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Special Report: Class struggle - How charter schools get students they want
ReutersGetting in can be grueling. Students may be asked to submit a 15-page typed research paper, an original short story, or a handwritten essay on the historical figure they would most like to meet. There are interviews. Exams. And pages of questions for...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, New York City, Science and Technology, Immigration, Separation of Church and State
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Assembly committee to hold oversight hearing on Salton Sea
Assemblymen Ben Hueso, D-San Diego, and V. Manuel Pérez, D-Coachella, will hold a state oversight hearing on current efforts and future opportunities to restore the Salton Sea. The hearing is scheduled for Feb. 22 at the North Shore Community Center in...Tags: Ben Hueso, Science and Technology, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Natural Resource Industry
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Ob-gyns sound alarm on 'contraceptive sabotage'
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors should ask teen girls and women whether their partners are trying to force them to get pregnant or otherwise "reproductively coercing" them, according to a group of ob-gyns. That could include pressuring women to...Tags: Gynecology, Health Treatments, Drugs and Medicines, Abusive Behavior, Obstetrics
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LOCAL BRIEFS: Hornets 1-1 in boys' basketball tournament
EL CAJON — The Calipatria High boys’ basketball squad fell to Parkland High of El Paso, Texas, 64-45, on Thursday, in the second round of Granite Hill High’s Christmas tournament. Gilbert Perez accounted for 22 points, followed by...Tags: Sports, Basketball, Religious Festivals, Holidays, Michael Henderson
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Facebook entries more memorable than polished prose or human faces
Los Angeles TimesThey may be caring, angry, provocative, bawdy or just plain inane. But even when read by strangers, the brief entries we write on Facebook are more memorable than the polished prose of writing professionals. And these online quips have more staying...Tags: Social Media, Science and Technology, Authors, Scranton
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Segregation tied to more lung cancer deaths: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black lung cancer patients seem more likely to die of the disease than white cancer patients in the U.S., especially those living in segregated counties, according to a new study. Researchers, who published their findings in...Tags: Demographics, Prostate Cancer, Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Lung Cancer
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Community lends support to family
Staff WriterCALEXICO — The community came out to help one of their own Saturday during a fundraiser for a family who lost their father and whose mother was badly injured during a mobile home fire in late December. The event was organized by several people,...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, House Building, PayPal, Inc.
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Newport lawyer to become a judge
Gov. Jerry Brown this week announced the appointment of a Newport Beach woman to the Orange County Superior Court bench, according to a news release. Terri K. Flynn-Peister, 38, of Newport Beach previously worked as deputy chief assistant U.S....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Politics, Jerry Brown, Lawyers
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Calexico Officers pull woman from burning mobile home
Staff WriterCALEXICO — Calexico police officers heroically pulled an unconscious woman from a burning mobile home Friday night after arriving first on scene to the fire in which one man died. Police Detective Gabriel Rodriguez got there first and was advised...Tags: House Building
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Suspect collapses after high-speed chase
SAN DIEGO -- A man who led officers on a high-speed chase from Oceanside to San Diego was rushed to the hospital early Monday after falling unconscious from his SUV. Officers tried to pull the man over after observing his car weaving on Interstate 5 in...
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Murder suspect to be remanded
Staff WriterSonia Montaño finds it unacceptable that a medical condition kept the man accused of killing her brother from being in custody for months. “We heard he (the suspect) was out in the streets in El Centro on Nov. 4,” said Montaño, referring to...Tags: Defendants, Trials, Prisons, Hospitals and Clinics, Judges
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UCSD welcomes new chancellor
SAN DIEGO -- UC San Diego's eighth chancellor started work at the La Jolla campus Wednesday, meeting with both alumni and incoming freshmen. Pradeep Khosla, 55, was the dean of Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering when he was tapped to...
Tags: Technology, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Electronics, Education
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