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League season is drawing to a close
The Sunset League race winds down this week with key match-ups that will determine playoff seedings for the top teams. Edison kept its postseason hopes alive by defeating Marina, 16-3, on Oct. 24. The Chargers (13-14) went up, 5-0, after one quarter...Tags: Water Polo, California Interscholastic Federation, Sports
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Haakenson: Check out Hurley Pro at Trestles
The best surfers in the world are going at it this week in the Hurley Pro at Trestles, a rare chance for many in Orange County to see these guys competing for a world championship. The Hurley Pro is one of 10 contests in the Assn. of Surfing Professional...Tags: Polynesia, Kelly Slater, South Africa, Australia
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Clifford signs with UC Irvine
Ocean View High senior Conor Clifford took the next step in his academic and athletic career when the 7-foot center signed to play for the UC Irvine men's basketball team Monday (). Clifford averaged 14.9 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and shot 68% from...
Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, College Sports, University of California, Los Angeles, College Basketball, University of California, Riverside
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UC medical center strike: Most union members reported for work
As University of California patient care workers returned to the picket lines in a workplace dispute Wednesday, hospital administrators said they were gratified that so many union members chose to come to work rather than strike. More than three-...
Tags: Strikes, Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace, AFSCME, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
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At UC San Francisco, 150 surgeries canceled because of strike
SAN FRANCISCO -- A strike by patient-care workers concerned about pension changes and staffing levels has led to the cancellation of an expected 150 surgeries at UC San Francisco Medical Center over the two-day labor action and will affect at least...
Tags: Strikes, Pension and Welfare, Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace, AFSCME
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Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...
Tags: Technology, Colleges and Universities, Medical Research, Migration, Startups
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Tubert, Arkansas golf ready for NCAA Championships
Update on local athletes competing in college. Emily Tubert (Burroughs High, 2010) junior, University of Arkansas women's golf: The former All-Area standout for the Indians and her Razorback teammates are preparing for the 2013 NCAA Championships, which...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, South Carolina Gamecocks, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Arizona Wildcats, Pacific-12 Conference
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Everyone on Earth is related to everyone else, DNA shows
The history of Europe is written in its people's DNA. The Huns and the Slavs made incursions into Eastern Europe about 1,500 years ago. Migrants moved from Ireland to England in recent centuries. Populations in Italy and Spain have been comparatively...
Tags: Chemical Industry, University of Chicago, Science and Technology, Biotechnology Industry, Africa
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Placentas provide clues about autism risk at birth, study says
Researchers believe they have come up with a way to tell whether a newborn infant has a higher-than-normal risk of developing autism -- by looking for abnormalities in the placenta shortly after birth. The abnormalities in question are called...
Tags: Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Medical Research, Autism, Obstetrics
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Scholarship Awards Breakfast: Corona del Mar
Troy Bolus GPA: 4.5 School Activities/Clubs: track, Photography Club Community: peer tutor, Illumination Foundation Awards/Honors: Most Valuable Player varsity track 2012, Best Varsity Jumper 2010-11 Hobbies/Interests: guitar, golf, skiing,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, UNICEF, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Malaria, Philosophy
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Winter blues and summer bummer link brains of rats and man
Nicholas Spitzer and Davide Dulcis felt for people in higher latitudes whose attitudes soured in the shorter daylight hours of winter. The neuroscientists, who work in balmy San Diego, wondered whether summer was a bummer for rats. They’re...
Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Science, Science and Technology, Research, Light Therapy
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School board approves guitar, ukelele course
Laguna Beach Unified School District board members approved a guitar/ukelele course at Laguna Beach High School next fall during its regular board meeting Tuesday night. The board voted 5-0 for the elective course that will count toward the high school'...Tags: Woodbridge, Music, Entertainment, Teaching and Learning, Students
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