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Novartis to buy US firm Corthera for $120 mln
The acquisition of San Francisco-based Corthera is subject to regulatory approval and should be completed in the first quarter of next year, Novartis said in a statement.
The privately owned company has been developing relaxin, which is currently in
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Apple shares hit all-time high as buzz builds for January product announcement
The Apple logo is seen on an Apple store in San Francisco. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Russel A. Daniels, File)
NEW YORK - Apple Inc. shares hit an all-time high Thursday after a published report suggested the intensely scrutinized yet secretive company may
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China sentences Liu to 11 years for subversion
The verdict was issued at the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing after a two-hour trial Wednesday in which prosecutors accused Liu of "serious" crimes.
"All I can tell you now is 11 years," the defendant's wife, Liu Xia, told The Associated
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College Football Notebook: USC in different bowl setting for first time in 5 years
This was the year Southern California actually wanted to stay home for a bowl game.
Instead the Trojans spent the holidays a few hundred miles north, where they will take on Boston College in the Emerald Bowl tonight at AT&T Park in San Francisco while
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Percy Sutton, attorney for Malcolm X, dead at 89
The consummate politician, Sutton served in the New York State Assembly before taking over as Manhattan borough president in 1966, becoming the highest-ranking black elected official in the state.
Sutton also mounted unsuccessful campaigns for the U.S.
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AT&T resumes online sales of iPhones in NYC
A spokesman said only that the phone company periodically "modifies" its distribution channels.
AT&T has acknowledged that its data network is overburdened with iPhone users in New York and San Francisco, sparking online speculation that the sales
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Home prices rise again in October
A sold sign is posted in front of a home in a new housing development May 4, 2009 in South San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)
NEW YORK (AP) — Home prices rose for the fifth month in a row in October, but the recovery continues
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Famous San Francisco sea lions leave in droves
Tourists look at the few remaining sea lions at Pier 39 in San Francisco. More than a thousand sea lions holding court on a pier in San Francisco Bay to the delight of tourists are now largely gone, and experts believe they left in search of food.
SAN
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Airline attack could lead to more scanners
Questions and answers about full-body scanners
Dutch officials said Wednesday they will immediately begin using the machines at Amsterdam's airport, where the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up the Northwest Airlines plane began his flight.
And
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Travis Pastrana sets world record for jump in rally car
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) Travis Pastrana ended up in the water again.
The daredevil shattered the world record for the longest jump in a rally car on Thursday night, making a nearly perfect flight of 269 feet from the Pine Street Pier onto a barge
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Survivor of 1906 San Francisco quake dies at age 107
SAN FRANCISCO
- Jeanette Scola Trapani, one of the oldest survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, has died at age 107.
Dolores Legge told the San Francisco Chronicle that her mother had been suffering from pneumonia and passed away
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Cable TV standoffs threaten viewing costs, choices
DAVE CARPENTER,AP Business Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — Many questions remain for cable TV viewers nationwide even after Fox and Time Warner Cable settled their noisy spat with a New Year's Day agreement.
Sharri Genens of Redondo Beach, Calif., was among the
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Officials: Hunt for invasive species to extend beyond Lake Tahoe
RENO, Nev. — The hunt for invasive quagga and zebra mussels will extend beyond Lake Tahoe to other regional lakes and reservoirs to protect waters in the Sierra Nevada, officials said.
The Tahoe Resource Conservation District is expanding a boat
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Google poised to take wraps off new mobile phone
San Francisco -- Google Inc. is expected to unveil today its vision for how a mobile phone should be made and sold, likely raising the stakes in the Internet search leader's bid to gain more control over how people surf the Web while they're on the go.
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WR/KR Harvin is top offensive rookie
Percy Harvin used his versatility and intelligence to win The Associated Press 2009 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award.
The Minnesota Vikings wide receiver/kick returner ran away with the balloting the same way he outran defenses and special teams
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TV makers ready to test depths of market for 3-D
Mitsubishi 3D glasses are shown in front of an 82-inch Mitsubishi Home Theater TV with 3D-Ready technology at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. The showroom floor opens on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul
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Snow suspends Amtrak Chicago-Denver service
(AP) — Amtrak is suspending service between Chicago and Denver because of blowing and drifting snow in Nebraska.
The one train that runs between Chicago and Denver won't operate on Friday. Passengers on the train that runs from the San Francisco area
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Unruly passengers cause 2 flights to change course
Disruptive passengers caused two commercial airplanes to be diverted Friday, with military jets scrambling to escort a San Francisco-bound flight into a Colorado airport, authorities said.
