Three Win Nobel for Ribosome Research
Published: October 7, 2009
Three researchers whose work delves into how information encoded on strands of DNA is translated by the chemical complexes known as ribosomes into the thousands of proteins that make up living matter will share the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Swedish Academy of Sciences said Wednesday.
Call your doctor to get H1N1 vaccination, California officials say
By Anna Tong
Published: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 1B
Last Modified: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 - 8:29 am
Looking to get an H1N1 vaccination soon? Your best bet is to call your doctor. California's first allotment of 400,000 H1N1 nasal spray vaccine began arriving in doctors' offices Monday, according to the state Department of Public Health. Doses will continue arriving through the end of the week, and go mostly to pediatrician, OB-GYN and family practice offices.
Sacramento is also state's crash capital
By Tony Bizjak
Published: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 12A
Last Modified: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 - 8:34 am
If you drive the streets of Sacramento, buckle up and look out. Motorists here are more likely to get in serious crashes - and more prone to be involved in drunken-driving crashes - than those in the state's other major cities, according to the California Office of Traffic Safety.
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/2233518.html
Killer Whale Pod Swims Toward Calif.
Orcas Tracked Via Satellite
POSTED: 1:25 pm PDT October 6, 2009
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A pod of five transient killer whales that spent most of September feeding on harbor seals in south Puget Sound has headed south to California waters.
http://www.kcra.com/news/21219813/detail.html
10-Year-Old Gets $260 Ticket At School
School Officers Cite Student For Disrupting Class
POSTED: 7:37 am PDT October 6, 2009
EL PASO, Texas -- A 10-year-old student was given a $260 ticket for disrupting class at his school, KFOX-TV in El Paso reported
http://www.kcra.com/mostpopular/21215165/detail.html
Obama Rules Out Large Reduction in Afghan Force
By PETER BAKER and JEFF ZELENY
WASHINGTON — President Obama told Congressional leaders on Tuesday that he would not substantially reduce American forces in Afghanistan or shift the mission to just hunting terrorists there, but he indicated that he remained undecided about the major troop buildup proposed by his commanding general.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/world/asia/07prexy.html?ref=todayspaper
Defense rests after calling four witnesses in water-intoxication case
By Andy Furillo
Published: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 4B
A one-day defense that featured four witnesses brought testimony to a close Tuesday in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" radio contest wrongful death trial.
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/2236231.html
As California tightens purse strings, UC turns to Uncle Sam
By Laurel Rosenhall
Published: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 1A
Last Modified: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 - 2:47 pm
With the state tightening the spigot on public funding for colleges, the University of California is putting a hand out to Uncle Sam.
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/2233520.html
Guns N' Roses Sued for Ripping Off Ulrich Schnauss on Chinese Democracy
None of us noticed at the time, but there's a very good chance that "Riad N' the Bedouins", a track from Guns N' Roses' attempted comeback album Chinese Democracy, samples unlicensed chunks of a couple of tracks by the German electronic shoegaze auteur UlrichSchnauss. Yes, Ulrich Schnauss. Whoa.
By ERIK ECKHOLM
Published: October 6, 2009
FRESNO, Calif. — As he pressed state lawmakers over the summer to close a record budget deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lathered scorn on the state’s welfare-to-work program. He called it too lenient on the work requirement and overly generous in its benefits. At one point, he proposed eliminating it, then compromised to make it tougher.
http:///2009/10/07/us/07califwelfare.html?ref=todayspaper
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