Extraction of key sentences from the clustersDate: Monday Aug. 7, 2006Name: H. FujisawaSource: Clusters produced on Jul. 20, 2006Comments: Three sentences are selected from each cluster based on the weights.

*** c# 1: # members: 25 mercury pdt pst 1.0624 MercuryNews.com : Bay Area news, technology, jobs, cars real estate 1.0624 MercuryNews.com : Bay Area news, technology, jobs, cars real estate 1.0624 MercuryNews.com : Bay Area news, technology, jobs, cars real estate

*** c# 2: # members: 23 fremont newark word 1.0321 Write: Letters to the Editor, The Argus, 39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont 94538. 1.0321 Write: Letters to the Editor, The Argus, 39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont 94538. 1.0321 Write: Letters to the Editor, The Argus, 39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont 94538.

*** c# 3: # members: 23 letter diego tribune 1.5599 Steve Lambert, Editor, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com - Steve Lambert, Editor, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Bob Balzer, Publisher, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Bob Balzer, Publisher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Frank Pine, Senior Managing Editor, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Frank Pine, Senior Managing Editor, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Steve O'Sullivan, President and General Manager, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Steve O'Sullivan, President and General Manager, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com 1.5599 Steve Lambert, Editor, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com - Steve Lambert, Editor, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Bob Balzer, Publisher, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Bob Balzer, Publisher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Frank Pine, Senior Managing Editor, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Frank Pine, Senior Managing Editor, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Steve O'Sullivan, President and General Manager, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Steve O'Sullivan, President and General Manager, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com 1.4908 SignOnSanDiego.com News Letters -- Letters to the editor

*** c# 4: # members: 63 drug discounts companies 4.0322 "The drug companies' Prop. 78 lets the drug companies decide what drugs get discounted, what drugs get excluded and whether the drug companies participate at all," said Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access. 3.2441 Drug companies refused to participate in the last voluntary discount program tried in California, so why trust them to offer meaningful discounts if Proposition 78 is approved? It's about time California used its massive purchasing power to negotiate and enforce deep prescription drug discounts for more of its citizens. 3.1554 Proposition 78, backed by drug companies, would have set up a discount prescription drug program for Californians at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty level, with the voluntary participation of drug companies.

*** c# 5: # members: 68 union employee members

2.4091 If public employee union members already have two ways to limit the use of their dues for political purposes, why is the change proposed by Proposition 75 regarded as a major threat to union political war chests? 2.3995 Public employees who disagree with the political stances of their unions already have the right to opt out of the unions and have the share of their dues money earmarked for politics returned to them by the labor organizations, according to the state Department of Personnel Administration. 2.3915 Opponents said the union dues measure is unnecessary because the courts have ruled that union members can refuse the use of union dues for political purposes by signing a one-page form.

*** c# 6: # members: 93 redistricting district judges 1.6533 The Republican governor's initiative, Proposition 77 on the Nov. 8 special election ballot, would create a panel of retired judges to draw district lines for congressional, Assembly and Senate seats, rather than have the Democrat-dominated Legislature draw the lines. 1.6426 That's the result of the 2001 agreement between Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature to redraw district lines to make every district "safe" with enough of a registration edge for the ruling party in each district to make sure even an open seat would be determined in the party primary, not the general election. 1.4163 Even so, the conservative Rose Institute at Claremont McKenna College conducted a mock redistricting using Proposition 77 criteria and found it would produce 10 highly competitive congressional districts and 15 competitive legislative seats (assuming no incumbents were running).

*** c# 7: # members: 56 budget revenue spending 2.0623 The states budget problems began when a large but temporary increase in tax revenue from the high-tech boom, which peaked in 2000, led lawmakers to boost spending and cut taxes, creating a big budget gap when revenue dropped. 1.7056 It would give the governor greater authority to make midyear budget cuts, limit state spending to the previous year's total plus revenue growth and change minimum school funding requirements. 1.6467 The Republican governor's 2005-06 budget directs $1.2 billion in gasoline sales tax proceeds to highway and transit projects and boosts K-12 education spending over last year, but does not contain about $3.1 billion that education leaders and Democrats say schools are owed.

*** c# 8: # members: 12 optimism cox founder 0.5919 The Jim Gilchrist tapes, Democrat Steve Young applauds the Minuteman founder, John Campbell is banking on a Congressional win, Ralph Martin gets on the scoreboard in the sheriff's race, and fellow sheriff challenger Bill Hunt gets a moral boost. 0.3348 Notes and novelties from Tuesday's Congressional election. 0.3348 Notes and novelties from Tuesday's Congressional election.

*** c# 9: # members: 26 marriage gay sex 2.3174 Since then, opponents and supporters of gay marriage have argued over whether Proposition 22 applied to marriages performed in the state or were crafted simply to prevent California from sanctioning same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. 2.1722 The claim of gay marriage backers that Proposition 22 barred California from recognizing only gay marriages performed out of state is pure sophistry.

2.0831 At the same time he vetoed the gay marriage proposal, he signed a handful of bills backed by gay rights organizations.

*** c# 10: # members: 18 beatty reiner warren 1.8708 Reiner, like Beatty, has been mentioned as a possible gubernatorial candidate but Reiner, like Beatty, has said he isn't running. 1.8451 One top aide to Schwarzenegger, Rob Stutzman, has called Beatty a "crackpot," and the governor's press secretary has suggested that Beatty and Reiner were washed up and might be having difficulty finding work. 1.82 The Schwarzenegger bus was trailed from San Diego to Anaheim to Riverside by a bus carrying actor Warren Beatty and his wife, actress Annette Bening, and the leaders of various labor unions opposing the Republican governors agenda.