The incidents come amid heightened concern over airline
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California Begins Cleanup After 6.5 Earthquake
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) ―
A powerful offshore earthquake rattled communities in far northern California, cutting power to thousands of customers, causing minor damage to homes and businesses and forcing many people to seek treatment for cuts and
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Dozens of demonstrators turn out for start of federal gay marriage trial in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO
- About 100 people are demonstrating outside the federal courthouse in San Francisco as the trial for California's gay marriage ban begins.
Most of the demonstrators are gay marriage supporters, who took turns Monday addressing the
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Bird-plane collisions may pass 10,000, a first
WASHINGTON — Reports of airplanes hitting birds and other wildlife have soared since a stricken US Airways jet landed last year in New York's Hudson River, and the government's tally for last year could reach or even exceed 10,000 for the first
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Google to end censorship in China, may leave over compromise of dissidents’ e-mail accounts
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. will stop censoring its search results in China and may pull out of the country completely after discovering that computer hackers had tricked human-rights activists into exposing their e-mail accounts to outsiders.
The
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Jets Revis, Mangold named to All-Pro team
Jets cornerback Darelle Revis was a near unanimous choice to the NFL All-Pro team, as was Packers cornerback Charles Woodson, who defeated Revis for Defesnvie Player of the Year earlier this week. Revis and Woodson each recived 48 of 50 votes for the
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Shiseido buys Bare Escentuals
S hiseido Co. is buying San Francisco-based Bare Escentuals Inc. BARE-Q in a $1.7-billion (U.S.) deal that brings together one of the world's oldest cosmetics companies with a hip, rising star. The acquisition announced Friday is Shiseido's biggest
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A's to get third baseman Kouzmanoff from Padres for Hairston, Cunningham
fielding percentage in 2009, committing just three errors.
It appears the A's winter-long search for a third baseman has been solved.
A major league source confirmed Friday that the A's have acquired Kevin Kouzmanoff from the San Diego Padres, a
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Romo, Favre feel more pressure to deliver a victory
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) talks with a teammate during football practice at the team's facility, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, in Irving, Texas. The Cowboys will play the Minnesota Vikings in an NFL divisional playoff game on Sunday, Jan. 17
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Apple invites reporters to see its "latest creation" amid tablet speculation
In this Sept. 9, 2009 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is seen during an Apple event in San Francisco. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Paul Sakuma, File)
NEW YORK - Apple Inc. is inviting reporters to an event next week to see what it calls "our latest creation."
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Saving Delta is at core of new Calif. water policy
Hold To Move With Story By Samantha Young -- In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, a pair of fishermen are fishing on the fog shrouded Sacramento River in Knights Landing, Calif. The decline of the yearly salmon run and the loss of other fish,
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Wells Fargo reports unexpected 4Q profit
Wells Fargo is seeing early signs of improvement in its lending portfolios as it reports an unexpected fourth-quarter profit.
Wells Fargo & Co. says that while loan losses remain elevated, the bank's confidence is growing that the worst of the cycle
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Philanthropist Vilar begs NY court for mercy
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Philanthropist Alberto Vilar is begging a New York court for mercy as he awaits sentencing for conspiracy fraud, saying he's too sick for prison.
The investment adviser could face 22 years in prison on Feb. 5.
In a letter to the
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State of Emergency in 5 Calif. Counties
(CBS/AP) A state of emergency has been declared in five California counties, after a fourth storm pounded the coast.
Storm-battered southern California began to dry out Friday after a wild week of storms that flooded streets, spawned at least a
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Officials issue rare Bay area tornado warning
SAN FRANCISCO The National Weather Service has issued a rare tornado warning for Northern California's Contra Costa County after a trained weather spotter reported seeing a funnel cloud.
The weather service says the cloud was seen about 9 miles south
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Indianapolis Colts heading to Super Bowl after rallying past New York Jets
Four-time MVP Peyton Manning threw three touchdown passes and the Indianapolis Colts rallied from an 11-point, first-half deficit to beat the New York Jets 30-17 Sunday in the AFC championship game.
- San Francisco's George Seifert and Don McCafferty,
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Indianapolis Colts heading to Super Bowl after rallying past New York Jets
Four-time MVP Peyton Manning threw three touchdown passes and the Indianapolis Colts rallied from an 11-point, first-half deficit to beat the New York Jets 30-17 Sunday in the AFC championship game.
- San Francisco's George Seifert and Don McCafferty,
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Pernell Roberts, last star of TV's `Bonanza,' dies
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LOS ANGELES — Pernell Roberts, the ruggedly handsome actor who shocked Hollywood by leaving TV's "Bonanza" at the height of its popularity, then found fame again years later on "Trapper John, M.D.," has died. He was 81.
