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Published October 29, 2013

Top of the news
Trend of 'celebrity professors' at USC like Antonio Villaraigosa worries some. KPCC. L.A. County audit finds failures in oversight of drug rehab clinics. Center for Investigative Reporting. Prostitution in the Northeast Valley, the 405 widening project … Read more on LA Observed

Are CT Scans Worth the VOMIT?
She received her bachelor's degree from Vassar College in 1959 and a doctorate from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1963. She went on to join Yale's faculty in 1979 after an impressive stint of research at facilities like UCLA, New York … Read more on Huffington Post Canada

Antibiotics for people, not animals
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that chicken produced in three central California processing facilities is the “likely source of this outbreak” and that the bacteria are “resistant to several commonly prescribed antibiotics … Read more on Butler Eagle (subscription)

Early-release 'three-strikers' learn to find their way
Many activists are clamoring for the state and counties to invest in support programs because incarceration costs are much steeper; some, such as Santa Clara County, are heeding the call. The effort comes as a federal three-judge panel is urging … Read more on Mankato Free Press