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As the nation prepares to celebrate Veterans Day, Berkeley Law students - many of them vets themselves - are launching new initiatives to help U.S. combat vets fight for healthcare benefits and more. Says second-year law student and active-duty Marine Adrian Kinsella, "It takes a vet to understand a vet."
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Trowels and sponges, rakes, trash bags and goodwill were in abundance Saturday as some 1,600 volunteers fanned out across Berkeley and beyond for Berkeley Project Day. The public-service day saw a large group of students, alumni and staff - along with other local college students, K-12 teachers and residents - tackle jobs at more than 50 sites.
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Baseball creates die-hard, lifelong fans, and teams are beginning to leverage the same tools they've long used to crunch the speed, strength and abilities of their players to engage with fans. It's all about data-collecting, and it's now playing on a diamond near you.
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HEADLINES
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Symposium results in international research-sharing agreement.
Dirks to sport maroon and white, and accept the blue stripes of the chancellor's robe.
Market strong for class of '13.
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RESEARCH
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Invention helps Haiti with human waste, and could aid Bolinas, too.
Coastal trees yield rain, fog records.
Audio interview with Blum Center's Nilsson.
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BOO!
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We still believe in ghosts, magic and haunted houses, says Claude Fischer on the Berkeley Blog.
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PEOPLE
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Visiting professor's creative design for house on superskinny lot.
Greater Good Science Center editor wins SPJ award for article on inequality.
"Graphic journalism" multimedia feature investigated abuse of disabled in institutions.
Conference to recognize professor's achievements in organic chemistry.
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CAMPUS NEWS
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How to safeguard your information.
Employees have until Nov. 26 to lock in decisions about 2014 health plans, more.
Last three Tang Center clinics are Nov. 1 and 15, and Dec. 6.
Free flashlights for first 1,000 at RSF event.
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