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MySpace tells AP it has won $234M spam judgmentThe popular online hangout MySpace has won a $234 million judgment over junk messages sent to its members in what is believed to be the largest anti-spam award ever, The Associated Press has learned.

Sale to HP will end EDS independenceEight months into his tenure as CEO of Electronic Data Systems Corp., Ronald Rittenmeyer is overseeing the sale of the company, something he says he never planned.

Craigslist countersues eBay, saying it's competing illegallyCraigslist countersued its minority owner, eBay Inc., on Tuesday, alleging the online auctioneer is competing illegally with the classified advertising Web site.

EarthLink to pull the plug on Wi-Fi in PhiladelphiaEarthLink Inc. is pulling the plug on its troubled wireless high-speed Internet network in Philadelphia, once touted as a national model.

Apple now sells HBO shows on iTunes storeApple Inc. has scooped up Time Warner Inc.'s HBO to feed television shows to its online iTunes store, reeling in one of the last holdouts among major channels and agreeing to a rare pricing concession to land hit shows like "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City" and "The Wire."

Sprint Nextel CEO asks shareholders' patience in turnaroundDan Hesse, chief executive officer at Sprint Nextel Corp. for less than five months, faced tough questions Tuesday about the company's continued trouble keeping wireless subscribers.

Britain complains to EU about Microsoft file systemA British watchdog agency said Tuesday it had complained to European Union regulators that Microsoft Corp.'s new file format for storing documents discouraged competition.

Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts offMicrosoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience.

MIT students show power of open cell phone systemsWhat do you want your cell phone to be able to do?

Chile probes data theft and posting by hackerA prosecutor was appointed Monday to investigate how a computer hacker accessed government data for 6 million Chileans and posted it to the Internet.

Local News

One on One with John McCain Watch Senator McCain's interview with Chambers here.

Ashland solar project underway

Residents can pay $800 for a solar panel.

ODFW volunteers maintain wildlife habitats

They help find geese safe nesting places.

Clearing immigrants from Oregon jails means more for Eugene

Illegal immigrants across the state are being sent to Lane County.

Oregon's unemployment rate at 5.5 percent for April Oregon's rate is higher than the national average.

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Unusual or Off-Beat

'Darth Vader' spared jail in Jedi church attacksA man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday.

Australian fined for buckling in beer, not childAn Australian man has been fined after buckling in a case of beer with a seat belt but leaving a 5-year-old child to sit on the car's floor, police said Tuesday.

Man accused of handing pot to court securityA man was arrested after pulling marijuana from his pocket at a security check at a court. The man was visiting the courts section of the Bradley County Justice Center on Monday when he was asked to empty his pockets into a plastic bowl, a standard procedure.