University of California Berkeley students protesting a 32 percent increase in student fees barricaded themselves Friday inside part of a campus building.
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Third Day Of Protests Hit UC Berkeley Campus; 50 Davis Students Arrested Video
University of California Berkeley students protesting a 32 percent increase in student fees... more
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WNBA Monarchs Team to Leave Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs fans won't be able to cheer them on at Arco Arena anymore because they are... more
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California Jobless Rate Climbs To 12.5%
Employers in California added jobs to their payrolls in October, the first signs of good news in the... more
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BART Trial Move To LA A Setback For Cop
The decision to move Johannes Mehserle's trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former... more
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BART Gives Military Members A Free Ride
Members of the armed services on leave from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan will get free rides on Bay... more
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Folsom Cordova Unified Closing Two Schools
It was the words, no one wanted to hear. more
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Two Boys Arrested for Sexual Battery
Two freshman boys, both 14, were suspended from Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep school, for alleged... more
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"Oprah" To End Production Of Talk Show In 2011
Oprah Winfrey is expected to announce September 9th, 2011 as the final air date for her long-time... more
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McCain says quick Obama decision on troop buildup could turn tide in Afghanistan
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — U.S. Sen. John McCain predicted success in the Afghan war effort Friday if President Barack Obama makes a decision quickly to send the reinforcements requested by his top commander there. more
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Canadian court orders refugee board to reconsider case of lesbian deserter from US army
TORONTO (AP) — A lesbian who deserted the U.S. military and fled to Canada must be given another chance to plead her case for refugee status, Canada's Federal Court ruled Friday. more
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Vatican researcher says faint writing on Shroud of Turin proves its authenticity Photo
ROME (AP) — A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. more
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Florence museum: lost Galileo relics, a tooth and 2 of astronomer's fingers, found again
ROME (AP) — Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday. more
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Police are weak link in Afghanistan's goal for its forces take lead on security in 5 years Photo
KABUL (AP) — Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home. more
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Floods batter UK's Lake District, policeman dies, hundreds rescued; Ireland also hard hit Photo
COCKERMOUTH, England (AP) — Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes. more
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Mexican prosecutors investigate disappearance of journalist who reported on crime, corruption
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime. more
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US ambassador criticizes negative coverage of Obama's China visit by US media Photo
BEIJING (AP) — Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues. more
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Q&A: Rapper Wale recruits Lady Gaga, Chrisette Michele to convey emotions on debut CD
NEW YORK (AP) — Wale wanted to infuse his debut album with a woman's touch, so the rapper recruited singing divas like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Chrisette Michele and Jazmine Sullivan to get that feeling across. more
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Eminem's 'Relapse 2' album, originally scheduled for 2009, is getting pushed back to next year Photo
DETROIT (AP) — Eminem's comeback year of 2009 was expected to include the release of two new albums. more
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Police: Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns in Va., killing 1; 'Hannah Montana' star wasn't aboard Photo
DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said. more
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Former Metropolitan soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom dies in native Sweden, aged 82
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, an international opera star, has died, her husband Sverker Olow says. more
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Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend, Adnan Ghalib, sentenced to 45 days in Los Angeles jail
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib is being sent to jail for 45 days for leaving the scene of an accident. more
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Over the moon: Studio estimates 'New Moon' sets record for midnight screenings with $26.3M
NEW YORK (AP) — "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has set a box-office record for midnight screenings. more
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Actor Wesley Snipes appeals 3 tax convictions, prison sentence to federal court in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — Wesley Snipes' attorneys asked a federal appeals court Friday to review an "unreasonable" three-year prison sentence for the film star, who was convicted a year ago on federal tax charges. more
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Jennifer Lopez, Adam Lambert, others preparing special performances for American Music Awards Photo
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Lopez plans to include fireworks and an on-stage costume change in her performance at the American Music Awards. "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert will incorporate leather and chains and into his. more
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Colo. coroner says mother of New Orleans Saints QB Brees died of drug overdose
GRANBY, Colo. (AP) — The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide. more
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Ohio State plays at Michigan, hoping to clinch outright title and keep rival home for holidays
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The Game has lost a lot of luster. more
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Johnson goes for 4th Cup championship from pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson will go for his fourth straight Cup title from the pole. more
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Players union says doctor who co-chairs NFL committee on concussions is not fit for job
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL Players Association wants the league to remove the co-chairman of the league's committee on concussions because the union believes he is biased. more
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Ravens' DE Dwan Edwards plans appeal of $5,000 fine for roughness
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore Ravens defensive end Dwan Edwards plans to appeal the $5,000 fine he received for a hit delivered to Cleveland Browns wide receiver Joshua Cribbs on Monday night. more
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ATP chief says tour will not reopen Agassi's drug case despite admission of crystal meth use
LONDON (AP) — The ATP Tour will not reopen a doping case against Andre Agassi even though he admitted to lying about using crystal meth in 1997. more
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Saints running back Reggie Bush questionable for Tampa Bay
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush has been held out of practice for the third straight day, and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game in Tampa Bay. more
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NFL players union opposes Goodell's call for players to report on teammates' concussions Photo
The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for players to tell their teams' medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion. more
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Different groups sometimes come up with different advice on cancer screening
Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer. more
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Guidelines say less frequent Paps OK to detect cervical cancer - every 2 years for under-30
WASHINGTON (AP) — First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears. more
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CDC: 4 people in NC test positive for Tamiflu-resistant swine flu, first such US cluster
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu. more
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As price of child vaccines drop, millions of lives saved from preventable diseases
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty. more
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Correction: Plavix story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson & Johnson's Mylanta as part of the H-2 blocker drug family. Mylanta is an antacid. more
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Military experiment seeks clues to predict which troops might suffer post-traumatic stress Photo
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) — Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images. more
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China to punish those concealing swine flu cases, while doctor warns of cover-up Photo
BEIJING (AP) — China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up. more
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AP IMPACT: US distribution of swine flu vaccine is uneven, confusing; complaints abound Photo
ATLANTA (AP) — When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right. more
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