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FIFTH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
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States split in agreement of Microsoft settlement
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Half the 18 states that sued Microsoft have agreed with the Justice Department to settle the landmark monopoly case, leaving a judge to decide how to resolve the antitrust charges against the American software giant.
the agreement places the nine states and the federal government in a position to end their historic litigation against Microsoft, and the rest of the parties to argue what sanctions the court should impose on the company.
Yet some leading states that signaled they'll move forward in the trial left open the possibility of an eventual settlement.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he would closely scrutinize the deal reached between Microsoft and the other states. Similarly, Iowa
Attorney General Tom Miller, who led the case for the states, said his experts "continue to look at the agreement."
But as the coalition of states splintered, Miller acknowledged: "We've parted ways in some respects today."
U. S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly yesterday scheduled hearings to consider the settlement and set a schedule for the antitrust lawsuit to proceed. The judge also ended her order requiring the parties to meet nonstop with a court-appointed mediator.
"I to put test their fortitude and they persevered," she said, giving no hints how she would rule on the settlement.
Before the hearing, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced his state would join Illinois, North Carolina, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Louisiana and Maryland in
approving a revised settlement they negotiated through the night with Microsoft. Wisconsin was the surprise defection, since a top antitrust lawyer there, Kevin J O'Connor, has long been a key participant in the case.
The late concessions forced by the states would broaden the disclosures Microsoft must make to rivals about the operation of its powerful server software.
By adding the phrase "or the Internet" to one section, lawyers for the states explicitly required Microsoft to reveal technical details about servers other than just those used for office networks. That slight change could broaden the settlement to cover Microsoft's future business strategies of providing Internet services.
The states also negotiated to establish a separate oversight committee, so the states can ensure compliance.
People find comfort in food
The Associated Press
IRVINE, Calif. — Robert Zumberge can't seem to get enough cowboy coffee — a steaming concoction of hot java and dark chocolate miniatures. For Kim Almquist, candy is her comfort food.
There's something about certain foods, something that feels good after so much bad news that started with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"What's one more chocolate?" said Almquist, 24. "It seems a little strange to be obsessing about something like that when there's so much more going on."
Zumberge, 49, typically would think twice about indulging his sweet coffee craving. "But now? Not so much," he said.
People across the country have turned to food — from chocolate to instant mashed potatoes to peanut butter and jelly — to deal with the anxiety of the terrorist attacks and anthrax
scares, according to dietitians and psychologists.
"It's hard to measure because people don't know they are doing it. But you're hearing it and you're seeing it," said Connie Diekman, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association
"The No. 1 predictor of diet failure is stress. The last two months, without question, whether people feel it or not, has been a very stressful time. People aren't thinking about eating healthy."
It's a point punctuated by a recent A.C. Nielsen survey of grocery store sales that showed a spike in comfort food purchases. It found snack food sales increased nearly 12.4 percent in September compared to the previous year; the sale of instant potatoes jumped almost 13 percent, according to Information Resources Inc.
Even Weight Watchers groups
have reported an unusual number of members saying the attacks have added an element of stress in maintaining their diets
"There's been a lot of discussion in meeting rooms. In addition to talking about food, they are talking about emotions. It's unusual to have the same topic on the top of everybody's minds and have it pose the same problems," said spokeswoman Linda Webb Carilli.
But professor Kelly Brownell, director of Yale University's Center for Eating and Weight disorders, said this was the type of eating people needed to watch.
"If it's a temporary phenomenon, it isn't bad. It's a way to cope. For people who consistently use food to deal with stress, it's maladaptive," he said.
Brownell recommended exercise, reading a book or spending time with family.
The Associated Press
Editor leaves Philadelphia Inquirer
Walker Lundy, editor of Knight Ridder's Saint Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, has been named as Rosenthal's replacement.
In a memo to staff, he added: "Rather than let discussions about The Inquirer's future grow rancorous, I hope my departure leads to The Inquirer becoming
PHILADELPHIA — Robert J. Rosenthal, editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, resigned yesterday amid staff cutbacks ordered by owner Knight Ridder and disagreements about how to attract readers.
"There was a difference of opinion on some strategies," Rosenthal said in a story posted on the Inquirer's Web site. "It became harder and harder for me to be able to do what I do best, and it became time for a new leader."
Rosenthal's office referred all calls to Robert J. Hall, publisher and chairman of Philadelphia Newspapers Inc., parent company of the Inquirer and Daily News. Hall did not immediately return a call for comment.
Rosenthal will be replaced by Lundy, who has been with the Minnesota paper for 11 years, said Harold Higgins, publisher of the Saint Paul newspaper.
an even better newspaper, one that its readers and our community value even more. I am not angry or bitter. I wish all of you the best. It's been a great ride."
Rosenthal became editor and executive vice president of PN1 in January 1998. Previously, he had been foreign editor and city editor before moving up to assistant and associate managing editor.
"Walker is a great guy and he will do very well there," Higgins said.
He spent eight years as a reporter, including four as the Inquirer's Africa correspondent.
Rosenthal's tenure was marked by decreasing circulation and staff reductions. Under the most recent of buyouts mandated by Knight Ridder, the newsroom staff was reduced from about 580 to 530 people.
The Inquirer's circulation declined by 8.8 percent, to 365,154, for the six months that ended Sept. 30, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
As the newspaper grappled with declines in advertising last summer, William "Butch" Ward accepted a buyout as the Inquirer's managing editor. The announcement of that move came days after Knight Ridder said it was cutting 1,700 jobs companywide.
Hospital opens after anthrax death
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The hospital that employed the city's only anthrax fatality reopened yesterday, the day after the victim was buried.
The Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, which is almost exclusively an outpatient facility, closed a week ago after inhalation anthrax was diagnosed in Kathy Nguyen, 61. She died Nov. 1, and the circumstances of her exposure to anthrax have not been discovered.
At the building's reopening yesterday, hospital officials, along with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, said the hospital was safe.
"People should have no concern about coming here." Giuliani said.
The hospital is "one of the safest places in New York City if not the safest," said Dennis Rivera, head of the hospital workers' union. "This hospital is completely clean of anthrax."
Completely Because Nguyen worked in the basement supply room near a mailroom, the building was extensively sampled for anthrax. All tests came back negative.
More than 1,000 people — employees, patients and visitors — who might have been exposed took antibiotics for several days until the building on East 64th Street was given a clean bill of health.
officials said.
Medical officials said they were investigating the possibility that Nguyen had a second job in a restaurant.
No one else has shown symptoms and city Health Commissioner Neal Cohen said he was confident that officials had not overlooked any cases.
Some workers said they were ready to be back at work.
"We hope to be back to normal. We hope the patients come," said Lorraine Pearson, a hospital receptionist, "I feel safe."
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which uses a stricter standard for counting cases, has confirmed four skin anthrax cases in the city and Nguyen's inhalation anthrax.