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Mar 2010
The board of California's giant public pension fund voted Monday to remove the limit on the number of shareholder proposals it can issue to companies in its portfolio.
Lifting the number of proposals its board can file each year means the...
16
Mar 2010
Warning to criminals: Rubbing out your fingerprints may no longer be enough. Your germs could still give you away.
It turns out the colonies of bacteria that live on people's hands are highly personal to each individual.
That means...
16
Mar 2010
It has been nearly five years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city of New Orleans. In that time, neighborhoods have been rebuilt, businesses reopened, and, perhaps most importantly, civic spirit reawakened. And, in what some believe...
16
Mar 2010
The number of traffic fatalities on California highways continues to decrease, mirroring a national trend attributed in part to stepped-up traffic enforcement, anti-drunk driving campaigns and even the lackluster economy, officials say....