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3 hrs ago | Inside Bay Area

Judge upholds damages for removal of Berkeley mother's children

A federal appeals court has affirmed a $170,000 award for damages to a Berkeley woman whose children were removed from her custody without a warrant.

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Related Topix: Alameda County, CA

Tue Aug 19, 2008

Press-Enterprise

Charges tossed for suspect in elderly beatings

A man accused of robbing and beating two elderly Berkeley men, who later died, will be released because there isn't enough evidence to prosecute him.

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Related Topix: Alameda County, CA

Inside Bay Area

Former Berkeley City College student denied bail

A former Berkeley City College student who is claiming self-defense in the stabbing death of a UC Berkeley student was denied bail Monday.

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Related Topix: UC Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Mon Aug 18, 2008

TMCnet

UC-Berkeley: Invisibility cloak moves from fantasy to potential reality at UC Berkeley

UWIRE-08/14/2008-UC-Berkeley: Invisibility cloak moves from fantasy to potential reality at UC Berkeley 2008 Daily Californian via UWIRE By Hadas Goshen, Daily Californian BERKELEY, Calif.

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Related Topix: UC Berkeley

Sun Aug 17, 2008

Daily Californian

Editorial's Stance Overly Supports University

Editor's Note: This is a response to an editorial headlined "Searching for an Ending," which was published on July 28, 2008.

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Related Topix: UC Berkeley

Sat Aug 16, 2008

Curbed SF

Building in Berkeley?!: Everyone once in a blue moon...

Everyone once in a blue moon we receive an email: "Why doesn't Curbed SF cover Berkeley?" Well people, 'cause Berkeley builds squat, that's why.

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Fri Aug 15, 2008

Contra Costa Times

Suspicious Berkeley package was harmless

BERKELEY_ Police converged on drug company in Berkeley today looking for a suspicious package but the item was harmless authorities said.

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Thu Aug 14, 2008

ABC News

Missing Rice Student Found Alive in Calif.

Matthew Wilson, the Rice University student who vanished more than eight months ago, has been found alive more than 2,000 miles from where friends say they last saw the straight-A student studying for final ...

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Related Topix: UC Berkeley, Rice University

ABC7News

Matthew Wilson, who went missing in Texas, was found by a UC-Berkeley police officer.

A missing 21-year-old Rice University student missing since December 2007 was located on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley this evening, according to police.

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Related Topix: UC Berkeley, Rice University

Wed Aug 13, 2008

San Francisco Chronicle

Skeptics question FBI's case of anthrax mailer

The story has all the ingredients for a good conspiracy theory: a killer germ created in a secret government lab, a government on the brink of war, a murder investigation with unanswered questions, and a ...

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Related Topix: Blog News, Lee Harvey Oswald

Contra Costa Times

Frog die-off a global problem, UC researches say

For years, California developers have been struggling to find ways to not disturb the endangered red-legged frog.

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Related Topix: Contra Costa County, CA, Alameda County, CA, UC Berkeley

Tue Aug 12, 2008

MocoNews.net

Apisphere Acquires LBS Developer Navit Innovations

Apisphere said today it has agreed to acquire Navit Innovations, a San-Francisco-based GPS developer.

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Mon Aug 11, 2008

Martin's Mobile Technology Page

Mobile Web Megatrends Conference in Berkeley

Do you know Ajit Jaokar and Michael Mace? If not I suggest to head over and check out their blogs for great insight into the mobile domain.

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Related Topix: iPhone

Sun Aug 10, 2008

Daily Californian

District Makes New Construction Plans

Seismic retrofitting and inadequate classroom space have prompted plans for new construction projects in the Berkeley Unified School District.

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Sat Aug 09, 2008

Iron Tongue of Midnight

Robert Bowman at the Hillside Club, Berkeley

Nice program here: Robert Bowman In Recital Friday August 29th at 8:00 PM Admission $15 The Berkeley Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street Berkeley 94709 Info: 845-1350 The Berkeley Hillside Club is delighted to ...

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Related Topix: Czech Republic, World News, Classical, Gottschalk, Eastern Illinois University, Cal State Chico

Daily Californian

Students Use Solar to Heat Guatemalan Households

In spring 2007, UC Berkeley Energy and Resources Group professor Ashok Gadgil challenged students in his Design for Sustainable Communities class to come up with an affordable and efficient solar water heater ...

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Related Topix: UC Berkeley

Fri Aug 08, 2008

The Modesto Bee

Injunction extended on UC Berkeley sports center

A controversial plan to build a sports center at University of California, Berkeley, has been further delayed by a ruling that will halt construction for several weeks.

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Related Topix: UC Berkeley, Alameda County, CA, San Francisco Metro, Oakland, CA

Ledger Dispatch

Berkeley police reports

Meanwhile, a second male suspect started punching him on the right side of his face.

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BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

Berkeley Rep. to Offer Teen Summit on Journalism

Today Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced an unusual opportunity for Bay Area teens tied to its world premiere of Yellowjackets: local youth can attend a free summit on the power of journalism and theatre on ...

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Related Topix: New York University, Journalism

Thu Aug 07, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Berkeley journalism professor honored

A UC Berkeley professor who was the second Latina to become tenured at a major American journalism school has been selected to receive the Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award from the Society of ...

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Related Topix: UC Berkeley, Journalism

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