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Community protests budget cuts

By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff
Friday February 22, 2002
Parents, students and high school musicians turned out at a Board of Education meeting Wednesday to criticize the district for financial mismanagement and call for the protection of various programs identified by Superintendent Michele Lawrence in a $3 million package of budget cuts. -more-

McCain-Feingold finance reform bill needs to be examined

Doris “Granny D” Haddock
Friday February 22, 2002
Editor, -more-

Caught Being Human

by Peter Crimmins, Special to the Daily Planet
Friday February 22, 2002
The announcement of the Academy Award nominees last week inaugurated the annual film buff’s ritual of arguing who will win which award on March 24. From professional critics to café blowhards, to coworkers around the water cooler, to people who don’t let the fact that they haven’t seen the movies stop them from expressing their opinion about them, they all will spend some part of the Lent season proselytizing about Russell or Sean or Denzel, Halle or Nicole or Renee, “Beautiful Mind” or “Gosford Park” or “Lord of the Rings.” -more-

Arts & Entertainment Calendar

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Friday February 22, 2002
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Out & About Calendar

– Compiled by Guy Poole
Friday February 22, 2002

Friday, Feb. 22

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Lady Panthers survive a scare from Holy Names

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Friday February 22, 2002
In most BSAL matchups, the St. Mary’s girls’ basketball team just wears their opponents out. But on Thursday, Holy Names just refused to go away, taking the Panthers down to the buzzer and losing 37-35. -more-

City Council chooses two redistricting plans

By Devona Walker, Daily Planet staff
Friday February 22, 2002
Next week the city of Berkeley will step a little closer to reconfiguring its eight electoral districts to better agree with new census information using a plan submitted by Elliot Cohen of Nuclear Free Berkeley. -more-

Ramsey is the clear choice for Assembly, for Berkeley

John Cecil
Friday February 22, 2002
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Singing Sugar Mama’s number

by Jai-Rui Chong, special to the Daily Planet
Friday February 22, 2002
The people in the speakeasy in Verona, PA. used to flip young Gwen Avery nickels to play records on the jukebox. -more-

St. Mary’s boys, girls head to BSAL finals

By Jared Green, Daily Planet Staff
Friday February 22, 2002
Seniors lead boys to easy victory -more-

School and city officials meet, crunch some issues and numbers

By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet staff
Friday February 22, 2002
School and city officials discussed the closure of City of Franklin Microsociety Magnet School, parking tickets at Willard Middle School and the value of city-school symposiums at their monthly “2 x 2” meeting Thursday. -more-

De-Cal courses are just a part of living in Berkeley

Daniel Velton
Friday February 22, 2002
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Internet game plays on the unpredictability of Bob Dylan

By David Bauder, The Associated Press
Friday February 22, 2002
NEW YORK — He may not know it, but when Bob Dylan signals his band to start a song onstage Friday night in Dallas, more than 1,000 people far from the arena are keenly interested in his choice. -more-

Bears pound UCLA to take over third place

By Dean Caparaz, Daily Planet Correspondent
Friday February 22, 2002
Amit Tamir shredded the UCLA defense for 14-second-half points as Cal routed the Bruins, 69-51, last night at Haas Pavilion in a game that got testy down the stretch. -more-

Today in History

Staff
Friday February 22, 2002
Today is Friday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2002. There are 312 days left in the year. -more-

Sports this weekend

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Friday February 22, 2002
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Riordan doubles the amount collected by Davis in recent weeks

By Alexa Haussler, The Associated Press
Friday February 22, 2002
SACRAMENTO — Republican gubernatorial front-runner Richard Riordan collected twice as much as Democratic Gov. Gray Davis in a high-stakes fund-raising battle in recent weeks, reports released Thursday show. -more-

Registration drive turns out few new voters

By Kelly Virella, Special to the Daily Planet
Friday February 22, 2002
Tuesday was the last day for Californians to register to vote for the March 5 election. But looking at the empty registration tables at City Hall that day, you wouldn’t have known it. -more-

Group accused in baby’s starvation death back in court

By Justin Pritchard, The Associated Press
Friday February 22, 2002
Papers show 13 siblings were abused for misbehaving, force-fed and starved -more-

Questions on the house

James and Morris Carey
Friday February 22, 2002
Q. Fran asks: I have well water in my home and of course the water smells. Someone told me if you take out the “rod” in the water heater, the water won’t smell anymore. But what rod is it and how do I get it out? -more-

Sick-house symptoms and solutions

James and Morris Carey
Friday February 22, 2002
Many people are unaware that indoor air pollution can be just as bad as, or even worse than, outdoor air pollution to an individual’s health. -more-

PG&E admits it may have kept complex deals off its books

By Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press
Friday February 22, 2002
SAN FRANCISCO — PG&E Corp. said Thursday that it might have improperly kept several complex deals off its books, making the power company the latest industry giant to own up to an accounting slip-up following the Enron Corp. scandal. -more-

Boeing to lay off 1,000 in Los Angeles

The Associated Press
Friday February 22, 2002
LOS ANGELES — Boeing Co. said Thursday it will lay off about 1,000 people from its satellite manufacturing arm in Southern California as it restructures to deal with tough competition in the uncertain economy. -more-

Global Crossing shareholders to file alternate bid

By Simon Avery, The Associated Press
Friday February 22, 2002
LOS ANGELES — A group of Global Crossing Ltd. shareholders intends to file an alternative rescue plan Friday for the telecom network firm that would save investors’ holdings and kick out many of the top executives. -more-

Editorials

Family, friends respond to reporter’s death

By Paul Chavez, The Associated Press
Friday February 22, 2002
LOS ANGELES — Family and friends of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl mourned their loss Thursday, as news of his death reached the San Fernando Valley, where Pearl grew up and his parents still live. -more-

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