*** c# 11: # members: 24 sbsun www bernardino 8.3395 Steve Lambert, Editor, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com - Steve Lambert, Editor, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Bob Balzer, Publisher, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Bob Balzer, Publisher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Frank Pine, Senior Managing Editor, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Frank Pine, Senior Managing Editor, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Steve O'Sullivan, President and General Manager, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Steve O'Sullivan, President and General Manager, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com 8.3395 Steve Lambert, Editor, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com - Steve Lambert, Editor, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Bob Balzer, Publisher, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Bob Balzer, Publisher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Frank Pine, Senior Managing Editor, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Frank Pine, Senior Managing Editor, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Steve O'Sullivan, President and General Manager, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Steve O'Sullivan, President and General Manager, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com 8.3395 Steve Lambert, Editor, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com - Steve Lambert, Editor, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Bob Balzer, Publisher, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Bob Balzer, Publisher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Frank Pine, Senior Managing Editor, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Frank Pine, Senior Managing Editor, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Steve O'Sullivan, President and General Manager, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Steve O'Sullivan, President and General Manager, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com

*** c# 12: # members: 40 audience mccain forum 1.0218 After the bus ride along the freeways of Los Angeles, Schwarzenegger flew to Sacramento to appear in his fourth televised "town hall" forum, where he fielded questions on four initiatives slated for next week's special election ballot from a live studio audience at KCRA Channel 3. 1.0218 The 90-minute forum in the east San Francisco Bay area was the first time Schwarzenegger sat for an extended time to field unscripted questions from an audience not chosen by his staff. 1.0142 WALNUT CREEK - For the first time since he called a special election, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stood before an unscreened audience Monday night and fielded random questions about his initiatives.

*** c# 13: # members: 9 tribes casino indian 2.9555 The tribes involved are the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians, in Yolo County; the United Auburn Indian Community, in Placer County, and three San Diego County tribes, the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, the Pala Band of Mission Indians and the Pauma Band of Mission Indians. 2.6567

The tribes that negotiated Monday's deals are the Pala Band of Mission Indians, the Pauma Band of Mission Indians and the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians in San Diego County and the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians and the United Auburn Indian Community in Northern California. 1.6588 Another deal would permit the Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation to install more slot machines in a new casino on its reservation in the southeastern corner of Imperial County.

*** c# 14: # members: 23 kron worldnow eyes 0.7528 KRON 4 and KRON 4.com will have extensive election night coverage. 0.6813 Take our printable checklist with you to your doctor to help determine if you have chronic dry eye. 0.6813 Take our printable checklist with you to your doctor to help determine if you have chronic dry eye.

*** c# 15: # members: 69 abortion parents teens 2.663 Even though notification is not now required California teens have been entitled to medical care for pregnancy without parental consent or notification since 1953 61 percent of minors preparing for an abortion discuss it with at least one parent, according to studies. 2.4429 Let's confront the simplest issue first: Will the prospect of notifying parents about legal abortions lower the number of legal abortions? To answer, we must ask another question: Wasn't abortion completely illegal before 1967? The answer is yes, but that didn't stop girls from getting pregnant, and it didn't stop them from having abortions; rather, it just made the whole process a lot more dangerous. 2.1932 Although adults would not have to give permission for a girl to get an abortion under the proposed law, sponsors hope the notification requirement would reduce California's teen abortion rate - the nation's fourth-highest - by getting parents in on the decision.

*** c# 16: # members: 16 sox game in 4.5136 There really wasn't much the Angels could say, not as Chicago White Sox pitcher Jon Garland quieted their bats for nine innings in a 5-2 White Sox win in front of 44,725 at Angel Stadium, giving the White Sox a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. 3.7276 How did they allow the Chicago White Sox to throw four straight complete games in an era where they are endangered, and win the series in five games, 4-1, with their 6-3 Game 5 win? How did they take their first lead since Game 1 in the fifth inning and then allow Jose Contreras to retire the last 15 hitters? 3.3004 An 8-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series Saturday night left the Angels down 3 games to 1 with Game 5 of the best-of-seven series set for tonight at Angel Stadium.

*** c# 17: # members: 34 energy utilities electricity 2.4539 The initiative would have moved a deadline from 2017 to 2010 for regulated utilities to use 20 percent renewable energy; placed private energy companies under the jurisdiction of the PUC; and prohibited utilities from charging higher prices when demand is greatest to theoretically encourage conservation. 2.3602 It also would have moved a deadline from 2017 to 2010 for regulated utilities to use 20 percent renewable energy; placed private energy companies under the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission; and prohibited utilities from charging higher prices when demand is greatest to theoretically encourage conservation. 2.1966 Writes in to law current PUC policies that require utilities to develop long-term power procurement plans; requires utilities and other power sellers to demonstrate they have adequate power supplies and reserves; prioritizes conservation over new

power plant development, and renewable fuels over fossil fuels; sets 2010 as goal to get 20 percent of state's power from renewable sources.

*** c# 18: # members: 50 percent poll voters 4.1808 In the first poll 38 percent favored the idea, 41 percent opposed it and 21 percent were undecided; by the second week support had fallen to 35 percent with 51 percent opposed and 14 percent undecided. 4.1502 Proposition 76 was behind 60 percent to 32 percent; Proposition 74, the teacher tenure initiative, trailed 50 percent to 44 percent; Proposition 75, the union dues measure, was down 50 percent to 40 percent; and Proposition 77, which would change redistricting procedures, was losing 51 percent to 35 percent. 3.7788 With 100 percent of ballots counted, Cupertino's Measure A lost 53 percent to 47 percent; Measure B lost 54 percent to 46 percent; and Measure C lost 58 percent to 42 percent.

