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RAIN 02/18: Weekend Update Part 1



New York Times 02/18/01
Pardon is trouble for Clinton Library
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/18/politics/18LIBR.html

by Kevin Sack
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 15 - It seems fitting somehow. Bill Clinton's
presidential library, which will be charged with telling the story of a
presidency compromised by self-infliction, is now itself caught in a storm
created by Mr. Clinton's own hand.
Because of the last-minute pardon granted by Mr. Clinton to Marc Rich, and
the subsequent revelation that Mr. Rich's former wife, Denise Rich,
contributed $450,000 toward building the $200 million complex here, the
library's fund-raising practices are now at the center of a Congressional
investigation.



The Sun Herald 02/18/01
Records show supervisors split escrow funds
Officials had denied documents existed
http://web.sunherald.com/content/biloxi/2001/02/17/pageone/3613467_02172001.ht
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by Geoff Pender and Patrick Peterson
GULFPORT - In a court hearing Friday, Harrison County officials produced
records that they had denied existed.
The five elected supervisors and County Administrator Pam Ulrich have denied
that supervisors divvy up the county's $1 million-a-year escrow account to
spend in their individual districts on organizations, people and projects.
Because Harrison County operates under the unit system of government, state
law requires that spending and other operations be managed for the county as
a whole, not by individual supervisors.



Calgary Herald News 02/18/01
Ont. Privacy bill would strip patients of right to correct files: lawyer
http://www.southam.com/calgaryherald/newsnow/cpfs/national/010218/n021822.html

by Louise Elliott
TORONTO (CP) - A health privacy bill being considered in Ontario would strip
patients of their right to have false, and potentially damaging, information
removed from their medical files. The prospect has angered the lawyer of a
man who is trying to set his own record straight.
The bill, which will be debated at public hearings beginning Monday, contains
a clause which would allow Ontario's Conservative government to keep medical
information on patients even when the details are proven false, David Baker
said Friday.



MSNBC.com 02/14/01
Census bureau blurs data to keep names confidential
Ensuring anonymity is increasingly difficult
http://www.msnbc.com/news/530646.asp?cp1=1

by Glenn R. Simpson
In a corner of the U.S. Census Bureau, a small group of statisticians has
been sweating out the agency's nightmare scenario: "re-identification."
That's the term for a technique the bureau fears could allow marketers and
other "intruders" to match anonymous census information with the names of the
people who provided it. Such a concern is largely theoretical so far.



Chicago Tribune 02/12/01
Historians still divided over tv's true creator
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/businessnews/article/0,2669,SAV-0102120

018,FF.html

by Michael Pollak
New York Times News Service
Who invented television? Besides Lucy? You're not going to find a one- or
two-word answer here.
Television has a complex parentage, and the Web sites about its pioneer days
call to mind a comment by Sir Francis Darwin, the son of Charles Darwin: "In
science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man
to whom the idea first occurs."



Chicago Tribune 02/16/01
Library finds pieces of disaster
Papers and reports detail deadly fire at Iroquois Theater
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/version1/article/0,1575,SAV-0102160346,00.html

by Annemarie Mannion
Special to the Tribune
Chicago's palatial Iroquois Theater was touted as fireproof when it welcomed
an audience to enjoy the songs and one-liners of a vaudeville comedy
performed inside its marble and mahogany interior on Dec. 30, 1903.
Although it was just five weeks after the theater had opened at 24-28 W.
Randolph St., the claim of safety proved tragically untrue--as historic
documents related to the Iroquois Theater Fire, Chicago's second deadliest
disaster, attest.



Daily Yomiuri 02/19/01
Judge quizzed over leak on wife's arrest
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20010219wo23.htm

FUKUOKA--A Supreme Court investigation committee on Saturday questioned
Fukuoka High Court Judge Ryuichi Furukawa over allegations that he was
provided with police investigative information about a criminal case
involving his wife by the former deputy head of the Fukuoka District Public
Prosecutors Office.



