Poll: More than half of teens, young adults harassed online
By Doug Gross, CNN
updated 5:42 PM EST, Tue September 27, 2011
(CNN) -- More than half of all teens and young adults say they have been bullied or harassed online, according to the results of a new poll on Internet behavior.
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Does Facebook really care about you?
By Douglas Rushkoff, Special to CNN
Published: Fri September 23, 2011
The ire and angst accompanying Facebook's most recent tweaks to its interface are truly astounding. The complaints rival the irritation of AOL'sdial-up users back in the mid-'90s, who were getting too many busy signals when they tried to get online. The big difference, of course, is that AOL's users were paying customers. In the case of Facebook, which we don't even pay to use, we aren't the customers at all.
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15 Stunning Statistics About the Jobs Market
By Ben Baden
Published September 28th 2011
Next week, the Labor Department will release its much-aniticpated monthly jobs report. Last month, the economy added exactly zero jobs overall, and 14 million Americans still remain unemployed. Economists expect September's numbers to be a slight improvement, but not enough to make a noticeable dent in the unemployment rate. In the meantime, here are 15 statistics about the jobs market that put the jobs crisis in perspective:
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For women, risk of depression falls as coffee intake rises
By Matt McMillen, Health.com
updated 5:42 PM EST, Mon September 26, 2011
(Health.com) -- A few cups of coffee a day may help keep the blues at bay. According to a new large study, women who drink caffeinated coffee are less likely to become depressed -- and the more they drink, the more their risk of depression goes down.
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California Teachers Association says lawsuit 'premature'
By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee
Published: Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2011
The state's education coalition faces a rare split in the wake of a June budget that comforted teachers but alarmed district officials.
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Apple's iPhone 5 Event: What You Should Expect
By Adam Mills
Published September 28th 2011
After months of speculation, Apple annouced that it will be talking about the iPhone at an event on its Cupertino campus on October 4th. Needless to say, all eyes will be on the event. For many reasons.
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Japan fins radiation in rice, more tests planned
AP - Sat, Sep 24, 2011
TOKYO (AP) - Japan is ordering more tests on rice growing near crippled nuclear plant after finding several elevated levels of radiation, government officials said Saturday.
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Squaw Valley merging with Apline Meadows to create America's largest ski resort
By Dale Kesler, Sacramento Bee
Published: Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2011
Squaw Valley USA used to known as the the place that hosted the 1960 Winter Olmypics. It's now on its way to becoming Noth America's largest mountain resort - a place that could transform Lake Tahoe into an international tourism draw.
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Tattoo health risks - research raises concerns
Brett Israel, Environmental Health News
Monday, September 5, 2011
Although sleazy "scratcher shops" with unskilled artists and dubious safety records are largely a thing of the past, scientists are growing concerned about what's going into tattooed skin, not just how it got there.
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BART officers in shooting not trained for crises
By Wyatt Buchanan
Published September 28, 2011
Sacramento - Neither of the two BART police officers involved in the shooting of a transient at the Civic Center Station in July had received crisis intervention training, a specialized type of instruction that helps law enforcement interact with people who may be suffering from mental problems, the BART police chief said Tuesday.
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Some Brain Wiring Continues to Develop Well Into Our 20s
The human brain doesn't stop developing at adolescence, but continues well into our 20s, demonstrates recent research from the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta.As California State Tuition Rises, Financial Aid Offices Struggle to Adjust
On what should have been a carefree day of reconnecting with friends and settling into new classes recently, more than two dozen students at the University of California, Berkeley, sat in uneasy silence outside the financial aid office.www.nytimes.com
Obama heads to L.A. for fundraising push
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama will spend part of Monday hobnobbing with celebrities and other power-brokers in Los Angeles, continuing a West Coast trip that includes town hall events and fundraisers for his re-election campaign.
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‘The Lion King’ Remains a Box Office Leader
Jaws dropped in Hollywood on Sunday: For the second weekend in a row, a 17-year-old movie, “The Lion King,” was No. 1 at the North American box office. That animated film, re-released by Walt Disney Studios in 3-D, took in an estimated $22 million for a two-week total of $61.7 million, according to Hollywood.com, which compiles ticketing statistics.
