Google Inc : Researchers Submit Patent Application, "Systems and Methods for …
Google Inc : Researchers Submit Patent Application, "Systems and Methods for …
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: "The present invention relates to systems and methods for selecting a proffered provider from a plurality of providers of an urgent goods or service… Continue reading
POLICE BEAT
POLICE BEAT
1100 block of Sevier Avenue, 3:38 p.m.: A spousal-abuse report was taken. Hollyburne Avenue and Ivy Drive, 7:29 p.m.: A 21-year-old Manteca resident was cited for driving with an open container of alcohol. 1200 block of Carlton … 700 block of …
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NY Mayor-Elect's Daughter Tells of Substance Abuse
NY mayor-elect's daughter tells of substance abuse
"It made it easier, the more I drank and did drugs, to share some common ground with people," she said, speaking under soft lights with piano music tinkling in the background. "It didn't start out as, like, a huge thing for me, but… Continue reading
Judge Mulls California Inmate Isolation Practices
Judge mulls California inmate isolation practices
His comments came the same day as state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, proposed creating a $ 50 million competitive grant program to help counties provide more mental health treatment as one way of reducing the criminal …
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Los Gatos Shorts: What Is the Christmas Coma?
Los Gatos shorts: What is the Christmas Coma?
The Eating Disorders Resource Center is the beneficiary of a Dec. 17 community day at Whole Foods, 15980 Los Gatos Blvd. The grocery store will donate 5 percent of its net sales that day to EDRC to fund recovery programs. EDRC representatives… Continue reading
Wells Fargo & Co : Wells Fargo UrbanLIFT Community Grant Program Awards …
Wells Fargo & Co : Wells Fargo UrbanLIFT Community Grant Program awards …
Local, regional and national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations will receive grants to support four types of projects: single-family housing rehabilitation, single-family demolition, neighborhood improvement and housing-related site improvements …
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Holiday Giving: Bay Area Community Groups Seek Donations to Help Needy …
Holiday giving: Bay Area community groups seek donations to help needy …
We provide services for at-risk and high-risk youth impacted by substance abuse and gang activity as well as abused women, children, and men. We are asking for $ 40 Target gift cards, toys, … The VMC Foundation, is… Continue reading
San Jose City Council Asks Staff to Come Up With Regulations for Medical …
San Jose City Council asks staff to come up with regulations for medical …
And, these adolescents are more susceptible to addiction. We regulate alcohol, tobacco and drugs, but not the pot clubs." One of the problems occurs when doctors provide the prescriptions to teens. Several have been investigated, Arriola… Continue reading
10 Things to Know: This Week's Takeaways
10 Things to Know: This Week's Takeaways
Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration are revisiting the safety of triclosan and other sanitizing agents found in soap in countless kitchens and bathrooms after recent studies suggest they can interfere with hormone levels in lab animals and …
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Israeli Lawyer Is Effective Voice for Palestinians
Israeli lawyer is effective voice for Palestinians
Israeli women founded the group Machsom Watch, standing at Israeli army checkpoints to monitor the treatment of Palestinians. Sfard started his practice in 2004. A year later, Sfard and several Machsom Watch women set up Yesh Din—Hebrew for … He …
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