This 1959
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Apple unveils iPad tablet with onscreen keyboard
Apple CEO Steve Jobs presents the iPad at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on Wednesday.
San Francisco » Apple CEO Steve Jobs has unveiled the iPad, a tablet-style computer that resembles the iPhone, but larger.
"It's so much more intimate than a
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California Gets $2.3B For High-Speed Rail
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5/KCBS/AP) ―
California will receive nearly twice as much as any other state as $8 billion in stimulus funds get handed out for various mass transit projects around the nation.
The state is set to receive $2.3 billion that
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Shiny gadget, icky name: iPad jokes fly
The iPad is shown after it was unveiled at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
SAN JOSE, Calif - You have to wonder whether there were any women in the room when the marketing geniuses at Apple
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Mickelson accused of using questionable wedges
“It’s cheating, and I’m appalled Phil has put it in play,” Scott McCarron said in Friday’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.
Mickelson is among at least four players at Torrey Pines using a Ping-Eye 2 wedge that was made 20 years ago and has
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Phil Mickelson On Cheating Accusation: 'I Was Slandered'
SAN DIEGO — Phil Mickelson hinted at legal action Saturday for being accused of "cheating," saying that if the PGA Tour did not do something about him being "publicly slandered," then he would let others handle it.
Mickelson didn't mention Scott
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Nuxhall Not Inducted Into Baseball Hall Of Fame
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Reds legend Joe Nuxhall missed out again on baseball's Hall of Fame.
Jon Miller, who has spent parts of five decades as the voice of five major league baseball teams, has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the Ford C. Frick
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Use of Twitter, Facebook rising among gang members
When a gang member was released from jail soon after his arrest for selling methamphetamine, friends and associates assumed he had cut a deal with authorities and become a police informant.
They sent a warning on Twitter that went like this: We have a
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FBI: Unruly passenger from San Francisco blames medical pot cookies
she declined to identify.
PITTSBURGH — A San Francisco man claims he was high on a double dose of medical marijuana cookies when he screamed, dropped his pants and attacked crew members on a cross-country flight, forcing its diversion to Pittsburgh,
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Philanthropist Evelyn Haas dies at age 92
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Evelyn Haas, a prominent philanthropist and widow of Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Walter Haas Jr., has died. She was 92.
Haas' death Wednesday was announced by her charitable foundation, The Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund.
Fund
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Gonzaga thumps Portland at home, 76-49
SPOKANE — Matt Bouldin scored 20 points and No. 17 Gonzaga got back to its winning ways with a 76-49 blowout of Portland on Thursday night.
Demetri Goodson added 12 points for Gonzaga (18-4, 7-1 West Coast), which was coming off a rare WCC loss, in
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Ex-Saints LB Jackson elected to Hall of Fame
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Former New Orleans Saints linebacker Rickey Jackson was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame today.
Jackson, who played for the Saints from 1981-93 before finishing his career with San Francisco in '94 and '95.
All-time
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Smith, Rice Lead 7 to Hall of Fame
(AP) All-time greats Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith led a class of seven into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.
The NFL's career receiving and rushing leaders were joined in the Hall by John Randle, Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Floyd Little
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New Orleans Carnival parades are rolling tailgate
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Dogs dressed in Saints jerseys and gaudy floats carrying masked riders provided a rolling pre-game tailgate party for thousands as New Orleans started partying long before the Super Bowl kicked off.
The game fell on the first big
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White Stripes: Air Force used song without permission
Track the action song by song, mingle with fellow fans and keep current with Brian Mansfield's updates at our American Idol community.
DETROIT The White Stripes say the Air Force Reserve used one of their songs without permission in an American
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Ex-Reality TV Contestant Convicted Of SF Murder
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ―
An aspiring rapper and one-time reality TV contestant was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder for fatally shooting another man in San Francisco in 2007.
A San Francisco Superior Court jury found Jamal Rashead Trulove, 29
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Hart Becomes 1st This Year To Go To Arbitration
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Outfielder Corey Hart has become the first player on the Milwaukee Brewers to go to arbitration in 12 years.
Hart asked a panel of arbitrators Thursday for a raise from $3.25 million to $4.8 million, and the Brewers argued for $
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San Francisco man sentenced to prison for credit scam
PITTSBURGH — A San Francisco man who had more than 1.8 million stolen bank and credit card numbers on computers at his apartment has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison and $27.5 million in restitution.
