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Controversial database copyright treaty rejected 01/13/97 SWITZERLAND--Delegates to the World Intellectual Property Organization's diplomatic conference agreed, in late December, on…

Pentagon rescinds provisions of media pass questionnaire 01/13/97 VIRGINIA--The Department of Defense has agreed to modify a new accreditation procedure…

ABC liable for fraud for report on Food Lion practices 01/13/97 NORTH CAROLINA--In late December, a federal jury in Greensboro…

School principal indicted after altercation with reporter 01/13/97 WASHINGTON, D.C.--After a controversial investigation, a District grand jury in mid-December indicted…

Judge bars media, but not public, from hearing in murder case 01/13/97 CALIFORNIA--In late December, a Superior Court judge in…

Motives cannot be considered in records request, court finds 01/13/97 NEW HAMPSHIRE--In an early December decision, the state Supreme Court…

Teachers acquitted in newspaper theft case 01/13/97 OKLAHOMA--Two Oklahoma teachers were acquitted in mid-December of charges of destroying 3,500 to…

Judge unseals warrants, documents in murder investigation 01/13/97 DELAWARE--In mid-December, a federal district judge in Wilmington affirmed an order unsealing…

Newspaper wins right to view deadly force reports 01/13/97 WISCONSIN--The public and press have a right to examine "Use of…

Tapes in driving arrest withheld as investigative records 01/13/97 PENNSYLVANIA--Audiotapes of telephone calls to and from the Haverford Township Police…