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| 2001 |
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| Jan.5 |
Plane Goes Off Runway
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| Mar.18 |
Man Shoots Wife, Kills Himself Tony Tirri shuts his daughter in the garage and then shoot his wife. He telephoned police before killing himself
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| Apr.14 |
Meningitis Cases Concern 2 students had been infected. Parents call doctors for antibiotics
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| Apr.17 |
Meningitis Kills Teenager| A blood infection triggered by the same bacteria that causes meningitis. | |
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| Sep.22 |
New fire chief Assistant Fire Chief Randall K. Bradley replaces laboratory chief emeritus John Sharry
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| Sep.29 |
83-year-old woman missing She called the day before from Livermore to say she was lost
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| Nov.30 |
Woman missing 58-year-old Jeanette Gray is missing
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| Dec.7 |
Baby girl found on doorstep| Man answered a knock on his door only to discover the newborn who was wrapped in two blankets | | |
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| 2001 |
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| Jan.9 |
Scientists Honored
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| Jan.13 |
Spy-spotting software Energy Department will have all e-mails scanned with new software
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| Jun.8 |
Light Bulb Inspires Party Centennial celebration the 4-watt bulb. It is the longest-burning bulb in the world.
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| Aug.15 |
Supercomputer for nuclear safety| Government researchers unveils world's most powerful $110 million computer called key to nuclear safety | | |
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| Sep.11 |
Nuclear laboratory close Only top managers and essential workers on duty following the terrorist attacks in New York
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| Oct.4 |
Whistle-blower lawsuit settled David Lappa said the lab retaliated for reporting plutonium-handling violations. Settlement worth $250,000
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| Nov.27 |
Truck-stopping device demo Gov. Gray Davis witnessed new technology to prevent the takeover of tanker trucks by terrorists
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| Dec.8 |
Top scientist to resign| Controversial director C. Bruce Tarter led the weapons facility during the post Cold War transition | |
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| 2001 |
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| Jan.31 |
CarsDirect buys Greenlight Greenlight will go out of business and most of its remaining 75 employees in Livermore will lose jobs
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| Apr.3 |
Plan For Line to Livermore BART officials will present a diesel rail system to be built instead of extending BART
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| Oct.4 |
Whistle-blower lawsuit settled David Lappa said the lab retaliated for reporting plutonium-handling violations. Settlement worth $250,000
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| Oct.31 |
Week-long ban on flights Ban on flights near Lawrence Lab will cost businesses money
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| 2001 |
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| Mar.18 |
Man Shoots Wife, Kills Himself Tony Tirri shuts his daughter in the garage and then shoot his wife. He telephoned police before killing himself
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| Jun.21 |
Bomb Squad Removes Explosives A downtown building was evacuated after squad removed 50-year-old railroad explosives from a shop
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| Nov.1 |
Convicted of threatening anthrax C. Redden called the U.S. District Court in Oakland in 1999 and said anthrax had been released into the air conditioning system
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| Dec.6 |
Water Scare 500,000-gallon tank was broken into, prompting fears of contamination
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| Dec.22 |
Dunken man flees police, hits deli Eric Baum, 38, fleeing at high speed traffic stop lost control of car and rammed into a delicatessen
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| 2001 |
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| Nov.7 |
Kamena easily beat incumbent| Marshall Kamena elected as mayor beating Cathie Brown | |
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| Nov.15 |
Norwegian resistance fighter dies Per Kirkhorn, a fighter against the Nazis, has died of cancer. He was 84