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USA Today, 19.11.08 04:31 UTC

30 years later: Jonestown horror endures

Thirty years after more than 900 people died in a massacre at preacher Jim Jones' Peoples Temple in Guyana, a congresswoman who barely escaped with her life says the ordeal is never far from her mind.
Jonestown  San Francisco Chronicle  The San Francisco Chronicle  California  car backfiring  Guyana  +5 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 16.11.08 16:33 UTC

10 days that shook S.F.

First of Three Parts Thirty years ago, two unimaginable tragedies jolted San Francisco in less than a fortnight. On Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 men, women and children - many of them poor African ...
SAN FRANCISCO  Jonestown  Lynn  Supervisor Dianne Feinstein  Indianapolis  faith healing  +41 more

Telegraph, 11.10.08 20:32 UTC

Martin Sullivan: Briton blamed by Congress as a villain of the global financial crisis

It has been a rough few months for Martin Sullivan, the jovial Essex boy who was until recently feted as the most influential British businessman in America.
Washington  New York  AIG  financial products  insurance agents  insurance  +10 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 14.09.08 16:33 UTC

Union behind the recall pounds its foes

(09-14) 04:00 PDT Sacramento -- The well-funded state prison guards union that wants to recall Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a longtime power broker at the state Capitol that has earned a reputation ...
Las Vegas  SAN FRANCISCO  SACRAMENTO  Minnesota  California  insurance  +24 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 12.09.08 02:32 UTC

Sex, drugs and Chevron - how oil giant is tied to oil royalties scandal

(09-11) 18:31 PDT -- A government scandal mixing alleged drug-use, cronyism and sex at a federal office that handles billions of dollars in oil-drilling royalties has ensnared Chevron Corp. Symbol ...
Chevron Corp  Hess Corp.  San Ramon's Chevron  Gary Williams Energy Corp  oil lease sales  oil leases  +25 more

Los Angeles Times, 07.08.08 23:31 UTC

Feinstein could rock the state's political landscape

Poll numbers show she could dominate the field if she sets her sights on Sacramento in 2010.
SAN FRANCISCO  SACRAMENTO  Los Angeles  California  airline mogul  United States  +18 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 05.08.08 03:32 UTC

Movement under way to restrict 'robocalls'

(08-04) 19:55 PDT -- If Shaun Dakin has his way, you might never get a call from Jack Nicholson again. Or from Scarlett Johansson, Chris Rock, Jay-Z, Arnold Schwarzenegger and all the other ...
Washington, D.C.  SACRAMENTO  San Jose  San Francisco/Peninsula  South Carolina  Indiana  +42 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 11.07.08 02:01 UTC

Speier proposes national speed limit

(07-10) 18:07 PDT Washington - -- Congress is searching for ways to address rising gas prices, and one Bay Area lawmaker thinks she's found one: Lower the speed limit on highways. Rep. Jackie Speier, ...
SAN FRANCISCO  New York  Virginia  Montana  AAA  oil embargo  +30 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 04.06.08 16:02 UTC

McClintock wins 4th District GOP race

(06-03) 22:55 PDT -- State Sen. Tom McClintock, a torchbearer for the conservative wing of the California Republican Party, won easily Tuesday in the costly battle for the Fourth Congressional ...
SAN FRANCISCO  SACRAMENTO  Ventura County  San Mateo County  Nevada  Oregon  +24 more

WashingtonPost Politics, 30.05.08 06:31 UTC

New Career on the Hill For Survivor of Killings

Of all the comebacks on Capitol Hill , Rep. Jackie Speier's ranks among the most unexpected. Her first stint here, 30 years ago, nearly killed her.
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