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Environmental group endorses controversial canal to restore ailing delta in northern Calif.
Associated Press WriterSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A national environmental group recommended Wednesday that California overhaul its water-delivery system by building a canal around the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. A report by The Nature Conservancy endorsed...Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sacramento, Water Pollution, Water, Water Supply
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Harold A. Ellis Jr. dies at 77; co-founder of the Grubb & Ellis real estate company
Harold "Hal" A. Ellis Jr., a founder of real estate services firm Grubb & Ellis Co. and one of the best known figures in U.S. real estate, died Monday of metastatic melanoma at his home in Piedmont, Calif. He was 77. Ellis built a small Oakland brokerage...Tags: Virginia, Hermosa Beach, Housing Industry, Clubs and Associations, Homes
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Sick, disoriented Calif. brown pelicans showing up in record numbers, baffling researchers
Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildlife experts are trying to figure out why sick, disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are being found in record numbers along more than 1,000 miles of coastline. The birds, some of them dead, have been spotted...Tags: California, Los Angeles, Nature, Fairfield (Solano, California), San Pedro
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Suspects charged in gang rape of lesbian in San Francisco Bay area; Hate crime alleged
Associated Press WriterMARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — Two men and a teenager were charged Tuesday in the alleged gang rape of a lesbian in the San Francisco Bay area. Humberto Hernandez Salvador, 31, and Josue Gonzalez, 21, were charged with kidnapping, carjacking and gang rape...Tags: Rape, Minority Groups, Assault, Contra Costa County, Punishment
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California seeks millions from owners, operators of ship that caused 2007 Bay-area oil spill
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a lawsuit seeking millions of dollars to recover the clean-up cost of the massive 2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill. Brown, filed the suit Tuesday on behalf of the state, against...Tags: Water Pollution, Disasters, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Pollution, Trials
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Brain jolt more effective for treating Parkinson's
Implanting electrodes to shoot electrical impulses into the brains of Parkinson's patients improved their physical function more than the best drug therapy, a study showed. Patients who received the deep brain stimulation had an average of 4.6 more...Tags: Medical Research, Colleges and Universities, Medtronic Incorporated, Clubs and Associations, Medical Specialization
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Obama's smoking: Crisis control?
The Swampby Mark Silva Before President-elect Barack Obama makes good on any New Year's resolution to give up smoking for good, the next commander-in-chief may want to consider the benefits of nicotine. So says a health-blogger at the Wall Street Journal.......Tags: California, New Year's Day
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Homicides down in some large US cities
Associated Press WriterKillings dropped by a third here last year, making Wisconsin's largest city among the nation's most successful in tackling its 2008 murder rate. While New York and Chicago saw an uptick in slayings last year, other cities including Detroit, Cleveland,...Tags: Charlotte, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Tucson
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Apple's condition linked to Steve Jobs' health
Some important questions can't be asked without sounding crass and insensitive. But there's no way around asking this one that's on everybody's mind, so here goes: What is Apple Inc.'s plan if Chief Executive Steve Jobs dies? The question of Jobs'...Tags: Cupertino, Corporate Officers, Google Inc., Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp.
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Apple's Steve Jobs has hormone imbalance, but will stay as CEO
Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, said Monday that a hormone imbalance is to blame for the weight loss that has prompted worries about his health. Jobs, 53, said in a public letter that his thinness had...Tags: Cupertino, Apple Inc., Steve Jobs
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California brown pelicans found frail and far from home
Wildlife rescuers from San Diego to San Francisco suddenly are facing a distressing biological mystery: Disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are landing on highways and airport runways and in farm fields, alleys and backyards miles from their...Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Famines, Valley Village, Assault, Transportation
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California Supreme Court says breakaway parish can't take national church's property
Rebellious congregations that part ways with their denominations may lose their church buildings and property as a result, the California Supreme Court said Monday in a unanimous ruling.
The state high court decision came in a case involving the...Tags: Virginia, Minority Groups, Los Angeles, Court Administration, North Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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