UC Berkeley professor Dr. Walter Alvarez will be honored with the prestigious Vetlesen Prize for his theory on the final wipe-out of dinosaurs and other pre-historic Earth-dwellers. One giant meteor, he says. Funny, the theory sounds a bit familiar to us. [KCBS]

UC researchers criticized Governor Schwarzenegger for cutting labor funding for the Miguel Contreras Labor Program by 100 percent. That’s $5.4 million less money than expected that lab workers will be seeing. Hoo-ha, that’s a lot of money. [Cal Aggie]

Ex-UC Berkeley employee just earned himself eight years in the slammer. Apparently, it isn’t a good idea to send “disturbing child pornography” through a university computer, even if your partner won’t allow it at home. [Mercury News]

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We happily welcome another law that shows our society’s need for common sense. The new measure to forbid drivers from this cell phone use will come into play Jan. 1, 2009. It will be $20 for a first offense and $50 each time after that — chump change, we’re sure, compared to your text messaging bill. read more »

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