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War Correspondent Michael Hastings Dies In SoCal Car Crash
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith said he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early ...
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Rapids Coach Defenseman Suspended For Actions Vs. ‘Quakes
Head coach Oscar Pareja of Colorado Rapids leaves the pitch after being defeated 2-1 by the San Jose Earthquakes. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty ...
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Jawbones UP Band Saves Appirio Healthcare Dollars
Jawbone, the San Francisco company that makes the popular UP band (full disclosure, one is dangling on my right wrist as I type these words...), just signed a deal to team up with Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a group that helps kids avoid obesity, by living healthy ...
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MLB notebook San Jose sues MLB over A’s stalled move
Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark 40 miles south in San Jose, San Jose city officials said in a lawsuit filed ...
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Fatality At Hayward BART Station Shuts Down Service
HAYWARD (CBS SF) — A person died after jumping in front of a BART train at the Hayward station Tuesday afternoon and service is stopped in both directions, a BART police lieutenant ...
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Marin Supervisors Approve County Fair Dress Code Aimed At Gang Members
MARIN (KCBS) --The Marin County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday formally adopted a dress code policy targeting gang members at the upcoming County Fair. But some are concerned the policy could lead to racial profiling. The dress-code policy won unanimous approval. Supervisors said gang members are allowed at the fair, as long as they are not wearing gang colors or other insignia. The fair runs ...
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Yosemite Visitors See Wildfire Park Not Impacted
MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park has grown into a more than 2-square-mile blaze that officials said Tuesday has led to the evacuations of 800 homes and 1,500 ...
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Repairs Complete at San Francisquito Creek
Residents of a flood-prone neighborhood in East Palo Alto can rest easier now that the first phase of repairs to the San Francisquito Creek bank have been ...
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Burger Joint Robber Shot Dead By Deputies In Castro Valley Was Wanted Parolee
fatally shot in a confrontation with two Alameda County sheriff's deputies at a restaurant in Castro Valley on Friday night was a parolee at large from Oakland, authorities said Tuesday. Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. J.D. Nelson identified the suspect as 32-year-old Quincy Williams and said he had three felony convictions for robbery, drugs and theft. Williams also had ...
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Aetna To Stop Selling Individual Health Insurance Plans In Calif.
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — Aetna Inc. will stop selling individual health insurance policies in California next month, just weeks after opting out of the exchange that is being established as part of the national health care reforms, a state regulator said Tuesday. California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said he was disappointed in Aetna’s decision because consumers need more ...
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Chrysler Agrees To Major Recall Of Jeeps At Risk Of Fire
DETROIT (CBS/AP) – Chrysler abruptly agreed to recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps Tuesday, reversing a defiant stance and avoiding a possible public relations nightmare over fuel tanks that can rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions. In deciding on the recall, Chrysler sidestepped a showdown with government safety regulators that could have led to public hearings with witnesses ...
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Ex-Warrior Ellis Tells Bucks He’s Opting Out Of Contract
Monta Ellis has informed the Bucks he won't exercise his $11 million option for the upcoming season, making him an unrestricted free agent July 1. The move Monday wasn't a total surprise, coming after Ellis rejected a two-year contract extension last ...
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San Mateo’s Mohamed Lahna Aims For 2016 Paralympic Triathlon
Mohamed Lahna of Morocco crosses the finish line during the Paratriathlon Male Tri-2 race on October 22, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Sandra Mu/Getty ...
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Timeline A’s Attempts To Relocate From Oakland Coliseum
Chris Young #25 of the Oakland Athletics high fives Shane Peterson #32 after the Athletics beat the Houston Astros at O.co Coliseum on April 17, 2013 in Oakland. (Ezra Shaw/Getty ...
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Yahoo Discloses Number Of U.S. Government Data Requests
SUNNYVALE (CBS/AP) — Yahoo is the latest company to disclose how many requests for user data it has received from U.S. government agencies, putting the number between 12,000 and 13,000 in the six months that ended on May 31. Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer and General Counsel Ron Bell said in a blog post late Monday that the most common requests concerned fraud homicides, kidnappings, and ...
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Police identify Oakland man fatally shot by deputy at Castro Valley burger joint
Quincy Williams, age 32, of Oakland, was shot and killed by an Alameda County sheriff's deputy Friday during an armed robbery at Boulevard Burger in Castro ...
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Police Seek Help In Finding Vallejo Homicide Suspect
VALLEJO (CBS SF) -Vallejo police have identified a suspect in a February homicide as 32-year-old William Cordoba and are seeking the public's help in locating him. Cordoba, also known as William Johnson, ...
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Michelle Shocked Invited To SF Pride Week Months After Homophobic Rant
Michelle Shocked performs on stage during day five of the Bluesfest Music Festival at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm on April 25, 2011 in Byron Bay, Australia. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty ...
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Silicon Valley elite discuss IPO alternatives
By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:19pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO, June 18 (Reuters) - Silicon Valley executives and investors gathered on Tuesday at the Reuters Technology Summit in San Francisco to discuss whether new sources of private financing have dimmed the allure of an initial public offering. Below are highlights from the event. Dave Goldberg, CEO of ...
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Ex-Warriors Exec D’Alessandro Begins ‘Dream Job’ As Kings GM
The Sacramento Kings formally introduced D'Alessandro as the team's new general manager Monday, handing over basketball operations to the former Denver and Golden State executive who has spent a lifetime waiting for such an opportunity. He joins coach Mike Malone, hired just two weeks ago by new owner Vivek Ranadive, who said D'Alessandro emerged from the "long and arduous ...
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Spurs A Model Of Patience Success
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The Spurs have long been the NBA’s gold standard when it comes to drafting and development, preferring to roll up their sleeves and scour the globe to find the right players to slot into well-defined roles in San Antonio. They have more international players on their roster than any other team in the NBA, and even their American players don’t come straight from ...
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Heat Need Big Game From James Again
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A little more than a year ago, the Miami Heat stood on the verge of elimination in the Eastern Conference Finals. The team’s heart and the ability of the Big Three were being questioned left and right ahead of Game 6 of the Conference Finals. Then LeBron James got "the look" and things were never the same for the Heat. James put the team on his ...
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Yahoo 13000 Data Requests From Law Enforcement in Six Months
Yahoo made the announcement in a blog on its Tumblr page. Police most-often request information pertaining not to national security, but in cases concerning "fraud, homicides, kidnappings" and similar cases, according to the news ...
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Google Chromebooks Now At Walmart Staples
Google has not yet abandoned the miniature laptop in favor of the tablet, with the company's $199 Chromebook to hit stores like Walmart and Staples as of ...
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Study Heavy Tweeting Means Youre a Narcissist
The study comes from the University of Michigan, which noticed that different forms of narcissism present themselves on different forms of social media: Show-offs, the newspaper reported, tend to tweet more. Whereas people who need affirmation -- people who "are more concerned with their own appearance" -- post on Facebook and wait for the parade of ...
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Silicon Valley's Expo ambitions
Moffet Field, a fairly unknown former military airbase in Silicon Valley near Mountain View and Sunnyvale, may become the centerpiece of the 2020 World Expo if Governor Schwarzenegger and other advocated of a California bid get their way.
California wants one of its cities to host the 2020 World Expo, the event is a seminal one on the world calendar and is expected to draw in over 70 million visitors to Shanghai, the city currently hosting the exhibition, which last six months. Read more
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