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RESIGNED. Patricia Dunn, 53, as chairwoman and board member of Hewlett-Packard; in the wake of a massive scandal stemming from Dunn's approval of shady investigations into the source of media leaks on HP's board; in Palo Alto, Calif. The media-leak probe--which involved, among other things, impersonating employees and journalists covering the company to obtain their phone records--has prompted criminal and congressional investigations. Dunn was succeeded by HP CEO Mark Hurd, who in a news conference offered an apology to "those journalists who were investigated and to everyone who was impacted...
...born in a motel bathtub on the night of June 18, 2005. Her mother cleaned her, breast-fed her and cut the umbilical cord herself. The next day, the young Hispanic woman swaddled the infant in a white towel and took her to Fire Station 15 in Whittier, Calif., where she rang the doorbell and told the firefighters, "I want to give up my baby." When the paramedics arrived 30 minutes later, she put the child on their gurney and left. "It was eerie," recalls firefighter Kevin Cull. "The ambulance went off in one direction, and she just crossed...
...that “great science can still be performed using inexpensive equipment,” according to Francis T. O’Donovan, a fifth-year graduate student at Caltech who led the effort that found TrES-2. O’Donovan corresponded via e-mail from Palomar, Calif., where he is repairing “Sleuth.” “The equipment is simple, but not the science,” O’Donovan wrote. Found in the constellation Draco, TrES-2 is one of 200 planets found outside our solar system?...
...that they will not apply elsewhere.Since the Princeton program’s requirements are more stringent, its switch represents a more “dramatic” step, said Sharon M. Cuseo, an upper-school dean at the Harvard-Westlake School, an independent college prep school in North Hollywood, Calif., with no official ties to Harvard University.‘ALL THE COMPANY WE CAN GET’Harvard’s dean of admissions and financial aid, William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, said he is encouraged by Princeton’s move and hopes that more schools...
...company’s Los Angeles, Calif. factory, Twombly said workers are paid high salaries, are offered free massages, free bikes, and an extensive healthcare program...