Burton Richter, Nobel Prize Winning Stanford Physicist, Dies at 87
Physicist Burton Richter, a Stanford professor emeritus and winner of the Nobel Prize, died Wednesday in Palo Alto. He was 87.
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Physicist Burton Richter, a Stanford professor emeritus and winner of the Nobel Prize, died Wednesday in Palo Alto. He was 87.
Oakland police officers responding to reports of gunfire Friday night found a woman fatally shot on Arthur Street.
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