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The Independent, 01.12.08 18:39 UTC

Four Christmases defies critics at the box office

When Reese Witherspoon's new comedy Four Christmases lined up against Nicole Kidman's eagerly-awaited epic Australia at the Thanksgiving holiday weekend box office, virtually every critic in America ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 01.12.08 16:37 UTC

Newsom expounds on State of the City on YouTube

Forget the auditorium, the podium and the audience of supervisors, department heads, journalists and political gadflies. Forget the hourlong running time, too. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 01.12.08 16:36 UTC

Man shot, killed near Conservatory of Flowers

(11-30) 23:17 PST San Francisco -- A young man from San Diego who had recently moved to San Francisco to join friends and pursue new opportunities died Saturday night after he was shot in the back ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 01.12.08 16:08 UTC

Plenty of gift ideas after Cyber Monday is over

Black Friday: check. Cyber Monday: check. Here are some other shopping days and offers - should you wish to help out the economy's droopy demeanor. 'Green Tuesday': It's "the green community's ...

Los Angeles Daily News, 01.12.08 16:05 UTC

Ex-owner of pot dispensaries to be sentenced

The former owner of a chain of nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries is scheduled to be sentenced today after pleading guilty to federal charges of knowingly using a West Hollywood property to ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 01.12.08 05:00 UTC

Volunteers are Golden Gate National Recreation Area's biggest asset

(11-30) 20:26 PST -- The 75,500-acre Golden Gate National Recreation Area has always broken new ground, starting with its establishment in the 1970s as one of the country's first urban national parks ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 01.12.08 04:31 UTC

AIDS: This is no time for complacency

This World AIDS Day coincides with the 25th anniversary of the discovery of HIV, the cause of this worldwide epidemic. In 1981, several of us faced the sudden appearance in San Francisco of a new ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 01.12.08 03:00 UTC

S.F. AIDS Ward 86 - 25 years of saving lives

In the corridors of Ward 86, he's known as Patient Zero - the man willing to subject himself to any new medical trial that might help solve the riddle of HIV. Richard Apodaca has doused his feet in ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 01.12.08 03:00 UTC

At S.F. vigil, Indians, Jews mourn victims of Mumbai attacks

(11-30) 18:31 PST -- For hundreds of people who attended a vigil in downtown San Francisco today, there was a collective sense of sadness and outrage at the three-day terror spree that left scores ...