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...warned concerned customers that others may be too. The coins, purportedly taken from a Spanish galleon fleet lost in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1733, are genuine gold but not necessarily authentic, even though buyers received certificates from Fisher and his firm attesting to their age and origin. For example, a coin purchased for $5,900 may be worth only $272.50 based on current gold prices...
ONLINE WARRIORS SUE THE ORIGIN OF THEIR DISCONTENT...
Sword-wielding virtual warriors in the medieval world of Ultima Online have become real-life plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Origin Systems, creator of the popular Internet game. Fed up with service lags and other bugs, they charge Origin knew it couldn't deliver 24-hour real-time play but advertised it anyway. Their lawyer says it's time the computer-gaming industry quit hyping its wares; he wants Origin to drop its $10 monthly fee until the problems are fixed. The company won't comment but invites players to call its help line...
...Unwritten Law and Mephiskapheles to the chart-topping pop-ska of outfits like No Doubt. That's why Right on Time (Hellcat/Epitaph), a new album by the Los Angeles-based group Hepcat, is so refreshing: it returns the sound of ska to the warm Caribbean harbor of its origin. This isn't music for slam dancing; instead, Right on Time features songs for romance. The tracks on this album have the lean, classic lines of old Motown records: the vocals are clean and pure and the melodies linger like a goodnight kiss on a first date...
...image that were pressed onto the shroud in an attempt to rub off some of its sanctity. Adler believes the image must have been triggered by some sort of radiation process. But he stays away from speculation as to whether such radiation could have been divine in origin. "You can't go to the literature and find an explanation," says Adler. "Science can never authenticate this cloth, because there's no lab test for Christ-ness...