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bioephemera is art + biology - everything from representations of science in art and literature to the neuroscience of aesthetics. read the first BioE post visit the old BioE archive Note: the contents of this blog are the personal opinions of the ...

From JESSICA PALMER, ScienceBlogs,  22 Nov 2009

Police: 3 men commit armed robbery at San Carlos home

Three men who attended a small social gathering in San Carlos allegedly robbed the party's host at gunpoint, police said Friday. At about 5:30 p.m. Thursday, a resident was socializing with several friends at a home on the 1500 block of School Street, ...

From JESSICA BERNSTEIN-WAX DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER, The San Jose Mercury News,  21 Nov 2009

East Palo Alto police still searching for suspects in drive-by shooting death

East Palo Alto police were still searching for suspects Friday after a drive-by shooting left a 20-year-old man dead a day earlier. Isaiah Pittman, of East Palo Alto, was standing in the driveway of a home on the 2500 block of Illinois Street at about 4 ...

From JESSICA BERNSTEIN-WAX DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER, The San Jose Mercury News,  21 Nov 2009

Seize Seesmic Twitter app on BlackBerry, Android

The Twitter service with the cutesy raccoon mascot is making a new home on BlackBerry and Google Android phones. The free Seesmic, like its proliferate rivals, lets you read, manage, and compose Twitter messages much more flexibly than you can do from ...

From JESSICA DOLCOURT, Webware,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Google Inc.

Parental choice on primary schools 'increases social divide'

Giving parents a choice over primary schools increases the social divide, a study reveals. The majority of poor parents pick their child's primary school because it is close to their home, while nearly half of middle-class parents opt for a school for ...

From JESSICA SHEPHERD, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009

TGIF: Annals of Gullibility [bioephemera]

bioephemera is art + biology - everything from representations of science in art and literature to the neuroscience of aesthetics. read the first BioE post visit the old BioE archive Note: the contents of this blog are the personal opinions of the ...

From JESSICA PALMER, ScienceBlogs,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University

One shot, killed in East Palo Alto

A man was shot and killed in East Palo Alto on Thursday afternoon while standing on a city street, police said. The unnamed victim was standing in a driveway on the 2500 block of Illinois Street at about 4:48 p.m. when a small, red-colored vehicle ...

From JESSICA BERNSTEIN-WAX DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER, The San Jose Mercury News,  20 Nov 2009

East Palo Alto council censures Peter Evans

the kind of thing if it went further, if it went to court, I think one of the things the judge legitimately would ask was, 'Did the City Council do anything?' " Abrica said. The East Palo Alto City Council has censured one of its members for the second ...

From JESSICA BERNSTEIN-WAX DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER, The San Jose Mercury News,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Peter Evans

Aha Mobile reads drivers traffic info, Facebook status

What frequent drivers need is a way to search for information while cruising without taking your eyes off the road. That's what Robert Acker, President and CEO of Aha Mobile, thought when creating his yet-to-be-released application for iPhone and ...

From JESSICA DOLCOURT, Webware,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  CA Inc.,  Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

GCSE: Exam regulator finds board lottery in science grades

Pupils celebrate their GCSE results at Badminton school, Bristol. The exam watchdog has found a wide variance in GCSE science grades between the various exam boards. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Wire Some exam boards are more likely than others to award ...

From JESSICA SHEPHERD, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Cambridge

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