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People

Writer David Foster Wallace Hanged Himself

David Foster Wallace, novelist, essayist and short story writer, breathed his last breath on Sept...
» read full story September 14th, 2008 - 14:32
Radio Talk Show Host Faces Child Pornography Charges

Radio Talk Show Host Faces Child Pornography Charges

Bernie Ward, a San Francisco radio talk show host and former Catholic priest, was indicted on child...
» read full story December 07th, 2007 - 15:28
Cartoonist Phil Frank, Creator of “Farley," Dies

Cartoonist Phil Frank, Creator of “Farley," Dies

Cartoonist Phil Frank, known for his work on the comic strips “Farley” and “The...
» read full story September 14th, 2007 - 13:55
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Technology

Facebook Connect Is Ready To Conquer The Web

Facebook Connect Is Ready To Conquer The Web

Facebook Connect is ready to enroll new websites. Unveiled this summer, during the second annual...
» read full story December 01st, 2008 - 17:08
Antitrust Lawyer Hired To Challenge The Google-Yahoo Deal In Court?

Antitrust Lawyer Hired To Challenge The Google-Yahoo Deal In Court?

Amid concerns that the Google-Yahoo deal would create inequities on the search advertising market,...
» read full story September 10th, 2008 - 14:30
Update: SF Mayor Gets City Network Passwords

Update: SF Mayor Gets City Network Passwords

The San Francisco IT administrator that has been keeping city officials in total darkness over the...
» read full story July 23rd, 2008 - 12:08
And The Responsibility For The SF Network Blockage Goes To...

And The Responsibility For The SF Network Blockage Goes To...

The story of the San Francisco computer network administrator who's been keeping officials on fire...
» read full story July 20th, 2008 - 08:36
The Launch of The 3G iPhone Plagued By Setup Problems

The Launch of The 3G iPhone Plagued By Setup Problems

It seems like Friday was a busy day for Apple as the launch of its eagerly awaited 3G iPhone was...
» read full story July 12th, 2008 - 09:50
Kindle – Futuristic Technology For A Steep Price

Kindle – Futuristic Technology For A Steep Price

More than half a year after Amazon introduced Kindle, a handheld device that points to the future...
» read full story July 07th, 2008 - 15:20
Silicon Valley Janitors On Strike Over Low Wages

Silicon Valley Janitors On Strike Over Low Wages

Silicon Valley janitors went on strike today over low wages and the unavailability of health care....
» read full story May 20th, 2008 - 15:30
German Wikipedia On Paper To Show Books Are Not A Lost Cause

German Wikipedia On Paper To Show Books Are Not A Lost Cause

How does Wikipedia on paper sound like? Maybe strange, but not for the German publisher...
» read full story April 24th, 2008 - 14:10
IBM Gets Private Area on Second Life - Ideal For Learning

IBM Gets Private Area on Second Life - Ideal For Learning

IBM gets involved with Second Life with a new project, still in its testing phase, that will...
» read full story April 03rd, 2008 - 13:16
Swiss Bank Drops Wikileaks Lawsuit to Avoid Further Damage

Swiss Bank Drops Wikileaks Lawsuit to Avoid Further Damage

The Swiss bank which sued Wikileaks.org and managed to deny DNS access to the site has asked the...
» read full story March 06th, 2008 - 18:43
Stanford And UC Berkeley To Revive Saudi Arabian University

Stanford And UC Berkeley To Revive Saudi Arabian University

Stanford University and UC Berkley have joined forces to help bring back science and technology to...
» read full story March 05th, 2008 - 16:34
First Amendment Challenged: Wikileaks Shut by Ca. Judge

First Amendment Challenged: Wikileaks Shut by Ca. Judge

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the shutdown of an anonymous whistleblower site,...
» read full story February 20th, 2008 - 16:48
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Movies

"Milk": Harvey Milk’s Honorable Tribute

"Milk": Harvey Milk’s Honorable Tribute

“Milk,” the film about the life and death of openly gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, that...
» read full story November 30th, 2008 - 22:20
Sharon Stone Loses Custody Of Son Roan

