Article: Despite Distrust of State Government, Midwesterners Still Believe Political Reforms Possible, Worth Pursuing; Five-State Survey Finds Midwesterners Connect the Dots: Getting Money Out of Politics Will Make Government Work Better on Issues That Matter.

Article: Rangers player ducks trial in chair-throwing incident
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... broken by a chair thrown by a team player in 2004. The A's fan, Jennifer Bueno, also received an undisclosed amount of money as part of a settlement reached 6 p.m. Thursday, just before her lawsuit against the team and three of its players was to ...

Article: Prostate cancer treatment disputed
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... biopsy and other tests. More than 90 percent of patients diagnosed with prostate cancer ... receive follow-up treatment. Only about 8 percent receive what is called active surveillance ... said. In recent studies, between 20 percent and 54 percent of prostate diagnoses were ...

Article: San Jose stadium talks on
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... most likely in an undeveloped portion of Kelley Park. No city money would be used on the stadium itself, which means voters would ... two months that he hopes to use a zoning change to generate money for a stadium, and city officials have responded that "we ...

Article: Davis deals with off-court issues
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     641 words ... ... not related to the health of his grandmother, Lela Nicholson. "I still have a job, and I have to give my teammates 110 percent of me as a basketball player," said Davis, who was absent from practice on Thursday to deal with the situation. "I felt ...

Article: Straight dope on Bonds? Nope
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... 1993, in his first year of eligibility, Steve Garvey got 176 votes, 41.6 percent. In his final year of eligibility in 2007, he got 135 votes, 26.6 percent. Strange, particularly when you consider in his first year of eligibility ...

Article: Ohlone women spurt to victory
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     600 words ... ... of injured players. They had injured players who didn't play, and they had injured players who played at less than 100 percent. Yet, they managed to stick it out, and they have proven to be one of the top teams in conference -- and in Northern California ...

Article: Couple charged in business scam
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... about to be finished but that additional money would be needed, Lopes said. More arrests ... job. But soon after she turned over the money, Powers began making himself scarce ... messages on Powers' phone demanding their money back, to no avail. "Both Rick and Cathy ...