The article below from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by psa188@xxxxxxxxx /--------- E-mail Sponsored by Fox Searchlight ------------\ I HEART HUCKABEES - OPENING IN SELECT CITIES OCTOBER 1 From David O. Russell, writer and director of THREE KINGS and FLIRTING WITH DISASTER comes an existential comedy starring Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Hupert, Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin, Mark Wahlberg and Naomi Watts. Watch the trailer now at: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/huckabees/index_nyt.html \----------------------------------------------------------/ Judge Dismisses Suit Against Northwest September 13, 2004 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 1:53 p.m. ET MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A federal judge has dismissed a privacy lawsuit filed in North Dakota against Northwest Airlines, one of several filed against the Eagan-based carrier for supplying NASA with passenger data for use in airline security studies. U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland, of Bismarck, N.D., dismissed the class action lawsuit Wednesday. His order followed the dismissal in June by U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson, of St. Paul, of seven similar class action lawsuits filed in Minnesota that had been consolidated into one case. Like Magnuson, Hovland rejected the plaintiffs' contention that Northwest had violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Hovland ruled that the law is meant to apply to companies such as Internet service providers and telecommunications companies, not to businesses that sell traditional products or services online. Hovland also rejected the plaintiffs' contention that Northwest breached a contract with them by not following the privacy policy posted on its Web site. The judge also ruled that the plaintiffs had failed to show they had suffered any damages when Northwest -- in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks -- provided NASA with passenger data from the last three months of 2001, including names, flight numbers, credit card data, hotel reservations, car rentals and traveling companies. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Lawsuit-Dismissed.html?ex=1096104163&ei=1&en=a5e0b8937ceb51c2 --------------------------------- Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Imagine reading The New York Times any time & anywhere you like! Leisurely catch up on events & expand your horizons. Enjoy now for 50% off Home Delivery! Click here: http://homedelivery.nytimes.com/HDS/SubscriptionT1.do?mode=SubscriptionT1&ExternalMediaCode=W24AF HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact onlinesales@xxxxxxxxxxx or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help@xxxxxxxxxxxx Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company