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US economics laureate highlights efforts at conservation

AFP American Edition 41 days ago

Nobel economics co-laureate Elinor Ostrom said Monday her recognition highlights the need for more citizen involvement in efforts to protect natural resources. Ostrom, the first woman to win a Nobel prize in economics, shared the award with US economist Oliver Williamson of ...

Iran US Hikers

AP News 53 days ago

Nora Shourd, mother of Sarah Shourd, looks emotional during a rally for three hikers held in Iran, in front of Sproul Hall at University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. The vigils Wednesday are being held two months ...

Most Americans dislike behavioral advertising: survey

AFP Global Edition 53 days ago

Privacy advocates have long criticized behavioral advertising and a new survey suggests that contrary to the claims of marketers, most Americans don't like it either. The survey of 1,000 adult Americans was organized by professors at the University of California at Berkeley ...

Method to monitor quake fault strength eyed

AP News 53 days ago

Scientists eye novel way to monitor strength of earthquake faults Scientists are releasing results of a study aimed at gauging the strength of earthquake faults, which could help them pinpoint weak ones at risk of breaking and unleashing temblors. Earthquakes are caused ...

CORRECTED: California students protest big tuition hikes

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 58 days ago

Corrects to show student would fail if missed class, last paragraph BERKELEY, California (Reuters) - Students and faculty at California's top public universities cut classes Thursday and protested against a 32 percent rise in tuition prompted in part by the state's budget ...

Students And Faculty At UC Berkeley Protest Budget Cuts To Education

Getty Images 59 days ago

BERKELEY, CA - SEPTEMBER 24: UC Berkeley students carry signs during a demonstration on the UC Berkeley campus on September 24, 2009 in Berkeley, California. Thousands of students and faculty staged a walkout and demonstration against proposed fee hikes and service cuts ...

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