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THE BATTALION
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Some states not in agreement
with Microsoft breakup solution
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Signaling a potential division
within ranks that could complicate settlement talks in the Mi
crosoft trial, some states active in the case believe the Jus
tice Department’s plan to break up one of the world’s most
successful companies may not be the best solution.
Although debate continues in
secret among the 19 state attor
neys general deciding what to
recommend about Microsoft
Corp., there is a risk the govern
ment might fail to bring a unified
proposal on sanctions to U.S.
District Judge Thomas Penfield
Jackson. He bluntly told govern
ment lawyers to agree among
themselves before they present in
court any plan for sanctions.
“1 would not like to have to deal
with divergent points of view,”
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Jackson told them in a private meeting in November.
Illustrating the difficulties in achiev ing such consensus, Ohio’s
attorney general indicated she is leaning toward a ban on some of
Microsoft’s behavior toward others in the technology industry
rather than a forced restructuring of the software giant.
Calling the dilemma “the most difficult professional de
cision I ever got involved with,” Ohio Attorney General Bet
ty Montgomery told The Associated Press that a breakup of
Microsoft “has never been on my top list.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — An Empire
State Building elevator with two peo
ple aboard plunged 40 stories before
a safety system finally stopped the
car on the fourth floor. The passen
gers were not seriously hurt.
“I thought I was going to die,”
Shameka Peterson said. "It was go
ing really, really fast.”
Peterson and Joe Masoraca,
who work in different offices on the
44th floor, boarded the elevator
Monday afternoon and pressed a
button for the lobby.
"It just plunged," Peterson told
the New York Post. “It was like a
bungee fall. It was terrifying.”
The elevator dropped about 400
feet before the safety system caught
it and slowed it to a stop on the
fourth floor.
The elevator services the lobby
and floors 41 through 55, so there
was no way to exit. Masoraca
called for help on the elevator
telephone.
Maintenance workers rode up in
an adjacent elevator, pried open an
emergency hatch and guided the
pair across a beam to safety.
Peterson was treated for neck
and shoulder pain and released
from a hospital Masoraca has made
an appointment to see a doctor.
“I’m very tired, and I’m in pain,"
he said.
The elevator plunge was caused
by a sheared compensating cable,
which adjusts the weight of the car,
building spokesperson Howard
Rubenstein said.
The elevator passed an in
spection May 19, he said.
All 64 elevators in the landmark
have been scheduled for inspec
tions this week.
The 102-story building at the cor
ner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street
opened in 1931. It handles millions
of tourists each year and thou
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