*** c# 19: # members: 26 prop sfgate posted 1.1545 To protect our readers from malicious comments SFGate asks that you login or register to post a comment. 1.1545 To protect our readers from malicious comments SFGate asks that you login or register to post a comment. 1.1545 To protect our readers from malicious comments SFGate asks that you login or register to post a comment.

*** c# 20: # members: 28 dean nurses ratio 0.7783 Emerson said hospitals generally are not having problems complying with the staffing rules at the beginning of each nursing shift, but it is likely that hospitals are not maintaining those staffing levels every minute. 0.6628 Shortly after the November 2004 elections, Schwarzenegger sided with the hospital industry and attempted to continue the existing six-to-one ratio, citing a statewide nursing shortage and the financial burden to hospitals. 0.6234 Schwarzenegger drops legal fight over nurse staffing ratios

*** c# 21: # members: 28 bush virginia kaine 1.9343 The Republican loss in Virginia, which President Bush carried with 54 percent a year ago, came after an 11th-hour campaign stop by Bush and the kind of all-out Republican effort to mobilize the vote that reaped rich rewards last year. 1.9277 In New Jersey, Bush did not appear with Forrester, and Corzine who campaigned with former President Clinton repeatedly tried to link his opponent to the Bush administration. 1.5033 Jon Corzine an easy victory over Republican Doug Forrester, most New Jersey voters said Bush was not a factor in their choices, according to an AP-Ipsos survey of 1,280 New Jersey voters Tuesday.

*** c# 22: # members: 49 recipient article address 0.961 The information you provide is used exclusively to let the recipient know who forwarded the article. 0.961 The information you provide is used exclusively to let the recipient know who forwarded the article. 0.961 The information you provide is used exclusively to let the recipient know who forwarded the article.

*** c# 23: # members: 55 modesto home getcookie

1.0385 Regionally, people will choose three members of the Modesto City Council, decide on the makeup of school boards from Modesto to Oakdale to Turlock, and cast votes for three irrigation district boards. 0.942 Modesto is very fortunate to have someone with the experience and integrity of Nancy Cline to serve on the Modesto City Schools Board of Education. 0.6416 I am writing in support of Steve Collins for the Modesto City School Board.

*** c# 24: # members: 19 yankees game in 3.986 They don't figure to come out in front of the well-rested, pitching-deep, balanced White Sox, but who ever thought the Angels would have come out in front of the Yankees in a best-of-5 series in which Vladimir Guerrero didn't manage an RBI, Chone Figgins didn't manage a steal, Jarrod Washburn didn't manage a start, and Bartolo Colon didn't manage to make it past the second inning in the climactic Game 5. 2.7309 Whereas the Angels' best hitter (Vladimir Guerrero) did not drive in a run in the entire series, and their best pitcher (Bartolo Colon) did not get a victory, it was their rookie from the Dominican Republic who stared into the eyes of Yankees stars like Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, etc., and laughed all the way to a 5-3 Angels victory in Game 5 of the American League Division Series, sending them to the A.L. 2.5319 Eight outs away from going on vacation a few weeks earlier than owner George Steinbrenner prefers, the Yankees found a little of that old magic and rallied to beat the Angels 3-2 in Game 4 of the American League Division Series in front of 56,226 at Yankee Stadium.

*** c# 25: # members: 20 women shriver shoes 1.406 What else explains Maria's semi-exasperated comment to 11,000 women Thursday at the Long Beach Convention Center at the Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women, when she told the crowd that, as she approaches 50 in 10 more days, she's reached a turning point: "When I look in the mirror, I don't just see a First lady, I don't see a Kennedy, or a Schwarzenegger.....and THANK GOD, I don't see Warren Beatty!!! Finally, I see Maria, just Maria." 1.2292 Maria Shriver told the women at the conference that she and her husband often disagreed, as do all married couples, but she was "proud of him." 1.2155 Take motherhood, Husni says: We've got magazines for stay-at-home moms, working moms, work-at-home moms, divorced moms, remarrying moms, women trying to be moms.

*** c# 26: # members: 13 church christian congregations 1.4108 One religious organization, California Church Impact, an advocacy group for the California Council of Churches, urged a "no" vote on Proposition 73. 1.3833 We are encouraging our families to vote yes because of Proposition 73s impact on the family, said Dennis Nichols, an executive pastor at Adventure Christian Church in Roseville, one of the largest churches in Northern California. 1.3779 We've had tremendous encouragement in recent weeks -- 30 churches a day are signing up to have bulletin inserts to get out the vote and remind their congregations to vote, said Gary Marx, a consultant who specializes in organizing Christian conservatives and who was hired by the California Republican Party to help pass Prop. 73.

*** c# 27: # members: 24 city recruiting military 1.4631 SAN FRANCISCO Voters approved ballot measures to ban handguns in San Francisco and urge the city's public high schools and college campuses to keep out military recruiters Tuesday. 1.2747

SAN FRANCISCO -- Support for ballot measures seeking to ban handguns and keep military recruiters out of public high schools and college campuses were leading with more than half of the returns in Tuesday night. 1.2747 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Proposals to ban handguns and prevent military recruiters from visiting schools would seem like surefire hits with voters in peace-loving San Francisco.