Thirty-seven-year-old Max Ray Vision
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Top world surfers in No. Cal for big wave event
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) -- A contest drawing some of the world's top surfers is taking shape Saturday with record-breaking tall waves possible - but strong winds could make those breakers dangerously unpredictable.
The weather is not the only
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What a wave!
Unexpected swells injure at least 13 spectators at the big-wave Mavericks Surf Contest, at which a Kailua man wins fourth place
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. » Despite big-wave warnings, two walls of water caught dozens of spectators off-guard and knocked them
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America's Cup coming to S.F.
Ellison's syndicate, BMW Oracle Racing, won the second race in the best-of-three series by five minutes, 26 seconds over cup defender Alinghi, which is owned by Ellison's archrival, Swiss biotech magnate Ernesto Bertarelli. Two days earlier, Ellison's
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Calif. police make arrest in guitar maker's death
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ROHNERT PARK, Calif. -- Police in California have arrested a suspect in the killing of prominent guitar maker Taku Sakashta.
Police arrested 28-year-old Joshua Rhea Begley early Monday in Rohnert Park on suspicion of murder,
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Google To Donate $2 Million To Help Wikipedia
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ―
Google Inc., the Internet's most profitable company, is giving $2 million to support Wikipedia, a volunteer-driven reference tool that has emerged as one of the Web's most-read sites.
The donation announced Wednesday matches
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San Francisco-bound flight from Denver diverted for bomb threat
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Airport officials say a bomb threat caused a San Francisco-bound airliner to land in Salt Lake City as a precaution.
Salt Lake City International Airport spokeswoman Barbara Gann said a flight attendant found a threatening note
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Residents fight to clean up Calif. chicken waste
FRENCH CAMP, Calif. - At the end of a remote road lined by houses, children play in yards just a short distance from a stagnant, 16.5-acre lagoon filled with the waste sludge of a factory egg farm.
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Libraries dealing with homeless try new approaches; San Francisco hires a social worker
SAN FRANCISCO
- Every day, when the main library opens, John Banks is waiting to get inside. He finds a spot and stays until closing time. Then his wheelchair takes him back to the bus terminal where he spends his nights.
Like many homeless public
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GOP will play the Pelosi card in 2010 congressional races
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OHIO: The National Republican Congressional Committee launched this ad in April 2009, attempting to link Democratic Rep. Zack Space with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco.
The campaign: Even though
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Plastic bags in US -- to pay or not to pay?
A woman carries her purchases, without a bag, as she leaves a store in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. By carrying purchases she did not have to pay 5-cents for the plastic bag.
ALEX BRANDON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- For
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Doctors cut work hours
CHICAGO (AP) -- Doctors have steadily cut their work hours over the past decade, a new study finds, something that experts say may only worsen the health care situation.
It's not that doctors are terrible slackers. Average hours dropped from about 55
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Police: Calif death-row inmate linked to cold case
Authorities say DNA ties a California death row inmate convicted in the killings of seven hikers to the unsolved 1979 slaying of a jogger in a San Francisco park.
Authorities say DNA ties a California death row inmate convicted in the killings of seven
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Phillip Garrido has 'been hearing voices of angels for years,' lawyer says
location," Gellman wrote. "However, in a case like this, it would make settlement far more difficult if counsel were forever foreclosed from approaching the idea of contact again.
In seeking the official buffer earlier this month, District Attorney
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Paso Robles: The best wine region you may not know
PASO ROBLES, Calif. - The February issue of a respected wine industry trade publication gives only one of the world's wines both a rarefied 98 score and the top spot in the "highly recommended" section.
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San Francisco police, new chief tackle quality of life crimes
SAN FRANCISCO — In the Tenderloin, not far from tourists at the historic cable car turnaround, the city's incoming police chief was shocked to see open drug dealing.
Then, in the swank Union Square shopping area, Sacramento's visiting mayor had his
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White House: Simple up or down vote on health care
WASHINGTON — The White House called for a "simple up-or-down" vote on health care legislation Sunday as Speaker Nancy Pelosi appealed to House Democrats to get behind President Barack Obama's chief domestic priority even it if threatens their political
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JFK runway shutdown will add to delays, prices
NEW YORK — One runway, a whole lot of problems.
The main runway at John F. Kennedy International will be closed for four months starting today. Millions of travelers will experience delays — including some not flying anywhere near New York.
With about
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Sea lions slowly return to San Francisco's Pier 39
SAN FRANCISCO Sea lions are returning to San Francisco's Pier 39 after an abrupt disappearance that left tourists disappointed and experts baffled.
