The New Yorker

California's poverty rate highest in more than a decade

By Phillip Reese

Published: Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 1A

Last Modified: Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 12:10 am

California's poor now outnumber the populations of 33 states and 90 nations – and counting.

Sacramento Bee

Drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in U.S., data show

By Lisa Girion, Scott Glover and Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times

September 17, 2011, 2:55 p.m.

Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States, a Times analysis of government data has found.

LA Times

Los Angeles ponders extending yellow-light times

By Ari Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times

September 19, 2011

In the wake of Los Angeles' decision to kill its controversial red-light camera traffic enforcement program, new City Hall attention is being focused on the potential safety benefits of extending the length of yellow lights and other signal times at busy intersections.

LA Times

Guinness World Records: SoCal resident has state's longest tongue

September 16, 2011 | 9:20 am

You may not know this, Southern California, but there is greatness among us.

The latest edition of the Guinness Book of World Records boasts a number of record-breaking feats by Southern Californians.

LA Times

CSUS offers free Holocaust exhibit

Published: Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 7:47 am

By Bill Lindelof

blindelof@sacbee.com

Last Modified: Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 9:10 am

An exhibit said to offer new insights into the Holocaust will be on display beginning Tuesday at Sacramento State.

The Sacramento Bee

Back-seat Driver: What's California's law on center lanes?

By Tony Bizjak

tbizjak@sacbee.com

Published: Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 12:45 am | Page 1B

Last Modified: Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 6:49 am

Welcome back to "Hey Wait! Is That Legal?" where our experts tell it like it is, and everyone drives safely away, a winner!

The Sacramento Bee

You can't reinvent the burger; you can remake it


Published: Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 3:00 am

By CHRISTINA REXRODE

AP Business Writer

Last Modified: Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 12:58 pm

NEW YORK -- When Wendy's decided to remake its 42-year-old hamburger, the chain agonized over every detail. A pickle chemist was consulted. Customers were quizzed on their lettuce knowledge. And executives went on a cross-country burger-eating tour.


The Sacramento Bee


In Yemeni Capital, Security Forces Attack Protest Encampment

By LAURA KASINOF

Published: March 12, 2011

SANA, Yemen — Fighting escalated between antigovernment protesters and security forces on Saturday, and four people were reported killed, even as President Ali Abdullah Saleh promised the White House that he would not use violence against the demonstrators.

NY Times

China Warns U.S. Against Selling F-16s to Taiwan

By ANDREW JACOBS

Published: February 25, 2010

BEIJING — A top Chinese military official reaffirmed China’s resolve to punish the United States over its decision to sell weapons to Taiwan and suggested on Thursday that there would be even greater consequences should Washington fulfill a longstanding request by Taiwan for advanced fighter jets.

NY Times

Reno air crash toll at 10; two more victims named

By Don Thompson and Scott Sonner

Associated Press

RENO, Nev. -- The names of two more victims in the nation's deadliest air racing disaster have been released.

Associated Press

Hockey mom accused of having sex with son's underage teammates

September 19, 2011 | 1:18 pm

An Orange County mother of three is accused of having sex with teenage members of her son's youth hockey team.

LA Times

On Campus, It’s One Big Commercial

By NATASHA SINGER

Published: September 10, 2011

IT’S move-in day here at the University of North Carolina, and Leila Ismail, stuffed animals in tow, is feeling some freshman angst.

NY Times

Twitter posts: Free speech or stalking?

By Somini Sengupta

New York Times

Published: Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 6A

Last Modified: Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 - 11:21 am

Even the Buddha of compassion might have been distressed to be on the receiving end of the diatribes that William Lawrence Cassidy is accused of posting on Twitter.


The Sacramento Bee


Its Official: Mayor Johnson running for a second term

By Ryan Lellis

September 14, 2011

Mayor Kevin Johnson announced today that he is running for a second term, saying "Sacramento has come a long way, but it still has not met its potential as a city."



The Sacramento Bee

Google Wallet opens for business, Visa gets on Board

September 19, 2011 | 4:06 pm

Google Inc. is taking another step toward make the credit card obsolete, firing up its digital payment service that will enable people to make purchases simply by waving their smartphones at the cash register.