*** c# 28: # members: 53 teachers evaluations tenure 2.6746 When I was teaching, the real key to evaluating a teacher is for the principal, who does the evaluation, to spend time in the classroom observing what a teacher does and then taking the time to help that teacher learn from the experiences that they are having in the room. 2.5074 California had a similar law until 1983 but in order to respond to management concerns that probationary teachers were able to use the courts to make it difficult to dismiss probationary teachers, I successfully authored a compromise proposal that reduced from three to two years the probationary period but gave authority to management to dismiss without cause any probationary teacher. 2.3607 Addressing the Michigan Teachers Association in 2000, Gore argued for higher standards for teacher tenure, saying school districts should act quickly to remove ineffective teachers from the classroom within the context of due process protections.

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*** c# 30: # members: 12 ecke encinitas ranch 1.5919 Opponents say the Eckes promised to keep the ranch permanently agricultural in a 1994 contract signed with the city when the family developed the 850-acre Encinitas Ranch, and they should not be allowed to break the agreement. 1.4693 Proposition A asks Encinitas residents whether Ecke Ranch should be allowed to rezone 38 acres of its 68-acre flower growing operation from permanently agricultural to residential. 1.3958 We citizens of Encinitas should support the Ecke Ranch in making these changes so that it can continue growing in Encinitas instead of going the way of other agricultural growers who failed to modernize.

*** c# 31: # members: 19 latimes archives article 0.7729 Significant corrections are noted on the corrections page for seven days and the archived copy of the article will be annotated. 0.7729 Significant corrections are noted on the corrections page for seven days and the archived copy of the article will be annotated. 0.7729 Significant corrections are noted on the corrections page for seven days and the archived copy of the article will be annotated.

*** c# 32: # members: 15 latino univision immigrants 1.6455 During the past year, critics have assailed the governor for not appointing more Latino judges, reneging on his promise to find a way to allow illegal immigrants to get driver licenses and alienating Mexico by endorsing the Minutemen border

patrol, a volunteer group that President Bush referred to as vigilantes. 1.5858 Because of my stand on drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants, because of my stand about securing the borders, automatically I have been labeled as someone that is prejudiced, someone that is a racist, someone that just doesnt want other immigrants to enjoy the same kind of opportunities that I have had when I came over here as an immigrant and all that, which is all a bunch of nonsense, he said. 1.4849 MEXICALI, Mexico - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger capped off a flurry of activities aimed at winning over disenchanted Latino voters by traveling to Mexico on Friday to discuss immigration and other border issues with Baja California Gov. Eugenio Elorduy.

*** c# 33: # members: 17 intelligence nuclear bird 1.0368 Two official inquiries by the Senate Intelligence Committee and by a presidential commission blamed intelligence agencies for inflating the threat posed by Iraq's weapons programs, but stopped short of ascribing the problems to political pressures. 0.9241 Hecker presented the conference a "rough estimate" of what he thought North Korea's nuclear status would be this month, saying one small North Korean reactor would likely have the capacity to produce enough plutonium for at least one nuclear weapon a year. 0.9018 Democrats forced the Senate into an unusual closed session last week as they sought assurances the Intelligence Committee would complete an investigation of intelligence about Iraq before the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003.

*** c# 34: # members: 16 mental strikes offenders 1.436 While many participants liked the idea of police and sheriff's deputies working with mental health workers, they didn't want to use mental health funds for police work, according to Kathleen Henry, the county's director of mental health services. 1.1881 After about a half-hour, students spoke up, asking Lockyer about his views on Indian casinos; Megan's Law, which requires information about convicted sex offenders to be posted so people can find out whether such offenders live near them; and what Lockyer sees as the state's top three priorities. 0.8849 It also would strengthen punishments for sex offenders, increase parole periods and toughen punishments for anyone convicted of using "date rape drugs" or the Internet to lure children into sex crimes or pornography.

*** c# 35: # members: 23 absentee registrar county 1.8478 The county number bested the turnout for the city of San Diegos mayoral special election July 26, when 44.33 percent of the citys voters cast ballots, but it was far below the countys 75.66 percent turnout for last Novembers election. 1.6461 Complete the absentee ballot application on the back of the sample ballot mailed to each registered voter, and mail or fax it to the Registrar of Voters. 1.5949 Voter turnout in Tuesday's election could hit 42 percent of registered voters, and the number of absentee ballots cast could set a state record, Secretary of State Bruce McPherson said Friday.

*** c# 36: # members: 23 committee million pac 1.8956 The two leading ballot committees for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who called the special election, and his opponents, the California Recovery Team and Alliance For a Better California, sprinkled more than $40 million over nearly a dozen different committees battling over the governor's four main initiatives: teacher tenure, union dues, budget reform and redistricting. 1.8249

The $1.75 million includes $500,000 that the California Recovery Team gave to the Redistrict California committee on Sept. 13 and $1.25 million that Schwarzenegger gave to the same committee out of his own pocket on Sept. 23. 1.1856 Meanwhile, two of the governor's campaign committees, Californians for Schwarzenegger and Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Recall Committee, agreed to pay nearly $15,000 in fines for failing to report $99,400 in donations on time during the 2003 recall campaign.

*** c# 37: # members: 19 miers bush court 2.1027 Runaway federal spending, Hurricane Katrina, aspects of the war in Iraq and the unpopular nomination of White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court have set the stage for the maverick Arizona senator to propose ideas that are being embraced by party activists who have disliked him since he challenged Bush for the GOP nomination in 2000. 1.9993 Bush picked Alito after White House counsel Harriet Miers withdrew her Supreme Court nomination when confronted by withering criticism by some conservatives. 1.9819 WASHINGTON - As President Bush launched another campaign Monday to bring conservatives around on his Supreme Court nominee, White House Counsel Harriet Miers, Democrats suggested their own concerns are growing and they may seek to delay Miers' confirmation hearings.

