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campaign against cybercrime being waged by the maker of the Windows operating system, which is the biggest target for viruses.
• The documents are part of a computer fraud lawsuit filed by Microsoft against a web domain registered to a Chinese businessman named Peng Yong. The company says it is a major hub for illicit Internet activity. The domain is home base for Nitol and more than 500 other types of malware, making it the largest single repository of infected software that Microsoft officials have ever encountered.


Today in History
The Associated Press

• Today is Thursday, Sept. 13, the 257th day of 2012. There are 109 days left in the year.

• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Sept. 13, 1997, funeral services were held in Calcutta, India, for Nobel peace laureate Mother Teresa.

• On this date:
• In 1759, during the final French and Indian War, the British defeated the French on the Plains of Abraham overlooking Quebec City.
• In 1788, the Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election, and declared New York City the temporary national capital.
• In 1803, Commodore John Barry, considered by many the father of the American Navy, died in Philadelphia.
• In 1912, a state funeral was held in Japan for Emperor Meiji.
• In 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate; she became the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress.
• In 1959, Elvis Presley first met his future wife, 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu, while stationed in West Germany with the U.S. Army. (They married in 1967, but divorced in 1973.)
• In 1962, Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett rejected the U.S. Supreme Court's order for the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, a black student, declaring in a televised address, "We will not drink from the cup of genocide."
• In 1970, the first New York City Marathon was held; winner Gary Muhrcke finished the 26.2-mile run, which took place entirely inside Central Park, in 2:31:38.

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