LA Times

Juicy Journalism

An Immune System Trained to Kill Cancer

A year ago, when chemotheraphy stopped working against his leukenia, William Ludwig signed up to be the first patient treated in a bold experiment at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ludwig, then 65, a retired corrections officer from Bridgeton, N.J., felt his life draining away and though he had nothing to lose.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/health/13gene.html?ref=health
ny times
September 12, 2011

TGIThursday

Bankruptcy among college grads grows

By Aaron Smith

Published: September 13, 2011

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Bankruptcy has gotten more educated over the past five years, as financial distress spread to more of the population with college degrees, according to study results released Tuesday.

CNN Money

Turntable.fm lands $7 million for 24/7 streaming music club

By: Laurie Segall

Published: September 13, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (CNNMoney) -- Turntable.fm, one of the tech scene's most-buzzed about startups, has opened its online music venue to the public.

CNN News

Audience at tea party debate cheers leaving uninsured to die

By Rachel Rose Hartman

Published: September 13, 2011

If you're uninsured and on the brink of death, that's apparently a laughing matter to some audience members at last night's tea party Republican presidential debate.

Yahoo News

Sacramento State professor accused is sex harassment case quits

By Laurel Rosenhall

Published: September. 14, 2011

A Sacramento State professor accused of sexually harassing four students and

three professors has dropped his lawsuit against the university and resigned.

Sacramento Bee

Cars don't waste fuel. Drivers waste fuel

By Keith Barry

Published: September 12, 2011

(WIRED) -- Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Center for

Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) are developing a new way of boosting fuel

efficiency by as much as 30% without changing a car's powertrain at all.

CNN News

Scientists Hint at Why Laughter Feels So Good

By James Gormon

Published: September 13, 2011

Laughter is regularly promoted as a source of health and well being,

but it has been hard to pin down exactly why laughing until it hurts

feels so good.

NY Times

In Study, Fatherhood Leads to Drop in Testosterone

By Pam Belluck

Published Monday, September 12, 2011

This is probably not the news most fathers want to hear. Testosterone, that most male of hormones, takes a dive after a man becomes a parent. And the more he gets involved in caring for his children — changing diapers, jiggling the boy or girl on his knee, reading “Goodnight Moon” for the umpteenth time — the lower his testosterone drops.

NY Times

An Immune System Trained to Kill Cancer

By Denise Grady, NY Times

Published: Monday, September 12, 2011

PHILADELPHIA — A year ago, when chemotherapy stopped working against his leukemia, William Ludwig signed up to be the first patient treated in a bold experiment at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ludwig, then 65, a retired corrections officer from Bridgeton, N.J., felt his life draining away and thought he had nothing to lose.

NY Times

Rising sea levels could take economic toll on California beaches

By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times

Published: Wednesday, September 14, 2011

A state-commissioned study by San Francisco State says erosion and storm damage by the advancing ocean over the next century could cut into tourism and tax revenue.

LA Times

No more cigarettes for smoking Malaysian orangutan

By Sean Yoong

Published Monday, September 12, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A captive orangutan often spotted smoking cigarettes given to her by zoo visitors is being forced to kick the habit, a Malaysian wildlife official said Monday.

AP News

Whattup Wednesdays!

Eel removed from man's bladder after entering penis during beauty spa
Mark Pangallo –
13th September, 2011
An erratic eel wriggled its way up a man's penis and into his bladder following an accident during an unorthodox beauty spa in China.

Metro

Inside Kabul: Telegraph report on US embassy attack
Ben Farmer-
13th September, 2011
Insurgents fired rockets and assault rifles in the direction of the US Embassy, Nato headquarters and other official buildings as gunfire and explosions rocked the heart of the Afghan capital.

The Telegraph

Forever 21 insults women with 'Allergic to Algebra' T-shirt
Amy graff-
September 12, 2011
Two weeks ago the feminist blogosphere was in an uproar over a JC Penney's T-shirt reading "I'm too pretty to do homework so my brother does it for me."

SF Gate

Motorcyclist: Life saved by heroes who lifted car
Jennifer Dobner-
September 12, 2011
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — The university math students heard the crash, saw the smoke and knew they had to act quickly. A motorcyclist had just collided with a car and was pinned beneath the flaming, twisted metal wreckage.

Yahoo News!

