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RAIN 5/28: Weekend Update Part 2



There are 12 stories in this update.

Daily Yomiuri 5/26/01
'Judge' computer virus hits Japan
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20010527wo24.htm

A new virus that destroys data and automatically sends new document files to
everyone in an infected computer's e-mail address book has invaded computers
in Japan, it was learned Saturday.
Trend Micro Inc., a Tokyo-based company that manufactures antivirus software,
said the virus, which is called "Judge," was first detected in the United
States in March and has since spread worldwide via e-mail. The company said
there have been at least 173 cases of infection reported in Japan.



St. Petersburg Times 5/26/01
Documents of judges' sex lives ruled private
http://www.sptimes.com/News/052601/Hillsborough/Documents_of_judges__.shtml

by David Karp
TAMPA -- A state appeals court suggested Friday that the Florida Supreme
Court take up a legal question it called one of great public importance: When
are documents about the social, romantic and sexual relationships of judges
considered public records?
The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled 2-1 Friday that such documents aren't
public records.



The Telegraph 5/26/01
Manchu name no longer a source of shame
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=003864436460684&rtmo=LSthLy7d&atmo=rrrrrrrq&p

g=/et/01/5/26/wchin126.html

by David Rennie
STAFF at China's imperial archives were among the first to notice renewed
pride among Manchus - descendants of the "barbarian" overlords who ran China
from 1644 to 1911.



Ottawa Citizen 5/26/01
Board refuses to release air crash files
Safety board sparks court battle with information watchdog
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/010526/5057311.html

by Jim Bronskill
The federal Transportation Safety Board has sparked a court battle with the
information watchdog by refusing to release records of a Newfoundland air
crash to a journalist -- even though the board made them public on two
previous occasions.
Information Commissioner John Reid wants the Federal Court of Canada to order
the board to disclose the audio tape and transcript of conversations between
air traffic control and the pilot of a small plane that crashed in May 1998
near Clarenville, Nfld.



St. Petersburg Times 5/26/01
Judge denies Times access to city e-mails
The judge rules that personal e-mails, even on city computers, are not public
records
http://www.sptimes.com/News/052601/NorthPinellas/Judge_denies_Times_ac.shtml

by Deborah O'Neil
CLEARWATER -- A judge ruled this week that the St. Petersburg Times is not
entitled to view e-mails of two Clearwater employees that city officials
deemed to be personal.
Circuit Court Judge Anthony Rondolino ruled the e-mails, which were stored on
city computers, are not public records because "the present definition of
public records does not encompass private correspondence not related to
work."



New York Times 5/26/01
Figure-skater Witt goes to court
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Katarina-Witt.html?searchpv=aponline

Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) -- Former East German figure-skating star Katarina Witt has
applied to a Berlin court to prevent the release of the file the communist
state's secret police -- the Stasi -- held on her, the authority that holds
the records confirmed Saturday.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist's move to stop the release of her Stasi
file to journalists follows a similar attempt by former Chancellor Helmut
Kohl.



The Smoking Gun 5/26/01
"Pearl Harbor": Based on a True Story
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/pearlharbor/pearlharbor.shtml

With the bombing of Pearl Harbor now the subject of the summer's most hyped
movie (a $150 million production starring our friend Ben Affleck), The
Smoking Gun presents this stirring collection of U.S. government records
documenting the 1941 attack by the Japanese.
The documents, which TSG obtained from the National Archives and the Franklin
D. Roosevelt Library, provide a chilling account of an assault that left 2400
Americans dead and forced the United States into World War II.



Pharmaceutical Online 5/25/01
What you don't know about 21 CFR Part 11 can hurt your company
http://www.pharmaceuticalonline.com/content/news/article.asp?docid={62048C12-4

F9A-11D5-A772-00D0B7694F32}&VNETCOOKIE=NO

by Kate Townsend
In March 1997, the FDA issued a new regulation (21 CFR Part 11) defining the
criteria under which they consider electronic records and electronic
signatures to be trustworthy, reliable and generally equivalent to paper
records and handwritten signatures.
The scope of the regulation, applies to any e-record or e-signature the FDA
requires an organization to keep, even if it is not used in a submission
(e.g., Standard Operating Procedures, training records, etc.).



Bergen Record 5/26/01
U.S. probing watchdog group in hunt for Torricelli evidence
http://www.bergen.com/region/torch26200105263.htm

by Jeff Pillets
Trention Bureau
Federal agents investigating U.S. Sen. Robert G. Torricelli have subpoenaed
the financial records of one of the state's most active consumer watchdogs.
Phyllis Salowe-Kaye, executive director of New Jersey Citizen Action,
confirmed Friday that she recently turned over account books detailing the
group's fundraising and spending during the 1996 elections.



Naples Daily News 5/27/01
Underage warriors fought and died for their nation
http://www.naplesnews.com/01/05/florida/d636711a.htm

by Bill Kaczor
Associated Press
GULF BREEZE - Some doctored birth certificates, forged parents' signatures or
changed their names. Others got into the military with a wink and a nod from
recruiters or maybe because no one bothered to check their ages.
Thousands of underage recruits managed to join the armed forces, often
motivated by patriotism, poverty or thirst for adventure, to fight for their
country in wars dating back to the American Revolution.



The Hollywood Reporter 5/24/01
Heading home: AMPAS archive back to Hollywood
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/bpihw/20010523/en/heading_home_ampas_archive_back

_to_hollywood_1.html

by Borys Kit
LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) --- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences has purchased the former Don Lee-Mutual Broadcasting television
studios at Vine Street and Fountain Avenue to be the future home of the
Academy Film Archive, Academy president Robert Rehme said Wednesday.



Associated Press 5/24/01
VeriSign closes forum
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010524/tc/internet_verisign_forum_1.html

by Anick Jesdanun
AP Internet Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - The company that manages databases for the Internet's most
popular names has shut down an e-mail discussion list that had turned into a
forum for its critics.
VeriSign Inc. made the announcement on the ``Domain-Policy'' mailing list
Thursday. The decision was effective immediately.





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

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