Denver Post 02/16/01
Indian trust papers ruined, letters indicate
http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0216b.htm

by Bill McAllister
Denver Post Washington Bureau Chief

WASHINGTON - At least one box of documents that may be needed by
investigators attempting to reconstruct trust accounts for thousands of
American Indians has been destroyed by workers at the Federal Reserve Bank in
Denver, according to letters obtained by The Denver Post.
The destruction, which violates court orders and Treasury Department
directives, apparently occurred in October or November 1999, but it was not
reported until this week, according to the letters.



Environmental News Network 02/16/01
Yellowstone records reveal havoc
http://www.enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?id=3447

Greater Yellowstone Coalition
BOZEMAN, MT - A request for Park Service documents has revealed that serious
safety, health, and resource protection issues arose in Yellowstone National
Park during a busy holiday period earlier this year.
The insights into park problems gleaned from law enforcement citations and
medical statements filed by Park Service employees is timely as Yellowstone
braces for Presidents' Day weekend, when upwards of 3,000 snowmobiles are
expected to flood through the park's west entrance during the three-day
period.



Pioneer Planet 02/16/01
Expansion outlook excites historical society
Society will occupy historic train depot
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/seven-days/tod/news/docs/030971.htm

by Marisa Agha
Interest in White Bear Lake's past will increase when the White Bear Lake
Area Historical Society expands at the downtown train depot, society and city
officials said this week.
City leaders have approved the society's request to become the sole occupant
of the historic site in the center of town once the White Bear Area Chamber
of Commerce departs, possibly by the end of the month.



Montreal Gazette 02/18/01
CPR web site journeys into Canada's past
http://www.southam.com/montrealgazette/newsnow/cpfs/technology/010218/z021803.

html

Canadian Press
CALGARY (CP) - In the same week that the Canadian Pacific Ltd. conglomerate
began trundling into history, the Canadian Pacific Railway has opened its
historical online picture archive. Unveiled on the 120th anniversary of CPR's
incorporation, the collection at cprheritage.com displays about 400 images
from one of Canada's largest corporate archival collections.
They range from the famous photograph of the driving of the Last Spike in
1885 to a selection of CPR poster art.



Bergen Record 02/17/01
Internet firm faces fraud charge in sale of customer lists
http://www.bergen.com/region/web17200102172.htm

by Kevin G. DeMarrais
New Jersey is suing a financially ailing Internet company, accusing it of
consumer fraud for selling customer lists despite assurances the information
would remain confidential, The Record has learned.
In a two-count civil suit filed Thursday in Superior Court in Burlington
County, DirectWeb Inc. of Mount Laurel also was charged with failing to
deliver free personal computers and support services for which customers had
contracted.



Knoxville News-Sentinel 02/16/01
Census may "swap" data to protect privacy
http://www.knoxnews.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=CENSUS-SWAP-02-16-01&cat=WW

by Tara Copp
Scripps Howard News Service
WASHINGTON - The 2000 Census data is so detailed that information on the
citizenry will be available on a block-by-block basis. But nosy types who
want to use the information to, say, check on the wealth of a neighbor,
beware:
The neighbors may have been "swapped."
That means, for instance, if you live on a mostly Hispanic block that has one
African-American family, it's almost guaranteed that the African-American
family's information has been "relocated" to another block to protect the
confidentiality of their information, said Claudette Bennett, director of the
Census' population division.



ZDNet News 02/16/01
Domain database sale - marketers delight, privacy nightmare?
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2686947,00.html

by Thomas E. Webber
WSJ Interactive Edition
The Internet's phone book is up for sale -- and though the listings may
represent a treasure trove for marketers, the move also risks a serious
privacy backlash.
At issue are millions of entries in the domain-name database operated by the
Network Solutions unit of VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN), Mountain View, Calif. It
is, essentially, the master address book for the Internet. Since the dawn of
commerce on the Web, companies that want their own dot-com addresses have
registered with Network Solutions.


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

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