| The Big Greenland Thaw Portends Disaster
By Geoffrey Lean
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| | Published on Sunday, November 20, 2005 by the lndependent/UK
Global disaster will follow if the ice cap on Greenland melts. Now scientists say it |
| Bush Is Dismantling The Veterans Administration
He's Trying To Destroy Benefits and Healthcare
By Larry Scott
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| | The Senator's aide chuckled rather loudly and said, "What VA? By the time this administration is done there won't be a VA." Our conversation had be |
| Sutter Healthcare Non-profit Status Being Examined
By Karen Nakamura
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| | This is a tale of two companies that are the same. One is the rapidly expanding, highly profitable, California-based, Sutter Healthcare and the oth |
| The Red Hill Park Affair With Astroturf
By Carol Sterritt
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| | Recently a most urgent call for donations to the Red Hill Park Fund arrived in local mailboxes right after San Anselmo voters had defeated Measure |
| Did American Democracy Die An Electronic Death In Ohio 2005's Referenda Defeats?
By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman
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| | Published on Saturday, November 12, 2005 by the Free Press
While debate still rages over Ohio's stolen presidential election of 2004, the imposs |
| Fish Numbers Plummet in Warming Pacific
Disappearance of plankton causes unprecedented collapse in sea and
bird life off western US coast
By Geoffrey Lean in San Francisco
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| | November 2005
November 13, 2005: A catastrophic collapse in sea and bird life numbers along America's Northwest Pacific seaboard is raising fears t |
| On Tookie Williams: The Moral Importance Of Clemency
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
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| | Pacific News Service
LOS ANGELES--As California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ponders the fate of death-row inmate Stanley "Tookie" Williams, he might ex |
| Permit to Kill Pacific Sea Turtles and Whales Requested By Seafood Company
By Submission
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| | San Diego, CA-On November 3rd, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council voted preliminarily on an application by the Vermont based Federation of In |
| Writing and playing music are how I carve my way out of the darkness." -Sandy Leon Vest
By Submission
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| | This month's AHN News is dedicated to MUSIC and HEALING. I interview musician, Sandy Leon Vest, about her life with music and her recent experience |
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Exceptional San Rafael City Manager Takes Another Job
By Karen Nakamura
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| | In January 2006, San Rafael City Manager Rod Gould is leaving to take the same position in Poway, near San Diego. He has served since June of 1996 |
| A War Based On Lies:
Scootie, You're Doin' A Great Job!
By Meg Brizzolara
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| | Oops, sorry, that was a reference to another disgraced Bush Administration official, Michael Brown, head of FEMA, recently departed. One whose inc |
| Lone Protester Arrested During Prince's Visit
By Matthew Bradley
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| | It appears that the Institute for Public Accuracy's Executive Director, syndicated media critic and book author, Norman Solomon, was arrested durin |
| Community Center Benefit Dec. 2
By Submission
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| | Audrey Auld Mezera, local musicians and special guests will play at a benefit for the Stinson Beach Community Center on Fri. Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. Proce |
| Huge Chemical And Weapon Dump Sites Revealed In Oceans
By John Bull
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| | As World War II drew to a close, the US Army was faced with scant storage space in ordnance depots at home and massive chemical weapons stockpiles |
| Bolinas World Craft Faire
By Flower Sierra
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| | Fifteen years ago, a Craft Faire featuring folk art from distant lands, premiered at the Bolinas Community Center. Christened the Bolinas World Cra |
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Israelis Hand Off Gaza Crossing; Palestinians Take Control of Rafah
By Scott Wilson
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| | Exerpted from the Washington Post
JERUSALEM, Nov. 25 -- Palestinians celebrated a step toward independence from Israel on Friday with a jubilant cerem |
| Marine Sanctuary Seeks Advisory Council Applicants
By Submission
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| | The Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is seeking applicants |
| Open House Features San Quentin Prison Art
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| | Artwork from Arts in Corrections program taught by local volunteer artists will be on display in December at the Northgate Mall. Over 50 works of a |
| Zapatista Fair Trade Shopping Tour Comes to Bay Area
By Submission
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| | Zapatista women's crafts will be on sale in San Rafael and San Francisco, December 3 and 4. Proceeds from these fair trade shopping events help to |
| Legal Crimes
By Frank Scott
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| | the much greater wrong of the law." -Charles Dickens
We are taught to be proud that we are a nation of laws, and that no one is above the law, no m |
| Tearing At Society's Fabric
By Edward W. Miller, MD
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| | Capitalism contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction-Karl Marx (1818-1883)
On Oct. 27, 2005 two teenagers from the Paris suburbs were |
| Moo Town News
"Bonny Prince Charlie"
By Judy Borello
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| | If this dates me, so be it! My grandparents used to refer to Prince Charles when he was a baby as "Bonnie Prince Charlie," as did many others.
W |
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How do you spell SUSTAINABILITY?
By Jeanette Pontacq
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| | The recent visit to West Marin by a couple of charming British royals provided confirmation (if one was really needed) that our corner of the count |
| Hotel California: Affordable Housing Odyssey In Marin.
By Stephen Simac
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| | I had to walk out of town. I tried hitchhiking for a while, but I'd pissed off everyone in Bolinas. It's a little scary how good I am at that. Ha |
| Kim Kruglick
By the Arizona Republic
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| | Kim Kruglick, 57, passed away October 28, 2005 after a courageous 10 month battle with pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife Lisa, sister K |
| Mysterious Septic Systems In Marin
By Kevin West
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| | Why does it cost up to $100,000 to put in a mound system in Marin when the national average is less than $10,000?
¥ 1000 gallon septic tank $60 |
| We Will Not Walk In Fear, One Of Another
By John W. Whitehead
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| | We live in perilous times. America's armed forces are spread around the globe. We are embroiled in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq against a rebel ene |
| An Enemy of the State
By Doug Thompson
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| | According to a printout from a computer controlled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice, I am an enemy of the |
| "Global Temperature Management"
By Chaim Scheff
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| | If planet Earth were an enterprise, then Global Warming would be (is) a symptom of bad management. Petro-technologies (waste product intense) are c |
| Dog Is My Copilot
By Barbara Lawrence
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| | As she goes about her day, Muttisse does her job with grace and determination. She feels her job is very important. She eagerly runs for the car ea |
| Letter To The Editor
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Beggar State
With an 8 trillion dollar national debt the United States sometimes looks like a beggar squatting on the sidewalk with a tin cup |
| Teens Using Prescription Drugs And Inhalants
By Submission
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| | The good news is that overall drug abuse by teenagers is still down, but the use of prescription drugs and inhalants has increased. The results of t |
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