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UC Davis Investigates Pepper Spray Incident

Two University of California, Davis police officers have been placed on leave while the school investigates the apparent use by campus police of pepper spray against seated student protesters, the university said Sunday.
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Natalie Wood's Death: Case Reveals Lifelong, Eerie Connection to Water

Long before Wood's death by drowning, the West Side Story and Rebel Without a Cause star had a lifelong, unsettling relationship with water, including a childhood fear of drowning and many significant parts of her life lived at sea. As Wood's case is re-opened, and as details about Robert Wagner and Dennis Davern emerge, sister Lana Wood links her drowning to premonitions of a watery death.
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Wagner not a suspect in Natalie Wood's death

Homicide detectives who have reopened an investigation into the death of Natalie Wood after three decades said on Friday that the film star's husband, actor Robert Wagner, was not considered a suspect.
World’s Lightest Material Invented

World's Lightest Material Invented: Scarcely Denser Than Air

Scientists at HRL Laboratories LLC, the California Institute of Technology, and the University of California at Irvine have invented a new material so light that even a feathery dandelion can comfortably hold its weight without having its little fluffy seeds mashed.
Heidi Kaeslin

Heidi Kaeslin Porn Sites Lead to Investigation; Teacher Put on Paid Leave

Until the Lincoln Unified School District finishes investigating claims that Heidi Kaeslin's been making money on the side by working on pornographic Web sites with a retired police officer using one of its laptops, the 35-year-old California teacher will be on paid leave, The Record reported Wednesday.
Breast Cancer Can Be Prevented

FDA Revokes Avastin Approval for Breast Cancer Treatment

The FDA announced on Friday it has revoked approval of the cancer drug Avastin for breast cancer patients, citing multiple studies that concluded it does not prolong the life of women suffering from metastatic breast cancer.
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Ready Pac Bagged Salad Recalled on E. Coli Fears

Ready Pac Foods Inc. is recalling 5,379 cases of bagged salad products containing romaine lettuce because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the Irwindale, California, company said.
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More than 1 in 5 U.S. children poor, Census says

The number of children in the United States considered poor rose by 1 million in 2010, the U.S. Census said Thursday, with more than one in five of the youngest Americans now living in poverty.
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Congress Protects Pizza as a Vegetable

The House of Representatives dealt a blow to childhood obesity warriors on Thursday by passing a bill that abandons proposals that threatened to end the reign of pizza and French fries on federally funded school lunch menus.
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World's Largest Pure Gold Nugget Found in Russia

The nugget, which was found in Russia's Irkindan gold deposit located in the Khabarovsk region, weighs 7 kg 655 g with. The nugget resembles a boxing glove and is of 914th pureness without admixtures.

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