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Throughout my four years in Santa Cruz, I have rented four different houses. All have been old, inefficient, and owned by absentee landlords.
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Pick Your Poison: Overweight or High Cholesterol
Overweight and have high cholesterol? You may have to pick one to work on at a time, according to data from the lab of John Thyfault, an associate professor of nutrition and exercise physiology at University of Missouri.
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VendScreen Adds Industry Innovator Jim Brinton to Board of Directors
VendScreen, Inc. , inventor of the VendScreen Revolution smart device for vending machines, has added new vision to its Board of Directors.
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Revised California budget retains education finance reform, funds SoCal ROC
Governor Jerry Brown is standing firmly behind his promise to re-vamp the way the state funds education, much to Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi's chagrin.
Whether its apparent lack of neutrality makes the ministry a credible arbitrator from now on is a matter for future discussions, but for now USLL insists they shall seek alternative means in their pursuit of 'justice' Last Monday thesports ministry pronounced itself on the football matters that have dogged this country over the last 12 months.
Star Trek Into Darkness: Abrams' 'Wrath' is convoluted but consistently fun
Contrarians may disagree, but I find Abrams' first Star Trek to be as strong a "reboot" as we've seen in cinematic history.
Fun., MGMT, She & Him to Headline Kanrocksas Music Fest; Full Lineup Announced
The daily band lineup for the second annual Kanrocksas Music & Arts Festival has been announced.
Few bands manage to pull off as thorough of a critical and commercial comeback as Alice in Chains did with their 2009 comeback album Black Gives Way to Blue .
Special Report: Alternative Education
Nadine Blumenshine is wife, mom, teacher and principal at her Clovis home. She has home-schooled all three of her children, since her oldest was 5. "That's the priority for us in choosing homeschooling.
Brasch WordsA Turkey by Any Other Name is Still Governor of Alaska
Amid hundreds of spectators, most of them members of the media, the President makes a few cute comments, issues a pardon for the turkey and a "runner-up" , and then sends the turkeys off to a petting zoo or ranch, where they live about a year.
Dish To New Subscribers: Hbo Or Ipad?
Dish , the satellite TV provider, which, like its cable competitors, has generally offered new subscribers big discounts for pay-TV channels, will, effective on May 22, begin offering them an alternative choice: a free Apple iPad for use with its Hopper and Sling technology .
Wait lists for autism services setting Durham families back
Durham school boards are increasing their autism resources to meet the needs of a growing number of students with autism spectrum disorder .
Cannibalistic Pentagon Syrian war allies
A gruesome video posted on YouTube shows Khalid al-Hamad, the leader of the opposition Farouq Brigade , desecrating the corpse of a Syrian soldier, cutting out his internal organs and biting into one of them.
NASA telescope's planet-hunting days may be over
NASA's first telescope dispatched to hunt for Earth-like planets that may support life elsewhere in the universe has lost use of its positioning system, threatening its mission, officials said on Wednesday.
The 'stinking rose' supports weight loss management by cleansing blood and liver
Garlic the nutritional powerhouse, has occupied every Italian kitchen for the last 6000 years.
US Trade group slams retailers' global safety pact
The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, is slamming a global pact to improve safety conditions in Bangladesh, backed by mostly European retailers.
Putting the "Science" in "Science Fiction": Zeppelins and Airships
A zeppelin is the largest of what are called lighter-than-air craft, aircraft that fly by harnessing gases that , rather than using lift generated by wings or rotors like planes and helicopters do.
Locked and Loaded: Are we ready to engage?
Depending on what a dictionary, search engine, or person has to say, the term "Locked and Loaded" can, and many times does, mean something different to each one of us.
It's OK to lose 27m, we're investing, says Channel 4 boss David Abraham
It is the morning after the Baftas and David Abraham is feeling fragile. But it's not because the Channel 4 chief executive has been partying or because he is worried as he prepares to announce the state-owned broadcaster has made a A 27 million annual loss.
Syrian rebel who 'ate a soldier's heart' declares:...
Khalid al-Hamad can be seen in the video footage, which was widely reported on yesterday, mutilating the pro-regime fighter's corpse before sinking his teeth into his eviscerated organs.