking the Madison Open of the US state of Wisconsin, beating Englishman Joel Hinds 3-2 in a 98 minute long match.

Lake Bermudez

Lake Guanoco is one of the five natural asphalt lake areas in the world, the others being Tierra de Brea in Trinidad and Tobago and Rancho La Brea (Los Angeles), McKittrick Tar Pits (McKittrick) and Carpinteria Tar Pits (Carpinteria) all located in the US state of California.

Mahtab Farid

December 7, 2010: The "US State Department Meritorious Award" for Mahtab Farid from the hand of Karl Eikenberry, US ambassador to Afghanistan for my contributions in public diplomacy.

December 7, 2010: The "'US State Department Meritorious Award'" was handed over to Mahtab Farid by Karl Eikenberry, US ambassador to Afghanistan for my contributions in public diplomacy.

Max Kampelman

On May 22, 2008, at a ceremony held at the US State Department in Washington, DC, Kampelman was presented by the National Endowment for Democracy with its Democracy Service Medal in recognition of his lifetime achievement in advancing the principles of freedom, human rights, and democracy.

McKittrick Tar Pits

The McKittrick Tar Pits are one of the five natural asphalt lake areas in the world, the others being Tierra de Brea in Trinidad and Tobago, Lake Guanoco in Venezuela and the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits (Los Angeles) and Carpinteria Tar Pits (Carpinteria) both also located in the US state of California.

Miller Brothers

Miller Brothers Farm, a house in the US state of Georgia on the National Register of Historic Places

Nccf

North Carolina Coastal Federation, a citizen's group for protecting the coasts of the US State of North Carolina

Orange Express

the Orange Blossom Express, a proposed commuter rail system in the US state of Florida

Ramseyer

Christian William Ramseyer (1875–1943), a politician from the US state of Iowa

Richard Perchlik

It was during his first term as Mayor that he decided to run against Wayne N. Aspinall for the Fourth District US State Representative seat.

Ryan Deckert

Prior to this position, Deckert, a Democratic politician from the US state of Oregon, served in the Oregon Senate, representing District 14, which includes parts of Beaverton and the Portland neighborhoods of Garden Home and Raleigh Hills.

Snorg Tees

Snorg Tees is an American company based in the US state of Georgia, specialising in T-shirt designs that reference popular culture or make humorous assertions about the wearer.

Tubalcain

Tubal Cain mine, abandoned copper mine in Olympic National Park in the US state of Washington

William Bolling

Bill Bolling (born 1957), Republican Lieutenant Governor of the US State of Virginia

Winfred Rembert

Winfred Rembert was born on November 22nd, 1945 in Cuthbert, Randolph County, in the US state Georgia.

World Creole Music Festival

To date, musical forms that have gained exposure and dominance at the festival include Cadence-lypso, Kompa, Zouk, Soukous, Bouyon, Zydeco (from the US state of Louisiana).