Sharon Stone Loses Custody Of Son Roan

For yet unclear reasons, actress Sharon Stone has lost joint custody of her oldest son, 8-year-old...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 00:36
“Burn After Reading”: Another Comedy From The Coens Brothers

“Burn After Reading”: Another Comedy From The Coens Brothers

As they have accustomed us over the years, the Coen brothers followed their serious movie “No...
» read full story September 11th, 2008 - 16:44
Sean Penn and Robin Wright Put Divorce on Hold

Sean Penn and Robin Wright Put Divorce on Hold

Actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn have put their divorce proceedings on hold, according to...
» read full story April 10th, 2008 - 12:57
Fairies, Ogres And Goblins Are Among Us, Spiderwick Says

Fairies, Ogres And Goblins Are Among Us, Spiderwick Says

You could be hasty and call “The Spiderwick Chronicles” another fantasy movie and then leave it...
» read full story February 14th, 2008 - 15:28
Directors Begin Talks With Studios

Directors Begin Talks With Studios

As the writers enter the 11th week of the strike on Monday, it seems like the negotiations between...
» read full story January 14th, 2008 - 15:32
Movie Review: ‘The Bucket List’

Movie Review: ‘The Bucket List’

“The Bucket List”, Rob Reiner’s movie (Rumor Has It) about old men getting their last wishes, is a...
» read full story January 11th, 2008 - 16:17
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Movie Reviews

Harvey Milk’s Honorable Tribute

Harvey Milk’s Honorable Tribute

“Milk,” the film about the life and death of openly gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, that...
» read full story November 30th, 2008 - 14:43
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U.S.

Lawsuits Filed against California Same-Sex Marriage Ban

San Francisco - Six months after the California Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 09:35

Setback for gay rights; California approves same-sex marriage ban

San Francisco - Six months after the California Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriage...
» read full story November 05th, 2008 - 20:58
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Science

Possible Toxic Element Found on Mars Decreases Chances of Finding Life

Possible Toxic Element Found on Mars Decreases Chances of Finding Life

NASA scientists announced Monday that they discovered what seems to be a highly oxidizing...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 17:11
PG&E: Mojave Solar Plants To Provide Energy For Californian Homes

PG&E: Mojave Solar Plants To Provide Energy For Californian Homes

As renewable resources are considered to be the future engine of this planet, California seems to...
» read full story April 01st, 2008 - 13:43
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Specials

Air Lixx Hulahan Becomes the 2008 Air Guitar Champion

Air Lixx Hulahan won the title at the U.S. Air Guitar National Finals that were held in San...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 18:49

FDA’s New Guidelines Limit Conflict of Interest among Advisers

FDA on Monday issued final guidelines that seek to limit conflicts of interest among advisory...
» read full story August 06th, 2008 - 14:19
Kennedy Feeling ‘Like a Million Bucks’ after Risky Brain Surgery

Kennedy Feeling ‘Like a Million Bucks’ after Risky Brain Surgery

After undergoing a risky brain surgery on Monday at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.,...
» read full story June 03rd, 2008 - 13:35
San Francisco City Contests Tiger Attack Victims’ Claims

San Francisco City Contests Tiger Attack Victims’ Claims

The two brothers who survived a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas day were denied...
» read full story May 12th, 2008 - 15:48
Cinco de Mayo: a Celebration of Diversity and Commerce

Cinco de Mayo: a Celebration of Diversity and Commerce

Even though many have no idea what Cinco de Mayo is all about, they still enjoy drinking a...
» read full story May 05th, 2008 - 13:37
CBS Forced To Fire News Staffers All Over US

CBS Forced To Fire News Staffers All Over US

The massive staff layoffs reportedly being made at CBS-owned TV stations in Los Angeles, San...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 22:26
Private Eye, Pellicano, Wiretapped His Own Clients

