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THIS JUST IN: Donald Rumsfeld charged with torture during trip to France
Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld got an unpleasant surprise during his visit to France today when human rights groups filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor... |
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on Oct 26, 2007 at 12:25 pm by Dr, Ferragamo, a resident of Stanford |
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Palo Alto's link to State wildland fires
I read a headline on AOL. "Aircraft sat idle as flames burned","How much the aircraft would have helped will never be known"
Forestry Department Head Ruben Grijalva... S... |
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on Oct 26, 2007 at 7:35 am by Fireman, a resident of another community |
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Local firefighters battling SoCal blaze
Santa Clara County has sent 17 fire engines and 74 firefighters to help combat the Southern California wildfires, including one engine from Palo Alto.
Read the full story he... |
Editor |
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on Oct 25, 2007 at 3:08 pm by Fireman, a resident of another community |
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Eshoo supports state look at chloramine safety
In an effort to help dozens of Peninsula residents, including 30 from Mountain View and others from Palo Alto, who say their sensitivity to chloramine has caused skin rashes a... |
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on Oct 24, 2007 at 5:29 pm by Gregory, a resident of another community |
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Secret scars
Amanda's best friend in seventh grade was the one who first told her about cutting.
Read the full story here Web Link pos... |
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on Oct 24, 2007 at 10:44 am by Jeanette, a resident of another community |
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Hoover director to meet with faculty Nov. 8
John Raisian, the director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford, will attend the university's Faculty Senate meeting Nov. 8 to answer questions about the controversial appoin... |
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on Oct 24, 2007 at 7:43 am by reflections, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Three people killed in East Palo Alto
Three people were shot to death Wednesday night as they sat in a parked car in the driveway of a house at 2367 Dumbarton Ave. in East Palo Alto -- the 11th, 12th and 13th homi... |
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on Oct 23, 2007 at 10:10 am by William S. Barretta, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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A Minority-Race Governor of Louisiana
I have to bring to the attention of all of us who still believe that Louisiana is a hot-bed of racists the fact that out of a field of 12 candidates for Govenorship of Louisia... |
How far we have come, baby |
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on Oct 22, 2007 at 1:41 pm by yank, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Edwards wins San Mateo County Democratic Presidential Straw Poll
Official Results
Thank you all for making our event such a big success!
Overall Results
Votes cast: 761
Vote Count Percentage
JOHN EDWARDS 221 29.0%
DENNIS KUCIN... |
Straw Poll Attendee |
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on Oct 22, 2007 at 6:50 am by Great Example of self-selecting data, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Veto override of child health bill falls short
Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, voted today to override President George W. Bush's veto of the Children's Health Insurance Program, HR 976, but the override fell 17 votes short.... |
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on Oct 20, 2007 at 1:12 pm by Let\'s get serious about reform, not just grandstand, a resident of Stanford |
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Loma Prieta earthquake -- 18 years later
Eighteen years after the Loma Prieta earthquake ravaged the Bay Area, geological scientists continue to make significant breakthroughs in earthquake research and forecasting.
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on Oct 20, 2007 at 10:13 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Stanford fund-raising tops $3 billion
Stanford University President John Hennessy has announced that the university's five-year, $4.3 billion fund-raising campaign has now topped $3 billion.
Read the full story h... |
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on Oct 20, 2007 at 6:28 am by Can Stanford Help Us?, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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NSA sought warrantless wiretaps months before 9/11
According to the former Qwest CEO, the Bush Administration sought warrantless wiretaps Feb 27, 2001, months before the September terrorist attack. Then NSA allegedly canceled... |
TorturersRUs |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 12:45 pm by eric, a resident of Mountain View |
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One Year After the Elections: Still think gas prices weren't manipulated?
Here's a chart of gas prices for the last year. Please write about the seasonal factors, refinery maintenance, crude prices and the unusually warm weather.
Web Link... |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 12:37 pm by eric, a resident of Mountain View |
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Stewardship Of Trees
As winter approaches it is wisdom for us to get our trees trimmed. More and more people are depending on the sun for their electriciy and hot water. Those who don't have ... |
Jackie Leonard-Dimmick |
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on Oct 16, 2007 at 10:50 am by Jackie Leonard-Dimmick, a resident of Atherton |
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Mindego Hill acquired for open space
Mindego Hill, a small mountain that is a major geologic landmark west of Skyline Boulevard above Palo Alto, has been acquired by the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) in a lan... |
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on Oct 15, 2007 at 10:58 am by Jack, a resident of Los Altos Hills |
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Aging parents and special events
I lost my mother a few years ago, and it taught me a lesson. So I got together all those old family pictures – you know, the ones stuck in envelopes piled in boxes probably ... |
Allan Hayes |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 5:04 pm by trudy, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Bush Should Get the Nobel Freedom Prize
President Bush should be the recipient of the Nobel Freedom Prize. Who else could compete with him?
He liberated Afghanistan and Iraq (and got rid of Saddam). Now he is m... |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 7:20 am by ?, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Council decides on Hyatt, Antonio's
Two difficult -- and drawn out -- Palo Alto issues pitting businesses against neighbors gained some measure of resolution Monday night.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Oct 11, 2007 at 11:39 pm by kim, a resident of another community |
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Outsiders trigger brawl at Stanford party
Between 10 and 15 non-students caused a melee at a Stanford University fraternity party last weekend, leaving eight students with minor cuts and bruises.
Read the full story ... |
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on Oct 11, 2007 at 12:33 pm by Crime and Punishment, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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Concert in the cathedral
On a Friday this summer, in the massive medieval cathedral of Albi, France, my husband mounted the high pulpit to sing a solo. I would venture to say he was the first Jewish m... |
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on Oct 7, 2007 at 11:06 am by Francis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Roadside sign?
They marched for freedom
but what they got
was just a jungle
burial plot
Myanmar Shave |
Walter_E_Wallis |
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on Oct 4, 2007 at 9:56 pm by Logical, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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One Person...Same Topic....24 hour period!
One person has submitted the same topic three times in a 24 hour period. Perhaps the editor could condense those three into one comment. It's annoying that someone is allowe... |
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on Oct 4, 2007 at 4:22 pm by Resident, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Emergency Rally for Childrens Health Care
Please pass this information on to friends, neighbors, families and supporters of health care for children.
You may have heard on the news this morning that President Bush ... |
Elaine Elbizri |
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on Oct 4, 2007 at 2:45 pm by good grief, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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Fire at Romic burns worker's ears
The old adage that burning ears mean someone is talking behind one's back took on a new and painful meaning for one employee at Romic Environmental Technologies.
The employee... |
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on Oct 3, 2007 at 3:11 pm by Bob Sales, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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