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Council considers governing energy supply

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday February 13, 2001
In an attempt to shield consumers from an unstable energy market, the City Council will consider two long-term measures to take control of the city’s energy supply. -more-

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Tuesday February 13, 2001

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Letters to the Editor

Tuesday February 13, 2001
Tritium danger debated -more-

Arts & Entertainment

Staff
Tuesday February 13, 2001
924 Gilman St. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless noted $5; $2 for a year membership Feb. 16: The Bananas, Pitch Black, Shotwell, Pirx the Pilot, Rock & Roll Adventure Kids; Feb. 17: Lack of Interest, The Neighbors, Black Hands, Capitalist Casualties, Iron Lung; Feb. 18, 5 p.m.: Good Riddance, Missing 23rd, Fire Sermon, Lugosi 525-9926 -more-

Fighting for a passable path

Staff
Tuesday February 13, 2001
Glendale Path, as seen from Fairlawn Drive, runs three blocks west to the La Loma-Glandale Park. It is not passable in its entirety. Path -more-

Appeals court tells business to bargain with its employees

By Judith Scherr Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday February 13, 2001
In a landmark case, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Berkeley telefundraiser Marketing Services Group, Inc. Direct to negotiate a contract with its employees. -more-

Fire station, organic food on council agenda

By John Geluardi Daily Planet Staff
Tuesday February 13, 2001
At tonight’s meeting the City Council will likely authorize the city manager to enter a contract for an $135,000 Environmental Impact Report for the long-awaited new fire station in the Berkeley Hills. -more-

Court denies Unabomber’s demand for trial

The Associated Press
Tuesday February 13, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court denied Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski’s bid for a trial Monday, saying he failed to present evidence he was coerced into pleading guilty to three fatal mail bombings. -more-

News

Background checks for reporters nixed

The Associated Press
Tuesday February 13, 2001
FRESNO — Mariposa Superior Court officials decided Monday to reverse a policy that required criminal background checks for reporters covering the murder trial of Yosemite killer Cary Stayner. -more-

Family seeks answers to suicide

The Associated Press
Tuesday February 13, 2001
LOS ANGELES — The deaths of a carjacking victim and her alleged attacker, who committed suicide, could have been prevented if a mental hospital and a jail had provided proper care for the man, his mother said Monday. -more-

Ruling gives state time to work deal with utilities

The Associated Press
Tuesday February 13, 2001
LOS ANGELES — State officials Monday received more time to negotiate a bailout with the state’s nearly bankrupt utilities after a federal judge denied Southern California Edison’s request for an immediate rate increase. -more-

Groups will unveil its own plan to solve energy crisis

The Associated Press
Tuesday February 13, 2001
LOS ANGELES — A set of advocacy groups that have their own stake in the state’s power crisis will unveil a 13-point plan Tuesday aimed at preventing rate increases for lower income customers and creating a public power authority for the wholesale market. -more-

Napster ordered to stop swapping

The Associated Press
Tuesday February 13, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — Napster Inc.’s free song-swapping experiment was imperiled Monday by a federal appellate court’s decision that the company must halt what millions of Internet users have come to enjoy: the unrestricted sharing of copyright recordings. -more-

Market Watch

The Associated Press
Tuesday February 13, 2001
NEW YORK — Investors piled back into blue chip stocks Monday, sending the market broadly higher and reversing some of last week’s sharp declines. -more-

Salvage of Japanese fishing boat would be momentous challenge

The Associated Press
Tuesday February 13, 2001
HONOLULU — The Navy will use a deep-sea robot to investigate the ocean floor where a Japanese fishing vessel sank after it was struck by a U.S. submarine, a Navy spokeswoman said Monday. -more-

Bush visits soldiers, promises better pay

The Associated Press
Tuesday February 13, 2001
FORT STEWART, Ga. — President Bush, in his first trip with all the trappings of commander in chief, told U.S. soldiers Monday that “America is not serving you well” and promised morale-boosting pay increases, better housing and health care. -more-

Microscope makes bacteria detection easier

Daily Planet wire services
Tuesday February 13, 2001
Using a sensitive magnetic field detector, a team of physicists, chemists and biochemists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has created a very sensitive and fast immunoassay. -more-

Editorials

Man killed in San Jose home blast

The Associated Press
Tuesday February 13, 2001
SAN JOSE — An 18-year-old college student was killed in south San Jose in an explosion at his home Saturday afternoon. -more-

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