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• Nobel Prize winner Dr. George Palade dies at 95
SAN DIEGO - Dr. George Palade, who won a Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work isolating and identifying cell structure and helped create one of the leading cell biology programs in the nation at the University of California, San Diego, has died. He was ...
• California may require more space for hens
Chickens huddle in their cages at an egg processing plant at the Dwight Bell Farm in Atwater, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 10. On Nov. 4, California will vote on Proposition 2, which would set standards for housing chickens and other farm animals ...
• Bus overturns in N. California, killing 10
WILLIAMS, Calif. - A charter bus en route to a casino overturned in north-central California on Sunday, killing 10 people and injuring several others. California Highway Patrol officials said the crash happened around 6:10 p.m. on a rural road near ...
• Norbert nears Mexico's Baja California
CIUDAD OBREGON, Mexico - Fishermen pulled in their boats and hotels warned tourists away from beaches Friday as Hurricane Norbert strengthened to a Category 2 storm and bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California Peninsula. Norbert, with winds of ...
• The Supreme Court and the future of marriage
WASHINGTON - This election cycle, msnbc.com is presenting a series, Briefing Book: Issues '08 which will assess controversies that the next president must confront once he takes the oath of office. For same-sex couples, the rulings by the California ...