’Jackets turn things around on Wildcats
By Jared Green
Daily Planet Staff
Friday April 06, 2001
Page One
Calendar of Events & Activities
— compiled by
Chason Wainwright
Friday April 06, 2001
Disability organizations promoting awareness
By John Geluardi
Daily Planet Staff
Friday April 06, 2001
Panthers rest, still dominate
Staff Report
Friday April 06, 2001
With a big meet this weekend, the St. Mary’s track & field team rested most of its stars, but still managed to wipe up the floor with the opposition in its final league meet on Thursday. -more-
School Board members speak out on Army visit
By Ben Lumpkin
Daily Planet Staff
Friday April 06, 2001
Berkeley economy feels national slump
By Judith Scherr
Daily Planet Staff
Friday April 06, 2001
The loss of the ComputerWare store at Bonita and University avenues – the Bay Area chain went belly up at the beginning of the week – may be one sign that the high-tech downturn is making its way to the East Bay. -more-
Panel questions value of ‘affordable’ housing
By Erika Fricke
Daily Planet Staff
Friday April 06, 2001
By Erika Fricke -more-
Salmon fall short of immediate endangered listing
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
California wildlife regulators took a major step Thursday toward putting the coho salmon north of San Francisco Bay on the state’s endangered species list, but stopped short of ordering an immediate listing. -more-
Features
Uninsured motorists cannot get pain, suffering damages
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — Uninsured motorists injured in an auto accident caused by a government agency’s negligence cannot collect damages for pain and suffering, a divided California Supreme Court ruled Thursday. -more-
L.A. candidates said to violate campaign laws
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
LOS ANGELES — A political activist organization with ties to the Reform Party said Thursday it will try to get Tuesday’s mayoral election postponed due to alleged campaign finance violations by the state Republican and Democratic parties and two of the leading candidates. -more-
Millennium terror case against alleged smuggler goes to jury
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
LOS ANGELES — The conspiracy case against an Algerian accused of smuggling explosives into the country went to the jury Thursday after prosecutors accused him of being a determined terrorist and the defense suggested he was an unwitting courier. -more-
Two Earth First! members arrested
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
Two Earth First! activists were arrested Thursday for trespassing on Humboldt County land owned by Pacific Lumber Co. -more-
80 percent of freshmen took new grad exam
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
SACRAMENTO — About four-fifths of California’s ninth graders took the English half of Gov. Gray Davis’ new state high school graduation test last month, state school officials said Thursday. -more-
3 nursing homes seized by state
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
SACRAMENTO — The state has taken over the management of three nursing homes where investigators found evidence of patient neglect, health officials announced Thursday. -more-
Five rare condors released into wild
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
BIG SUR — Five California condors stepped tentatively into the wilderness and then flew away Thursday, the latest move in a difficult effort to bring the rare birds back from near-extinction. -more-
Gov. Davis endorses electricity rate hikes
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gray Davis for the first time Thursday endorsed rate increases for customers of two strapped utilities, while urging conservation and defending his handling of the state’s energy crisis. -more-
Colin Powell speaks with leaders in Middle East
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke Thursday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders after he learned that Israeli soldiers fired on a convoy carrying Palestinian security chiefs. -more-
Senators, White House negotiate school voucher
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
WASHINGTON — Senate and White House negotiators agreed Wednesday to a plan that takes money from persistently failing schools and gives it to families for tutoring programs. -more-
Bush does about-face on salmonella testing for schools
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration backed away from a proposal to ease salmonella testing requirements on meat for school lunches, saying it was overruling lower level Agriculture Department officials. -more-
How to make a house lighter, brighter – and healthier
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
NEW YORK — Ah, spring. Cool breezes, blue skies, daffodils – it’s so lovely outside. -more-
Decorating can be done in an afternoon
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
Did you know you can order art-quality photography at a pittance from the Library of Congress, or that you can turn a flea-market find into a lamp with decorative mountings available at almost any lamp shop? -more-
Election Section
Rebels back off on beheading of Oakland man
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
MANILA, Philippines — In the face of a last-ditch military offensive, Muslim rebels retreated from their threat to kill an American hostage Thursday and send his head to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as a birthday present. -more-
Series spotlights new, classic documentaries
By Peter Crimmins
Daily Planet Correspondent
Friday April 06, 2001
“Border guards and search lights and escape attempts and death in the middle of Berlin,” said a Berliner, remembering the days of the Berlin Wall in “After the Fall.” -more-
Nontechnical dot-coms workers struggle to find jobs
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
Dow goes wow with Dell; Nasdaq up 146
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
NEW YORK — Stock prices shot higher Thursday, propelling the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 400 points, after Dell Computer and Alcoa gave Wall Street its first really good earnings news in months. -more-
Editorial
Delta flight returns to U.S. after Russians turn it away
The Associated Press
Friday April 06, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — A Delta flight from Atlanta to Japan was forced back to the United States after Russian air traffic controllers said it didn’t have permission to fly through their airspace. -more-
