Articles Posted February 2009
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Darwin’s 200th Birthday: His Theory of Evolution
Still ControversialCharles Darwin By Ralph E. Stone February 10, 2009 February 12 marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. Darwin’s theory of evolution as set forth in his “Origin of Species” published in 1859, and…
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Extraordinary Renditions: No Hope for Change
in Obama AdministrationBy Susan Vaughan February 10, 2009 A panel of judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments in a detainee abuse case Monday that tested the degree to which the…
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Connecting the Bridge to Nowhere
to the New RealityCommentary by Hector Garcia, MediaForum.org Feburary 9, 2009 Taxpayers around the globe have paid over $13 trillion (more than a quarter of the gross global product) to bail out financial, insurance and other organizations as…
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Stimulus Package: Pelosi Vows to Fight Republican Spending Cuts
A defiant House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed yesterday to fight a Senate Republican economic stimulus bill that calls for a $40 billion reduction in state funding over a House bill favored by Democrats. Photos by…
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San Francisco Budget Crisis Ripe For Mediation
Commentary by Patrick Goggin February 9, 2009 When Supervisor Bevan Dufty last week called for locking in a room Board leadership, unions, and the business community until they come up with a solution to the…
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Update on Injured San Francisco Firefighters’ Conditions
From the San Francisco Fire Department February 6, 2009 Two of the Six San Francisco Firefighters that were injured in an early morning fire in the Portola District yesterday remain in the hospital this morning.…
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Family and Children Advocates Slam Newsom
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth Director NTanya Lee led a rally on the steps of City Hall yesterday to protest $11 million in budget cuts to the Department of Children, Youth and their Families…
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