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General News
Judge to issue another order in LDS Church copyright case
U.S. District Court Judge Tena Campbell said that while the evidence
appears to support the LDS Church's claim that critics Jerald and
Sandra Tanner are violating the copyright on the LDS Church's Church
Handbook of Instructions, she will wait to issue a preliminary
injunction until the Tanners have a chance to present evidence. The
judge says that the website links to other sites that contain the
Church's material are also a violation. "My look at this case now is
that they are contributory infringing," said the Judge.
Local News
Perth Australia Temple ground breaking
It is now fairly widely known that the ground breaking for the Perth Temple
will take place on the 20th November, and will be attended by invited
guests only.
Sports
BYU Gets Trounced By Wyoming
BYU remains just one win away from clinching the
first Mountain West Conference title in football, after loosing 31-17 to
Wyoming in what can only be called a disaster. BYU's team simply was
unable to hang on to the ball at key points in the game. The Cougars
lost one of four fumbles at the Wyoming 1-yard line, threw an
interception at the 8-yard line and failed to connect on a touchdown
pass in the endzone.
People
LDS Computer scientist blows the whistle, costs Toshiba $2.1 billion (Whistle-Blower In Toshiba Case Stands to Gain)
Twelve years ago, Phillip Adams, LDS head of a high-level scientific SWAT
team at IBM, began an investigation that discovered a bug in computer
chips that randomly deleted or altered data being transferred to
floppy-disk drives without the users' knowledge. Today, Mr. Adams is on
a crusade to track the same chip problem in other manufacturers'
computers.
Arts & Entertainment
'Promise' Author, Publisher Shocked at Suit
LDS author Dean Hughes, and his publisher,
Church-owned Deseret Book, were shocked on Tuesday when decorated POW
Gene Jacobsen filed suit against them over Hughes' "Children of the
Promise" series of books. Jacobsen is portrayed in the books, which
profile an LDS family as it copes with World War II.
Business
Marriott Corp passes on Stadium name (Reege is so right, but 'final' is wrong)
In his weekly USA Today column, Larry King notes that the Marriott
Corp., run by LDS Church member Bill Marriott Jr. and founded by his
father, passed on the opportunity to have the name for Jack Kent
Cooke stadium, home to the NFL's Washington Redskins football team.
Before he passed away, Cooke, who owned the Redskins and built the
stadium, offered Marriott the right to hame the building for $2
million a year for 30 years.
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