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The problem is the included Vera fonts.

The offending fonts are named:

Vera.ttf VeraBd.ttf VeraSeBd.ttf
VeraBI.ttf VeraSe.ttf

You can move these to another folder and OpenOffice will open.

Those comfortable with the Terminal can easily accomplish this.

Open the /Applications/Utilties/Terminal application and execute the following two commands (you can avoid typing errors by copy and past the codes below). Note that you will be asked for your password as these commands require administrative privileges:

Code:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF.bad

Code:
sudo mv /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/Vera*.ttf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF.bad

The second code should be selected in one single string. There is a space between the ttf and the forward slash. More …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that RadioShack has notified 400 workers by e-mail that they are being laid off. The e-mails state, “The work force reduction notification is currently in progress. Unfortunately your position is one that has been eliminated.” Nothing says thank you for your years of service to our company quite like an e-boot out the door.” More …
a most inhuman act.

If you installed iTunes 4.7.1 and try to then install or reinstall iLife ‘04, you’ll get an alert indicating that an iLife application is still running even if you have already quit iTunes, GarageBand, iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD. This happens because the iLife Installer is seeing a background program called “iTuneshelper,” and is mistaking it for iTunes. To workaround the issue, bypass the login items by following these steps

Business Week has an article describing how Sony BMG had been warned by F-Secure on Oct. 4 about the dangers of their rootkit protection, but failed to do anything until Oct. 31 when computer-systems expert Mark Russinovich revealed the rootkit in his blog.” From the article: “Sony BMG officials insist that they acted as quickly as they could, and that they expected to be able to go public and offer a software patch at the same time. However, Russinovich posted his blog item first, forcing Sony BMG to scramble to contain the crisis. It recalled millions of CDs recorded by 52 artists, including Van Zant, Celine Dion, and Neil Diamond. Plus, it offered exchanges to customers.”