A Sampling of Clips
for September 10^th, 2008

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Pentagon Awards Big Grant to UCSD
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 10 -- The Department of Defense has awarded the largest grant ever for study of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury to a nationwide network of research centers led by the UCSD School of Medicine. The $60 million in funding will allow doctors at UCSD and nine other research hospitals – collectively called the PTSD/TBI Clinical Consortium – to pursue novel treatments for the growing number of troops and civilians with either condition. More

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UAB Kidney Research Wins $4.23 Million Grant
WJSU, Sept 10 -- The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $4.23 million grant to the University of Alabama at Birmingham for research aimed at providing better treatment and prevention of acute kidney disease. The grant, announced Tuesday, will be administered over a five-year period. UAB will partner with researchers at UC San Diego in the clinical study. The school's kidney research center was among eight facilities in the U.S. to receive the funding. More

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Worker Burned In Skate Park Construction
Accident Victim Flown To UCSD Burn Center
MSNBC, Sept. 10 -- A construction worker suffered severe burns when his chainsaw caught fire Tuesday in Oceanside. The incident took place around 4:18 p.m. at a parking lot at Martin Luther King Park in the 4300 block of Mesa Drive. Oceanside police and firefighters with the Rancho Fire Department said a 35-year-old man was filling up a chainsaw with gasoline from a plastic gas can when a fire broke out. The man's co-worker said he saw the victim as he caught on fire. The witness said he saw the man fall to the ground and roll around in an attempt to douse the flames. More

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In Pictures: America's Most Expensive Waterfront Cities
Forbes.com, Sept 10 -- Number 1. La Jolla, Calif. Median price: $1.85 million. Quite simply, La Jolla offers homeowners one of the more beautiful views in the U.S. The high bluffs protect some beaches, while in other areas it's easy to find surfers. Torrey Pines, the site of last year's U.S. Open, is just up the road, as is UCSD. Forests, beaches, small shopping areas and great restaurants make this town the most expensive place on our list. More

Youth Kick it at Political Conventions
San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 10 -- What's the new what? I'm starting to think political conventions are the new nightclubs. And those unsightly metal detectors outside the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul were like the velvet ropes that keep the riffraff outside the hippest spots in town. I know teens who'd rather blog about Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin than kick it at the club. Like 17-year-old political junkie Kelly Chau, who felt like she had been invited to P-Diddy's exclusive annual bash, when she was sent to St. Paul to cover the Republican National Convention. "I was just really excited, because this is like a once-in-a-lifetime thing ... you get to witness history in the making." (Written by Ankitha Bharadwaj, a freshmen at UCSD) More

Smokers Near Old Town Station
Will be Asked to Put Out Cigarettes or Move
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 10 -- The problem: Smoking was banned at the Old Town Transit Center in July, so people light up on the sidewalk in front of the station. The sidewalk on Congress Street is where employees wait for shuttles bound for the UCSD Medical Center and the University of San Diego. Katie McLaughlin said she and others are tired of the smoke and would like the Metropolitan Transit System to enforce its ordinance prohibiting smoking within 25 feet of its facilities. More

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