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Obama heads to L.A. for fundraising push
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama will spend part of Monday hobnobbing with celebrities and other power-brokers in Los Angeles, continuing a West Coast trip that includes town hall events and fundraisers for his re-election campaign.
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‘The Lion King’ Remains a Box Office Leader
Jaws dropped in Hollywood on Sunday: For the second weekend in a row, a 17-year-old movie, “The Lion King,” was No. 1 at the North American box office. That animated film, re-released by Walt Disney Studios in 3-D, took in an estimated $22 million for a two-week total of $61.7 million, according to Hollywood.com, which compiles ticketing statistics.www.nytimes.com
Airport hopes economy takes off
It seems miraculous. Even as a deep recession froze construction around the region, Sacramento County pulled off the biggest public works project in local history, a $1 billion airport expansion.www.sacbee.com
Pay-by-race bake sale at UC Berkeley still on, student Republican group says
(CNN) -- It's meant to be racist, and it's meant to be discriminatory.
And the controversial "Increase Diversity Bake Sale" hosted by the Berkeley College Republicans is still on, the club's president said, despite "grossly misguided comments" and threats aimed at supporters of the University of California, Berkeley, student group.
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State Senate OKs part of California Dream Act
The college dreams of thousands of students who are illegal immigrants moved closer to fulfillment Wednesday after the state Senate approved a bill that for the first time would give them access to public financial aid.www.latimes.com
Anti-Wall Street protesters arrested in New York
At least 80 people have been arrested during an anti-Wall Street march in New York's financial district. Several hundred people took part in Saturday's march, which was intended to draw attention to "corporate greed and corrupt politics" in the US.Dollar turns higher against euro
NEW YORK (AP) — The dollar turned higher against the euro as investors evaluated published reports that European officials are working on a plan to help resolve the region's debt crisis.Facebook focuses on media sharing and adds timeline
Facebook has outlined plans to encourage users to share more of the media they consume - including music and movies - with friends. Its founder Mark Zuckerberg also unveiled a dramatic redesign to the website, replacing user profiles with an audio visual timeline of their life.Sunday, September 25, 2011
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With 'real time' apps, Facebook is always watching
September 23, 2011|By John D. Sutter
A couple years ago, a Microsoft researcher named Gordon Bell embarked on a personal experiment: He would wear a video camera around his neck all the time and keep this "life recorder" always turned on, so it would record everything he did.
It was like an external memory drive for his brain, he wrote in a book called "Total Recall."
Sounds pretty sci-fi, right? Not so much. The "real-time sharing" updates Facebook announced Thursday aim to do something quite similar -- only for the Internet instead of in real life.
Death Climb in California's national Forests
Last Modified: Sunday, Sep. 25, 2011 - 11:56 am
Yosemite National Park has gotten all the attention for a spike in visitor deaths this year. But fatalities also are up on national forest lands throughout California, such as an expert kayaker who drowned in a remote creek near Sonora.
Data provided by the U.S. Forest Service show there have been 27 deaths in 18 national forests in the state through Aug. 15, the most recent data available.
Tattoo health risks- research raises concerns
September 05, 2011|Brett Israel, Environmental Health News
Although sleazy "scratcher shops" with unskilled artists and dubious safety records are largely a thing of the past, scientists are growing concerned about what's going into tattooed skin, not just how it got there.
New research has turned up troubling findings about toxic chemicals in tattoo inks, including carcinogens and hormone disruptors.
The No. 1 Danger of Using Facebook
By Jared Spurbeck | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Sat, Sep 24, 2011
Spending too much time on it and neglecting other stuff? Your boss finding embarrassing photos? Nope, and nope. People have been getting obsessed with stuff long before Facebook, and "Facebook addictions" making the news now mostly because it's so new. Meanwhile, not everyone finds themselves turned down from a job because of embarrassing pictures, but every Facebook user is affected by the No. 1 danger.
Chicago Man Help Without Bond Over Imprisoning, Torturing Girlfriend