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RAIN 5/24: showbiz treasures, email and hack attack archive



There are 18 stories in this edition.

Associated Press 5/23/01
Medicare reports security problems
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010523/pl/computer_security_1.html

by D. Ian Hopper
WASHINGTON (AP) - The agency that controls Medicare needs more computer
security tests and should hold its contractors to a higher standard,
lawmakers told agency officials Wednesday.
Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., the House Commerce Committee chairman, called the
situation critical, noting that the Health Care Financing Administration
holds medical records for about 39.5 million elderly and disabled Americans.



Bergen Record 5/23/01
Blues star's widow suing for royalties
http://www.bergen.com/paterson/souljh200105235.htm

by Jennifer V. Hughes
"Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Coming" were massive hits for the 1960s "double
dynamite" duo, Sam and Dave, but a longstanding dispute over royalties has
Dave's widow singing the blues -- and heading to court.
The late Dave Prater's wife, Rosemary, has filed suit in state Superior
Court in Paterson, charging that the Atlantic Records label and an artists
group have been depriving her and Dave Prater's adult children of royalties
for years.


Cincinnati Enquirer 5/23/01
Budget bill would shield lawmakers
http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/05/23/loc_budget_bill_would.html

by Spencer Hunt
COLUMBUS - The most controversial part of the General Assembly's proposed
$44.9 billion budget would shield lawmakers and their staff from being sued,
forced to testify or give up internal documents to a subpoena.
"I don't think legislators and staff should be subject to depositions,"
Senate President Richard Finan, R-Evendale, said of the measure, slipped
into the two-year spending plan last week.


Christian Science Monitor 5/23/01
Pattern of misplaced documents for FBI
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/05/23/p3s1.htm

by Dante Chinni and Abraham McLaughlin
It may be years before the nation understands exactly how and why more than
3,000 documents related to the Murrah Building bombing case never reached
their intended destination - an Oklahoma City command post and, eventually,
the hands of defense attorneys. But the misplaced documents are already
raising serious questions about the internal workings and culture of the
FBI.


Denver Post 5/23/01
Parents' claims unearth papers
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,54%257E37182,00.html

by Kieran Nicholson
Another 55 pages of Columbine documents were released Tuesday, mostly FBI
investigative reports that should have been among 11,000 pages turned over
in November.
Jefferson County sheriff's Sgt. Mike Julian said the recently released
materials surfaced partly because of claims by Randy and Judy Brown, parents
of former Columbine student Brooks Brown.


ZDNet News 5/23/01
Hacker-tracking site throws in the towel
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010521/tc/hacker-tracking_site_throws_in_t
he_towel_1.html

by Robert Lemos
After five years of keeping tabs on digital graffiti, security resource site
Attrition.org will no longer update its archive of Web pages defaced by
vandals. It just can't keep up.
While e-business may have slumped, online vandalism has been booming,
according to Attrition.org.
On Monday, the nonprofit security site announced its decision to stop
tracking the defacement of Web pages by online vandals because the volunteer
staff can no longer keep up with the volume of defacements.

New York Times 5/23/01
Site will no longer track hackers
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Hacker-Site-Retires.html?searchp
v=aponline

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Web site that has cataloged incidents of online vandalism
since 1995 will no longer update its records, complaining that what started
as a hobby has turned into ``a thankless chore.''


New York Times 5/23/01
'On the Road' sets record on the block
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/23/arts/23KERO.html?searchpv=nytToday

The scroll on which Jack Kerouac composed "On the Road" 50 years ago was
auctioned yesterday at Christie's in Manhattan for $2.4 million, setting the
world auction record for a literary manuscript and significantly eclipsing
its presale estimate of $1 million to $1.5 million.



Winona Daily News 5/23/01
State grant helps Winona historical group go digital
http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/5grant.php

by Jerome Christenson
A grant from the State Historical Society will help move local history into
the 21st century. The Winona County Historical Society will receive $3,500
for a digital microfilm reader/printer.
"Our reader is worn out," Mark Peterson, the county society's executive
director, said Tuesday.


