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Class helps with snuffing out habit

By Chason Wainwright Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday January 03, 2001
A change in behavior is the key to quitting smoking, says Marcia Brown-Machen, director for the city’s Tobacco Prevention Program, which is sponsoring a free six-week smoking cessation class. -more-

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Wednesday January 03, 2001

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Wednesday January 03, 2001
Pasand boycott has merits -more-

Student breakfast program part of study

By Erika Fricke Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday January 03, 2001
About five years ago Eric Weaver, a Berkeley parent volunteering at his son’s school, discovered kids stealing the teachers’ snacks. -more-

Housing project closer to approval

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday January 03, 2001
City planners are reviewing designs for a housing project at Acton Street and University Avenue that the City Council awarded to developers Panoramic Interests and Jubilee Restoration over 19 months ago. -more-

Bay Area homicide rates drop

Daily Planet staff and The Associated Press
Wednesday January 03, 2001
While homicide rates for cities in the Bay Area are dropping, the number of murders in Berkeley was slightly higher this year then the past two years. Numbers are down significantly from 1996 and 1997. -more-

Garage death is apparent suicide

Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday January 03, 2001
The identity of a 40-year-old male suicide victim discovered in a parking garage Saturday has not been released, pending notification of next of kin. -more-

PG&E says it will run out of cash by early February

The Associated Press
Wednesday January 03, 2001

Fire at needle exchange building ruled as arson

Bay City News
Wednesday January 03, 2001

Student, counselor killed in school bus crash

The Associated Press
Wednesday January 03, 2001

Intel joins crowded MP3 market

The Associated Press
Wednesday January 03, 2001

Location allowed to count for insurance

The Associated Press
Wednesday January 03, 2001

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The Associated Press
Wednesday January 03, 2001

Yahoo! to ban Nazi artifacts from auctions

The Associated Press
Wednesday January 03, 2001

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Staff
Wednesday January 03, 2001

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Innovator of forestry policy dies at 88

Daily Planet services
Wednesday January 03, 2001
Henry James Vaux, Sr., a professor emeritus of forestry at the University of California, Berkeley, and former chairman of California's Board of Forestry, died on Dec. 22 in Berkeley after a brief illness. He was 88. -more-

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