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SPORTS 1C PT Tl LOCAL IB ZZ LIFESTYLE IE Lakers win NBA 12-year-old Get to how' ffi Finals opener (: leading revival with Blue Dogs A A Weather Sunny, a warm afternoon. High: 82 Details, 8B Greenville, South Carolina www.greenvilleonline.com Thursday, June 8, 2000 Final Edition Mte Tit bisidTrack Slain woman's struggling with family loss Sharon Anschutz to spBnti Gates says he will ruling against his By Larry Margasak The Associated Press WASHINGTON A federal judge ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday, declaring the software giant that spurred an explosion in home computing should be split into two because it "proved untrustworthy in the past." "Microsoft, as it is presently organized and led, is unwilling to accept the notion that it broke the law," U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson wrote as he ordered the most dramatic antitrust breakup since in 1984. An unrepentant Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates vowed to appeal, calling the division of his empire an "unwarranted and unjustified intrusion." He said the company would seek to block Jackson's order from taking effect during the appeals process.

"This is the beginning of a new chapter in this case," added Gates, who would only be able to control one of the two companies created by the ruling. Jackson's ruling came two months after he concluded April 3 the software company violated antitrust laws by using illegal methods to protect its monopoly in computer operating systems, stifling competition. He also found the company tried illegally to expand its dominance into the Investigators have no firm leads in shooting of dry cleaning clerk By April E. Moorefield Staff Writer amooref i greenvillenews.com Sandy Sanders collapsed onto the blue carpet in her slain sister's den Wednesday, buried her face in her hands and wept. All around her were her murdered sibling's precious belongings.

Family photographs. NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon memorabilia. Needlecrafts pulled from a plastic box a purple Halloween witch and a Christmas snowman. Family and friends rushed to comfort Sanders, whose sister Sharon Sue Anschutz was shot to death Monday for what relatives said amounted to $200 during a robbery at John Butler Cleaners on Easley Bridge Road. "We aren't going to let this lie," Sanders said, as she struggled to regain her composure.

"We want the person found who took her away from us. We want to see justice done." Anschutz, 54, was shot once in the back sometime about 1 p.m. Monday after the dry cleaner's cash drawer had been emptied. Her body was found on the floor behind the counter about 1:30 p.m. by an elderly customer who rushed next door to call 911.

Greenville's chief prosecutor, Bob Ariail, said Wednesday the killing qualifies as a capital murder case under South Carolina law, but he won't decide whether to seek the death penalty until an arrest is made. The Sheriffs Office has received fewer than 15 calls about the case, said Sgt. Mike Brown, a spokesman for the agency. "We still don't have anything like someone describing someone suspicious going in or coming out of the cleaners," he said. For Anschutz's family, SaS ok pgg pf KBKS IK ft to SS Nsl 72 Sat tas a2aa-' mmmmB fftss (xm ssg gTij Keller drives for BGN title.

Page3C Dems offer estate tax cut By Curt Anderson The Associated Press WASHINGTON Hoping to ward off widespread defections to a Republican tax cut, senior House Democrats outlined legislation Wednesday to immediately reduce estate taxes by 20 percent and gear relief more toward farmers and small business owners than the GOP version. Forty-six Democrats are listed as co-sponsors of a GOP bill to gradually repeal the tax, causing Democratic leaders to scramble for a significant alternative so their members won't have to vote against a popular tax cut in an election year. The House is scheduled to consider the repeal Friday. Both sides say they are primarily interested in helping farmers and smaller businesses, but those groups represent only about 3 percent of total taxable estates. Rep.

Charles Rangel, said full repeal would cost $50 billion a year when fully phased in, a cost that has drawn a veto threat from President Clinton. The alternative proposed by Rangel and Rep. Charles Stenholm, ranking Democrat on the Agriculture Committee and a leading Democratic fiscal conservative, would cut all estate tax rates by 20 percent on Jan. 1. The Republican bill would gradually phase down the rates by 2010.

The Democratic measure would also boost the individual estate tax exemption for small businesses and farms from $1.3 million to $2 million and permit a spouse to use whatever portion of the exemption not used when the other spouse died. This means a couple would have a $4 million exemption with no need to set up a trust or do other estate planning. INSIDE Abby 7E Bridge 7E Horoscope 7E Jumble 7E Local IB Obituaries 6B People 4 Sports 1C Television 4E Business ID Classifieds IF Comics 6-7E Crossword 7E Editorial 10A Lifestyle IE Theaters 2E Weather 8B www.greenvilleonline.com Circulation hot line 298-4110 Classified Ads 298-4221 Copyright 2000 Greenville News-Piedmont Co. A Gannett Newspaper 125th year No. 131 -54 pages THCWEWSB MINTED USING KCTClfDPMW fskSC OSS (par appeal judge's software empire ELAINE THOMPSON AP Fight isn't over.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, here answering questions after the ruling, says the antitrust order is "unwarranted and unjustified." GEE 1 Customers confident Windows will prevail. Industry's reaction mixed. PagelD market for Internet browsers. The judge gave the company four months to devise a plan to divide itself into two parts. One company would manage the Windows operating system that helped make Gates a billionaire; the other would manage all of Microsoft's software, such as its Office Suite.

