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Campaign parties take a legal drink
“Campaign rhetoric,’’ 3rd District supervisorial candidate Brooks Firestone said of rumors circulating in Isla Vista that “several’’ underage sorority sisters went on a bus trip to Firestone’s Santa Ynez Valley winery, and that Firestone was throwing keg parties on Del Playa Drive.

Space imaging device’s eyes opened right here on South Coast
Astronomers and other scientists now have an unprecendented glimpse into the birth process of stars through a newly launched space-based telescope that uses infrared technology developed by Raytheon Vision Systems in Goleta.

Medicare rule changes will push up chemotherapy costs
Changes in President Bush's Medicare reform have dealt a blow to cancer doctors in town and have set the stage for serious financial problems in upcoming months and years, officials said last week.

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