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San Francisco Chronicle, 08.01.09 16:06 UTC

Mom of rapper killed by police files suit

(01-08) 07:16 PST SANTA CLARA -- The mother of a man who was shot and killed by Santa Clara police last year after he stabbed a friend and a police dog has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. Aziz ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 08.01.09 05:01 UTC

Satyam chairman admits he cooked the books

(01-07) 19:38 PST -- A huge accounting scandal ravaging one of India's top outsourcing companies could have ramifications from Silicon Valley to Bangalore. Symbol Lookup Ramalinga Raju, chairman of ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 07.01.09 03:01 UTC

Sunnyvale man going to prison for novel bank robbery

(01-06) 16:15 PST SAN JOSE -- A South Bay man has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for an unusual bank robbery: Instead of going to a bank to steal cash, he ordered a Santa ...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 06.01.09 05:35 UTC

Apple CEO: Illness won't displace me

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- In an unprecedented letter to Apple investors and consumers yesterday, Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs revealed that a hormone imbalance is "robbing" his body of proteins, ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 03.01.09 17:33 UTC

S.F. files lien for tiger attack medical bill

(01-02) 17:33 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco officials have taken a step to try to ensure that the city is reimbursed for $75,000 in medical bills incurred by one of two brothers mauled by a ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 02.01.09 20:01 UTC

Last chance to wash the dust off umbrellas for a while

(01-02) 11:37 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Enjoy the rain spattering the Bay Area today, because it may be the last for some time. Raindrops began falling on San Francisco around dawn, and by 11 a.m. ...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 01.01.09 07:03 UTC

NHL Roundup: Minnesota edges Sharks, 3-2

The Minnesota Wild saved its much-needed best game of the month for last. Brent Burns scored at 1:38 of overtime to give the host Wild a 3-2 victory against the San Jose Sharks last night. Burns took ...

Times Online, 30.12.08 08:30 UTC

Protest as Facebook removes breastfeeding photos

A mass online protest movement is gathering pace after Facebook banned some breastfeeding photos from the social network site. Angry mothers even picketed the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 27.12.08 17:03 UTC

SAN JOSE / Fry's embezzling suspect well known to Vegas D.A.'s office / Bad checks put him reportedly in top 5 for money owed

As head of the bad check unit at the Clark County, Nev., district attorney's office, Bernard Zadrowski has seen a lot of deadbeat gamblers reported by the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip - at least ...