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Newman added that the most common reason for bringing the computers in for repair was diskette drive problems, but after an IBM entry systems division in Florida checked out 43 returned drives, only 22 were found to be faulty...
...laws requiring anyone who knows about such a crime to inform authorities. In at least 20 states, toughened child-abuse laws have eliminated the longstanding legal and societal recognition of the "clergy-penitent privilege." Mellish would face no legal trouble if the crime were murder or rape; clergy in Florida are forced to testify only concerning abuse of children, the aged and the handicapped. His jailing, however brief, has prompted united interreligious support, with Roman Catholic priests and Jewish rabbis joining Protestants to back Mellish's appeal...
...crime, it is not an obligation. Religious questions are between me and my God, and not between me, my God and the state." Michael Fitzgerald, a lawyer for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, maintains that under the current law a grand jury could haul in every cleric in Florida and ask, "What have you heard about child abuse lately and from whom did you hear it?" But Denny Abbott, a Florida crusader against child molestation, insists, "The overriding concern should be for our children, and clergymen should report these crimes...
...largest operators, Treasure Salvors of Florida, uses a specially designed high-speed magnetometer. Because it can move four times as fast as a normal instrument, the company has been able to cover 240,000 smiles of seabed with unusual speed and thoroughness...
Treasure Salvors has already brought up at least $27 million worth of gold, precious gems and artifacts from the wrecks of the Spanish galleons Santa Margarita and Atocha, which sank in 1622. The company found the sister ships in waters about 50 ft. deep off the Florida Keys. During the continuing quest to trace the path of debris scattered as the ships broke apart, Treasure Salvors has videotaped the search area from the air; the shallowness and clarity of the water enable detection of such important visual clues as scars on underwater reefs...