News
The butterfly ballot on the big screen
By Peter Crimmins
Special to the Daily Planet
Friday November 01, 2002
If voters gearing up for the election Tuesday have forgotten problematic butterfly ballots and dimpled chads, then a new documentary screening Saturday, at the Berkeley Video and Film Festival, will bring it all back.
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Day of the Dead reaches beyond
By Brian Kluepfel
Friday November 01, 2002
Rather than fearing death, Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) winks at it, seeing it simply as part of the natural cycle of life. Throughout Latin America and other places where the tradition is honored, the first two days of November are a time to remember deceased friends and relatives with altars, visits to their graves and offerings of music and food.
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Eastshore Park plan finalized
By Matthew Artz
Daily Planet Staff
Friday November 01, 2002
Off-leash dog walkers and artists are howling mad over the final plan for the bayside Eastshore State Park. The plan set to be released this week forbids both groups from using a favorite stretch of Albany coastline.
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Playoff postponed after tension, tears
By Jared Green
Daily Planet Staff
Friday November 01, 2002
Comically unhip ’King of the Hill’ reclaims old time slot
By Anthony Breznican
The Associated Press
Friday November 01, 2002
LOS ANGELES — After years of moving around the Fox prime-time schedule, the working-class comedy “King of the Hill” is back where it started.
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Oscar de la Renta is guiding brides down the aisle
Friday November 01, 2002
NEW YORK — Choosing a wedding dress is quite possibly the most important fashion decision in a woman’s life.
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Neighbors try to wipe out blight
By Matthew Artz
Friday November 01, 2002
A group of south Berkeley neighbors wants to meet the first African American to officiate a professional football game. But they’re not asking for his autograph. They want to tell him to fix up his run-down property on the corner of Sacramento and Julia streets.
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Bates absolved of charges
By Matthew Artz
Daily Planet Staff
Friday November 01, 2002
Mayoral candidate Tom Bates was cleared Wednesday of accepting illegal corporate campaign donations.
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Down with height limits
Ed Gulick
Program Manager,
Green Resource Center
Berkele
Friday November 01, 2002
To the Editor:
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Demand for speedy U.N. action on Iraq runs into opposition
By Edith M. Lederer
The Associated Press
Friday November 01, 2002
Hey, where you from? Town ponders life as Got Milk? California
By Jim Wasserman
The Associated Press
Friday November 01, 2002
Judge blocks Navy sonar deployment
By David Kravets
Associated Press Writer
Friday November 01, 2002
VH1 halts filming of Liza Minnelli reality show
By David Bauder
The Associated Press
Friday November 01, 2002
Davis hits campaign trail
By Alexa H. Bluth
The Associated Press
Friday November 01, 2002
CSU enrollment breaks record, chancellor wants more funding
By Chelsea J. Carter
The Associated Press
Friday November 01, 2002
ChevronTexaco suffers third quarter loss of $904 million
By Michael Liedtke
The Associated Press
Friday November 01, 2002
Paint maker settles sealant suit for $107.5 million
Friday November 01, 2002
Vignette buys S.F. company
Friday November 01, 2002
Police sniffing for possible sniper ties around country
By Jeff Donn
The Associated Press
Friday November 01, 2002
Sniper suspects linked to slayings in Louisiana, Alabama
By Melinda Deslatte
The Associated Press
Friday November 01, 2002
9th Circuit bars Exxon Valdez from operating
By David Kravets
The Associated Press
Friday November 01, 2002
Strongman Arnold Schwarzenegger urges students to approve Proposition 49, which would pump $550
million into before-and-after school programs, during a UC Berkeley appearance Wednesday.
Editorials
Earth First! bombing case returns
Melissa McRobbie
Friday November 01, 2002
OAKLAND – U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken is scheduled today to hear challenges to a court decision that awarded two Earth First! activists $4.4 million for First and Fourth Amendment violations by the FBI and Oakland Police Department.
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Camping at Cachuma Lake in a Yurt can be relaxing affair
By Marla Jo Fisher
The Associated Press
Friday November 01, 2002
CACHUMA LAKE — Friday, 7 p.m. I feel darn smug, sitting here around the campfire.
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