Procedure to clean out arteries may be too risky for some patients. Page 2A had never actually identified it. In today's issue of the journal Nature, scientists at Merck Research Laboratories in West Point, reported that they have found strong evidence that gamma secretase is actually presenilin 1. Presenilin 1 had already been linked to a rare inherited form of Alzheimer's that strikes people in their 30s and See ENZYME on pageM OWEN RILEY JR. Staff 3 Leaning on each other: The sisters of murder victim Sharon Anschutz Gloria Hopkins, left, and Sandy Sanders, front and her daughter, Christina Srodes, talk about Sharon.

Scientists find enzyme involved in Alzheimer's Anyone with information about the slaying of Sharon Sue Anschutz, who was shot during a robbery at John Butler Cleaners on Monday, is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 232-7463. Callers are eligible for a reward for information leading to an arrest and may remain anonymous. OWEN RILEY JR. Staff executive Alex Zoghlin said. The Department of Justice said last month that it is investigating whether the Web site's joint venture of five airlines is an antitrust violation.

But Zoghlin said there is no jegal problem because the site will be displaying the lowest fares or fastest flights of all 450 airlines around the world with no bias for any. Airlines team up to sell deals on Web 1 1L www.itasoftware.com www.expedia.com www.travelocity.com new site operates now under its temporary name, customers will have to call airlines to book the bargain flights until the new site passes quality, security and reliability tests, Scripps Howard Five major airlines have put together a new travel Web site, promising one-stop shopping for low-cost flights and lodging and they will announce its name Monday. Before then, consumers may use its search tool for travel plans by going to the testing address: www.itasoft- The Associated Press Scientists say they have identified a long-sought enzyme suspected of playing a key role in Alzheimer's an advance that could give drug companies another promising target for treating the mind-wasting disease. In Alzheimer's disease, the brain develops deposits that are thought to kill brain cells. These deposits are created when a long, string-like protein is cut in two specific places.

Scientists have long theorized the existence of a chemical scissors that makes one of these cuts. They called it gamma secretase, but they 7 who traveled to South Carolina to bring her body to Michigan for burial at a pri- vate funeral, Wednesday afternoon was a time for See MOURN on page 7A ware.com. Founders of the consortium are Delta, United, Northwest, Continental and American. Principals in the endeavor told reporters in Washington Wednesday that they will offer many more choices of airlines and fares than existing online travel services, such as www.expedia.com and www. travelocity.com.

While the Sam Simmons will square off in the Republican primary for sheriff Tuesday against Greer Police Chief Dean Crisp and former law officer and coroner Charlie Garrett. This is the third of three stories profiling the candidates. On a recent day, in the backyard of a supporter's Augusta Road neighborhood home, Simmons is surrounded by local lawyers, politicians Sam Simmons sees himself as lawman, not politician Sheriff's candidate has 27 years on duty SAM SIMMONS Age: 47 Family: Married. Two children, ages 6 and 18. Education: Associate's degree in criminal justice from Palmer College (now Trident Technical School) in Charleston.

Working on his bachelor's degree in business administration from Southern Wesleyan University. Current job: Chief deputy, Greenville County Sheriff's Office Years in law enforcement 27 and other influential people. Standing with a cold glass of water in his hand, he speaks in a low voice with the guests gathered as part of a sheriffs campaign meet-and-greet. Simmons says he doesn't consider himself a politician. "Some people don't see that as a negative," he says with a laugh.

"My self-image is that I'm a lawman. That's what I am, that's what I do. In some respects it comes before everything else. I guess it should. That's kind of the nature of See SIMMONS on pageto By Andy Paras Staff Writer aparas greenvillenews.com On his first day as a Greenville County sheriffs deputy, Sam Simmons pinned on the badge, holstered the gun he bought for himself and toured the county with his partner, who had three months more experience than he did.

It was the start of a "strange world, a different world," he says now. But it's one he says he feels comfortable in. A Meeting public: Sam Simmons, right, campaigns in the City Club. Law enforcement runs in his family; his father was a constable..