Lawsuit threat not slowing file sharing
Despite RIAA lawsuits, music fans keep swapping songs online. Kazaa traffic dipped after the announcement but recovered within a day as 3.4 to 4.4 million users remained signed on. Grokster downloads rose 5 to 10 percent, while officials say the campaign is a long-term effort to curb illegal online music sharing.
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Kazaa
Recording Industry Association of America
FastTrack
Grokster
Richard Chernela
Sharman Networks
Wayne Rosso
Alec Cumming
Sammie Brown
Baltazar Campos
Rockaway Records
Calif
Supreme Court shows fewer conservative leanings this term
In 2002 2003 the Supreme Court, long dominated by conservatives, issued landmark rulings on affirmative action and gay rights and several decisions that shifted prior limits. The court upheld race as a factor in admissions, softened privacy limits on gay activity, and supported a legal aid funding program, prompting notes that the term was less conservative than expected.
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Supreme Court
Thomas Goldstein
High Court
Antonin Scalia
William H. Rehnquist
Emory University
Robert Schapiro
Ohio funeral home tied to decomposing bodies scandal
Denise Jones found a urn she believed held her husband’s ashes as authorities revealed eight bodies decomposing at Sherrill-Harden Funeral Home in Toledo. Some remains were partially eaten by rodents, others in a garage, with identification pending for months. State regulators suspended the license. owner Henry Harden, 62, faces no charges. He had prior tax and debt issues and says he tried to help families but could not sustain the business.
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Ohio
Denise Jones
Vernon
Sherrill-Harden
Sherrill-Harden Funeral Home
Lake Erie
Jones
Henry Harden
Retirement Gratitude From Anna Jonesboro Educator
Dr Richard Pommier expresses thanks to students, colleagues, and supporters after retiring from Anna Jonesboro Community High School earlier this month. He acknowledges Board of Education, AJCHS administration, the faculty, and a retirement party June 4 at Kokopelli's, with special thanks to Larry Bell for a 26 year promise.
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Board of Education
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Kokopelli’s
Larry Bell
Gazette Democrat
The
Southern Illinoisan
Anna Jonesboro
Chaucer
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