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tion of the bank's conduct. It is being handled by federal prosecutors in Sacramento, Calif.
• On Friday night, Holder told the bank that a non-prosecution agreement was a non-starter -- meaning that the Justice Department will continue to conduct the criminal investigation of the financial institution, said the person. As part of the deal, the Justice Department expects JPMorgan to cooperate with the continuing criminal probe of the bank's issuance of mortgage-backed securities between 2005 and 2007, the person said.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Sunday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2013. There are 72 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Oct. 20, 1973, in the so-called "Saturday Night Massacre," special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox was dismissed and Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus resigned.
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• On this date:
• In 1740, Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia upon the death of her father, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI.
• In 1803, the U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
• In 1903, a joint commission ruled in favor of the United States in a boundary dispute between the District of Alaska and Canada.
• In 1944, during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore at Leyte (LAY'-tee) in the Philippines, 2 1/2 years after saying, "I shall return."
• In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence and infiltration in the U.S. motion picture industry.
• In 1964, the 31st president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, died in New York at age 90.
• In 1967, seven men were convicted in Meridian, Miss., of violating the civil rights of three slain civil rights workers.
• In 1968, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
• In 1977, three members of the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed in the (Continued on page 30)
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