St. Louis Post-Dispatch 5/22/01
Casino's foes in Kimmswick sue to get developer's documents
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/BF534A640FB58D5F86256
A55000A008A?OpenDocument&Headline=Casino's%20foes%20in%20Kimmswick%20sue%20t
o%20get%20developer's%20documents%20>

by Virginia Young
JEFFERSON CITY - Opponents of a casino proposed near Kimmswick want a
circuit court judge to order state regulators to turn over documents
submitted by the casino's developer.
In a suit filed in Cole County Circuit Court this week, the opponents seek
written responses that Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. gave the Missouri Gaming
Commission. The responses contain the company's defense to allegations that
it misled state regulators when the commission tentatively approved the
project in July.


Dallas Morning News 5/23/01
Hard-hitting software: Unique database helps prosecutors organize evidence
http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/374380_computer_23tex.html

by Bob Golfen
Arizona Republic
PHOENIX - A Scottsdale software company recently helped convict a former Ku
Klux Klan member in the 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four black
girls.
A unique database developed by Blue Knight Technology helped the U.S.
attorney's office in Birmingham organize the enormous amount of evidence,
testimony and historical data that helped convict Thomas Blanton Jr., 62, in
the bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.


The Scotsman 5/23/01
Taxi drivers' medical files on the net
http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/scotland.cfm?id=74808

by Frank O'Donnell
THE confidential medical files of taxi drivers, given as part of an
application for a licence, have been published illegally on the internet.
An urgent investigation has been launched by Edinburgh City Council after it
was discovered that the sensitive information was available online.


Forbes.com 5/21/01
Tip of the intellectual property iceberg
http://biz.yahoo.com/fo/010521/0521dvorak.html

by John C. Dvorak
The pending Supreme Court case of Tasini v. The New York Times shows us that
issues concerning intellectual property in an electronic age are going to be
in the news more and more. While Napster gets most of the attention because
of its massive popularity, the freelance writers suing The New York Times
are no less important.
Jonathan Tasini, head of the National Writers Union and himself a freelance
writer, argues that The New York Times (and other large publishers) have
gone ahead with derivative products, using writer's works for products which
they were not intended for. The Times argues that these so-called derivative
works are simply archives, and that there should be no additional
compensation.


Associated Press 5/21/01
Bulgarian panel exposes 52 ex-spies
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010521/wl/bulgaria_communist_files_1.html

by Veselin Zhelev
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - A parliamentary commission reviewing communist-era
files on Monday exposed 52 people as former secret police agents, including
six candidates in upcoming legislative elections.


Daily Herald 5/19/01
Elgin recognizes work toward historic preservation
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cdh/20010519/lo/elgin_recognizes_work_toward_hi
storic_preservation_1.html

by Kara Spak
Elgin's celebration of National Historic Preservation Week continued Friday
night with a party to recognize those who significantly contributed to
Elgin's future by preserving a bit of the city's past.


CNET News.com 5/17/01
EU considers Net traffic, e-mail archive
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010517/tc/eu_considers_net_traffic_e-mail_
archive_1.html

by Wendy McAuliffe
LONDON--European Home Office officials are supporting demands from law
enforcement authorities for logs of all Internet traffic to be stored for up
to seven years, a move that would increase police powers to intercept
communications data.


Reuters 5/14/01
House panel backs presidential library disclosure
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010517/pl/congress_pardons_dc_1.html

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives panel that investigated
former President Bill Clinton's pardon of financier Marc Rich on Thursday
approved a bill designed to avoid the appearance of impropriety that tainted
gifts to Clinton's presidential library.


New York Daily News 5/21/01
Spotlight on city people: showbiz treasures
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/krnewyork/20010521/lo/spotlight_on_city_people_
showbiz_treasures_1.html

by Bill Bell
The auctioneer called out Lot 1, a handwritten tribute that included the
first nine bars of "Wish You Were Here" and the signature of its composer,
Harold Rome.
Two minutes later, it was going, going, gone for $1,000. So began an auction
to raise money for a new and unusual New York foundation.


Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Manager, Records Management Group
Woodside Summit Group Inc
Midlothian, Virginia
Office: 804-744-1247 x23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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