This month in history

March 3, 1847 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was born in Scotland.

March, 1751 The Currency Act is passed by the English Parliament, banning the issuing of paper money by the New England colonies.

March 10, 1862 The first issue of U.S. government paper money occurred as $5, $10 and $20 bills began circulation.

March 15, 1938 The Secret Service unveiled the "Know Your Money" campaign to combat counterfeit currency.

A wave of pet deaths is linked to ingredients from China tainted with melamine, a chemical used to make plastic, sparking nationwide recalls and raising questions about how goods from China are regulated and inspected.

The United States trade deficit with China for the month of March alone was $17.2 billion.

Viacom files suit against YouTube seeking more than $1 billion in damages for what it terms “massive intentional copyright infringement,” adding to the debate over how television should be incorporated into the Internet.