*** c# 38: # members: 25 redlands bernardino library 2.0986 In the dry language of the ballot, Measure Q asks the citizens of Redlands to adopt an "ordinance of the people of Redlands amending the Redlands Municipal Code to adopt a new official city seal." 2.0121 A measure backed by the slow-growth Redlands Association would tighten development restrictions enacted by Measure U in 1997, and a referendum backed by Citizens of Redlands for Redlands would reduce density in the Covington project on the edge of Live Oak Canyon. 1.8131 Steve Lambert, Editor, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com - Steve Lambert, Editor, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Bob Balzer, Publisher, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Bob Balzer, Publisher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Frank Pine, Senior Managing Editor, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Frank Pine, Senior Managing Editor, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com, Steve O'Sullivan, President and General Manager, San Bernardino Sun, www.sbsun.com, Steve O'Sullivan, President and General Manager, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, www.dailybulletin.com

*** c# 39: # members: 27 school district elementary 6.7507 superintendent, Castro Valley Unified School District; John Sugiyama, superintendent, Dublin Unified School District; Brenda Miller, superintendent, Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District; Dale Vigil, superintendent, Hayward Unified School District; John Casey, superintendent, Pleasanton Unified School District; Diane Everett, superintendent, Sunol Glen Unified School District 2.5177 LAKESIDE The Lakeside Union School District is studying the possibility of merging with El Capitan High School, which would break the school away from the Grossmont Union High School District. 2.3537 The San Bernardino City Unified School District Board of Education's decision to honor Salinas by changing the name of the school to Manuel Salinas Creative Arts Elementary School is appropriate and warranted.

*** c# 40: # members: 16 cbs flash download 1.0588 You need the latest Flash player to view CBS 5 video content. 1.0588 You need the latest Flash player to view CBS 2 / KCAL 9: Your Source For Southern California's Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports video content.

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*** c# 41: # members: 30 city mayor council 2.531 At Tuesday's meeting, the council allotted the remaining proceeds to several city departments and projects, including $1 million for fleet replacement for the city's police and fire departments, $1.2 million for the planned bridge below Folsom Dam, $800,000 for health benefits for retired city employees and $150,000 for a city signage program. 2.0552 Over the years, there have been plenty of decisions approved by the City Council regarding city finances, which some who are currently circulating petitions should have protested and this city wouldn't be in the mess we've faced. 1.8685 Starting in January, the mayor no longer will sit on the council and will take on the city managers duties, from writing budgets to overseeing the citys day-to-day operations.

*** c# 42: # members: 17 china technology business 1.2639 Recognized throughout the industry as the fastest to implement and easiest to use, RedDot's software products XCMS (Extended Content Management System), CMS (Web Content Management Software) and LiveServer are scalable solutions for Web content and document management, business process workflow, personalization and collaboration. 1.0405 My attitude toward technology has not changed over the last year. 68 I have become much more accepting of new technology. 28 I am more skeptical of new technology. 4 TABLE 3 TECH ITEMS LIKELY TO BE PURCHASED IN NEXT SIX MONTHS 0.9902 MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Information technology (IT) professionals in the United States can expect starting salaries in 2006 to increase an average of 3 percent over 2005, according to the just-released Robert Half Technology 2006 Salary Guide.

*** c# 43: # members: 7 cell stem research 2.7991 WHAT IT WOULD DO: Proposition 71 would put California in the stem cell business, allowing the state to sell $3 billion in bonds to fund stem cell research for new drugs and treatments. 2.7911 In March, lawyers who have opposed embryonic stem cell research and abortion filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court alleging the states stem cell funds are not properly overseen by government officials in Sacramento. 2.4027 The bills define human cloning too broadly, thereby criminalizing the procedure of making exact copies of cells that is thought to be essential to embryonic stem cell research, Klein said.

*** c# 44: # members: 43 governor schwarzenegger perata 1.3291 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic legislative leaders tried for weeks to cut a deal over the Nov. 8 special election that Schwarzenegger called last June, hoping to avoid a nasty and expensive election season. 1.2948 Union leaders and some Democrats have called on the governor to apologize for forging ahead with the special election, but Schwarzenegger said he won't do that. 1.1708 SACRAMENTO After a year of rancorous partisan combat over Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggers special election, a chastened governor and Democratic legislative leaders promised yesterday to seek solutions to Californias problems.

*** c# 45: # members: 17 livermore house pleasanton 1.5209 While the present Livermore City Council majority strongly recommends no growth in North Livermore, they are in favor

of 1,000 to 1,500 more houses built by Ponderosa Homes in South Livermore. 1.4424 Along with the SAVE Initiative, championed by the Livermore Independent but opposed by the Herald and Pleasanton Times, there were city council elections in both Livermore and Pleasanton. 1.4187 More than 1,000 apartments for elderly people have been partially paid for by the bond - about 15 percent of the apartments built so far with bond money through the state's multifamily housing program, according to the Department of Housing and Community Development - the state's housing department, which distributes the bond funds.

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*** c# 47: # members: 44 schwarzenegger governor election 1.1626 Schwarzenegger, a Republican, called the special election to further his year of reform agenda, which includes: Proposition 74, which would extend the probationary period of public school teachers from two years to five; Proposition 75, which would prohibit unions from using dues for political purposes without members' written consent; Proposition 76, which would limit state spending and give the governor more authority to make midyear budget cuts; and Proposition 77, which would give the job of drawing legislative district lines to retired judges instead of lawmakers. 1.0914 That's what a chastened Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told supporters Tuesday evening, as California voters rejected all four of his year of reform ballot measures on the statewide special election ballot. 1.083 Public employee unions, of course, will turn out their members to vote against the Schwarzenegger measures, but union leaders are worried that significant numbers of those union voters polls indicate as many as half may support the "paycheck protection" initiative, Proposition 75, because it impacts their own finances.

