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Deborah Norville got a New York taxi driver fined for cursing at her during a ride in December.
July 24, 1990
Curse Cure: Deborah Norville got a New York taxi driver fined for cursing at her during a December ride, she said in the July 30 issue of New York magazine.
July 25, 1990
Politics
Senate lawmakers Tuesday killed a bill that would have phased out the sale of soda in public schools to help improve nutrition among students.
May 22, 2002
A state senator has abandoned her plan to raise taxes on soda to help fight childhood obesity. Sen.
May 2, 2002
A Democratic state senator considered the most formidable challenger to Doris Matsui’s bid to succeed her late husband in Congress has decided not to seek the seat.
Jan. 16, 2005
Science & Medicine
Oct. 11, 2017
The chairwoman of the state Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday said she wanted the California Department of Justice to investigate allegations that the corporate parent of Blue Cross of California saved millions of dollars in state taxes over the last decade by using a loophole not available to most other insurers.
July 9, 2004
A state Senate bill would create a department to handle disease outbreaks such as a flu pandemic and deal with bioterrorist threats.
April 19, 2006
Chariklo, an asteroid-comet hybrid known as a centaur, is the first object besides our solar system’s giant gas planets found to have rings.
March 26, 2014
California
Frustrated by what she called the slow response of state health officials to a suspected carcinogen, state Sen.
Feb. 22, 2001