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Connecting the Dots: Top news stories for Thursday, May 31, 2012

Ben Trefny — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:24:47 +0000

(Sac Bee) // Support for the tobacco tax, Prop 29, is slowly going up in smoke – thanks in part to $38 million invested in advertising by tobacco companies R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris...

Connecting the Dots: Top news stories for Monday, April 30, 2012

Irene Florez — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:14:45 +0000

(San Bernadino County Sun) // Thirteen Cal State students are planning a hunger strike for Wednesday, which they say they will continue until university administrators agree to meet with them and consider their demands. Those demands include a five-year moratorium on student fee increases, eliminating housing and car allowances, lowering administration and executive salaries, and removing restrictions to free speech on campus…

Community college offers expensive version of popular classes

Robyn Gee — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Popular California community college, Santa Monica College, recently decided to start offering more sections of its most popular classes during the summer for five times the amount they normally cost, according to the Atlantic. The reason the tuition is so high is because these sections are not subsidized by the state.

Connecting the Dots: afternoon edition for Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Antoinette Siu — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:32:39 +0000

Last night, in San Francisco's Ingleside neighborhood, a woman and a boy were sent to the hospital due to a mysterious explosion allegedly caused by drug manufacturing. The situation is undergoing investigation; it has not been released what drug was being made or what the relationship of the two were. Police plan to arrest the 33-year-old woman…