Online peacemakers enter the Internet dispute market
Web merchants and buyers face rising complaints as e commerce expands beyond borders. San Francisco firms like SquareTrade push online dispute resolution with auctions on eBay, while Cybersettle and ClickNSettle offer automated or semi automated settlement tools. ICourthouse promises an Internet version of the People’s Court with juror panels.
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Ple’s Court
Wapners
Judgs
Ethan Katsh
SquareTrade
Squaretrade.com
eBay
Square Trade
Mark Budnitz
Georgia State University
Budnitz
Cybersettle
Clicknsettle
Icourthouse
Icourthouse.com
People’s Court
Tornado anniversary sparks Oklahoma photo salvage effort
After the May tornadoes killed 44 in Oklahoma, 15,000 mud frosted photos drifted across the plains. Del City Metro Tech students catalog and preserve them, hoping to match images with owners to rebuild memories and families. Photos include a beach party shot, a woman with two black eyes, and handwritten notes.
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Dex Crry
Okla
Oklahoma
Kenn Bird
Bird
del City Metro Tech
Photo OK Project
Stacy Standridge
Gina Standridge
Anita Parks
Oklahoma City
Vo-Tech
Bohlander
Metro Tech
Boy Scout
Tornado damage fuels photo restitution efforts in Oklahoma
Official tallies from the May 3, 1999 Oklahoma tornadoes list 44 dead, 700 injured, with 9,229 buildings damaged or destroyed and total losses around 1.1 billion dollars. Amid the debris, residents like Shawna and John Wilson seek irreplaceable photos rescued from attics and cabinets as Metro Tech staff assist in cataloging keepsakes and reuniting families with memories.
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Oklahoma
Shooting suspect penned anti immigration treatise
Pittsburgh reported that Richard Scott Baumhammers 34 faced a fatal spree killing three immigrants a Jewish woman and a black man and left a three page manifesto opposing immigration calling for a political party The Free Market Party He had a history of mental illness and had sought to recruit members for an anti immigrant party as investigators map the attacks.
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Richard Scott Baumhammers
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Baumhammers
Free Market Party
Mike Manko
Dist. Atty
Stephen Zappala Jr
Post-Gazette
Anita Gordon
Media poll shows selective news judgment by journalists
Pew Research Center and Columbia Journalism Review poll of 206 reporters and 81 executives finds about 40 percent say they avoid stories or soften tone to protect their news organization or advertisers. Market pressure and fear of boring or complicated stories drive self censorship. leaders call for focus on the story despite concerns about independence.
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Wasninaron
Pew Research Center For the People & the Press
Columbia Journalism Review
Peter Prichard
The
Freedom Forum
Citadel's top female cadet demoted for prank reaction
Petra Lovetinska, among the first women at The Citadel, demoted from cadet major and battalion executive officer to senior private after reacting to a prank by wiping a male cadet's trousers with her shoe. She earned 20 demerits and 40 marching tours in the barracks.
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Citadel
Petra Lovetinska
Lovetinska
Anderson
Emory Mace
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