The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has claimed a copyright on surveillance video of a horrific, fatal car crash and filed suit for infringement against three Web sites where the video was posted. The video was captured May 10 at the Great Egg Harbor Toll Plaza on the Garden State Parkway by a camera high on a pole just north of the toll booths. It shows a car approaching the booths without slowing, crashing into a concrete barrier and bursting into a ball of flames.
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Lucasfilm plans to make clips of "Star Wars" available to fans on the Internet to mash up at will. The clips -- about 250 of them, from all six Star Wars movies -- will land on the Starwars.com Web site tomorrow, part of this week'30th-anniversary celebrations of the release of his hit movie. Working with an easy-to-use editing program from Eyespot Corp. of San Diego, fans can cut, add to and retool the clips.