Ducks’ Bracey having a breakthrough season
By Jared Green
Daily Planet Staff
Thursday January 11, 2001
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Clinton should issue Peltier pardon before leaving office
By John Iversen
Thursday January 11, 2001
City may refuse windfall from utility hikes
By John Geluardi
Daily Planet Staff
Thursday January 11, 2001
Berkeley could be the first municipality in the state to share the pain of soaring energy costs with its residents by not collecting taxes on utility rate hikes. -more-
Prep of the week
By Jared GreenDaily Planet Staff
Thursday January 11, 2001
Ryan Davis – Berkeley High -more-
Board takes first step in superintendent search
By Erika Fricke
Daily Planet Staff
Thursday January 11, 2001
The Board of Education took the first step toward hiring a new superintendent Wednesday evening with the selection of a search firm. -more-
Center offers cash for clean trash
By Dan Greenman
Daily Planet Staff
Thursday January 11, 2001
Soon Berkeley residents will be thinking twice before trashing their reusable materials. -more-
UC discovery may stop Sudden Oak Death
Daily Planet wire services
Thursday January 11, 2001
A common nursery plant may lead to increased complications and possible new management practices in the fight to halt Sudden Oak Death, a highly contagious fungal disease that is killing California oak trees, University of California researchers announced Wednesday. -more-
Gov. Davis proposes $104.7 billion budget
The Associated Press
Thursday January 11, 2001
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday proposed a $104.7 billion state budget he said would tackle California’s electricity crisis, beef up teacher training and offer shoppers a three-day sales tax suspension. -more-
Features
Feds respond to suit
The Associated Press
Thursday January 11, 2001
LOS ANGELES — In the midst of a state energy crisis, federal regulators on Wednesday asked a court to allow a wholesale price cap opposed by California’s electricity clearinghouse -more-
Textbook program OK’d to meet math standards
The Associated Press
Thursday January 11, 2001
SACRAMENTO — School districts for the first time will be able to use state money to buy math textbooks that fully meet the state’s tough 1997 standards that call for algebra in eighth grade. -more-
Drug found in victims’ bodies stops breathing
The Associated Press
Thursday January 11, 2001
GLENDALE — Prosecutors charged a former respiratory therapist Wednesday with murdering six elderly hospital patients whose exhumed bodies were found to contain evidence of a common but dangerous drug that stops breathing. -more-
Many Americans pessimistic about economic future
The Associated Press
Thursday January 11, 2001
WASHINGTON — Americans are increasingly anxious about the nation’s economy as the Bush administration gets under way, according to an Associated Press poll. Faith in the stock market as a safe place to put money has dropped as well. -more-
TWA agrees to buyout offer
The Associated Press
Thursday January 11, 2001
DALLAS — American Airlines agreed Wednesday to buy most of TWA for about $500 million in a complex deal that will reshape the industry and retire one of the most storied names in aviation history. -more-
The battle between private and public sectors
By John Cunniff
The Associated Press
Thursday January 11, 2001
You seldom hear a good proposal to cut taxes that isn’t in some way associated with economic engineering, which in today’s economy means tax cuts as a way of stimulating the economy. -more-
Editorial
State’s biggest electricity eater searches for diet
The Associated Press
Thursday January 11, 2001
SACRAMENTO — California’s largest energy consumer – state government itself – is promising to go on a diet. -more-
