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...addition to ending health care for 225,000 children, laying off 5,000 state workers, shortening the school year by a week and slashing university spending by $1.2 billion, the governor plans to sell some of the state's leading landmarks to raise cash. Among the properties being considered for the auction block: the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (home of the 1932 and 1980 Summer Olympic Games), estimated price $400 million; San Quentin state prison, estimated value $1 billion; and Del Mar Fairgrounds (the famed "Where the Turf Meets the Surf" race track north of San Diego), estimated value...
...electorate that rallied behind superhero Arnold Schwarzenegger in the recall election in 2003 mostly views him as part of the Sacramento problem he had promised to fix. The most recent survey by the Public Policy Institute of California found Schwarzenegger's approval rating among likely voters under 35%, while the state legislature is seen in a favorable light by only one in five voters. (See pictures of the career of California's First Lady Maria Shriver...
...Museum, a living museum and ode to farming, with maple syrup-making and butter-churning demonstrations and a blacksmith shop. A special anniversary package starts at $299, breakfast included, through June 11. Or you could throw down for the VIP package, which includes breakfast, dinner and Dom Perignon champagne, among other treats, for $1,909 for two guests for two nights; the package is available through November 30. 60 Lake Street, Cooperstown...
...them up in a weeklong quarantine when one guest was found to be carrying the virus. The city, one of Asia's busiest business and travel hubs, was ravaged by the 2003 SARS epidemic as well as subsequent scares over avian flu. As a consequence, its counterpandemic procedures are among the most draconian in the world, while its epidemiology laboratories are among the most advanced. (Read "Battling Swine Flu: The Lessons from SARS...
...Still, with the world economy so tightly integrated and millions on the move every day, the threat of an epidemic haunts the health officialdom of all governments. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a public-health-policy expert and adviser to the Japanese Prime Minister, urges continuous communication among governments, hospitals dealing with outbreaks and international agencies. "Keeping the process transparent is key," he says. As Japan comes to grips with the virus in its midst, the enemy it - and the world - knows is far better than the one it does...