Facebook Fraud: Beware Malicious Friends
Kathy Kristof-
September 11, 2011
Con artists are lurking in the shadows of your Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and eHarmony accounts, according to the North American Securities Administrators Association, the oldest international investor protection association.

Yahoo Finance

Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday

'Super-Earth,' 1 of 50 Newfound Alien Planets, Could Potentially Support Life
By Denise Chow
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2011

More than 50 new alien planets — including one so-called super-Earth that could potentially support life — have been discovered by an exoplanet-hunting telescope from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
Yahoo News

Brain waves make a fast brake
By Laura Sanders
Published: Saturday, September 10th, 2011

Drivers could stop cars just by thinking about it. In a fast-moving car, the brain can hit the brakes faster than the foot. By relying on brain waves that signal the intent to jam on the brakes, a new technology could shave critical milliseconds off the reaction time, researchers report online July 28 in the Journal of Neural Engineering.

Science News


Amazon cuts deal on California sales taxes
By Anthony York and Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Legislative leaders agree to let the online retailer delay collecting taxes for a year, while it would drop its battle to overturn the state law. Gov. Jerry Brown has not said if he will support the plan.Legislative leaders agree to let the online retailer delay collecting taxes for a year, while it would drop its battle to overturn the state law. Gov. Jerry Brown has not said if he will support the plan.

LA Times


Four blocks of K Street on path to return of automobiles
By Tony Bizjak
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Forty years after the city kicked cars off K Street, crews are busy this week paving the way for their return.The $3 million, four-block street remake downtown started two weeks ago and is expected to be done by mid-November. Officials said the goal is to get more eyes and energy on the street to improve business.

Sacramento Bee

Interactive: See how long it will take California college graduates to break even on their education
By Phillip Reese
Published: Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Largely because of tuition increases, the cost of a CSU or UC education has risen much quicker than inflation during the past decade, adding years to the amount of time it will take graduates to recoup their financial investment. Even so, college is still a sound venture. With the exception of drama and social work majors, UC and CSU graduates in every discipline will, on average, recoup their college costs within 20 years, according to a Bee analysis of census data. The amount of time it takes to pay off the investment, however, varies greatly by chosen discipline.

Sacramento Bee

No more mail? What would Ben Franklin think?
By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press
Published: Saturday, September 10th, 2011

Imagine a nation without the Postal Service.No more birthday cards and bills or magazines and catalogs filling the mailbox. It's a worst-case scenario being painted for an organization that lost $8.5 billion in 2010 and seems headed deeper into the red this year.

Sacramento Bee


The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s
By Laura Pappano
Published: Friday, July 22, 2011

William Klein’s story may sound familiar to his fellow graduates. After earning his bachelor’s in history from the College at Brockport, he found himself living in his parents’ Buffalo home, working the same $7.25-an-hour waiter job he had in high school.

NY Times


Job Growth Grinds to a Halt
By Sudeep Reddy
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

The U.S. economy slammed into a wall in August, failing to add any jobs for the first time in nearly a year and ratcheting up pressure on President Barack Obama to find a way to kick-start the sputtering recovery.

Wall Street Journal


Ready ... Aim ... Fire
By Clifford Oto
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2011

When taking a picture, consider: Focus, Aperture, Shutter and Think. Think F.A.S.T. My daughter is taking a black-and-white photography course in high school this year, so I broke out an old film camera and lenses for her to use. I even found a few rolls of black-and-white film, too.

Record Net


The Trouble With Homework
By Annie Murphy Paul
Published: Saturday, September 10, 2011

When you think of America’s students, do you picture overworked, stressed-out children bent under backpacks stuffed with textbooks and worksheets? Or do you call to mind glassy-eyed, empty-headed teenagers sitting before computer screens, consumed by video games and social networking sites, even as their counterparts in China prepare to ace yet another round of academic exams?

NY Times


Many Iraqis Have Second Thoughts as U.S. Exit Nears
By Michael S. Schmidt
Published: Saturday, September 10, 2011

Sheik Kamal Maamouri, the leader of one of the largest Shiite-dominated tribes in Iraq, used to call the United States troops here occupiers, demanding that they withdraw because he said they killed and imprisoned innocent members of his tribe.

