Thursday, September 24, 2009
Protest planned for University of California system
By Larry Gordon
September 24, 2009
Rallies, walkouts and teach-ins are scheduled today across the University of California system, with professors, students and staff expected to protest state cutbacks in higher education funding and UC's handling of the crisis.
LA Times
The UN resolution aims at nuclear-free world
By Edith M Lederer
September 24, 2009
UNITED NATIONS – With U.S. President Barack Obama presiding over an historic session, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-drafted resolution Thursday aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons.
Yahoo! News
For first time, AIDS vaccine effective in trial
The Associated Press
September 24, 2009
BANGKOK - For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.
Los Angeles Times
Why Californians are paying even more for gas
By David R Baker
September 24, 2009
Californians usually pay more for gasoline than do other Americans. But not this much more.
A gallon of regular now costs, on average, $3.14 in the Golden State. The national average is $2.54, according to the AAA auto club. That 60-cent difference is twice the norm.
SFGate
Rent-A-Text is not for most students
By Daniel Vasilchuk
September 23, 2009
Follett Higher Education Group has made a poor investment in selecting the Hornet Bookstore to be a part of its pilot rental program, Rent-A-Text. This program will either succeed or fail depending on student participation in the next few years.
The State Hornet
Water gushes down streets in drought-stricken LA
By John Rodgers
September 24, 2009
LOS ANGELES – Torrents of water swept cars off streets and barbecues out of backyards in Los Angeles in recent weeks, but the floods are coming from the ground rather than the sky.
Yahoo! News
America armed, but guns not necessarily loaded
By Mary Foster
September 23, 2009
NEW ORLEANS – Bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can't keep up with the nation's demand for ammunition.
Yahoo! News
No Worries? Many College Students Turn Blind Eye to H1N1 Safety Advice
September 23, 2009
Associated Press
It's lurking in that awesome party just off the quad, hiding in the shot glasses passed from person to person and in the make-out sessions in the hallway.
Fox News
Medical students reckless on Internet, sometimes at patients' expense
By Denise Mann
September 22, 2009
In 2007, a resident surgeon snapped a picture of a patient's tattoo -- the words Hot Rod on his penis -- and shared it with colleagues, making international news when the story was leaked to the press. At least the resident didn't post the picture on the Internet.
CNN
Doctors' suit: KFC grilled chicken a danger
By Bob Egelko
September 23, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO -- After losing its first battle against fast-food restaurants, a doctors group went back to court Wednesday and accused the KFC chain of selling grilled chicken with dangerous levels of a cancer-causing chemical.
SFGate
Richest Russian’s Newest Toy: An N.B.A. Team
By Charles V. Bagli
September 23, 2009
A Russian tycoon with a longstanding passion for basketball agreed to a $200 million deal on Wednesday that would make him the principal owner of the New Jersey Nets and a key investor in the team’s proposed new home in Brooklyn.
The New York Times
Nintendo to cut Wii price by 20 percent to $200
September 23, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters)
Nintendo Co Ltd, the top maker of the current generation of video game consoles, said on Wednesday it will cut the price of its Wii video game console by $50 to $199.99, starting Sunday.
Yahoo! Tech
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