Jurors recall panic at USC from computer worm incident
Testimony details chaos at the University of Southern California on November 2 1988 as Mark Brown described staff in a state of panic and efforts to remove the worm that infected about 350 computers in 24 hours. Prosecutors say Cornell graduate student Robert Morris unleashed the worm, affecting thousands of machines nationwide and triggering charges under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Morris faces up to five years in prison and a $250000 fine.
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University of Southern California
Mark Allen Brown
Cornell University
Robert Tappan Morris
Brown
Rebur Uli
Ioke
Morris
Arnold
USC
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moffett Field
Calif
Thomas
Secret border army helped push Noriega out of power
In Panama the Hugo Spadafora Armed Liberation Front, a privately financed 150 man anti Noriega group known as Flash, formed by Panamanian exiles Costa Rican adventurers and over 60 Nicaraguans, forced 20 Panamanian Defense Force soldiers at a frontier post to surrender and seized the Panama Costa Rica border amid the U S invasion. The unit led by Jose Manuel Echevers Martinez says the operation ended a two year guerrilla campaign and aided Noriega’s ouster.
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Paso Canoa
Panama
Costa Rica
Manuel Noriega
Jose Manuel Echevers
Martinez
anti-Noriega
Hugo Spadafora
Teen hid loaded gun in locker at Nottingham High
Syracuse police found a stolen 9mm handgun with 10 bullets in a locker at Nottingham High School. A 16-year-old student, Charles L. Sanders, had brought the weapon to 3100 B Genesee St. The gun was hidden in locker D-29 beneath a sweater. Police noted two bullets remained in the clip when discovered.
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Nottingham High
Nottingham High School
B. Genesee St
Syracuse
Smith & Wesson
Charles L. Sanders
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Onondaga landfill probe eyes sealed 63 page report
District Attorney Wildridge weighs grand jury action on eight month inquiry into real estate deals tied to a proposed Onondaga County landfill. A 63 page report will stay sealed to protect interviewees, as investigators review whether to present evidence and inform legislative leaders. The probe targets potential crimes and kickbacks connected to clay pit land deals and a Glen Burnie firm linked to a failed scheme.
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Robert Wildridge
Onondaga County
Wildridge
Legislature
William Sanford
Sanford
Baltimore
Paul Berry
Berry
Sultant
William Harrington & Associates
Glen Burnie
Maniktala Associates
Liverpool
Rajindar Maniktala
van Buren
Space rescue on schedule near Earth rendezvous
Space shuttle Columbia crew checked Syncom 2 satellite health before release and pursued Lang Duration Exposure Facility. They trailed the Navy’s 17,000 pound satellite by about 1,700 miles, closing at roughly 62 miles per minute as atmospheric drag raises the risk of a March 9 fiery death dive if not recovered.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Columbia
Navy
Earth
Mission Control
Bing Crosby
Dan Brandenstein
Hughes Aircraft
Brandenstein
Jim Watharhae
Wetherbee
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Joe
Ziggy
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Manuel
Sega
New York State
Jim Palmer
Joe Mo
St. John’s
NCAA
J-D
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M.C. Burns
Globe
ADI Nuinau
Rage Aly
Hacer
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