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Catholic hospitals split on giving contraceptives

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By bottomline@sfchronicle.com (Andrew S. Ross, Chronicle Columnist) - Feb. 06 - Presented By: Chicago Booth Business Forecast Ads by ...

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Energy Costs to Rise 'Viciously' Without Atomic Power, IEA Says

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:55:55 -0800

Bloomberg - By Lananh Nguyen - Nov. 09 (Special Report) - Energy will become "viciously more expensive" and polluting if governments don't promote renewable and nuclear power in the next two decades instead of burning coal, the International Energy Agency said. Global demand for energy is set to increase 40 percent by 2035, the Paris-based agency said today in its annual World Energy Outlook report. Consumption will rise 1.3 percent a year to 16.96 billion metric tons of oil equivalent in 2035, spurred by China and other emerging economies, the IEA said. The worst atomic accident in 25 years at the Fukushima plant in Japan on March 11 led Germany, Europe's biggest economy, to close eight of its 17 reactors permanently. Nuclear plants generate power continuously while emitting virtually no greenhouse gases. Without nuclear, keeping world temperature gains at 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) will cost an extra $1.5 trillion through 2035, the IEA said. "If we do not have an international legally binding agreement soon, and if it doesn't give a boost to a major investment wave of clean energy technologies by 2017, the door to 2 degrees will be closed forever," Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist in Paris, said in an interview yesterday. A shift away from nuclear power "would definitely be bad news for energy security, for climate change and also for the economics of the electricity price."

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The Pacific Ocean's 'corridors of life'

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By David Perlman - Jun. 23 (Research) - Two broad and unmarked ocean highways where countless sea creatures migrate, feed, mate and reproduce, have been discovered across the Pacific by scientists tuning in to thousands of radio signals.

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Obama Administration punishes reporter for using multimedia

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Phil Bronstein - Apr. 29 (Opinion) - The hip, transparent and social media-loving Obama administration is showing its analog roots. And maybe even some hypocrisy highlights.

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Protest video stirs reaction from White House

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Carolyn Lockhead - Apr. 29 (News Report) - Protest video stirs reaction from White House

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Super rich see federal taxes drop dramatically

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Stephen Ohlemacher - Apr. 18 (Special Report) - The super rich pay a lot less taxes than they did a couple of decades ago, and nearly half of U.S. households pay no income taxes at all.

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The Struggle for Development, Education, and Democracy Today in Haiti at Eagle Theatre, Los Altos High School, 4/7/2011 - SF Gate

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:13:31 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - Apr. 05 - The GuardianThe Struggle for Development, Education, and Democracy Today in HaitiSan Francisco ChronicleThis is an eyewitness forum on Haiti by a visiting Haitian grassroots leader joined by Bay Area activists who recently from Haiti. There will be a sale of Haitian art at 6 PM. The presentation will start at 7 PM. Proceeds go to Haitian organizations. ...Crowley resumes second sailing to Haiti for mango seasonBusiness JournalDesigning An Entrepreneurial HaitiForbes (blog)Donors need to trust Haitians to rebuild their countryThe Guardianall 5 news articles »

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GOP budget strategy is lies and deception

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By Robert B. Reich - Feb. 27 (Opinion) - The Republican strategy is to split the vast middle and working classes - pitting unionized workers against nonunionized, public-sector workers against nonpublic, older workers within sight of Medicare and Social Security against younger workers who don't believe these programs will be there for them and the poor against the working middle class. By splitting working America along these lines, Republicans want Americans to believe that we can no longer afford to do what we need to do as a nation. They hope to deflect attention from the increasing share of total income and wealth going to the richest 1 percent while the jobs and wages of everyone else languish. Republicans would rather no one notice their campaign to provide additional tax cuts for the rich - making the Bush tax cuts permanent, further reducing the estate tax and allowing the wealthy to shift ever more of their income into capital gains taxed at 15 percent.

