Reid: Finish line on health care is finally in sight'
November 18, 2009
| DAVID LIGHTMAN
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday unveiled a sweeping $849 billion plan to overhaul the nation's health care system, a proposal likely to trigger an epic Senate...
AP source: Reid's health bill to cover 31 million
November 18, 2009
| DAVID ESPO
WASHINGTON -- Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor this week would extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans at a cost of $849 billion over a decade, a...
Black power has arrived _ with some new challenges
November 17, 2009
| JESSE WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON -- Ten months after Democrats took over the Capitol and the first African-American president moved into the White House, black lawmakers are in control of some of the...
Highlights of Obama's trip to Asia
November 14, 2009
| the Associated Press
A day-by-day look at President Barack Obama's trip to Asia: Sunday, Nov. 15: Attends Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Singapore. Travels to Shanghai, China....
UC Berkeley students take over building
November 20, 2009
| SFGate: Top News Stories
UC Berkeley students took over a campus building in protest this morning, a day after the University of California regents voted to raise tuition by 32 percent. An undetermined number of protesters barricaded......
California unemployment rate hits 12. 5 percent
November 20, 2009
| SFGate: Top News Stories
California's unemployment rate rose to 12.5 percent in October to set another modern record, even though more than 25,000 Californians found jobs, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday......
Unemployment stats in the USA just got worse
November 20, 2009
| Boing Boing
America's official national unemployment rate is now 10.2%. But there are more sad numbers in the Bureau of Labor Statistics's October report, out today. Jobless rate in some states is higher. Michigan's......
Taste Test: natto, gooey fermented soy beans
November 20, 2009
| Boing Boing
In Japan, we eat soy all the time. For breakfast we have rice with natto and miso soup with tofu; for dinner we pop edamame into our mouths in between chopsticks-full of vegetables sauteed in soy sauce......
Sunday Show Preview
November 20, 2009
| FishBowlDC
• NBC's Meet the Press: • CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and CBS medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton • ABC's This Week: Sen......
Police in riot gear, arrest UCD students in Davis
November 20, 2009
| Local News
Anger over a controversial student fee hike approved for the University of California system exploded Thursday into a protest on the Davis campus that ended with a show of force...
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' Open ranch' set for mustang adoptions in El Dorado Hills
November 20, 2009 |
New mustangs at the Grace Foundation of Northern California, an equine rescue and rehabilitation facility located in El Dorado Hills. ...
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Tiny Iowa town has the chargers, awaiting drivers
November 20, 2009 |
Elk Horn, more than 1,500 miles from the electric car mecca of California and hundreds of miles from the nearest charging station, has four of the devices ready to power up any...
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California, Sacramento County to probe in- home care
November 19, 2009 |
Jan Scully, Sacramento County district attorney, announces a new joint task force on In-Home Supportive Services fraud. ...
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Amid protests, UC OKs 32% fee hike
November 19, 2009 |
University of California students and their supporters were expressing anger about a systemwide fee hike approved by UC regents at a closed UCLA meeting. ...
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Jardine leads' Cuse to 95 - 73 win over No.
November 19, 2009 |
Syracuse's Kris Joseph (32) and Arinze Onuaku, block a shot attempt by California's Omondi Amoke during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Nov. 19...
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UC Davis students protest tuition increase
November 19, 2009 |
ANDY ALFARO aalfaro@sacbee.com More than 50 people were arrested Thursday at the University of California, Davis, when protesters would not leave Mrak Hall. ...
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Group blocks regents from leaving UCLA building
November 19, 2009 |
Students link arms to create a barricade between protestors and campus police guarding the UCLA campus Covel Commons building where University of California regents were scheduled...
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Brown OKs early pay cuts for lawmakers
November 19, 2009 |
In this file photo taken Saturday April 25, 2009, Attorney General Jerry Brown is seen speaking at the California Democratic Party convention in Sacramento, Calif. ...
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