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5 hrs ago | Monterey County Herald

UCSC pay lowest in system

Although 25 administrators and professors at UC-Santa Cruz earned $200,000 or more in 2008, the campus has the lowest faculty salaries of all nine of the University of California's undergraduate campuses, according to salary information released recently by the university.

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Related Topix: UC Santa Cruz, California, 9

Sat Nov 07, 2009

KTVN Reno

Report Details Dugard's Reaction When Police Discovered Her

The inspector general's report shows two days after U.C. Berkeley police first questioned Phillip Garrido, he was returned - as ordered - to his parole office for a meeting.

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Related Topix: Phillip Garrido

SFGate

Theater review: Something lost in 'Love's'

Love's Labour's Lost: Comedy. By William Shakespeare. Directed by Dominic Dromgoole.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, London, CA, Berkeley, CA, Santa Cruz Metro

Daily Californian

UC Regent Garamendi Wins Seat in Congress

UC Berkeley alumnus and California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi captured the U.S. House of Representatives 10th Congressional District in a special election held Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Berkeley, CA, Ellen Tauscher, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election

PhysOrg Weblog

New type of supernova explosion reported; predicted by theoretical physicists at UCSB

A new class of supernova was discovered by scientists at Berkeley and may be the first example of a new type of exploding star.

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Related Topix: Explosion, UC Santa Barbara, Physics, Science, Astronomy, Harvard University

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Inside Bay Area

Report: Dugard lied about Garrido

South Lake Tahoe resident Jaycee Dugard, who was abducted in front of her home in South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

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Related Topix: South Lake Tahoe, CA, Phillip Garrido, Jaycee Lee Dugard, Antioch, CA

NBC Los Angeles

Will Facebook Be Less Friendly to Scammers?

The dirty little secret of the social networking business is that the quickest and easiest way to make money is to sell advertising to companies that scam their users.

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Related Topix: Social Software, California

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Wine 2.0 Announces New York Premiere Of Documentary Film 'America's...

New Film Takes Unprecedented Historic View of America's Wine Industry - 'America's Wine: The Legacy of Prohibition' Includes Interviews Which Chronicle The Rebuilding Of The Wine Industry And The Emergence Of A New American Wine Culture.

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Related Topix: Wine, Drink, New York Metro, Social Software

PhysOrg Weblog

Study to explore if more sleep will help teens shake off depression

After a late night of texting or updating Facebook, it's hardly surprising that many teenagers show up groggy for school, which studies have shown can diminish academic performance.

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Related Topix: Depression, Health, Family, Teenagers, Education Etc.

UC Berkeley NewsCenter

Rapid supernova could be new class of exploding star

An unusual supernova rediscovered in seven-year-old data may be the first example of a new type of exploding star, possibly from a binary star system where helium flows from one white dwarf onto another and detonates in a thermonuclear explosion.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Astronomy, Science, California

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Press-Enterprise

UC Berkeley faculty wants sports subsidies stopped

Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, are crying foul about the millions of dollars in subsidies directed to the school's athletic department.

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Related Topix: California

The Huffington Post

Hillary Clinton Has Emotional Meeting With Families Of Hikers Detained In Iran

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had an emotional meeting on Thursday with the families of three American hikers detained in Iran since late July and renewed appeals to Iranian authorities to release them.

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Related Topix: Clinton, WA

Los Angeles Times

California's higher-education debacle

For nearly six years, I have served on the Board of Trustees of the California State University system -- the last two as its chairman.

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Related Topix: California, Opinion

Medical News Today

Long-Term Follow-Up Of Children Enrolled In Mexico's Conditional Cash ...

Long-Term Follow-Up Of Children Enrolled In Mexico's Conditional Cash Transfer Program 'Oportunidades' Editor's Choice Main Category: Public Health Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 05 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST printer friendly view / write opinions rate article An article published Online First and in a future edition of The ...

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Related Topix: Berkeley, CA, Health

Sacramento Bee

Dugard initially denied she was kidnapped, report says

When Jaycee Lee Dugard resurfaced in August, she denied being the 11-year-old girl kidnapped in 1991 and defended Phillip Garrido as a "great person." She became defensive as officers questioned her, then asked for a lawyer.

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Related Topix: August, CA, Jaycee Lee Dugard, Phillip Garrido

Wed Nov 04, 2009

SFGate

Review: Meridian gastropub a natural fit

A college town crawling with people who really, really care about their food is a natural for a gastropub - an idea that's occurred to more than one entrepreneur in Berkeley.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Berkeley, CA, Bar-B-Q, Duck, Meat

San Jose Mercury News

Scientists propose a 'genome zoo' of 10,000 vertebrate species, to...

The University of California-Santa Cruz could someday house the world's largest zoo - holding not live animals, but the genetic codes of 10,000 different creatures, many of them rare, exotic or extinct.

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Related Topix: UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Science / Technology

ScrippsNews

U.S. citizens now showing up at day-labor hiring sites

U.S. citizens now showing up at day-labor hiring sites Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 17:49 "It's the equivalent of selling apples in the Great Depression," said Harley Shaiken, chairman of the Center for Latin American studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform

Times-Picayune

Want to talk about Ed Blakely's latest criticisms of N.O.?

Former New Orleans recovery czar Ed Blakely, pictured here in 2007. Ed Blakely, Mayor Ray Nagin's hand-picked recovery czar, has issued his most damaging statements since leaving his post in June, calling New Orleans residents lazy, racist and its city workers largely illiterate.

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Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Metro

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Newsday.com

Philly transit strike a tough sell in down economy

When the sudden walkout comes during an economic downturn, it becomes more like a public relations nightmare.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA Metro, Transportation, Railroads

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