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Are working moms to blame for the obesity epidemic? : The Mommy Files

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:45:37 -0800

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Toxics found in pregnant U.S. women in UCSF study

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By vcolliver@sfchronicle.com (Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer) - Jan. 14 - Multiple chemicals, including some banned since the 1970s and others used in items such as nonstick cookware, furniture, processed foods and beauty products, were found in the blood and urine of pregnant U.S. women, according to a UCSF study being releas

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SF students mistake poison for candy

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By jtucker@sfchronicle.com (Jill Tucker, Chronicle Staff Writer) - Jan. 14 - SF students mistake poison for candy

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A snow-filled glimpse of America's future

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:06:16 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - Dec. 31 - A snow-filled glimpse of America's futureSan Francisco ChronicleThe first of those is global climate change. Though no single mega-storm is the fault of climate change, scientists agree that weather - including snow ...and more »

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The 2010 Climate B.S.* of the Year Award

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By Dr. Peter Gleick - Dec. 30 (Review) - We are issuing the first in what may become a series of awards for the most egregious Climate B.S.* of the Year. In preparing the list of nominees, suggestions were received from around the world and a panel of reviewers -- all scientists or climate communicators -- waded through them. We present here the top five nominees and the winner of the 2010 Climate B.S.* of the Year Award.

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Big government isn't to blame for bad economy

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By Robert Reich - Dec. 19 (Opinion) - The tax deal negotiated between the president and Republicans is the latest version of trickle-down economics. It also confirms the Republican story of what happened to the economy and how to fix it: The bad economy is big government's fault, and the solution is to shrink government.

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Immigration reform should stay on front burner

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Michael Honda, Scott Fujita - Nov. 04 (Opinion) - In the wake of Tuesday's election, political analysts are busily predicting what the outcome means for Congress and the country. With Republicans now in the majority in the House of Representatives, many policies will probably change radically. What must not change, however, is work on immigration reform.

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Republicans can't talk about immigration enforcement

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Ruben Navarrette Jr. - Nov. 03 (Opinion) - What is it about the immigration debate that makes Republicans in Congress act like children?

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Republicans can't talk about immigration enforcement

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - Nov. 03 (News) - CNN InternationalRepublicans can't talk about immigration enforcementSan Francisco ChronicleWhat is it about the immigration debate that makes Republicans in Congress act like children? In the latest stunt, all seven Republicans on the Senate ...Republican Election Gains May Stall Business's Immigration PushBusinessWeekHouse Immigration Policy Now in the Hands of GOP and Steve KingThe Washington Independent8 more counties to submit printsOmaha World-HeraldWNYC (blog) -US Money Talk News -Hispanically Speaking Newsall 48 news articles »

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S.F.'s Prop. D: Share the vote, for all our sake

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

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3 questions for former President Jimmy Carter

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By dbaker@sfchronicle.com (David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer) - Oct. 23 - 3 questions for former President Jimmy Carter

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Obama administration blasts state's pot measure

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Bob Egelko - Oct. 16 (News Report) - The Obama administration has denounced Proposition 19, which would legalize personal use of marijuana in California, and promises to "vigorously enforce" the federal ban on possessing, growing or selling the drug if voters approve the ballot measure Nov. 2. The pledge came Thursday from Attorney General Eric Holder, who oversees the government's anti-narcotics operations. Prop. 19 would "greatly complicate federal drug enforcement efforts to the detriment of our nation," he said in a letter to former chiefs of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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'American Taliban' wrapped in the flag

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Markos Moulitsas - Sep. 27 (Opinion) - Conservatives are fond of saying that "liberals want the terrorists to win." In fact, that has been a staple attack line since 9/11. But that has always been a ludicrous notion.

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Senate should pass DREAM Act

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - Sep. 20 (Editorial) - An overhaul of immigration laws is beyond the reach of polarized Washington. But the Senate can ease the problem by passing the DREAM Act, which offers a pathway to citizenship to a narrow category of young immigrants who came here illegally through no fault of their own.

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Anti-Muslim sentiment grows 9 years later

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Joe Garofoli - Sep. 11 (News Analysis) - Nine years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, one thing remains certain: Some politicians and media types can stir the nation's darker impulses to tar all Muslims with the same hatred most people feel toward the 19 fanatics who killed nearly 3,000

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US war aim: protect civilians first, then troops

Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Robert Burns, Anne Flaherty - May. 14 (News Report) - A key to the U.S. approach to fighting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan is this seemingly backward logic: The more aggressively you protect your own troops, the less secure they may be....

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Farmers hail increased water allowance

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

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