*** c# 48: # members: 12 henning muslim violence 1.3473 Es triste que nadie quiera abogar por los derechos de aquellos que algn da se sentarn en el mismo lugar donde estn los jueces de la corte, o que algn da se sentaran en los asientos donde los abogados estn argumentado el caso, o que estarn de pie en el suelo de las legislaturas donde las leyes son hechas. 0.9349 I once read this at a tattoo shop: "The only difference between tattooed people and nontattooed people is that tattooed people don't care if you have tattoos or not." 0.5755 In sum, the replay system produces a benefit - an occasional obviously mistaken call will be overturned - but at a considerable cost, including delays in the game, fans not knowing when it's safe to celebrate a play, and, perversely, new sets of controversies about whether replay officials should have reversed particular calls.

*** c# 49: # members: 13 miles hunt investigation 0.6494 This is where Miles drove 12 hours from South Dakota every month for two years to train - often pulling over at a rest stop to sleep for a few hours - before the lure of "The Building" prompted him to move three years ago to this college town of 55,000 people about 70 miles from Memphis, Tenn. 0.5989 It's 52 miles from bustling Kahului to Hana, another 35 miles around the south via the Piilani Highway to Ulupalakua Ranch. 0.4591 Hunting restrictions, the proper way to shoot bison and tips for dealing with or avoiding news reporters were also covered during the nearly one-hour class, which wildlife officials say all 50 hunters must attend before participating in the state's first bison hunt in 15 years.

*** c# 50: # members: 18 katrina orleans levees 1.3944 Katrina hit Louisiana on Aug. 29, damaging levees, flooding large parts of New Orleans and neighboring parishes, and killing at least 1,050 people in the state. 1.253 Instead of going on the offensive against the possible forces behind this latest form of devastation, President Bush responded with a cowboy promise to rebuild New Orleans - "higher and better" than before - and a National Day of Prayer, on which he essentially told the nation that Katrina is part of God's plan: "Through prayer we look for ways to understand the arbitrary harm left by this storm, and the mystery of undeserved suffering. 1.0323 In the FEMA report given to Blanco's office, the cost of the federal response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Louisiana was estimated at about $41.4 billion, or about $9,200 for each state resident.

*** c# 51: # members: 12 wapner judges cross 1.1424 In court Friday, rather than the corporate donations DeLay is accused of illegally funneling to candidates, defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin made an issue of the $3,400 in political donations the judge has made to Democratic causes, including one to a group critical of DeLay and Republicans. 1.1236 Who is more qualified than Judge Joseph Wapner to know the dangers of Prop. 77s mandate that volunteer, unelected, retired judges, unaccountable to the public, allocate political power in California? 0.9591 SAN DIEGO (AP) The effort to save a 29-foot cross by transferring the land it sits on to the federal government is unconstitutional, according to a Superior Court judge because it violates provisions for the free exercise of religion.

*** c# 52: # members: 40 schwarzenegger governor campaign 1.2709 Schwarzenegger political adviser Todd Harris said the campaign asked television stations to stop running the ad on Friday afternoon, but disputed speculation that the campaign had concluded that the governors popularity drop had made him an ineffective pitchman for his own agenda. 1.2299 Campaign finance records released Thursday show Schwarzenegger has raised $45 million for his special election campaign, while the coalition of unions and Democratic supporters aligned against him has spent $115 million. 1.2299 Campaign finance records released Thursday show Schwarzenegger raised $45 million for his special election campaign, while the coalition of unions and Democratic supporters aligned against him has spent $115 million.

*** c# 53: # members: 13 firefighters fire county 1.6208 BURBANK Firefighters who battled a 24,000-acre blaze last week accused their supervisors Thursday of forcing them to

participate in a news conference with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has been at political odds with unions representing firefighters and other public employees. 1.576 Fortunately, fire chiefs, firefighters, Supervisor Dianne Jacob and other county supervisors, the Local Agency Formation Commission and others keep moving toward some degree of consolidation. 1.5549 The CDF and the Forest Service are bringing in more fire engines and firefighters to San Diego County and keeping them on station longer during fire season.

*** c# 54: # members: 16 cta newsletter teachers 1.2233 CTA member dues do pay for political activity ñ activity aimed at issues that directly affect our members and our students.† We are engaged in politics to make sure that the children we teach have decent conditions in which to learn, that teachers have decent pay and working conditions, and that our profession is protected by due process rights.† We make no excuses for that, and we are proud of our record of supporting public education.† And that is exactly why right-wing extremists and the Governorís big corporate special interests are putting up the millions of dollars it is costing to run this 1.1629 If teachers had the right to withdraw their financial support from the CTA union, perhaps union officials would actually have an incentive to care about what we think. 1.1458 This "has necessitated CTA obtaining a $14 million loan" plus "a necessary $40 million line of credit," the absence of which would "cause great financial harm to CTA and affect CTA's ability to continue to deliver its current level of services to members over the long term."

*** c# 55: # members: 15 bloomberg gonzalez candidates 1.7767 Both pieces, known as slate mailers, endorse candidate Jerry Sanders for mayor, Lorena Gonzalez for City Council in District 2 and Luis Acle for City Council in District 8 in tomorrows special election. 1.1656 In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent $76 million of his own money - with $30 million of it on television ads - to win re-election over opponent City Councilman Fernando Ferrer, who spent $6 million on television. 1.1416 I'm a Democrat, but you need someone who can handle the problems of the city and Bloomberg is it, said Lionel Protain, a construction worker who voted for Ferrer in Brooklyn on Tuesday but says he will support Bloomberg in November.

