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RAIN 12/16: Weekend Report Part 3



There are 13 stories in this posting.

New York Times 12/12/01
Computer project links medical info
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Medical-Errors.html?searchpv=aponline

AP
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Land unconscious in an emergency room today and there's no quick way for doctors to verify the medications you take, allergies you have or other vital information to make sure you don't become victim of a medical error.



New York Times 12/13/01
Naturalists share their findings online
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/13/technology/circuits/13BIRD.html

by James Gorman
As long as there have been amateur naturalists, the field notebook has been an indispensable tool. Where else to note the abundance of salamanders in a particular summer, or the paucity of bluebirds?
Gradually, binoculars have also become an absolute necessity for birders, and more recently for butterfly-watchers.



Denver Post 12/11/01
Trial starts over Indian trusts
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,53%257E267233,00.html

by Bill McAllister
WASHINGTON - Almost two years after the Interior Department was ordered to verify balances in more than 300,000 government-held Indian trust accounts, not a single account has been reconciled, a federal judge was told Monday.



Washington Post 12/11/01
Environmental group sues for records of energy task force
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28623-2001Dec11.html

by Ellen Nakashima
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) yesterday filed suit in federal court to force the Department of Energy to produce documents relating to the development of the Bush administration's energy policy.
The left-leaning environmental group now joins the conservative watchdog organization, Judicial Watch, in an effort to gain access via the courts to information they say should be public.



New York Times 12/12/01
FBI confirms 'Magic Lantern' project exists
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-magiclantern.html?searchpv=reuters

by Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An FBI spokesman confirmed on Wednesday that the U.S. government is working on a controversial Internet spying technology, code-named ``Magic Lantern'', which could be used to eavesdrop on computer communications by suspected criminals.
``It is a workbench project'' that has not yet been deployed, said FBI spokesman Paul Bresson. ``We can't discuss it because it's under development.''



Environmental News Network 12/11/01
High tech archival tags track Pacific tuna
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/12/12112001/tuna_45837.asp

The "white meat" tuna that is the inexpensive staple food of many American households is so cheap and available because the populations of Pacific albacore tuna remain relatively abundant. Now, the National Marine Fisheries Service has begun a tagging program to track albacore tuna population migration throughout the Pacific Ocean.



New York Times 12/12/01
Internet piracy is suspected as U.S. agents raid campuses
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/12/technology/12PIRA.html

by Philip Shenon
Washington, Dec. 11 - Federal law enforcement agents seized computers and raided computer networks at M.I.T., the University of California at Los Angeles and other large universities today in shutting down what they described as one of the Internet's largest and most sophisticated software piracy networks.



New York Times 12/12/01
Little League tightens rules
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/12/sports/baseball/12LITT.html?searchpv=nytToday

by Edward Wong
Little League officials said yesterday that they were establishing rules intended to prevent players, coaches and administrators from lying about a player's age, residency or other eligibility criteria.



Seattle Post-Intelligencer 12/06/01
DOJ discloses AP subpoena delay
http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1155&slug=Reporter%27s%20Records

by Pete Yost
AP
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department engaged in a highly unusual three-month delay before notifying an Associated Press reporter that it had subpoenaed his home telephone records, according to information released Thursday by a senator.



Austin American-Statesman 12/12/01
Cornyn: Security issues may limit open government
http://www.austin360.com/auto_docs/epaper/editions/wednesday/metro_state_9.html

by Connie Mabin
AP
AUSTIN -- Attorney General John Cornyn suggested Tuesday that state lawmakers study whether Texas needs a security exemption to its open government laws in the wake of the terrorist attacks.



The Car Connection 12/12/01
Ford: No Nazi Benefit
http://www.thecarconnection.com/?article=4460&n=156,175&sid=175

by Joseph Szczesny
An elaborate review of the Ford Motor Co.'s records by outside experts has concluded that the automaker's German subsidiary used slave labor during World War II.
Any profits earned during the Nazi era, however, were ultimately wiped out by the wartime destruction of the company's Ford Werke in Cologne, which operated beyond the control of the company's Dearborn headquarters throughout the war years, said John Rintamaki, Ford Group executive and chief of staff.



Dallas Morning News 12/12/01
State keeps vital stats off Web amid privacy, fraud fears
http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/STORY.eab9506ba6.b0.af.0.a4.63b4.html

by Laura Heinauer
Names, dates, and places of birth and death - the equivalent of gold to fact-hungry genealogists - have been removed from the Texas Department of Health website because of privacy concerns and a Sept. 11-induced fear of identity fraud.
The agency temporarily removed the index last year but last week decided to permanently keep vital statistics off the Internet.



Wichita Eagle 12/12/01
Book charts history of diocese, state
http://web.wichitaeagle.com/content/wichitaeagle/2001/12/09/faithvalues/1209dodgewenzl_txt.htm

by Beccy Tanner
When Tim Wenzl set about writing "A Legacy of Faith," he traveled from one western Kansas town to another listening to stories.
The year that it took to write the history of the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City, Wenzl says, was not only rewarding but an intense labor of love.


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