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Jersey Journal 10/01/00
Planning Board approves 'hotel' for financial records storage
http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/news/jjournal/plan30.html

by James Heaphy
Jersey City's hotel boom will soon offer rooms for machines and records.
What a developer described as a "cyber hotel" - for storage and possible
emergency use of computers and related equipment and financial records - was
approved by the Jersey City Planning Board Tuesday night.
The facility, located at 215 Coles St., will provide "disaster recovery"
space for financial firms, according to Jon Glickman, vice president of
Highgate Holdings. Glickman said he expects the first occupants by the
beginning of next year.


Yugoslavia Today 10/01/00
Yugoslav officials dumped ballot papers
http://www.centraleurope.com/yugoslaviatoday/news.php3?id=205023

Reuters
CACAK, Yugoslavia, Oct 1, 2000 -- (Reuters) The Yugoslav opposition accused
the authorities on Saturday of dumping ballot papers ringed with the name of
President Slobodan Milosevic's rival in last Sunday's controversial election.
In two separate incidents, local opposition activists in the central Serbian
towns of Cacak and Krusevac said they had found ballot papers that had been
thrown away.


Los Angeles Times 10/01/00
A hospital that made history and preserved it
http://www.latimes.com/news/state/20001001/t000093374.html

by Cecilia Rasmussen
St. Vincent's Medical Center is Los Angeles' oldest hospital and, in the
midst of its sprawling, palm-dotted campus, sits a six-story building, home
to the Daughters of Charity, the families of out-of-town patients and the
only history center and museum of its kind in the West.
What began five years ago as Sister Helen Carmody's personal rescue of
dumpster-bound memorabilia is now a 3,000-square-foot repository, research
center and museum that encompasses the history of medicine in Los Angeles.


Pioneer Planet 10/01/00
E-signatures to gain force of law today
But users still have to deal with a steep learning curve
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/seven-days/2/tech/docs/028992.htm

by Leslie Brooks Suzukamo
When you sit down at a desk and sign your name to a legal document, it might
look like this: ``Leslie Brooks Suzukamo.'' But someday you may sit at a
computer and sign your name electronically to a bank loan, a home owner's
contract or a car pink slip that's ready to ship over the Internet, and it
might look more like this:


San Jose Mercury News 10/01/00
Digital signatures law takes effect today
Businesses may see savings, but for consumers, privacy is more important than
ever.
http://www7.mercurycenter.com/premium/business/docs/digsig01.htm

by Elise Ackerman
Starting today, people planning to go online might want to think about
bringing along some identification -- digital identification, that is.
Thanks to a new federal law that takes effect today it's likely to become
important to prove who you are on the Internet.
The new law, which builds on a similar California law that took effect in
January, grants electronic signatures the same binding legal status as their
ink-drawn cousins. It makes it possible for businesses and individuals to
sign enforceable contracts online simply by clicking a mouse.


Evansville Courier & Press 9/30/00
Illinois official wants stronger information act
http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?200009/30+illofficial093000_news.

html+20000930

Dennis Conrad
Associated Press
Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan said Friday he'll continue his fight in
the next General Assembly for legislation to strengthen the state's Freedom
of Information Act.
Although even a House-approved compromise proposal of his died in the Senate
last spring without a hearing, Ryan told the annual convention of the
Illinois Press Association he plans to keep pushing for reform.


The Post 9/27/00
Web sites waiting to see how copyrigt laws play out
http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000927/entertainment-music-206

by Michael Canan
(U-WIRE) ATHENS, Ohio -- Cal Woods had no idea what he was getting into when
he took over the Online Guitar Archive in 1994.
With Ohio State University student Woods, OLGA (http://www.olga.net) became
the largest archive of guitar tablature, or tab, a kind of sheet music.
OLGA had 33,000 files, but it did not take long for a copyright controversy
to erupt. The archive now has only 2,000 files.


San Francisco Chronicle 9/30/00
It's OK to sign on the virtual dotted line
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/09/30/B

U76709.DTL

by Carrie Kirby
The federal electronic signature law takes effect tomorrow, clearing the way
for an online contract to carry the same legal weight as one signed in
indelible ink.
Still, hurdles remain before digital signatures become as common or trusted
as their offline counterparts.
A digital signature verifies that you are who you say you are when making an
agreement online.


Evansville Courier & Press 9/29/00
Decision in Shell lawsuit expected in two weeks
http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?200009/29+shell092900_news.html+2

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by Rick Callahan
Associated Press
Indianapolis -- A federal judge said Thursday he would decide within two
weeks whether to award damages to 22 independent service stations suing Shell
Oil Co. or allow their case to proceed to trial.
U.S. District Judge Larry McKinney heard two hours of arguments Thursday
morning from attorneys for Shell and the dealers, who say the company has
tried to drive them out of business.
Linda A. Pence, an attorney representing the dealers, sought the hearing to
ask McKinney to issue a judgment by default in the lawsuit. She contended
Thursday there was enough evidence for such a judgment.


New Scientist 9/30/00
The mouse that roared
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns225851

BT's hopes of enforcing its US patent on Internet hyperlinking (New
Scientist, 1 July, p 17) may be dashed by an old movie clip. The US-based
Internet Patent News Service is pointing patent lawyers to a website which
says it hosts film of a prior demonstration of hyperlinking


Dallas Morning News 10/01/00
Texas putting physician profiles online
Site will be aimed at making doctor picks easier
http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/181731_docnet_01tex.A.html

by George Kuempel
AUSTIN - When Dolores Hunkler and her husband arrived here from Virginia in
January with their four young children, getting settled in a new home and
school was a big concern.
With her fifth child due in just weeks, Ms. Hunkler had another worry: She
needed to find a doctor. And fast.
The Hunklers sought out husband Sean's co-workers at Motorola for
recommendations, and she delivered her baby - her fifth girl - a month later.



Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
pakurilecz@aol.com
Richmond, Virginia

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