Sotomayor takes oath, seat on bench
WASHINGTON — As her mother, President Obama and other well-wishers watched her in the white-marble-and-red-velvet courtroom, Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday swore to "do equal right to the poor and to the rich" as a justice.
usatoday, September 8, 2009
Despite Fears, Health Care Overhaul Is Moving Ahead
WASHINGTON — The conventional wisdom, here and around the country, is that the centerpiece of President Obama’s domestic agenda — remaking the health care system to cut costs and cover the uninsured — is on life support and that only a political miracle could revive it.
nytimes, September 9, 2009
2,000 students at U.S. university report swine flu symptoms
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AFP) – Some 2,000 students at Washington State University have reported symptoms of swine flu, university officials said, in one of the largest reported outbreaks of the virus on a US college campus.
yahoo, September 6, 2009
Government plan is crux of health care debate
On the eve of President Obama's key health care address to a joint session of Congress, top House Democrats appeared divided Tuesday over a controversial government-run insurance option, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisting it be part of the House plan.
sfgate, September 9, 2009
Student fees up by 32 percent
Last May, the California State University Board of Trustees voted to increase the CSU fee by 10 percent. Then on July 21, the board voted to raise the new fee by another 20 percent, making a total of a 32 percent fee increase for all the schools in the CSU system from the previous year.
statehornet, September 2, 2009
Bay Bridge reopens
The Bay Bridge reopened at 6:30 a.m. today after crews working around the clock repaired a crack in a steel link on the eastern span, bringing relief to thousands of people who had assumed they would have to find other ways to get across the bay.
sfgate, September 8, 2009
Seized Times Reporter Is Freed in Afghan Raid That Kills Aide
Stephen Farrell, a New York Times reporter held captive by militants in northern Afghanistan, was freed in a military commando raid early Wednesday, but his Afghan interpreter was killed during the rescue effort.
nytimes, September 9, 2009
Sacramento-area college bookstores try to rent texts
Karina Ochoa burbled with excitement last week as she pulled a textbook off the shelf inside Sacramento State’s campus bookstore. On the tag next to the "Dimensions of Human Behavior" text that she needed for a social work class, Ochoa saw that she could pay $45 to rent the book for the semester – instead of $120 to buy it.
sacbee, September 7, 2009
Bummer: Giants fall 3 back of Rockies
A pennant race changes all perspective. Had the Giants been hopelessly out of contention, Madison Bumgarner's solid major-league debut for an injured Tim Lincecum might have left the Giants smiling. But this is bottom-line time. There were no smiles.
The future of libraries, with or without books
(CNN) -- The stereotypical library is dying -- and it's taking its shushing ladies, dank smell and endless shelves of books with it.
cnn, September 4, 2009
Back-seat Driver: When roads close, capital-area drivers get creative
The Bay Bridge is San Francisco’s main umbilical cord to the world, carrying 248,000 vehicles daily.
sacbee, September 7, 2009
Altered state
Legalization and pot clubs grow increasingly popular, but California law enforcement, leaders and other squares still can’t think outside of the box
newsreview September 1, 2009
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