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Civil rights claim filed against San Diego

The Associated Press
Friday January 05, 2001

SAN DIEGO — A civil rights group is contesting San Diego County’s policy of stopping a nonprofit group from distributing informational pamphlets inside and near welfare offices, arguing that the policy is a violation of the First Amendment right. -more-


E-mail violates 12,000 patients’ confidentiality

The Associated Press
Thursday January 04, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO — The state’s third-largest health insurer violated patient confidentiality by accidentally e-mailing the names of 12,000 patients to the wrong doctors, company officials acknowledged. -more-


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-


New campaign contribution limits have loopholes

By Steve LawrenceAssociated Press Writer
Tuesday January 02, 2001

Critics say money will just flow through different channels with same effect -more-


Berkeley man killed in snowboarding accident

The Associated Press
Saturday December 30, 2000

DENVER – A 25-year-old California man has died of head injuries sustained while snowboarding this week at Breckenridge Ski Resort. -more-


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