Private Eye, Pellicano, Wiretapped His Own Clients

During the opening statements of the trial of private eye Anthony Pellicano on Thursday, a federal...
» read full story March 07th, 2008 - 16:42
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Music

Scorsese's Stones Concert Documentary Opens April 4

Scorsese's Stones Concert Documentary Opens April 4

The new concert documentary by Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese, "Shine a Light,"...
» read full story March 28th, 2008 - 23:29
Saxophonist Frank Morgan Dead from Colon Cancer at 73

Saxophonist Frank Morgan Dead from Colon Cancer at 73

Saxophonist Frank Morgan died on Friday, December 14, at his home in Minneapolis. He suffered...
» read full story December 20th, 2007 - 12:17
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Health

The End of West Nile Season Is Approaching

The West Nile situation continues to represent a threat because the weather is still warm...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 17:00
FBI Requests Scientific Review Of Controversial Anthrax Case

FBI Requests Scientific Review Of Controversial Anthrax Case

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said an independent team of researchers and engineers from the...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 14:30
Update: Walgreens Takes The Fight Over SF Tobacco Ban To Court

Update: Walgreens Takes The Fight Over SF Tobacco Ban To Court

The largest US drug-store chain by sales, Walgreen Co., is seeking an emergency injunction to...
» read full story September 10th, 2008 - 14:45
Food Diaries - The New "Secret" Method To Lose Weight

Food Diaries - The New "Secret" Method To Lose Weight

Do you really want to lose weight? Scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 13:15
Scientists Detect Gene Variant Possibly Linked to Alzheimer’s

Scientists Detect Gene Variant Possibly Linked to Alzheimer’s

Scientists have discovered a gene that almost doubles the risk of developing the most common form...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 13:41
McCain ‘enjoys excellent health’

McCain ‘enjoys excellent health’

After months of delay, Republican John McCain’s medical records were released on Friday answering...
» read full story May 26th, 2008 - 15:37
Google Health Service Is Finally Here

Google Health Service Is Finally Here

The internet search giant Google Inc. has finally launched its long-awaited Google Health...
» read full story May 20th, 2008 - 13:27
California State Faces Lawsuit over Medi-Cal Cuts

California State Faces Lawsuit over Medi-Cal Cuts

A coalition of health care groups and providers filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block...
» read full story May 07th, 2008 - 11:52
Report Finds No Link between Moth Spraying and Illnesses

Report Finds No Link between Moth Spraying and Illnesses

New study by state health officials released Thursday reveals there is not enough data to prove...
» read full story April 11th, 2008 - 14:02
NTSB Blames Pilot’s Medication and Alcohol Use for SF Oil Spill

NTSB Blames Pilot’s Medication and Alcohol Use for SF Oil Spill

Cosco Busan pilot Capt. John Cota whose container struck a Bay Bridge tower on November 7, causing...
» read full story April 10th, 2008 - 11:53
‘Hands-only’ CPR Significantly Boosts Survival Chances, AHA Says

‘Hands-only’ CPR Significantly Boosts Survival Chances, AHA Says

Whether or not you’re trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you still can help a person...
» read full story April 01st, 2008 - 10:56
People in the US Workforce Concerned over High Health Care Costs

People in the US Workforce Concerned over High Health Care Costs

A survey of 26,419 Americans conducted by the AFL-CIO revealed Tuesday that people in the U.S....
» read full story March 26th, 2008 - 14:33
Sutter Health Nurses Start 10-Day Strike

Sutter Health Nurses Start 10-Day Strike

As many as 4,000 nurses were scheduled to walk off their job at 7 a.m. today to begin a 10-day...
» read full story March 21st, 2008 - 15:23
SF Zoo’s 3 Newborn Sumatra Cubs Given First Examination

SF Zoo’s 3 Newborn Sumatra Cubs Given First Examination

After a thorough examination, the three Sumatran tiger cubs born at the San Francisco Zoo...
» read full story March 18th, 2008 - 16:31
Cancer Drug Rituxan May Help Treat Multiple Sclerosis

