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8-29-08

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 8-29-08Merced Sun-StarG Street underpass at train tracks and Campus Parkway get millions in funding...SCOTT JASONhttp://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/425415.html...The California Transportation Commission approved a $9 million award for the city that will pay half the cost to build a railroad underpass at G Street. The rest of the construction will be funded by the Redevelopment Agency, impact fees paid by developers and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.

8-28-08

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thursday, 28 August 2008

 8-28-08Merced Sun-StarEven before new law, Merced's medical offices keep a tight lid on records...CAROL REITERhttp://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/423338.htmlKeeping medical records private just got a boost from California legislators.And local health providers say their files are already as close to snoop-free as they can make them.On Tuesday, the state Senate approved a measure that would require hospitals to draft a plan that would keep patients' records private.

Bayer sued over bee-killing pesticides

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thursday, 28 August 2008

German Coalition Sues Bayer Over Pesticide Honey Bee DeathsEnvironment News Service (ENS), August 25 2008http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2008/2008-08-25-01.aspFREIBURG, Germany - The German organization Coalition against Bayer Dangers today brought legal action against Werner Wenning, chairman of the Bayer AG Board of Management, by filing a charge against him with the public prosecutor in Freiburg.The group accuses Bayer CropScience of "marketing dangerous pesticides and thereby accepting the mass death of bees all

8-27-08

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 8-27-08Merced Sun-StarExperts doubt income increase actually happened in Merced CountySampling error blamed in a study that says salaries jumped in county...J.N.

8-26-08

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tuesday, 26 August 2008

 8-26-08Merced Sun-StarGovernor says he will sign high-speed rail bill...E.J. Schultz / Bee Capitol Bureauhttp://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/419539.htmlSACRAMENTO — Backing off his pledge to ignore legislation until there is a state budget, Gov. Schwarzenegger says he will sign a bill aimed at improving the $9.9 billion high-speed rail bond measure on the Nov.

After the fires

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tuesday, 26 August 2008

  8-24-08Sacramento BeeMy View: A cynical drumbeat for more loggingBy Greg King - Special To The Beehttp://www.sacbee.com/325/story/1179124.htmlStory appeared in CALIFORNIA FORUM section, Page E5Even before fall rains are able to douse the flames of Northern California wildfires, the timber industry and its allies in Sacramento and Washington are maneuvering to use the fires as an excuse for more old-growth logging in national forests.The usual suspects are acting quickly to ensure unimpeded salvage logging of trees

8-25-08

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 8-25-08Merced Sun-StarUC Merced student injured after second-story fallUniversity officials say 18-year-old student had been drinking...VICTOR A.

8-24-08

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8-24-08 Modesto BeeDairy owner to pay $27,500 fine for violating waste regulations...SUSAN HERENDEENhttp://www.modbee.com/local/story/404587.htmlInspectors first found waste water tinged with manure flowing into the public waterways from one of Willem Postma's dairies in 1999.They cited Postma again in 2002, twice in 2004 and four more times in 2006.In recent years, five cases involving Postma's dairies in Modesto and Oakdale have been filed in Stanislaus County Superior Court, wit

8-23-08

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Saturday, 23 August 2008

 8-23-08Merced Sun-StarMID buys water from Stevinson districtPurchase should help tree, vine growers through end of season...CAROL REITERhttp://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/414005.htmlIn an effort to help growers trying to keep their permanent crops alive in a drought year, the Merced Irrigation District is buying water from the Stevinson Water District.Ted Selb, deputy general manager of MID, said the district will buy 2,400 acre-feet of water, and that wa

8-22-08

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Friday, 22 August 2008

 8-22-08Badlands Journal105 Citizen Groups Criticize Anti-Democratic RulemakingBush Administration to Cripple Endangered Species Act with Little Public Input, Oversight...Badlands Journal editorial board...Press Release...8-21-08http://www.badlandsjournal.com/node/518For Immediate ReleaseAugust 21, 2008Contact: Jon Hunter, Endangered Species Coalition (202) 476-0669   Tara Thornton, Endangered Species Coalition (207)  268-2108    WASHINGTON-- Today, representatives from

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