*** c# 56: # members: 41 schwarzenegger announced governor 1.4389 Big government union leaders should not use their members' money as a personal kitty to fund political campaigns and political advertising, Schwarzenegger announced at the California Republican Party's convention in Anaheim. 1.329 An announcement that Schwarzenegger is seeking re-election would only feed into that perception, say the two Democrats who have announced they will run for governor next year. 1.3234 SAN DIEGO - Hoping to pump much-needed enthusiasm and money into his special election campaign, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger junked his re-election timetable and announced Friday that he'll seek a full term and run for governor again next year.

*** c# 57: # members: 17 sanders frye city 3.6141 City Councilwoman Frye rapped former Police Chief Sanders for having accepted campaign cash from a central figure in the citys pension scandal last week Sanders said he would return the money and Sanders questioned Fryes efforts to return to the retirement system a controversial perk she took in 2003. 2.3716 San Diego mayoral candidates Donna Frye and Jerry Sanders have suggested they would seek to put the city into bankruptcy if it cannot otherwise get out from under a pension deficit of at least $1.4 billion.

2.2245 City Attorney Michael Aguirre has jumped aggressively into the San Diego mayors race, backing Donna Fryes fiscal-recovery plan and criticizing her rival, Jerry Sanders, with a fervor that underscores how much he has at stake in the Nov. 8 special election.

*** c# 58: # members: 23 signatures process initiative 0.8825 The initiative process can be amended only by the initiative process, and California voters seem of no mind to do that, even if they are somewhat less enthusiastic about direct democracy than they were a couple of decades ago. 0.8481 The eight initiatives on the ballot could have been resolved in a comprehensive way through the legislative process if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders would have worked together. 0.7935 According to the secretary of state's office, just five initiatives were circulated for signatures in 1912, the first year Californians could put statewide initiatives on the ballot.

*** c# 59: # members: 1 bennett remarks racist 2.1945 Fox News Managing Editor Brit Hume asked if Bennett didn't have a point, given statistics suggesting that blacks account for more than their share of crime, and he insisted that Bennett had

*** c# 60: # members: 18 tax property increase 4.4415 They have come to me with ideas like raising the property tax, raising the income tax, raising the taxes on the rich, raising the sales tax, and the tax on gasoline, the governor said, referring to the Legislature's Democratic leadership, which opposes the initiative. 4.4415 "They have come to me with ideas like raising the property tax, raising the income tax, raising the taxes on the rich, raising the sales tax, and the tax on gasoline," the governor said, referring to the Legislature's Democratic leadership, which opposes the initiative. 4.4415 They have come to me with ideas like raising the property tax, raising the income tax, raising the taxes on the rich, raising the sales tax, and the tax on gasoline, the governor said, referring to the Legislatures Democratic leadership, which opposes the initiative.

*** c# 61: # members: 11 marijuana treatment torture 1.4539 Whether it's for a facial peel, hair removal or injection therapy, the luxury of a spa atmosphere might make the treatment more pleasant but there is a reason these treatments originated in a doctor's office: the treatments are clearly medical and carry the risks and cautions of any medical treatment. 0.9148 California's voter-approved medical marijuana law does not increase adolescent drug use. 0.8702 The supervisors voted in closed session Tuesday to challenge the law that requires counties to provide identification cards to medical marijuana users exempting them from criminal prosecution.

*** c# 62: # members: 13 oakland word teens 1.3284 On the contrary, to the great majority of people who live, work or play in Oakland, it is quite obvious that Oakland has boomed in the last six years under the policies of Mayor Jerry Brown and City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente. 1.3284 I have to ask because we have an experienced, progressive candidate right here in Oakland, City Councilmember Nancy Nadel, who has been active in Oakland politics for 25 years. 0.8914

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*** c# 63: # members: 21 fresno autry county 2.0751 Fresno Unified stalled on Pings' records request and then gave him just a fraction of what he asked for, mostly files from employees who have retired from Fresno Unified, according to Pings and his Fresno attorney, Patience Milrod. 1.7534 While we strongly disagree with the positions taken on Propositions 74, 75 and 76 by Fresno Mayor Alan Autry and Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Pete Mehas, voters at least have the benefit of knowing where they stand. 1.6717 CALHOUN'S GIG: Fresno City Council Member Brian Calhoun is an elected representative and a teacher at Fresno City College.

*** c# 64: # members: 12 iraq antioch iraqi 0.7908 military resources drained by Iraq and the global war on terrorism, the two countries are in talks that could lead to the most sweeping realignment of U.S. 0.7272 The autocratic Sunni elite of surrounding countries prefers democracy to fail, warning us that an Iranian-sponsored theocracy will surely follow in Iraq, legitimizing an Arab Khomeinism. 0.6162 It is believed to be first case of an American soldier in Iraq accused of "fragging" his superiors.

*** c# 65: # members: 7 cash broadcast trash 1.3432 loss per share applicable to common stockholders, basic and diluted $(0.10) $(0.05) $(0.11) $(0.12) Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding 124,323,711 124,138,087 124,268,943 99,575,647 Entravision Communications Corporation Reconciliation of Broadcast Cash Flow, EBITDA as Adjusted and Free Cash Flow to Net Income (Loss) (In thousands) (Unaudited) 0.9582 Message to Greig Smith and the rest of the City Council: Along with cash prizes to encourage recycling, perhaps some attention should be paid to the scavengers that make a living stealing recyclables from the trash bins every trash day. 0.3047 It's All Saints' Day and the Mexican Day of the Dead, and the new moon brings in the first day of the month.

