Microsoft backs off on music play contracts

Microsoft backs off on music player contracts http://Macworld.com via Yahoo! News Fri, 21 Oct 2005 5:43 AM PDT Microsoft Corp. quickly backed off on a demand to portable music player manufacturers that if they chose to include Windows Media Player in software packages, only that program could be included, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported Thursday in its update on the company’s compliance with its antitrust settlement. Record settlement over drug policies Denver Post Fri, 21 Oct 2005 1:19 PM PDT Today the Department of Justice announced a record $7 million dollar settlement by King Sooper, City Market, and parent company Kroeger for violations of the Controlled Substances Act. The problems stem from from pharmacy practices, ranging from poor record keeping to controlled substance security. Trial begins for state agent San Jose Mercury News Fri, 21 Oct 2005 5:29 AM PDT The day that a San Jose man was shot during an allegedly botched operation, state Department of Justice agents were only supposed to be doing surveillance on a fugitive wanted for failing to report a change of address, a Santa Clara County prosecutor said Wednesday. BCNG Portals Page Tacoma Daily Index Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:16 AM PDT The City Council heard the first reading of an ordinance Oct. 18 that would allow the City to accept $986,643 in grant funds from the United State Department of Justice to establish a pilot program using a mobile wireless video and audio communications network to allow monitoring of criminal activities in high crime areas. ATF, Police Arrest Dozens in San Diego Operation PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Fri, 21 Oct 2005 1:05 PM PDT The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives , the California Department of Justice, the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement , and the San Diego Police Department Narcotics Section announced today that they have completed the undercover "Operation White Sands" targeting criminal activity in and around the Mariner's Cove apartment complex in San Diego. Microsoft backs off on music player contracts InfoWorld Fri, 21 Oct 2005 4:47 AM PDT( InfoWorld ) - Microsoft quickly backed off on a demand to portable music player manufacturers that if they chose to include Windows Media Player in software packages, only that program could be included, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported Thursday in its update on the company's compliance with its antitrust settlement. After a complaint was filed, Microsoft circulated a final Defendant in Colombian Norte Valle Drug Cartel Extradited to the United States U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News Fri, 21 Oct 2005 9:39 AM PDTA leader of the North Valle Cartel, one of Colombia's most powerful cocaine trafficking organizations, has been extradited by Colombia to the United States to face racketeering and drug charges, the Department of Justice announced today. Officials to look at Doyle contract The Badger Herald Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:57 PM PDTAuthorities from the federal, state and local levels announced Thursday that they will join forces to probe whether a state contract was awarded fraudulently. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Wisconsin Department of Justice and Dane County District Attorney’s Office are on board in a joint effort to investigate whether campaign donations given to Gov. Jim Doyle Anti-fraud office opens in BR U.S. attorney general says center at LSU to fight hurricane-related crime http://2theadvocate.com Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:28 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- Baton Rouge is now the eye of hurricane-fraud-fighting efforts across the country. The U.S. Department of Justice has made LSU home to its Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force national command center. MIT Receives Grant to Prevent Violence The MIT Tech Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:59 PM PDT MIT received a $200,000 Violence Against Women grant this year from the Department of Justice Office on Violence against Women. MIT Health Educator Laura A. Stuart said that the grant is expected to fund new programs and services, as well as improve MIT policies concerning the issues of sexual assault, violence in dating and stalking.