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Berkeley Rep production blacklisted?

By John Geluardi Daily Planet staff
Wednesday December 05, 2001
A rumor that the National Endowment for the Arts has delayed a Berkeley Repertory Theatre grant request, possibly for political reasons, has sent a chill through the Bay Area arts community. -more-

Experience prevails in battle for Berkeley

By Jared Green Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday December 05, 2001
The St. Mary’s Panthers were facing a five-point deficit at halftime of Tuesday’s game against Berkeley High, but there was no panic in the locker room, no doubting of whether they could come back to win the game. -more-

Compiled by Guy Poole
Wednesday December 05, 2001

Wednesday, Dec. 5


ACT UPs is not ACT UP/East Bay

ACT UP/ EAST BAY
Wednesday December 05, 2001
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Staff
Wednesday December 05, 2001
MUSIC

Protesters say hemp is food not drugs

David Scharfenberg Daily Planet staff
Wednesday December 05, 2001
OAKLAND – About 20 activists, many from Berkeley, gathered outside the Federal Building Tuesday afternoon to protest an Oct. 9 ruling by the federal government’s Drug Enforcement Agency that declared all foods made with hemp illegal. -more-

Berkeley officials should tout city

Marc Sapir, MD, Berkeley
Wednesday December 05, 2001
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Food Bank study: local hunger growing says

By Hank Sims Daily Planet staff
Wednesday December 05, 2001
More and more Alameda County children are going hungry and more working people are unable to make ends meet, according to a report released Tuesday by the Alameda County Community Food Bank. -more-

Correcting record on solar

Ernie Haberkern, Berkeley
Wednesday December 05, 2001
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Prof says war won’t shift K-12 curriculum

Daily Planet Wire Services
Wednesday December 05, 2001
Students at Berkeley High during World War II busied themselves setting up Morse code clubs and selling enough war bonds to purchase two P-39 fighter planes. Across the Bay, Palo Alto High School students raised funds for a bomber with their school’s “Li’l Viking” mascot painted on the fuselage. -more-

Opportunities to give

Staff
Wednesday December 05, 2001
As a public service, the Berkeley Daily Planet will list BERKELEY-BASED nonprofit agencies soliciting donations and/or volunteers. Please use the following format and e-mail by Dec. 7 to news@berkeleydailyplanet.net. -more-

News

American Taliban fighter still in custody as U.S. ponders action

By Matt Kelley Associated Press Writer
Wednesday December 05, 2001
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government will decide in good time what to do with an American believed to have been fighting alongside the Taliban, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday. -more-

Study finds Arizona drug law avoids millions in prison costs

By Paul Davenport Associated Press Writer
Wednesday December 05, 2001
PHOENIX – Arizona avoided millions of dollars in prison costs through a voter-approved 1996 law that requires that some drug offenders be placed on probation and provided treatment rather than locked up, a new study concludes. -more-

Nearly 60 now eligible for medical marijuana use in Nevada

The Associated Press
Wednesday December 05, 2001
CARSON CITY, Nev. – A new Nevada law has enabled 57 people with serious illnesses to get licenses to use medical marijuana. Nine others have been licensed as caregivers. -more-

Word of ’American Taliban’ surprises neighbors in Bay Area

By Justin Pritchard Associated Press Writer
Wednesday December 05, 2001
FAIRFAX – Word that a handful of Americans had fought alongside the Taliban came as a particular shock in Fairfax: One of them apparently spent his teen-age years in this wooded, hilly town north of San Francisco. -more-

Feds finance Bay Bridge

The Associated Press
Wednesday December 05, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — A new $2.6 billion eastern span for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge received its last piece of financing Tuesday when the federal government provided $450 million, Gov. Gray Davis said. -more-

AMA won’t call for nationwide vaccination for smallpox

By Paul Elias Associated Press Writer
Wednesday December 05, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO – Despite calls from some of its member doctors, the American Medical Association on Tuesday declined to endorse smallpox vaccinations for all Americans. -more-

Forecast: State economy to rebound in second quarter

By Simon Avery AP Business Writer
Wednesday December 05, 2001
LOS ANGELES – California will climb out of the recession with the rest of the country next spring but the pain caused by the current downturn will linger well into the year, according to a new economic forecast. -more-

State prepared to cover Enron customers if company defaults

By Jennifer Coleman Associated Press Writer
Wednesday December 05, 2001
SACRAMENTO – California power officials refused last week to help Enron Corp. line up power for their customers, citing credit concerns. -more-

Critics want specific plans for PG&E’s bankruptcy revival

By Karen Gaudette Associated Press Writer
Wednesday December 05, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Critics of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s plan for emerging from bankruptcy have filed about 70 complaints at federal bankruptcy court. -more-

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The Associated Press
Wednesday December 05, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — One of the two men accused of killing a state senator’s son in November demanded a speedy trial, while the other did not appear for the scheduled hearing in San Francisco Superior Court Tuesday. -more-

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