NY Times

Blast Hits NATO Outpost in Afghanistan
By Ray Rivera and Sangar Rahmi
Published: Sunday, September 11, 2011

A cargo truck packed with explosives struck a NATO outpost south of the capital late Saturday, killing at least 5 people and wounding dozens more, including 77 members of coalition troops, NATO and Afghan officials said Sunday.

NY Times

Thursday Thriller

Students Hold Mock Funeral For Death Of CSU System
SACRAMENTO (CBS13)
Dec 3, 2009 4:19 pm US/Pacific
A different kind of protest was happening at Sacramento State Thursday; a somber affair to symbolize the death of higher education in the state. Students held a mock funeral on campus.
CBS 13 News

Audit shows $152,441 wrongly paid to CSU official
By Laurel Rosenhall
lrosenhall@sacbee.com
Published: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 - 11:01 am
The California State University reimbursed a high-ranking official in the chancellor's office $152,441 for expenses he should not have billed to the university, a report released today by the state auditor shows.
Sacramento Bee

Ind. teen charged with strangling brother, 10
By KEN KUSMER, Associated Press Writer Ken Kusmer, Associated Press Writer – 56 mins ago INDIANAPOLIS – Ignoring his younger brother's plea of "Andrew, stop," a 17-year-old who told authorities he identified with a television serial killer strangled the boy, dragged the body to his car and drove to see his girlfriend, an Indiana prosecutor said Thursday.
Yahoo!News

Rising education cost, cuts prompt Sac State protest
sacbee.com staff
Published: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 - 12:38 pm
Last Modified: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 - 5:02 pm
Students unhappy with how state budget cuts are affecting their education -- and pocketbooks -- protested today at Sacramento State University, drawing further attention to what they consider an erosion of their university experience as costs continue to rise.
Sacramento Bee

Three arrested on bomb-making charges in Valley Springs
By The Record
December 03, 2009 2:06 PMVALLEY SPRINGS - Three Valley Springs residents were jailed on bomb-making charges this week after Calaveras County Sheriff's deputies found bombs and bomb-making materials in homes on Sequoia and Thorneycroft streets.
The Stockton Record

Shots Fired Into Home; Couple Arrested
Roseville Couple Booked Into Placer County Jail
POSTED: 7:10 pm PST December 3, 2009
UPDATED: 7:52 pm PST December 3, 2009
ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- A married couple was arrested after a homeowner said someone fired a shotgun into his home.
KCRA 3 News


Job creation near but likely to be painfully slow
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Business Writer Christopher S. Rugaber, Ap Business Writer – 37 mins ago
WASHINGTON – The economy is getting closer to generating jobs for the first time in two years, but it probably won't be enough to stop the unemployment rate from rising.
Yahoo!News



New billing rates coming for some Sacramento water customers
By Bill Lindelof
Published: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 - 10:23 am
Last Modified: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 - 12:34 pm
The city of Sacramento is reminding some of its customers that they will be billed at a metered, instead of flat, rate beginning with the new year.
Sacramento Bee


Calif. eyes $10.6 billion cost for water tunnel
Published: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 - 3:52 pm
Last Modified: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 - 6:02 pm
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- State water officials said Thursday it could cost $10.6 billion to send water to Southern California through a proposed project of tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Sacramento Bee

Fort Hood cop says her career has been cut short
By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer Angela K. Brown, Associated Press Writer – 28 mins ago
FORT HOOD, Texas – One of two civilian police officers who brought down the Army psychiatrist accused of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood said her wounds from the attack will cut short her career as street police officer
Yahoo!News

Thursday is the New Friday

Senate Passes Women’s Health Amendment

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN AND ROBERT PEAR

December 3, 2009, 12:32 pm

Breaking a three-day stalemate, the Senate approved an amendment to its health care legislation that would require insurance companies to offer free mammograms and other preventive services to women.
The vote was 61 to 39, with three Republicans joining 56 Democrats and the two independents in favor.

The Republican senators voting in favor were the two women from Maine, Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins, and Senator David Vitter of Louisiana. Among Democrats, Senators Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Ben Nelson of Nebraska opposed the proposal.

NYTimes

Need jobs now - White House

Business and labor leaders, economists and academics meet with Obama to discuss job creation. Many ideas are being put forth.

