Computer virus hits hard overseas
The Chernobyl computer virus caused hundreds of thousands of damaged systems worldwide with overseas impact far greater than in the United States. Turkey and South Korea each reported about 300,000 infected computers as authorities warned the public while antivirus updates limited U.S. damage.
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Turkey
South Korea
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Trend Micro Inc
Chernobyl
Taiwan
Radikal
Schrader
U.S
India
Indian Express
Congress weighs raising the minimum wage this year
House Majority Leader Dick Armey expressed that Congress may act to raise the minimum wage. Democrats push a phased in $1 increase to 6.15 an hour over two years, while Armey notes bipartisan support but opposes a federal wage floor.
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House
Dick Armey
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Armey
Texas
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
David Bonier
Michigan
Obesity dangers lessen with age study says
A Chicago report notes that obesity poses lower relative risk for the elderly than for middle aged or young adults while absolute mortality rises with age. Ralf Bender of the University of Bielefeld leads the JAMA study, with skeptics from Harvard Medical School calling the findings inconsequential to public health.
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Ralf Bender
University of Bielefeld
Germany
Journal of the American Medical Association
JoAnn Manson
Harvard Medical School
New Haven Police Recruit Minorities and Women Embrace Diversity
New Haven Connecticut police launch a recruitment push aimed at minorities women and gays and lesbians not as suspects but as candidates. Officials cite diversity in officers as a goal against national concerns about policing and community trust. The department with 447 officers reports 39 percent minority and 16 percent female representation.
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Ments
Kay D. Codish
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Boston
Penny Harrington
National Center For Women & Policing
Los Angeles
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Hubert Williams
The
Police Foundation
Washington, D.C
U.S. Justice Department Bureau of Statistics
Court: Giving gifts not illegal
The Supreme Court ruled gifts to a federal official are illegal only if tied to an official act. The decision defeats Independent Counsel Smaltz in Espy corruption case and narrows grounds for convicting gift gratuities. Sun Diamond Growers welcomed the ruling as the proceedings may end.
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Smaltz
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Espy
Sun-Diamond Growers
Sun-Diamond
Eric W. Bloom
Samuel J. Buffone
American League of Lobbyists
Dad files suit over suspension for fictional planet story
The father of Brad Herman, an eighth grader at Brandywine Heights Middle School, sues in federal court claiming his son's free speech rights were violated after a class assignment about a fictional planet Poland Jewpiter led to a suspension. The district has not commented on the reasons for the discipline.
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Brad Herman
Brad
Brandywine Heights Middle School
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MTV
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