Cancer Drug Rituxan May Help Treat Multiple Sclerosis

The novel cancer and rheumatoid arthritis drug Rituxan has proven to be effective when administered...
» read full story February 14th, 2008 - 18:07
UCLA Researcher’s Home Damaged Second Time in Four Months

UCLA Researcher’s Home Damaged Second Time in Four Months

The home of UCLA researcher was firebombed on Tuesday, marking the second attack at the same...
» read full story February 06th, 2008 - 15:05
Traveler with TB Causes Alarm in Sunnyvale, CA

Traveler with TB Causes Alarm in Sunnyvale, CA

A 30-year-old woman from Sunnyvale, Calif., returned from a trip to India with a drug-resistant...
» read full story December 28th, 2007 - 13:22
Recall Issued for Metromint Flavored Water

Recall Issued for Metromint Flavored Water

A San Francisco company is voluntarily recalling Metromint, a flavored water bottled in California...
» read full story December 07th, 2007 - 12:26
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World

San Francisco woman sentenced to 15 years to life in dog attack

San Francisco - A woman whose two dogs attacked and killed her neighbour in the hallway of their...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 07:53
Blaze Near Yosemite Doesn’t Affect Tourists

Blaze Near Yosemite Doesn’t Affect Tourists

Monday, a blaze burning about 12 miles of Yosemite Valley has damaged 12 homes and forced...
» read full story July 29th, 2008 - 16:20

Angry State Workers Protest Against Governor’s Cut Plan

Hundreds of state workers in California held a rally on the west steps of the Capitol Thursday, to...
» read full story July 25th, 2008 - 16:09
California: High School Dropout Rates Are High

California: High School Dropout Rates Are High

State educators were shocked that one in four kids quit school last year. California made its...
» read full story July 17th, 2008 - 11:55

San Leandro: Interstate 880 Crash, Two Dead

Thursday, a crash on Interstate 880 in San Leandro left two dead and caused traffic delays all...
» read full story June 27th, 2008 - 12:25
OC Teenagers Charged With Hacking School Computers

OC Teenagers Charged With Hacking School Computers

Instead of learning and working harder, two high school seniors took the easy road and hacked...
» read full story June 18th, 2008 - 13:12
New Standards for Marijuana Use in Mendocino

New Standards for Marijuana Use in Mendocino

Give a man an inch and he will take an ell. This seems to be the case with an unconventional law...
» read full story June 04th, 2008 - 10:50

Police Arrests Suspects in Highway 101 Shooting

Police arrested two suspects in the Highway 101 shooting of a Hells Angels motorcycle club...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 12:26
Water Rationing in East Bay

Water Rationing in East Bay

East Bay Municipal Utility District declared on Tuesday a water-shortage emergency across the...
» read full story May 14th, 2008 - 11:17
Suspect Arrested in Mother’s Day Killing

Suspect Arrested in Mother’s Day Killing

A man suspected of slaying the mother of his two children in Santa Rosa, hiding her body in a...
» read full story May 13th, 2008 - 17:24
Freemont Line Delayed by Yard Fire

Freemont Line Delayed by Yard Fire

Bay Area Rapid Transit officials closed three East Bay stations on Sunday afternoon because of a...
» read full story May 12th, 2008 - 14:44

Students Protest against Education Cuts

Around 2,000 upset students demonstrated around the State Capitol Monday morning in Sacramento,...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 12:57

105-Year-Old Survivor Attends Earthquake Anniversary

On the day that San Francisco commemorates the 102nd anniversary of the 1906 earthquake, a...
» read full story April 18th, 2008 - 16:28
State Warns Aerial Spraying Against Moth Is Crucial to Crops

State Warns Aerial Spraying Against Moth Is Crucial to Crops

State agriculture leaders released a warning to the city and county Monday, announcing that if...
» read full story April 15th, 2008 - 12:19
Brothers Attacked by Tiger at SF Zoo Filed Claims

