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Distinguished Biochemist Robert Tjian Elected as President of Howard Hughes Institute
Robert Tjian, a distinguished UC Berkley biochemist
and gene researcher, has been named president...
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Update: Antioch Woman Infected With The West Nile Virus
An Antioch woman, aged 56, was infected with the West Nile virus, the Contra Costa Mosquito &...
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Bay Area’s Air Is Getting Better
On Friday, a health advisory was issued with regard to Santa Clara Valley’s air quality. The public...
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LifeCycle Raises Money for AIDS Groups
This year's LifeCycle promises to be biggest ever, as about 2,500 cyclists left the San Francisco...
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Sutter Health Nurses Start 10-Day Strike
As many as 4,000 nurses were scheduled to walk off their job at
7 a.m. today to begin a 10-day...
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Go Red For Women
The American Heart Association's Go Red For Women Movement has gained momentum as the First Lady...
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Mysterious Skin Disease To Be Researched by CDC
U. S. health authorities announced Wednesday that a thorough investigation is to be conducted on an...
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Cancer Risk from Air Pollution Still High in Southern California
The risk of developing cancer from air pollution in Southern California has decreased in recent...
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Authorities searching for people who traveled with TB infected woman
Health officials are searching for dozens of airline passengers who may have come in contact with a...
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Traveler with TB Causes Alarm in Sunnyvale, CA
A 30-year-old woman from Sunnyvale, Calif., returned from a trip to India with a drug-resistant...
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Acclaimed Poet, Biographer, Feminist Diane Middlebrook Passes away at 68
Diane Middlebrook, a leading feminist scholar known for her acclaimed biographies of poets Anne...
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Nurses at 13 Bay Area Hospitals Go on Two-Day Strike
Almost 5,000 nurses at 13 Bay Area hospitals affiliated with
Sutter Health, a nonprofit network of...
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Clearer Air In Bay Area
After turning into ashes thousands of
acres of forest, Lick fire of Henry W. Coe State Park and...
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Science
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Astronauts Are Getting Ready For Their First Spacewalk
The first spacewalk for the astronauts on the ISS consists of a tedious cleaning and lube job on...
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Palin Loses Again: Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Listed As Endangered
This week, the Cook Inlet beluga whale population near Anchorage has made it onto the list of...
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EWG: Bottled Water Filled With Cancer-Linked Contaminants
When we buy bottled water, we genuinely believe that it is
safe to drink, but things are not like...
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Geologists Discover Oldest Reminiscent Rocks Of Earth’s Crust
Geologists could be looking at the oldest rocks on Earth in
northern Quebec, along the eastern...
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Researchers Discover World’s Oldest Rocks
Scientists have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth, thanks
to which we could soon find out more...
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Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake Shakes Bay Area
Friday at about 9 P.M. CDT, a minor earthquake originating near Alamo hit the San Francisco Bay...
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Astronauts Start Their First Spacewalk
Discovery has displaced its two spacewalkers, Michael Fossum
and Ronald Garran, for their first...
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Update 1: NASA Prepares Discovery For Launch
The six men and one woman who will fly space shuttle
Discovery into orbit later today are putting...
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Yuri Gagarin Night Celebrated First Manned Space Flight
Last night was Yuri Gagarin night, celebrated by hundreds of parties all over the world which...
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Update: Dextre Outfitted And Ready To Roll
NASA announced that the STS-123 and Expedition 16 crews have begun a new day that will be...
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Astronauts Complete Second Spacewalk, Assemble Dextre
NASA announced that Dextre, the final element of the
International Space Station’s Mobile...
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Pink Salmon under Threat of Extinction Due to Fish Farm Parasites
Wild pink salmon in northwestern Canada are at high risk of death
and could soon disappear because...
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Calaveras Fault Quake Reminds of "Next Big One"
The magnitude 5.6 earthquake that struck the Calaveras fault near Alum Rock Tuesday night at 8:04...
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ISS: Repair Of Torn Solar Array Is A Success
NASA announced that the Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski
and Doug Wheelock successfully...
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Forecasters Warn of Possible Tropical Storm
The low pressure weather system which Thursday morning moved across Florida into the Gulf of Mexico...
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Scientists Say Antarctica Icebergs Hold Sea Life
A new study revealed that icebergs in Antarctica
are serving as “hotspots” for ocean life, with...
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Specials
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The Zeppelin’s Era Is Back, This Time over Bay Area Skies
The zeppelin, used for commercial passenger transport and military operations until the beginning...
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Omar Becomes a Category 3 Hurricane
After rendering,
on Wednesday, many cruise ships to change their previously scheduled...
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Former Co-Publisher of the Oakland Tribune, Nancy Maynard, Dies at 61
Nancy Hicks Maynard, co-founder of the Maynard Institute for
Journalism Education and former...
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Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake Scares Bay Area Residents
The Friday magnitude 4.0 earthquake that shook the San
Francisco Bay Area may have been a bit...
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Still No Electricity In Hundreds Of Brooklyn Homes
Although power has been restored to most Brooklyn residents
who had lost electricity on Sunday,...
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Fireworks All Across Jones Beach
A rather unusual incident lead to yesterday’s evacuation of the Jones Beach in Long Island, where...
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Update 3: Angelina Jolie's Doctor Says Twins Are Weeks Away
Angelina Jolie’s gynecologist held a press conference on Wednesday during which he gave details...
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Gay Revelers Celebrate Pride, Marriage
Not even two weeks have passed since
same-sex marriage became legal in California and drag...
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Bay Area Air Regulators to Charge for Greenhouse Gases
Bay Area Air Quality District, an agency for air pollution regulations in the San Francisco Bay...
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