A Sampling of Clips for Aug. 6, 2010

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Scientists: Gulf Can Recover from Oil Spill
CBS News, Aug. 5 -- The recent ecological history of the Gulf gives scientists reason for hope. In an extensive survey of Gulf of Mexico researchers by The Associated Press, at least 10 of them separately volunteered the same word to describe the body of water: "resilient." (Quotes Jeremy Jackson, director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography,who is worried about the Gulf’s fate) More

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Spread of Whooping Cough Raises Concern
BusinessWeek, Aug. 5 -- Amidst the largest outbreak of whooping cough in decades, public health officials in California are urging residents, particularly pregnant women and those who come into contact with infants, to make sure they're immunized for the highly contagious disease. (Quotes Christina Chambers, an epidemiologist and a professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego) More

Gay Marriage a Minor Issue in Major Races
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 5 -- Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman oppose U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker's ruling overturning California's ban on gay marriage; Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer support it. But none of the four showed much interest in talking about gay marriage a day after the landmark ruling. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Thad Kousser) More

White House's Romer Leaves Post to Return to Teaching
San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 5 -- President Barack Obama's top economist, Christina Romer, will leave the administration to return to a teaching post at the University of California at Berkeley. (Quotes James Hamilton, an economics professor at UC San Diego) More

LACMA’s ‘Cell Phone Stories’ Has Origins In San Diego
KPBS, Aug. 5 -- Most Americans know actor Rainn Wilson as the socially-stunted Dwight from the NBC sitcom "The Office." But as of tomorrow, he'll be known as the guy who hates the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Wilson will "hijack" the LACMA Twitter feed and spend the weekend tweeting his reasons for hating the museum. He's calling the tweetathon, (with passionate venom in all caps) "I HATE LACMA." Wilson's tweets are just one part of a bigger series of "stories" about LACMA, spearheaded by UC San Diego visual arts professor Steve Fagin. More

Street Seen
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 5 -- NBA All-Star LeBron James was sighted Friday far away from the Miami Heat (his new team). He was holding court at a downtown San Diego hot spot, FLUXX. Sporting his signature shades inside, LeBron partied with former Cleveland Cavaliers teammate Damon Jones and four of his Ohio high school basketball buddies: Dru Joyce III, Romeo Travis, Willie McGee and Sian Cotton (all featured in his 2008 film, “More Than a Game”). They were in town for the LeBron James King’s Academy youth basketball camp at UC San Diego. More

Encinitas Biofuels Company to Build Research Facility
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 5 -- An Encinitas company wants to develop an alternative to crude oil in a greenhouse where poinsettias once grew. The company is drawn here to be close to molecular biologists at UC San Diego. More 

Comedy Club Offers Laughs to Aid in Cancer Research
La Jolla Light, Aug. 5 -- A collage of comedians from film and stage came together on July 22 at the Comedy Club La Jolla for an evening of merriment to benefit research at the Moores UC San Diego Cancer Center. More

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