| Lear wins appeal in patent suit
Lear Corp., once the largest supplier of car interiors, won an appeals-court ruling that allows it to continue to provide Car2U garage-door openers to automakers until a Johnson Controls Inc. patent-infringement lawsuit is decided. A trial judge had barred Lear from selling the Car2U device, saying there was a good chance Johnson Controls and patent owner Chamberlain Group Inc. would win the suit. Closely held Chamberlain owns the patent and Johnson Controls is the exclusive licensee. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington today said the judge erred in defining one of the key terms of the patent. The court threw out the order barring sales and sent the case back for further review. .
Wild Card -- Tuesday PM
President Bush answers a question during a news conference at the White House today. Bush is keeping his second-term pledge to hold at least one major news conference each month. He was squeezing one in on Tuesday, the last day of May. W. Mark Felt, who retired from the FBI after rising to its second most senior position, has identified himself as the "Deep Throat" source quoted by The Washington Post to break the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon's resignation, Vanity Fair magazine said Tuesday/MSNBC here. 1. Political 'Toon Fix: Paul Nowak (Amnesty International's claim), Gary Varvel (Embryonic stem cell research), and Mike Lester ("Star Wars" fans). 2. Humor Fix: PERRspectives (via politicalhumor.com) provides a "separated at birth" featuring George Bush and Darth Vader here.
Top 10 scams: Fraud schemes harder to track
The schemes are becoming more varied with the increased use of the Internet, cell phones and e-mail, Deery said.Despite numerous complaints about scams, it is difficult to catch the perpetrators, who work throughout the world and use technology to mask themselves.Victims are often people who need money in today's tough economic times, she said. And they often have no recourse. "It's the people who are in those desperate situations or are in huge debt who are falling for these scams," Deery said, and "It's hard to find out who is really behind it and who is really accountable."Bozeman Police Lt. Rich McLane said the department receives several calls about scams a month, although people are not falling for them."We're not getting as many calls of people actually getting scammed," McLane said.
NASCAR and Hollywood still worlds apart
So, here's the plan: Watch the NASCAR race in the afternoon, walk next door to the Kodak Theater and see what film wins best picture. Pretty sure it's do-able. I think they share parking lots. Some of you suffer under the misapprehension that the two-mile track we used to call California Speedway is located in the Inland Empire. Actually, it's practically in Los Angeles. Santa Monica Pier is just down the street. You can see the Hollywood sign from the start-finish line. You can feel the ocean breeze from here. Smell the salt air at night. Or maybe that's exhaust fumes. One of the laughable vanities of Southern California sports is the Fontana track's attempts to market itself as NASCAR's show-biz pit stop.
Latest ULM blog: Outback Classic golf approaching fast
TIM HOLCOMB: The accolades for ULM's 2008 recruiting class continue. On Friday, Rivals.com's junior college recruiting service JCGridiron.com (http://jcgridiron.rivals.com/) published its rankings of the 2008 JUCO classes nationwide. ULM's 2008 junior college recruiting class finished ranked at No. 36 in the nation. According to JCGridiron.com, the top 10 junior college classes are (in order): No. 1 Florida State, No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Oregon State, No. 5 Arizona, No. 6 Texas Tech, No. 7 Kansas, No. 8 Minnesota, No. 9 Oregon, and No. 10 West Virginia. Four Sun Belt schools (Middle Tenn, Troy, UNT, and ULM) were ranked in the top 40. ULM's 2008 signing class boasts seven junior college signees: two offensive linemen, three defensive linemen, and two defensive backs. Six players boast a three-star rating by national services like Rivals.com or Scout.com, including Thomas Robinson (6-1 280), Aaron Williams (6-0 300), Alex Ford (6-2 305), safety Troy Giddens (6-0 205 4.3), cornerback Otis Stamps (5-10 175 4.5), and Keating Helms (6-3 308).
Rockets Extend Winning Streak to 14
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