Last Updated: December 2, 2009: 6:27 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- With rising unemployment stymying the president's economic revival plans, the Obama administration is huddling with business leaders, academics and other experts Thursday to find a way to jumpstart hiring.

Some 130 people will gather for the afternoon jobs summit at the White House on the eve of the government's November unemployment report. The nation is expected to have lost another 114,000 jobs, with unemployment remaining at 10.2%, the highest in 26 years, according to an economists' survey.

CNN

The State Worker: No telling how holiday 'strike' went in California

Published: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 - 12:00

The closest any California public employee union has come to a strike went down last month. It's not apparent that much came of it.

Service Employees International Union Local 1000 asked the 95,000 employees it represents to stay home on Oct. 12, even though the Legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger earlier this year erased Columbus Day and Lincoln's Birthday from the state's paid holiday list.

TheSacramentoBee

3 Students Taken To ER After Vaccination

School: Students Suffer Light-Headedness, Dizziness

POSTED: 6:05 am PST December 3, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. --Three elementary school students were taken to a hospital Wednesday after receiving H1N1 shots, WLKY-TV in Louisville reported.

Louisville Metro Public Health & Wellness has been working with Jefferson County Public Schools to give the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine to children at school.

The school's principal said the three Shelby students were taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure after they experienced dizziness and light-headedness after receiving the shot.

KCRA

Federal government changes its policies on medical marijuana

Issue date: 12/2/09

When a student was caught smoking marijuana in the Tahoe National Forest, he might once have faced charges despite having a medical marijuana card. Instead, in this particular case, prosecutors dropped the charges because of recent changes in drug policy, said Roseville-based defense attorney Toni Carbone.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Oct. 20 the federal government would stop prosecuting medical marijuana users in states that had passed medical marijuana laws, such as California and 12 other states, including Nevada and Oregon.

StateHornet

Students Bring "Hit of Reality" to Stockton

STOCKTON, CA -- Students at the University of the Pacific are living like the homeless to bring awareness and funds to the cause. Approximately 45 members of Pi Kappa Alpha are holding their 13th annual fundraiser from December 2 - 4, called "Hit of Reality".

"It is essential that we submerge ourselves in these conditions in order to better understand the dire need for fundraising," said Frank Parish, Community Service Chairman for Pi Kappa Alpha.

During the fundraiser, the students are living in cardboard boxes gathered from local businesses and relying only on the generosity of other students. Parish says they cannot purchase anything on their own. They are, however, allowed to attend class and study in the university's library.

News10

Agents Put On Leave After State Dinner Breach

Posted: Dec. 3, 2009

The head of the United States Secret Service told lawmakers today that the agents responsible for letting Michaele and Tareq Salahi into the White House state dinner last month have been placed on leave.

“The individuals have been identified and have been put on administrative leave,” Mark Sullivan, the agency’s director, said during a hearing called by the House Homeland Security Committee to investigate the White House security breach. The agents could face dismissal. Mr. Sullivan ruled nothing out, saying “appropriate action” would be taken once the agency’s investigation was completed.

NYTimes

Sac State Sorority Kicks Off Annual Salvation Army Toy Drive in Style

SACRAMENTO, CA - A local sorority girl kicked off the holiday season by rounding up thousands of toys from a college basketball tournament.

Lisa Allen from the Sigma Kappa sorority from Sacramento State led the effort as the group held its annual philanthropy day in conjunction with a campus basketball tournament, raising over 2,500 donated toys.

News10

Bringing HIV/AIDS awareness to campus

Issue date: 12/2/09

In addition to all the tests at Sac State this semester, students are now being offered one that may change their lives, an HIV test.

In honor of HIV awareness week, an information table has been set up in the University Union where volunteers will be giving out free condoms, testing sites, information and other promotional materials until the end of the week.

StateHornet

Poll Finds Sexting Common Among Young People

POSTED: 3:01 am PST December 3, 2009
UPDATED: 8:10 am PST December 3, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Think your kid is not "sexting"? Think again.

Sexting -- sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online -- is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim consequences for those who do it. More than a quarter of young people have been involved in sexting in some form, an Associated Press-MTV poll found.

That includes Sammy, a 16-year-old from the San Francisco Bay Area who asked that his last name not be used.

KCRA

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