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By Mary Barrett
Special to the Daily Planet
Thursday August 16, 2001
Charles Richardson tends his thriving garden of beans, tomatoes, peppers and corn in the side yard of his north Berkeley home.
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Letters to the Editor
Thursday August 16, 2001
By Erika KellyDaily Planet correspondent
Thursday August 16, 2001
Serena Chandler, a Berkeley High School senior, never dreamed she’d be in the chair she’d be seated in Wednesday night, when she would take her place as student director on the Board of Education.
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By Mayor Shirley Dean
Thursday August 16, 2001
I sometimes claim I was seven feet tall before I became mayor of Berkeley but got so short – under five feet – from everybody beating on me! Nothing brought that home to me more than the recent episode involving the Boy Scouts. In response, I am determined to carve something constructive out of the embarrassing happenings of last week.
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By John GeluardiDaily Planet staff
Thursday August 16, 2001
East Bay Pride, the largest gay organization in the East Bay, announced Wednesday that it has severed its relationship with the Oakland Tribune because of a “homophobic” editorial attacking Councilmember Kriss Worthington.
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By Daniela Mohor
Daily Planet staff
Thursday August 16, 2001
Bay City News
Thursday August 16, 2001
The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced today that it has received nearly $2 million this year and expects to receive an additional $6 million over the next three years to participate in an advanced computing program.
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The Associated Press
Thursday August 16, 2001
NEW YORK — Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is offering a free, one month supply of its prescription cholesterol drug Pravachol in a bid to capture patients who took a competing drug Bayer Corp. pulled from the market last week amid safety concerns.
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