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The University of California paid more than $33 million in court-ordered refunds last month, giving thousands of former students up to $12,000 at the best possible time.
Coroner rules August 2008 death in Oakland a homicide OaklandCoroner rules August 2008 death a homicide: The Alameda County coroner's office has determined that a 37-year-old woman whose body was found last August near the Laurel district died from multiple blunt trauma, making her the first homicide victim of 2009, police said Monday.
THE KIDS ARE BACK in school after a long winter's break, and dark shadows loom from the uncertainties of the state budget crisis and the impact it will have on education.
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