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After a four-year investigation of what the Justice Department termed "illegal monopolistic practices," the government announced a settlement in its case against Microsoft, the dominant company in the software industry. Microsoft admitted no guilt but agreed to loosen licensing arrangements with computer manufacturers, which often pre-load their machines with the firm's operating systems. The deal may spur more competition for Microsoft, but it removes the threat that the government will try to break up the behemoth...
...office said he will return from Israel on July 1 and proceed directly to Martha's Vineyard. There, the professor will catch up on a "very heavy writing load," according to a woman identifying herself as his secretary...
...instructed by local Serb officials to "integrate" into the villages. "That means they can look for a nice Muslim house and then go get it," says Joran Bjallerstedt, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' chief protection officer for the former Yugoslavia. "They back up a truck to the house, load up anything that's salable, beat up the men, rape the women. The authorities say they can't control it. The truth is, they...
...year ago, military officials predicted a weeklong alert. General Gary Luck, the senior U.S. commander in South Korea, cautions that his forces will have as little as 12 hours' warning. A congressional defense expert whittles that still lower, predicting that advance notice "is as long as it takes to load and fire an artillery shell: about 10 seconds...
...complaint claimed that Harris had lower standardized test scores and took a less rigorous course load than Stonecypher. It also alleged that Harris failed to meet the application deadline...