*** c# 66: # members: 7 easy guide carter 1.7268 5 languages -- English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese 8 pages in the Easy Voter Guide: -- concise summaries of all eight statewide ballot measures -- easy voting tips Close to 1,000 locations are distributing the Easy Voter Guide: -- public libraries, and library-based literacy programs -- county elections offices -- schools and PTA's -- community colleges, universities and adult schools -- a wide variety of community-based organizations serving new voters, new citizens, Californians with disabilities and others less likely to vote 0.5079 States should develop registration systems that allow easy checks of voters from one state to another and the purging of outdated voter records. 0.4606 BERKELEY Few students were there to hear it, but UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau delivered some personal advice Wednesday to groups concerned about a dearth of black and Latino students at the prestigious campus.

*** c# 67: # members: 5 ipod film products 0.4985 Though she won't discuss the specifics of her salary, studios have long contended that far more film production would stay at home if A-list talent would cut their fees. 0.3417

On Wednesday, Apple unveiled its much anticipated video iPod capable of playing videos and TV shows. 0.2406 FILM CLIPS

*** c# 68: # members: 1 users web online 1.3942 Freund's online musings and his pre-Halloween rampage raised fresh questions about the little-policed world of Internet discussion rooms: What, if anything, should Web site gatekeepers do when users post threatening messages online?

*** c# 69: # members: 6 mariposa stanislaus merced 0.8506 But it was overwhelmingly approved by voters in Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Merced, Tuolumne, Calaveras and Mariposa counties. 0.4881 That you couldn't buy an on-sale hard-liquor drink in Mariposa for a month speaks to more than just inconvenience. 0.4387 If you're going to avoid post-traumatic stress syndrome this year, you need a strategy, a way of dealing with the avalanche of words hurtling your way in the state ballot propositions.

*** c# 70: # members: 6 border ramirez cox 1.9937 San Diego sector Border Patrol spokesman Sean Isham said there would be no change in Border Patrol operations due to the border watchers presence. 1.271 You say in your editorial: Weve said from the start that civilian border patrols are the wrong way to go and that border enforcement is serious business that should be left to the professionals. 0.5269 Horner said the witnesses presented by Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff provided testimony that was compelling enough for Ramirez, 23, to stand trial for first-degree murder.

*** c# 71: # members: 8 reiner preschool angelides 1.7233 Los Angeles-based Democratic political consultant Joe Cerrell said Reiner has name identification Westly and Angelides can only dream of - buttressed by the "All in the Family" reruns - and that Reiner also has a knack for keeping himself well-positioned in political circles. 1.4683 People want movie stars and television stars and however good (state Treasurer) Phil Angelides and (state Controller) Steve Westly are, the way to beat Arnold is with Rob Reiner and Warren Beatty, she said. 1.297 Actor Rob Reiner visited San Diego yesterday to promote a plan to guarantee access to preschool for all 4-year-olds by raising taxes on wealthy Californians.

*** c# 72: # members: 1 smud pge annexation 2.2741 SMUD board President Bill Slaton said the ads resulted in eight calls or e-mails to SMUD directors, including two in support of the board's decision in May to seek annexation of about 70,000 PGE customers in Yolo County.

*** c# 73: # members: 12 nez mcpherson siggins 0.9167 Environmental groups had looked to Schwarzenegger to be a different kind of Republican governor based on his conservation-oriented campaign pledges, early political appointments, and willingness to oppose Republicans in Washington, said Bill Allayaud, the Sierra Club's state legislative director. 0.9096

Schwarzenegger already has a number of Democrats serving in high-level positions, such as senior adviser and longtime friend Bonnie Reiss; his cabinet secretary, environmentalist Terry Tamminen, and Education Secretary Alan Bersin. 0.8618 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce McPherson speak Wednesday after the Assembly Rules Committee approved the nomination of McPherson as secretary of state (5:44)

*** c# 74: # members: 4 port security ship 2.3404 Government Resources Social Security Changes for 2003 Social Security Retirement Benefits Presidents Commission to Strengthen Social Security Social Security Account Statements. 1.3274 A law signed by President Bush on Nov. 25, 2002, set a July 1, 2004, deadline for ships and ports to tighten security amid fears that terrorists might smuggle nuclear weapons in a cargo container. 1.1565 The interim commission will govern the port until the Legislature approves a bill ratifying the agreement to hand the port to West Sacramento.

*** c# 75: # members: 1 he prompted immigrants 0.3834 And was it necessary that recent weeks be given over to the fuss and feathers plus the multimillion-dollar costs of a statewide election campaign? Were any of the reforms he sought (those old turkeys about teacher tenure, say, or union political money) so urgent that their solution could not have waited until the regular mid-term balloting of 2006?

*** c# 76: # members: 1 baseball congress nfl 1.4694 While that's very close to persuasive, it clearly hasn't resonated with Congress, where McCain and baseball pitcher-turned-Congressman Jim Bunning are throwing elbows to get a bill to the desk of baseball owner-turned-bicyclist-in-chief George Bush.

*** c# 77: # members: 1 spy maviglio prohias 1.4194 Maviglio is one of the most active operatives in the Spy vs. Spy aspect of the campaign, but is matched word-for-word, more or less, by the Republicans' own prolific propagandist, Karen Hanretty, who's on the state Republican Party's payroll.