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To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (13562)	3/9/1998 3:14:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

3COM Weather Report: Deadly Storms Sweep South, Kill at Least Seven 01:44 p.m Mar 09, 1998 Eastern MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Reuters) - Deadly thunderstorms and tornadoes pounded the southern United States Monday and in the Midwest heavy snow cut off power to hundreds of thousands of people, closed schools and caused traffic chaos. In the South, at least seven people were killed after three days of storms that sent a deluge of water that stretched from Louisiana to Georgia. In the Midwest, four people died in weather-related traffic accidents. Authorities said the rising waters swept away cars and flooded homes across a four-state region. In Alabama, earthen dams gave way under the sheer weight of the pounding rain. guide-p.infoseek.com Warmest, Wettest U.S. January-February Ever 02:22 p.m Mar 09, 1998 Eastern WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first two months of 1998 were the warmest and wettest on record for the lower 48 U.S. states, based on 104 years of weather data, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday. ''These record-breaking statistics are generally consistent with both a strong El Nino and climate model projections of a continuing trend toward a warmer and wetter world as greenhouse gases continue to increase,'' said Tom Karl, senior scientist at the NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. The national average temperature during the January-February period was 37.5 degrees Fahrenheit, compared with a normal 32.1 degrees, the NOAA said. The previous record was 37.0 degrees in 1990. Precipitation in the continental U.S. averaged 6.01 inches during the period, almost two inches above normal, breaking the old record of 5.7 inches set in 1979, the NOAA said. guide-p.infoseek.com I guess we're lucky to be on SI today, what with the blizzard in Kansas yesterday. o~~~ O

To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (13562)	4/2/1998 8:36:00 AM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

U.S. House Committee Passes Bill Extending Copyright Protection Washington, April 1 (Bloomberg) - The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved a bill extending copyright protection to material posted on the Internet and on private networks. The bill also limits the liability of online service providers for copyright infringement. The legislation, approved unanimously, will move next to the House floor. It implements the 1996 World Intellectual Property Organization treaty to protect copyrighted materials online. The bill also seeks to allow online service providers and their Web sites to flourish without the fear of copyright lawsuits. ''Some of the most valuable, most creative copyrighted works have not been put on the Internet because of the problem of regulating it,'' said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican who has been one of the key voices in favor of the bill. The measure also includes restrictions on creating products that remove technological protections on copyrighted work. Such devices could decipher an encrypted work on the Internet or unscramble a broadcast signal. Under the legislation, online service providers such as America Online Inc. and CompuServe Corp. wouldn't be liable if they unknowingly store and transmit copyright infringements. The addition of liability limitations to the bill comes a day after representatives of online service providers, libraries, universities, telephone companies, and the recording and software industries reached a compromise on the issue. They have been debating it for more than three years, said Mitch Glazier, the majority chief counsel of the House Judiciary Committee's courts and intellectual property subcommittee. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah, who played a key role in the negotiations, will probably include similar liability limitations in the identical treaty bill that has been introduced in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Glazier said. o~~~ O