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Program teaches through arts
By Judith Scherr
Daily Planet staff
Tuesday April 24, 2001
A program to boost test scores at Washington Primary School does not resort to workbooks or rote instruction. It calls on Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Langston Hughes, paints and fancy footwork to stimulate learning. -more-
LeConte park closed early amid concerns
By Ben Lumpkin
Daily Planet staff
Tuesday April 24, 2001
For people living around LeConte Elementary School, the school’s ample playground is one of the few pieces of green space around. -more-
Yearlong debate on building comes to a head
By John Geluardi
Daily Planet staff
Tuesday April 24, 2001
One dead, three wounded in shooting at school bus yard
The Associated Press
Tuesday April 24, 2001
SAN JOSE — A school bus driver opened fire on her co-workers at their bus yard early Monday, killing a man and wounding three women, police said. -more-
Features
Bias charges filed against airline
The Associated Press
Tuesday April 24, 2001
LOS ANGELES — A flight attendant filed federal discrimination charges against American Airlines on Monday, saying her employee health plan does not cover reproductive care for women but provides Viagra for men. -more-
S.F. supervisors postpone sex change benefits vote
The Associated Press
Tuesday April 24, 2001
A vote that would have made San Francisco the only city in the nation to pay for employees’ sex changes was postponed Monday after one supervisor disapproved of adding such health coverage. -more-
Fire burns at oil refinery in Carson; cause unknown
The Associated Press
Tuesday April 24, 2001
CARSON — A fire that erupted at an oil refinery sent plumes of black smoke billowing over the Los Angeles area Monday afternoon. -more-
‘Magic Flute’ ensemble easily enjoyable
By Miko Sloper
Special to the Daily Planet
Tuesday April 24, 2001
A classic opera can withstand all manner of temporal transposition and psychological interpretation. Cal Opera’s production once more proves “The Magic Flute” a classic. -more-
Small caps might get attention
By John Cunniff
The Associated Press
Tuesday April 24, 2001
NEW YORK — It is an investment category containing some of the most promising stocks in the entire market, some of them possible giants of the future, but which has been almost ignored for several years. -more-
ExciteAtHome names telecom industry veteran new CEO
The Associated Press
Tuesday April 24, 2001
SAN JOSE — Struggling high-speed Internet access provider ExciteAtHome Corp. picked a telecommunications industry veteran as its new chairman and chief executive Monday, ending a seven-month search. -more-
Sub commander reprimanded with letter, docked pay
The Associated Press
Tuesday April 24, 2001
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — USS Greeneville Cmdr. Scott Waddle was given a letter of reprimand Monday as punishment for the submarine collision that killed nine people aboard a Japanese fishing vessel, his attorney said. -more-
Bush plans to sell Taiwan less advanced destroyers
The Associated Press
Tuesday April 24, 2001
WASHINGTON — President Bush rejected Taiwan’s request to buy high-tech U.S. destroyers equipped with the Aegis combat radar system, but left open the possibility of future sales if China continues to pose a military threat to the island. -more-
Grassroots environmentalist award winners announced
The Associated Press
Tuesday April 24, 2001
Assembly committee approves policy for redrawing district lines
The Associated Press
Tuesday April 24, 2001
SACRAMENTO — The Assembly’s redistricting committee Monday approved its rules for drawing new legislative and congressional districts, but no one at the hearing was very happy about the time allotted for public scrutiny of the new district lines. -more-
Editorial
Routine mammograms impact cancer deaths
The Associated Press
Tuesday April 24, 2001
DANA POINT — Women who get regular mammograms may reduce their risk of dying from breast cancer by more than 60 percent — about twice the amount seen in large formal studies, according to a new analysis by the American Cancer Society. -more-
