Article: Women demolish more career barriers: From pulpits to judicial benches, influx of women transformed workplaces in the 1990s.(USA)

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: 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: OBITUARIES
The Washington Post;  January 19, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... died of congestive heart failure Jan. 10 at her home in Washington. Mrs. Spalding was born in Leipzig, Germany. As a young woman, she worked for the U.S. military government in Germany after World War II. She was an interpreter at the Nuremberg war ...

Article: Canada hangs on for one-point win
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     498 words ... ... played hard but just came up short," Skyline coach Justin Piergrossi said. "We just didn't make the play we needed to." Women's basketball SAN FRANCISCO -- Nadia Yuen had 15 points and five assists, and Karlynn Lee 14 points and seven rebounds for ...

Article: Ohlone women spurt to victory
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     600 words ...FREMONT -- Only one women's basketball team stands undefeated in Coast Conference South play ... 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 ...

Article: Couple charged in business scam
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... thescam are expected, he added. A Livermore woman who asked that her name not be used said ... out of more than $18,000 in 2003. The woman, who said she never met Cathy Powers ... the scam might still be at large. The woman, who has multiple sclerosis and uses a ...