autospa writes “In California’s Coachella Valley around Palm Springs, a state-of-the-art, first-in-the-world earthquake early warning system in now installed and operational. Twelve locations are now in place with 120 sites planned, all meant to detect an earthquake and give people a chance to get under a table, or in the case of a fire station, get the engines outside of the building.”

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UC Davis, announces a successful larynx (voice box) transplant in a California woman that restored her ability to speak.

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Why did Proposition 19, the CA pot legalization measure, fail? One reason might have been Obama administration antagonism exemplified by the memo “Marijuana legalization: A bad idea.” As Colorado begins the march to a 2012 legalization measure, let’s see if Obama’s “pot cheat sheet” holds up to scrutiny.

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In light of California’s game law (that prohibits the sale of violent video games to minors), 11 other states have also come forward with arguments favoring the proposed law. Here’s a look at the law, the states favoring it, and whether or not there is some merit to their arguments.

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British number one Elena Baltacha defeats Russia’s Ekaterina Bychkova to qualify for the main draw of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

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marquinhocb writes “Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger requested $4.7 billion in federal stimulus money Friday to help build an 800-mile bullet train system from San Diego to San Francisco. ‘We’re traveling on our trains at the same speed as 100 years ago,’ the governor said. ‘That is inexcusable. America must catch up.’ Planners said the train would be able to travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco in two hours and 40 minutes, traveling at speeds of more (more…)