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Though it ruled out what had been most of Napster's case, the Feb. 12 decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was not a mortal blow to the peer-to-peer model. But the next round of Napster-inspired lawsuits, some of which are already on the horizon, will soon reveal whether the decision was a one-time strike against a poster child for music piracy--or the beginning of a long crusade against promising technological advances...
...Hugh's fumblings deal a blow to Hillary's quest for legitimacy, sure, and are redeolent of bad judgment, but probably aren't cause for a criminal investigation. The same goes for the case of the senator's campaign treasurer, William Cunningham III, who apparently helped two pardon seekers prepare their applications. He was paid about $4,000 for his work, and denies any wrongdoing or impropriety...
Determining that the coast was clear at periscope depth of about 60 ft., Waddle directed the sub to dive to about 400 ft. Once there, the skipper ordered the blow. A pair of landlubbers--overseen by sailors--had their hands on the controls that guide the submarine and empty its ballast tanks during the rapid ascent. But it was physics, not civilians, that shot the submarine to the surface. The Ehime Maru--half as long as the 360-ft. sub and only 7% of the weight--didn't stand a chance. The impact only scratched the submarine's hull. Although...
...quick to blame Waddle. Although 16 civilians were aboard, they did little more than "pretend to drive" the submarine during the rapid ascent drill, Navy officers said. Waddle and his crew were still responsible for scouring the surface with their sonar and periscope before launching the "emergency main ballast blow." The choppy waters and the ship's white color may have made detecting the trawler difficult. But Navy officers said that if, as the trawler's crew said, their vessel was steaming at 11 knots, it should have been generating enough noise to make sonar detection easy...
...those of us in the fourth estate already knew. "He and his love Jennifer Lopez have, in fact, broken up," read a statement released by a Puffy publicist on--ouch!--Valentine's Day. It wasn't exactly Combs' best week. In addition to losing Lopez, he suffered a major blow at his ongoing weapons' possession and bribery trial when his driver, Wardell Fenderson, testified that Combs offered him $50,000 to take the rap after shots rang out at a New York City nightclub. On the brighter side, Combs could see Lopez again soon, albeit under the less-than-glamorous...