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• Compassionate release review buoys old U.S. inmates

  legal matters. "You don't see too many John's age walking around."Brie Williams, associate professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco Division of Geriatrics, called the report "a fantastic first step" toward addressing problems related   Read more »

• Pro-Israel ad campaign at Metro-North stations starts next week

  earthquake-damaged country.Hatem Bazian, the chairman of the American Muslims for Palestine and a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, could not immediately be reached for comment.This is the third time that StandWithUs has purchased ads   Read more »

• Over 50? Checklist May Predict If You'll Be Alive in 10 Years

  patients discuss screening and other interventions," said Cruz, a clinical fellow at the School of Medicine at the University of California , San Francisco .Guidelines on cancer screening tests and other interventions vary, but they are based on averages.   Read more »

• Expert Tips to Get Rid of Head Lice

  takes more than a specially formulated shampoo or lotion to get rid of head lice, according to an expert from the University of California , San Francisco .Lice don't fly or jump, so they spread when kids' heads are close together, explained Dr. Paradi Mirmirani,   Read more »

Around the web

• Sonoma college student Jack Tibbetts leads effort for oil extraction tax

  Jack Tibbetts, a student at U.C. Berkeley, wrote an initiative called The California Modernization and Economic Development Act, which he hopes will qualify for the November 2014 election. Harrison “Jack” Tibbetts' Facebook page includes Kennedy-esque im 56 m ago from Santa Rosa Press Democrat Read more »

• Citizenship will come at cost, wait

  WASHINGTON -- The path to citizenship is a long, expensive and complicated journey for the nation's estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without permission. Earning citizenship will take more than a decade, cost thousands of dollars, and requir 3:56 PM from Santa Cruz Sentinel Read more »

• Gesture Writing

  years ago, I walked into a third-floor art studio on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, climbed atop a wooden stage covered in stained padding and dropped my ratty yellow bathrobe. A panel of strangers asked me to pose, and then to freeze. 1:21 PM from The New York Times Read more »

• UW freshmen applications hit record

  applications for fall 2013 admission. Ballinger speculated, however, the increase might be tied to a decision by the University of California system to tighten admissions for its own resident students. The biggest increase in UW applications came from out-of-state 9:37 AM from The Columbian Read more »

• Pro-Youth HEART leader to retire

  talk to students. She was among a group of parents who started college night, a panel discussion of admissions officers from the University of California, state universities, private colleges and community colleges. ÂIt opened up young peopleÂs eyes to their 7:16 AM from Visalia Times-Delta Read more »