Brothers Attacked by Tiger at SF Zoo Filed Claims

The two brothers attacked by Siberian tiger Tatiana at the San Francisco Zoo filed claims against...
» read full story March 29th, 2008 - 10:00

CA Boy Declared Abducted Found Dead Near Home

While authorities in two states looked for a young boy believed to have been abducted, 9-year-old...
» read full story March 20th, 2008 - 15:41
SF Sailing Race Has Tragic End, 2 Sailors Drowned

SF Sailing Race Has Tragic End, 2 Sailors Drowned

The sailing race from the Golden Gate Yacht Club ended in tragedy as a Marin County boat with two...
» read full story March 17th, 2008 - 11:24
Deputy’s Car Hits Group of Cyclists, 2 Dead, 1 Seriously Injured

Deputy’s Car Hits Group of Cyclists, 2 Dead, 1 Seriously Injured

A deputy sheriff on patrol in Cupertino, California, Sunday crossed the double-yellow line on...
» read full story March 10th, 2008 - 11:10
US Soldiers at High Risk of Developing Mental Health Problems

US Soldiers at High Risk of Developing Mental Health Problems

A report by the U.S. Army Thursday reveals that more than a quarter of U.S. soldiers on...
» read full story March 07th, 2008 - 14:41

Piano Student Paralyzed By Bullet To Be Released From Hospital

The boy who remained paralyzed from the waist down after being shot by a man while taking piano...
» read full story March 07th, 2008 - 14:38
Alameda Students Protest Against Budget Cuts

Alameda Students Protest Against Budget Cuts

Today hundreds of students from Alameda's two high schools walked out of class in order to protest...
» read full story March 06th, 2008 - 13:10
Buckley Jr., American Conservatism Founder Dies At 82

Buckley Jr., American Conservatism Founder Dies At 82

William F. Buckley Jr.,  founder of the modern conservative movement, the novelist, columnist and...
» read full story February 28th, 2008 - 12:38
3 Killed In Airplane Crash In Riverside

3 Killed In Airplane Crash In Riverside

According to authorities, three people were killed on Wednesday when a small airplane crashed in a...
» read full story February 28th, 2008 - 10:38
Immigrants Less Likely To Do Time

Immigrants Less Likely To Do Time

A study released on Monday shows that the immigrants in California are less likely to commit crimes...
» read full story February 26th, 2008 - 14:34
Almost 44 % Of Americans Changed Their Religion, Study Says

Almost 44 % Of Americans Changed Their Religion, Study Says

According to a national survey conducted by the Pew forum on Religion and Public Life, over 25...
» read full story February 26th, 2008 - 09:52
McCain's Team Turns Scandal into Opportunity

McCain's Team Turns Scandal into Opportunity

John McCain, the Arizona Senator and likely presidential candidate for the Republican Party, denied...
» read full story February 23rd, 2008 - 19:33
Bush Sets Rwanda As Example For Darfur Crisis

Bush Sets Rwanda As Example For Darfur Crisis

During his visit in Rwanda at the museum dedicated to the 1994 genocide on Tuesday, U.S. President...
» read full story February 20th, 2008 - 13:33
Suspect Arrested For Making Over 30,000 Prank 911 Calls

Suspect Arrested For Making Over 30,000 Prank 911 Calls

Police made an unusual arrest on Wednesday night, after tracking down a 911 emergency line...
» read full story February 15th, 2008 - 16:33
Calif. Supreme Court Sets Date for Hearing on Gay Marriage

Calif. Supreme Court Sets Date for Hearing on Gay Marriage

The California Supreme Court said Wednesday that it scheduled a March 4 hearing on the legality of...
» read full story February 07th, 2008 - 12:59
Judge Might Rule Out ‘Torture Flight’ Case

Judge Might Rule Out ‘Torture Flight’ Case

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against a San Jose flight-planning company that allegedly...
» read full story February 06th, 2008 - 16:02
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