Judge weighing up to 450 million in MP3.com damages
New York law action seeks as much as 450 million dollars in copyright damages against MP3.com. Universal Music Group argues the Internet music company willfully infringed copyrights by allowing user storage of copied songs. Judge Jed Rakoff previously ruled the company violated the law and will decide if willful infringement warrants a harsher award.
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New York
Ligest Record Company
Mp3.com
Internet Music Company
Jed
Rakoff
Universal Music Group
Hadrian Retz
Universal
MP3
Court upholds man's federal death sentence
An Oklahoma man who strangled a fellow inmate at a federal prison in Pennsylvania may become the first federal inmate to be executed since 1963 after the 8th U.S. Circuit of Appeals dismissed his death sentence. Davi Paul Hammer, 41, argued to let him die, saying the sentence is the only way to take responsibility for his actions. He has a 1,232-year Oklahoma state sentence for various crimes and alleged links to murders, credit-card scams, and bomb threats made from prison phones.
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Pennsylvania
Pell
U.S. Circuit of Appeals
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Hammer
Man shoots wife at school then kills himself in Bidwell
In Bidwell Ohio a man shot his estranged wife Linda Shoemaker a cook at Porter Elementary in the school parking lot then killed himself at home. Classes were canceled as the district reported the incident occurred before student arrivals. Frank Shoemaker 66 was found dead in a lawn chair nearby.
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Linda Shoemaker
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Gallia County
Daniel Whiteley
Frank Shoemaker
Whiteley
Akron father barred from watching Lego world contest
Thomas Lavery, 56, ordered not to attend his son John’s world Lego competition after being charged with nine counts of child endangerment. Lavery pleaded innocent, while his son, 17, won a national Lego contest and is set for the international event in California.
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Akron
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James Williams
Thomas Lavery
Lavery
John
New York City
California
Steinem Weds at 66 in Oklahoma Ceremony
Gloria Steinem longtime feminist leader and Ms. Magazine co founder married David Bale 61 in a small Adair County rural Oklahoma ceremony. The event was attended by close family and friends and announced by Voters for Choice a PAC Steinem helped create. Bale is father of actor Christian Bale.
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Gloria Steinem
Steinem
Ms. Magazine
David Bale
Oklahoma
Unday
Voters For Choice
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Hom
Wilma Mankiller
Nicole Vandenberg
Voters For Choice Board
Bale
Shaft
Three Teens Convicted in Houston Firefighter Murders
In Houston three teenagers Allen Gerome Davis 17 Pedro Isreal Laredo 19 and Juan Torres 17 were found guilty of felony murder for a February burglary at a McDonald’s that led to a blaze. Firefighters Lewis Mayo 14 and Kimberly Smith 30 died from smoke inhalation when the roof collapsed. Sentencing in the punishment phase began, with potential prison terms up to life.
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Allen Gerome Davis
Pedro Isreal Laredo
Juan Torres
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McDonald’s
Lewis Mayo
Kimberly Smith
Lee's lawyers appeal bail suspension in New Mexico court
Lawyers for Wen Ho Lee, jailed nuclear scientist, appealed bail suspension after the 10th Circuit superseded a district judge's order. They filed a second appeal seeking release while questions linger on a possible hearing.
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Wother Niles
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U.S
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Betsy Shumaker
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Widges
Seledion
Debates spark clash over schedule and venues
The debate commission proposed three 90 minute prime time debates in Boston Winston Salem and St Las Bush accepts Oct 17 but rejects Oct 3 and Oct 11 He favors a Meet the Press September 12 and a CNN Larry King Live January 3 matchup Gore and allies say Bush fears large audiences Parsky argues Bush seeks better formats Clinton previously questioned the commission but did not refuse to work with it The piece frames the stakes for voters and precedents in debate history.
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Nonpartisan
Presidential Commission On Debates
Alan Schroeder
Columbia University Press
George W. Bush
Presidential Commission
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Commission
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St. Las
Bush
NBC
CNN
Larry King
Gore
Peter Ragone
California
Ragone
Arizona
John Metain
Gerry Parsky
Clinton
Bob Dole
Bush presses differences with Gore in swing-state push
Bush sharpens contrasts with Al Gore by outlining economy health care and Social Security. He cites his 1.3 trillion tax plan and 158 billion Medicare drug proposal while highlighting national defense at veterans events and running full-page ads endorsed by 300 economists.
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George W. Bush
al Gore
Bush
Ari Fleischer
Gore
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Texas
USA Today
Medicare drug plans spar over costs and coverage
Campaign details show free drug coverage for seniors up to 135 percent of poverty, about $11 300 for a single person, with government subsidies rising to 2 500 over 10 years. Premiums start around 25 monthly, then exceed 40, and there is no deductible.
Gore lays out vast spending plan to create jobs and cut debt
Gore unveils a detailed platform at Cleveland State University promising 10 million high tech jobs, debt reduction, and poverty cuts under a plan titled Prosperity for America's Families. He would set a $300 billion surplus reserve, lift real family income, boost home ownership, and aim to eliminate the national debt by 2012 while expanding Social Security and college attainment.
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al Gore
Gore
America
George W. Bush
Cleveland State University
Congress
Clinton seeks Mideast peace amid summit disruptions
Clinton aims to push Middle East diplomacy while Kim Yong Nam cancels his summit trip with Kim Dae Jung. Castro denounces U.S. UN dominance in New York as Jiang Zemin and Putin loom. Falun Gong protests shadow Beijing and Khatami hosts pre summit talks on civilization dialogue. Berger notes slim odds for a peace deal before next administration.
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Kim Dae-jung
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Falun Gong
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Khatami
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Clinten Ders
Ehud Barak
Yasser Arafat
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