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RAIN 09/21: Database ownership



Las Vegas Sun 9/20/00
Clark County officials forced to surrender cell phone records
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-gov/2000/sep/20/510794363.html

Associated Press
More than 18 months after they were first requested, Clark County officials 
turned over cellular phone records to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. 
It took the Nevada Supreme Court's ruling that the records are public 
information under state law to force Tuesday's release of the documents. 
The Review-Journal requested billing records in February 1998 for cellular 
phones used during 1996 and 1997 by members of the Clark County Commission, 
County Manager Dale Askew and county Aviation Director Randy Walker. 



Toledo Blade 9/20/00
Bill strives to cut cost of patient records
http://www.toledoblade.com/editorial/health/3073bill.htm

Blade Columbus Bureau
COLUMBUS - Hospitals, doctors, and other health-care providers would be 
limited in how much they may charge patients for copies of their medical 
records under a bill approved 92-1 yesterday by the Ohio House. 
"Some physicians and health-care providers choose to charge very fair amounts 
and some do not," said state Rep. Lynn Olman (R., Maumee), the bill's 
sponsor. He cited an example of a patient charged $612 for a 508-page copy of 
his own medical report. 


Washington Post 9/20/00
Hooray for … Madison, Wisconsin?
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41234-2000Sep20.html

By Jenny Price
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. -- Greta Garbo's last screen test is here, the mysterious 
actress turning for the camera, smiling and fluffing her hair.
So are Stephen Sondheim's lyrics to "West Side Story," handwritten on a 
yellow legal pad, along with notes and doodles and the words he crossed out.
There are photos shot on the set of "Casablanca"; sketches by Academy 
Award-winning costume designer Edith Head with fabric swatches attached; and 
the contract signed by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith and 
Mary Pickford when they founded United Artists in 1919.
This trove of film history is preserved half a continent from Hollywood at 
the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research.


PRNewswire 9/14/00
New BitWise DocSTAR(TM) Models Bring Exclusive Two-Tier Storage; Feature 
Guards Against Document Loss, Speeds Access
http://news.excite.com/news/pr/000914/ny-bitwise-new-pdt

SCHENECTADY, N.Y., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- BitWise Designs, Inc. 
(NASDAQ:BTWS) today announced two new DocSTAR(TM) imaging systems that employ 
an exclusive "Two-Tier" storage design that combines RAID (Redundant Array of 
Independent Drives) technology and optical media for rapid retrieval and 
comprehensive protection against document loss. This design automatically 
creates removable backup copies of all documents for off-site storage, rather 
than leaving this critical operation up to the user. 


Reuters 9/14/00
Chase to open records to Holocaust investigator
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000914/16/holocaust-chase

By Joan Gralla
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chase Manhattan Corp. will let the same investigator who 
probed Swiss banks for Holocaust-era accounts review its records to find out 
how Chase might have helped the Nazis during the World War II, an advocacy 
group said Thursday. 
As a result, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) told Reuters it will not try to 
thwart the bank's proposed $35 billion acquisition of J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc., 
a merger Chase hopes will catapult it into the top reaches of investment 
banking. 
Jim Finn, a spokesman for Chase, the No. 3 U.S. bank holding company, 
confirmed the bank's agreement with the Jewish group, adding that Chase plans 
to make public the results of the new inquiry: 


Albuquerque Journal 9/20/00
Access to city intranet proposed
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/129356news09-20-00.htm

By Olivier Uyttebrouck
A city intranet site containing data about millions of financial transactions 
soon could be accessible from home computers if an Albuquerque councilor gets 
his way.
The intranet site, now available only to Albuquerque employees using city 
computers, would become accessible through the city's Web site if councilors 
approve a resolution sponsored by Councilor Hess Yntema.
An intranet site operates like the Internet sites that are familiar to Web 
surfers. But intranet sites typically are available only within a particular 
company or organization.


The Halifax Herald Limited 9/20/00
Acadia alumni sue their alma mater
http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaystory?2000/09/20+125.raw+NovaScoti
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By Davene Jeffrey
The dispute between Acadia University and its alumni got a little messier 
this week. 
The Associated Alumni of Acadia University is suing the university's board of 
governors demanding the return of assets including more than $500,000 in 
cash, furniture and a database. 
The university said in a statement Tuesday afternoon it's disappointed by the 
lawsuit. 
"We fear that those who are leading this action, who have not been elected by 
Acadia's alumni, do not represent the views of Acadia graduates." 


Amarillo Globe News 9/19/00
Company accused of falsifying reports
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/091900/bus_busbriefs.shtml