A Sampling of Clips for 
March 30, 2005

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Hahn Portrays Rival as Waffler
Los Angeles Times, March 30-Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn's reelection strategy came into sharper focus Tuesday as he sought to spotlight what he says are inconsistencies in the record of his challenger, Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa. (Quote by Samuel Popkin, a political science professor at UCSD.) More

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Lab May Have Answer to Stem Cell Contamination
ABC News, March 29- A new laboratory technique allows human embryonic stem cells to be grown and maintained without contamination by animal cells or products, according to researchers at UCSD. More

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Forbes, March 29
Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 29

New Web-Watching Tools Pique Interest of Investors
Wall Street Journal, March 29-Investors are taking advantage of a new breed of Web-watching software that identifies new information on the Internet by making use of feeds provided by Web sites and technology that continually scans Web sites. (Quote by Paul Kedrosky, a professor of entrepreneurial studies at UCSD.) More

Autism Linked to Mirror Neuron Dysfunction
Medical News Today, March 30-Seeing is doing - at least it is when mirror neurons are working normally. But in autistic individuals, say researchers from UCSD, the brain circuits that enable people to perceive and understand the actions of others do not behave in the usual way. More

CONNECT Launches Hall of Fame
to Honor San Diego Tech Entrepreneurs
San Diego Daily Transcript, March 29-CONNECT has created a Hall of Fame to celebrate San Diego's entrepreneurial heroes and their contributions to the explosive growth of the region's vibrant high-tech and life science community. More

Body Heat
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 30- Inflammation has been linked to diseases from Alzheimer's to cancer, and the list just keeps swelling. (Quote by Michael Karin, a professor of pharmacology and molecular biologist at UCSD.) More

Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 30-Q & A column by Sherry Seethaler, a UCSD science writer and educator who answers science questions submitted by San Diego Union-Tribune readers. More