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RAIN 01/28: Weekend Update Part 3



Los Angeles Times 01/28/01
Fired by big brother
http://www.latimes.com/news/timesmag/20010128/t000008058.html

by Greg Miller
Dow Chemical Co.'s factory in Midland, Mich., is crisscrossed by miles of
pipes carrying toxic fluids. Workers wear goggles, helmets and sometimes
rubber bodysuits. Emergency shower facilities are almost as common as
drinking fountains. And every so often, sirens signal the entire town to shut
its windows.
Workers pride themselves on foreseeing trouble. Even so, one hazard coursing
through the plant last year caught everyone off guard, ending the careers of
39 workers and forcing 200 others to stay home from one to five days. It left
the company and employees alike wondering how things managed to get so out of
control.
The hazard? It was e-mail.



WasteNews.com
Hospitals' document destruction policies must balance privacy, environment
http://www.wastenews.com/headlines2.html?id=980545823

(Jan. 26) -- Each time a patient visits a doctor or dentist, confidential
health information is recorded.
Each prescription, admission to a hospital and insurance claim results in a
record of confidential health information.
When those documents reach the end of their usefulness, hospitals and health
care facilities must work to balance privacy with environmental challenges.
Some are waiting to see how recently released legislation will affect their
efforts.



The Telegraph 01/27/01
Berlin returns stolen treasures to Russia
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=003864436460684&rtmo=3SqYB3BM&atmo=rrrrrrrq&p

g=/et/01/1/27/wrus27.html

by Toby Helms in Berlin
IN a sombre ceremony in Moscow, boxes full of edicts from Russian Tsars,
medals and books that were stolen from a St Petersburg archive and later
surfaced in Berlin were officially handed back to the Russians yesterday.
The documents, including decrees signed by Peter the Great and Russia's last
Tsar, Nicholas II, were laid out in an adjacent hall. Dating from 1723 to
1914, the 248 documents, 176 books and other goods are estimated to be worth
millions of pounds.




The Sunday Business Post 01/28/01
Employers wake up to e-mail abuse
http://www.sbpost.ie/sbpost/story.jsp?story=WCContent;id-14805

by Simon Carswell
Irish employers have been advised to give adequate warnings before suspending
or dismissing staff for sending suggestive e-mails or visiting pornographic
websites.
Last week, this newspaper reported that Cable & Wireless was investigating
alleged abuse of e-mail and internet systems at its Shannon offices after 24
employees were suspended on full pay following claims that lewd, racist and
sexist jokes had been sent via the company e-mail.



The Mercury 01/28/01
Nurse's attorney says school records destroyed
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1334074&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=180

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by Evan Brandt
LOWER POTTSGROVE -- The recent shredding of records in the nurse's office at
Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School was just routine, according to district
officials, but the attorney for the nurse who is suing the district doesn't
agree
George D. Sheehan, attorney for school nurse Susan Burke, said the shredding
of the records calls the district's trustworthiness into question.

The question was raised publicly Thursday when Sheehan attempted to question
the Pottsgrove School Board about the "back-up data" for a study it had
presented that night which compared visits to the nurse's office at Lower
Pottsgrove with visits at West Pottsgrove Elementary School and Ringing Rocks
Elementary School.



Oregon Live 01/27/01
Spokesman Review owner sues for access to defense records
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?o1086

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Associated Press
TACOMA (AP) -- The owner of The Spokesman Review newspaper is suing for
access to documents filed by attorneys for confessed serial killer Robert L.
Yates Jr. to support their contention that Yates should not face the death
penalty in Pierce County.
Cowles Publishing Co. wants to see records submitted by Yates' attorneys to
Pierce County Prosecutor Gerry Horne before Horne decided Jan. 12 to seek the
death penalty if Yates is convicted in two Pierce County deaths.
Horne's office has refused to let reporters for the Spokane newspaper or
other media see the documents.





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

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