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Texas federal judge sentenced for groping two employees - Fort Worth Star Telegram border=

Texas federal judge sentenced for groping two employees - Fort Worth Star Telegram

Fort Worth Star Telegram
By MICHAEL GRACZYK AP HOUSTON - A disgraced federal judge was sentenced Monday to nearly three years in prison for lying about groping two female employees, one of whom told a visiting judge that her former boss was an intimidating "drunken giant.
Wall Street Journal
United Press International
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Menlo Park takes page from federal playbook, enacts housing bailout - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
The city will then sell the homes to residents on its affordable housing wait list — families who earn 60 to 110 percent of the area's median income. The wait list currently has more than 200 names on it. In a separate action, the council authorized …
The Almanac Online
San Francisco Chronicle
Forbes

Saratoga wants its rightful share of $787 billion federal aid pot - San Jose Mercury News border=

Saratoga wants its rightful share of $787 billion federal aid pot - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA - , 
The California Energy Commission has been tapped to dole out 60 percent of the state's $49.6 million portion of the federal grant to smaller cities and counties through a competitive grant process, said Crystal Morrow, administrative analyst with the …

Los Gatos may get some federal stimulus funds - San Jose Mercury News border=

Los Gatos may get some federal stimulus funds - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 
The money can be used to pay an officer's salary for three years and targets such things as methamphetamine use, the Safe Schools initiative and technology programs. Traditionally, the COPS program pays 75 percent of the salary paid to a newly hired …

John Edwards faces federal investigation - The Associated Press border=

John Edwards faces federal investigation - The Associated Press

The Associated Press
RALEIGH, NC (AP) - His once-prominent political career is buried and the turmoil of his marriage is playing out in public. Now, John Edwards is facing a federal inquiry.
Kansas City Star
AHN
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Obama to boost federal R&D spending - EETimes.com border=

Obama to boost federal R&D spending - EETimes.com

EETimes.com
He also named Microsoft chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie and Google chief executive Eric Schmidt to his board of advisors on science and technology. "We will not just meet, but we will exceed the level [of federal spending on R&D] …

Federal Housing Funds Coming to Silicon Valley - KCBS border=

Federal Housing Funds Coming to Silicon Valley - KCBS

KCBS, CA
"This is a very exciting day for the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County," declared Kevin Zwick, the Trust's executive director. The federal government has provided the Trust with a check for $237500 for the first-time homebuyer program.

California to receive federal funding for water, earthquake needs - Los Angeles Times border=

California to receive federal funding for water, earthquake needs - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
The US Interior secretary pledges $260 million in stimulus money for California's water infrastructure and part of $29 million for earthquake monitoring systems.
New York Times
Fresno Bee
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Six cities in Alameda County to combine federal housing stimulus funds - San Jose Mercury News border=

Six cities in Alameda County to combine federal housing stimulus funds - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
By Karen Holzmeister The federal economic stimulus act has given cities nationwide — including those in Alameda County — their marching orders: Purchase vacant and foreclosed properties to get people back into housing and to prevent empty buildings …

Rep. Jackie Speier will submit 9 local projects for federal ... - San Jose Mercury News border=

Rep. Jackie Speier will submit 9 local projects for federal … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Jackie Speier speaks at a press conference on Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at the HIP Housing office in San Mateo. Speier unveiled projects she plans to submit for the federal appropriations based on recommendations from her Citizens Oversight Panel. …
San Mateo Daily Journal