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ENDRE MARTON, 95, Budapest-born Associated Press reporter who filed the first eyewitness account of the bloody Hungarian uprising against communist rule in 1956; in New York City. Competing with his wife, who worked for another wire service, he flouted the clampdown on communications by stealthily using a government telex machine to file his initial 2,000-word chronicle, which opened with a description of a Soviet tank firing at protesters "whose only weapons were Hungarian flags...
Archdiocese May Go Bankrupt Unless it is helped by faithful parishioners, the Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, may have to file for bankruptcy. The archdiocese is burdened by heavy legal fees resulting from dozens of sexual-molestation accusations brought against its priests. Victims are demanding settlements that total nearly $50 million...
...student in molecular and cellular biology, Kaveri Rajaraman, shouted over a loudspeaker, “If the United States government does not pull out of Iraq, there will be trouble.” After the Science Center rally, nearly 100 students and workers marched across the Yard in single file and complete silence, waving an American flag and holding signs. Reorganizing outside Cafe Gato Rojo, protestors said the war in Iraq is “sexist, racist, and classless.” The group then hopped on the Red Line to Park Street, where they had planned to meet with...
...Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed a new round of 745 copyright infringement lawsuits against users of online file-sharing programs, including three Harvard network users, the organization announced Friday. According to RIAA Spokesperson Jenni R. Engebretsen, the new litigation includes 75 suits targeting users of university networks for allegedly sharing copyrighted music on i2hub, a software program that allows users to upload and download files over the intercollegiate network Internet2. These lawsuits were filed in “John Doe” format, meaning that the RIAA knows only the IP addresses of the defendants...
...Columbia astronauts. The military zealously guards images of service members in coffins, but Kick pried the photos free with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. "I read the news constantly," says Kick, "and when I see a story about the government refusing to release public documents, I automatically file an FOIA request for them." By April 23 the images had gone from Kick's blog, thememoryhole.org, to the front page of newspapers across the country. Kick was soon getting upwards of 4 million hits...