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...apply to peer-to-peer calls made between two computers without a third-party provider. And the FCC has yet to resolve the issue of identifying the location of callers using VOIP. A Justice Department spokesman praised the FCC's announcement as an "important first step" but asked for "prompt action on the remaining issues." --By Brian Bennett
...encourage openness, over the past few years, such states as Florida, North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Arizona and Oregon have passed bills under which a doctor's apology for a medical mistake or expression of sympathy is inadmissible in civil court. A few like Pennsylvania are even mandating the prompt, formal disclosure of any such errors to patients and state authorities. Legislation has been introduced in Congress to help set up similar pilot programs in other states, and President Bush recently signed a bill establishing a confidential and voluntary system for reporting medical errors. In addition to giving people less...
...hoping to end matters then and there. But Unocal's own investment bankers, Morgan Stanley, appraise Unocal's stock at between $55 and $68.25 per share?not that far from the $67 that CNOOC has already offered. Wall Street already views CNOOC's bid as rich. Increasing it will prompt shareholders to wonder whether it is overpaying...
Even the invitations were cryptic. Printed on shocking-pink paper, they read, "Please come to Madonna and Sean Penn's birthday party Aug. 16. Please be prompt or you'll miss the wedding." Those on the select mailing list understood the reference: the bride would turn 27 on her wedding day, and the bridegroom 25 the day after. The card instructed guests to phone a special number to find out where the supersecret event would take place. Not even the chic caterers knew where to deliver their delights (pizza and curried oysters, Madonna's culinary favorites) until the very last...
...Many in the Pentagon, however, would like to put more warheads on the Midgetman and make it larger. Hence Reagan's decision to order study of a possible Mobileman missile, carrying as many as three warheads. Adding warheads, opponents protest, will make the weapons more destabilizing and could prompt the Soviets to do the same with their own new mobile missiles...