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...initially garnered high acclaim for “Opal,” including a movie deal and several glowing reviews (USA Today wrote, “you won’t read a sweeter, funnier, more charming book this year”). Viswanathan denies any conscious wrongdoing and claims that although she read, admired, and “internalized” McCafferty’s novels, “any phrasing similarities between her works and mine were completely unintentional and unconscious.”But a judicious examination of the evidence thus far does not bode well for Viswanathan?...
...over a patent dispute that could have implications on the validity of certain kinds of biotechnology patents. The University and co-plaintiffs MIT, the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and Ariad Pharmaceuticals are seeking royalties from two of Eli Lilly’s drugs, Evista and Xigris. The institutions claim the drugs infringe on a patent they were jointly awarded in 2002. The trial began April 10 in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Closing arguments are scheduled to take place tomorrow. The patent covers methods of treating diseases by modulating the activity of the molecule...
...growth shows how the program has expanded over the years.”Freshman like Kharrazi have also added to the depth, along with a strong returning sophomore class. Kharrazi herself is a starter on the varsity eight, a stellar feat for any first-year collegiate rower.But Radcliffe members claim they do not want to rest on these positives. This weekend, as the Black and White travel to face Princeton for the third time this season, the team will not only face the No. 2 Tigers, but it will also have to handle a new force working against them: revenge.Princeton...
...question is exactly what triggered this battle and who fought it. Sunni community leaders claim that local residents grabbed whatever weapons they had to defend their homes from a sectarian attack by Shi'ite militias in government uniforms. They say night guards, akin to an armed neighborhood watch, fired back at roaming gunmen strafing them as they stood watch. However, American officers say the men they ended up fighting weren't mere homeowners. They used the fire and movement techniques of trained soldiers. "These guys who stood and fought were not just neighborhood types," says Markos, a steely artillery officer...
...Though the insurgents admit to attacking the checkpoint identified by the Americans as ground zero, they claim they did not start the battle. Local clerics, municipal officials, community leaders and the insurgents themselves all say the hostilities were started by a raid from a "death squad" backed by the Ministry of Interior (MOI) - carloads of men in MOI uniforms and irregular forces in civilian clothes who entered Adhamiya after passed through the Iraqi army checkpoints. Indeed, sources within one prominent Shi'ite militia say their men were part of the Adhamiya raid, which was targeting top insurgent leaders holed...