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Retired Teacher Raises $1 Million To Build School In Kenya

Menlo Park Patch | Marcie Parker | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Margo McAuliffe, Kenya Education, Teaching Abroad, St. Francis Xavier Secondary School for Girls, Menlo Park, Greatest Person of the Day, Impact News

Reentry has never been easy for Margo McAuliffe, and this one has been no different, after her eighth summer at the high school for girls in Africa th...

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Matt Sledge

California High-Speed Rail Faces Trouble In Palo Alto -- And More In Washington

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, San Francisco Peninsula, Economic Stimulus Package, California High Speed Rail Authority, Palo Alto, Jerry Brown, Menlo Park, High Speed Rail, California High Speed Rail, Atherton, San Francisco News

ATHERTON, Calif. -- Walk down Ashfield Road in this well-heeled town of 7,000 on the San Francisco Peninsula and you'll find million-dollar homes surr...

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Bubble or Babylon? The Bay Area Tech Boom

Randy Howder | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Google, Startups, San Jose, Tech Bubble, San Francisco, Soma, Menlo Park, Silicon Valley, Apple, Bay Area, San Francisco News
Randy Howder

Cutting-edge Bay Area workplaces are creating a new worker's paradise that is becoming increasingly set apart from any other labor market in the country and the world.

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PHOTOS: Tour Facebook's Sprawling New Campus

Business Insider's Silicon Alley Insider | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Facebook Menlo Park Photos, Facebook Office, Menlo Park, Facebook Menlo Park Office, Facebook HQ, Facebook, Facebook Campus, Facebook Office Photos, Facebook Menlo Park, Technology News

Facebook is all grown up. Employees are cashing out and quitting. It's taking on startups with half-baked features. And now, just like the bi...

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Driving Miss Mado (or Five Days on the Road With My 87-Year-Old Mother)

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paso Robles, Harris Ranch, Menlo Park, Elderly Parents, Palo Alto, Apple Farm Inn, Marin, Road Trip, Mill Valley, Bungalow 44, San Francisco, Four Seasons, San Luis Obispo, Sand Hill, Koberl, Rosewood, Madera, Mountainview, Thomas-Hill-Organics, Travel News
Andrea R. Vaucher

Road trips with elderly parents must provide a high comfort quotient, starting with a well-appointed sedan and, if possible, luxury hotels. No matter how tired my mother was, when we checked into a gorgeous place, she beamed from ear to ear.

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That "St. Judy's Comet" Kid: A Dinner Conversation With Harper Simon

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sesame Street, Van Morrison, Graceland, Elliott Smith, Country Joe McDonald, Inara George, Paul Simon, Native Americans, Neil Young, Ben Okri, Edie Brickell, Menlo Park, The Beatles, Matt Hires, Sam Nelson, Rick Nelson, Harper Simon, The Roches, Carly Simon, The Comedy Store, Seven McDonald, Petra Hayden, Carrie Fisher, The Association, Elvis Costello, The Byrds, The Velvet Underground, Charlie McCoy, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Melody Gardot, The Shakers, The Everly Brothers, Lloyd Green, Fred Carter, Carole King, Bach, Becky Stark, Bob Dylan, Melissa North, Chopin, The Bee Gees, The Pretenders, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Elini Mandell, Leonard Cohen, Karmann Ghia, Ken Burns, Entertainment News, Ricky Nelson, Rolling Stone, Robert Francis, Phil Ramone, Randy Newman, Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, The Living Sisters, Itunes, James Taylor, Bob Johnston, Debussey, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Last year, harper Simon independently released an excellent solo debut that established him as one of the best new singer-songwriters in the genre.

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My Electric Summer, When Washington Helped Resurrect the EV

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Administration, Electric Vehicles, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Menlo Park, Washington, Green News, Zero Motorcycles, Stimulus Plan, Ev, Santa Cruz, Tesla, Evs, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

If this summer was the coming out party for the electric car, Washington was the host. They may seem unlikely bedfellows, but I'm convinced the EV companies have learned how to play politics.

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