Conspiracy Settlement Prompts Music Fans to Register Online
Music buyers in the United States may claim a share of a 44 million dollar class action settlement against major U.S. record labels and retailers for alleged minimum-price fixing. Residents who bought a CD, cassette, or album between 1995 and 2000 can register online, with about 2.8 million already signed up.
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Portland, Maine
U.S
Portland
Recording Industry Association of America
United States
NASA chief regrets not making call on shuttle survey
NASA Administrator Sean O Keefe told Congress he should have been part of the decision to cancel a Defense Department photographic survey of the space shuttle Columbia days before its disintegration. He said he was unaware of much internal debate and could not identify who requested or withdrew the surveillance. He noted past DoD photos were inadequate for assessing tile damage and suggested ground imaging would have limited help. The Gehman board findings will guide NASA going forward.
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NASA
Sean O'Keefe
Defense Department
Columbia
Texas
U.S. Strategic Command
Space Agency
O’keefe
White House
Capitol Hill
O'Keefe
Adm
Harold W. Gehman Jr
Space Station
North Korea
Yongbyon
United States
Trade center design chosen for World Trade Center
New York officials announced Daniel Libeskind's 16 acre plan for the World Trade Center including a memorial museum opera house underground mall five angular office towers and a 1776 foot slender tower said to be the world high but funding is uncertain and no money exists yet for key components. The design features a wedge of light along St Pauls Church yard with no shadow on Sept 11 from 8 46 am to 10 28 am.
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Brussels
Belgium
Antwerp
Diamond Center
New York
Manhattan
Daniel Libeskind
Port Authority
George Pataki
Michael Bloomberg
Wall Street
Midtown
Libeskind
Daniel Doctoroff
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Museum
World Trade Center
Bush administration lowers national terror alert to yellow
The Bush administration reduced the national terror alert from orange to yellow amid ongoing warnings that al Qaida remains capable of attacks. Ashcroft and Ridge said vigilance remains vital as they noted intelligence around the Muslim hajj period influenced the move and that protective measures could be scaled back for now.
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Washington
Bush Administration
U.S
al-Qaida
John Ashcroft
Homeland Security
Tom Ridge
Orange
Ashcroft
Ridge
FBI
Mad cow disease deaths could be far fewer than feared
British researchers revision lowers death toll projections for variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. Estimates range from as few as 10 to as many as 7000 cases by 2080, with 132 deaths to date, mainly in Britain. Incubation periods remain uncertain and no population test exists.
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London
Britain
Royal Society
Academy of Scientists
England
California settles racial profiling suit over highway stops
The California Highway Patrol will ban some car searches and require officers to state specific facts for traffic stops beyond hunches. The settlement, filed in federal court, also orders stop-tracking and regular review to detect biased practices, with CHP paying 875000 in legal fees and damages. Plaintiffs receive 50000 each. ACLU says victory as terrorism-era profiling grows. If approved by a San Jose judge, troopers must justify stops with concrete facts.
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San Francisco
California Highway Patrol
The
Highway Patrol
Civil Liberties Union
San Francisco Bay-area
San Jose
Curtis Rodriguez
California
South Korea vows peaceful path amid North Korea reactor report
Seoul pledges to seek a peaceful resolution with North Korea despite U S officials' report that the Yongbyon 5 megawatt reactor may have been reactivated. President Roh Moo hyun, inaugurated Tuesday, asks ministers to verify the claim and plan responses while stressing close U S cooperation.
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North Korea
Seoul
U.S
Roh Moo-hyun
Roh
Goh Eun
International Atomic Energy Agency
Melissa Fleming
U.N. Agency
Yongbyon
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Washington Post
James Ironside
Ironside
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Proceedings
Biological Sciences
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Goh
Song Kyoung-hee
Kim Dae-jung
Scott Snyder
Asia Foundation
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