The number is fluctuating. But the population appears to be making a slow return after
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Medivation shares plunge on Alzheimer's study
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Medivation Inc. got crushed Wednesday, plunging as a late-stage clinical study showed its drug candidate for treating Alzheimer's disease proved largely ineffective.
San Francisco-based
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Most sea lions gone from Ore. coast
FLORENCE, Ore. - The thousands of California sea lions that showed up this winter off the central Oregon coast seem to have largely moved on.
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Claim: San Francisco giving gardeners toxic sludge
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco wears its environmental consciousness like a green badge of honor. Residents separate and recycle their food scraps. Streets close to cars so people can walk and bike them. A city department even gives away "high-quality,
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Gays in military ruling creates dilemma for brass
Although it doesn't appear that the military has ever applied the more stringent standard, the court case presents several problems for the Pentagon now that the Obama administration has embarked on a yearlong review of "don't ask, don't tell."
"It's
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Gas prices up 9.58 cents nationwide over two weeks
Gregory Weir prepares to pump gasoline into his car at a Union 76 station in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images/File)
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of regular gasoline in the United States is up 9.58 cents over a
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Conservationist Edgar Wayburn dies at 103
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SAN FRANCISCO Dr. Edgar Wayburn, a five-term president of the Sierra Club who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for working to preserve vast tracts of U.S. wilderness, has died. He was 103.
Wayburn died Friday at his home in
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Vizquel feels good at age 43
: Omar Vizquel strutted into Scottsdale Stadium from the center-field entrance like a confident 20-something and gave a little point to some former San Francisco teammates. He may as well still be in his baseball prime. Vizquel insists he feels that
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Cuba Pays For Sex Change Operations
HAVANA -- Looking in the mirror used to make Yiliam Gonzalez sick to her stomach.
"I would see myself, and my body didn't match who I was," said the 28-year-old wedding pianist, who went by William before receiving a sex change under Cuba's universal
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Court: 'Under God' In Pledge Is Constitutional
A federal appeals court in San Francisco
ruled Thursday that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Thursday that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge
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Experts say U.S. doctors overtesting, overtreating
CHICAGO: Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans maybe even President Barack Obama are being overtreated.
Is it doctors practicing defensive medicine? Or
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Court in San Francisco to rehear Nazi salute case
SAN FRANCISCO - A California man who was ordered removed from a Santa Cruz City Council meeting after making a one-armed Nazi salute has won another day in court.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Friday a majority of its
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Pelosi: Confident House will pass health care bill
San Francisco -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday she's confident the House will pass health care legislation and dismissed Republican criticism that she did not have enough votes for the measure.
"We're very excited about where we are and
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California may make ski helmets mandatory
CATHY BUSSEWITZ, Associated Press Writer | Ski resort proposals A bill introduced in the California Assembly is intended to increase safety for skiers and snowboarders and would give the state the most far-reaching ski resort regulations in the nation.
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Break the law and your new Facebook 'friend' may be the FBI
WASHINGTON: The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too.
U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate
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Wachovia settles money laundering case for $160M
"DEA will follow drug money wherever it leads us," said Mark R. Trouville, chief of the DEA's Miami office.
The agreement means Wachovia and its executives will avoid criminal prosecution in return for the $160 million payment and significant
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Some Fargo residents refuse to move despite floods
He wasn't so sure last year when the Red River jumped its banks and flooded the low-lying section near downtown Fargo known as Oak Grove. Butler worked round the clock for days and broke five sump pumps, as water lapped against barricades of sandbags
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Review site Yelp under fire in business' lawsuits
Yelp denies the claims, but exactly what happened may never be clear. And regardless of what happens in court, the lawsuits could taint Yelp's reputation as a leader in online reviews.
San Francisco-based Yelp has faced many complaints since it began
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These days, if u r a lawmkr, prhps u shld watch who, whn and where u txt msg or e-mail
Lawmakers wnt to limit txt msgs and e-mails
SAN FRANCISCO — Open government in the heart of Silicon Valley is starting to mean turn off, tune out, power down.
When the San Jose City Council meets just miles from the Apple and Google campuses, its
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Enviros, growers agree on farmland reuse for solar
Once completed, the first chunk of solar proposed for the site - the total size of which is roughly that of San Francisco - could generate up to 1 gigawatt of power, or enough to energize up to one million homes.
"I think a better fit (for the land)
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Seaweed can halt obesity
Their research shows that it can stop the body absorbing up to three-quarters of the fat in a meal.
Scientists are adding the seaweed fibre to bread and launching trials to see if foods can be developed which can even help people lose weight.
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