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Asia stocks down modestly as economy worries ease

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 00:30
Asian stock markets mostly fell Tuesday but losses were limited amid easing worries over the pace of the global economic recovery. Investors in the region were also waiting to see how U.S. markets react to President Barack Obama's new jobs program announced...



Wall Street - Stock market - United States - Business - Investing
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Tue, 09/07/2010 - 00:30
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Obama getting fewer judges confirmed than Nixon

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 23:00
A determined Republican stall campaign in the Senate has sidetracked so many of the men and women nominated by President Barack Obama for judgeships that he has put fewer people on the bench than any president since Richard Nixon at a similar point in his...



Barack Obama - Richard Nixon - Republican - United States - President of the United States
Categories: NEWS: U.S. and International

Police arrest man who scaled San Francisco tower

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 21:30
San Francisco police have arrested a man who scaled the exterior of a 58-story downtown skyscraper and unfurled an American flag at the top. Police tell KCBS radio that the man is veteran skyscraper climber Dan Goodwin. The 54-year-old Lake Tahoe resident's...



San Francisco - Lake Tahoe - KCBS - Dan Goodwin - United States
Categories: NEWS: U.S. and International

Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 21:15
A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans' hard economic times....



Barack Obama - President - United States Congress - President of the United States - Infrastructure
Categories: NEWS: U.S. and International

Man scaling skyscraper in downtown San Francisco

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 19:20
San Francisco authorities say they plan to arrest a man who is scaling the exterior of a 58-story downtown skyscraper - just as soon as he reaches the top. The San Francisco Fire Department says the man was too high for firefighters to reach by the time they...



Skyscraper - San Francisco - United States - Arts - Business
Categories: NEWS: U.S. and International

Lawyer: Iran woman could be stoned to death soon

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 16:31
The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of...



Iran - Stoning - Middle East - Adultery - Newspaper
Categories: NEWS: U.S. and International

Modesto police officers fatally shoot man, 45

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 15:33
Authorities say Modesto police shot and killed a 45-year-old man who was allegedly armed with a knife and intoxicated. Police Sgt. Rick Armendariz says the man was fatally shot early Monday by officers responding to a call about a family disturbance at an...



Police officer - Law - Police - Law Enforcement - Organizations
Categories: NEWS: U.S. and International

US won't say if blowout preventer on way to shore

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 15:25
The Justice Department won't say if the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from gushing from BP's undersea well into the Gulf of Mexico is on its way to shore. Spokeswoman Hannah August declined comment Monday. The 50-foot, 300-ton device, which was...



Gulf of Mexico - Oil spill - Blowout preventer - Environment - Energy
Categories: NEWS: U.S. and International

Democrat Jerry Brown to launch first TV ads

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:30
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown released his first TV commercial of the general election campaign Monday, making good on his promise to use Labor Day weekend as his starting point for the fall contest against Republican opponent Meg Whitman....



Meg Whitman - Jerry Brown - Republican Party - Labor Day - Television advertisement
Categories: NEWS: U.S. and International

Livermore man arrested in stabbing of teenage son

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:33
A Livermore man has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing his teenage son and wife with a fishing knife during a late-night argument. The Alameda County Sheriff's Department says 48-year-old Gary Gomez took his wife, 14-year-old son and his son's two friends...



Sheriff - Alameda County California - Livermore California - Law - California
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Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:33
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3 sought in Pacifica home invasion and robbery

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:03
The Pacifica Police Department is seeking three suspects in connection with a home invasion and robbery that occurred Sunday night. The victims of the robbery were not injured during the break-in, police said. Police units arrived at the house...



Police - United States - Robbery - Home invasion - Law Enforcement
Categories: NEWS: U.S. and International

Sheer number, sour economy favor GOP in govs races

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:33
Never before have so many governorships been up for grabs _ and with so much at stake. The races come just ahead of once-in-a-decade congressional and legislative redistricting to reflect the U.S. population of the 2010 census, a process in which governors...



Republican - United States - Population - Redistricting - Democratic
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Israeli FM pushes for new settlement construction

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 07:34
Israel's hard-line foreign minister said Monday that his party will try to block any extension of Israel's settlement slowdown, a move that could derail the recently launched Mideast peace negotiations. Avigdor Lieberman said the Israeli government must keep...



Israel - Middle East - Avigdor Lieberman - Politics of Israel - Mahmoud Abbas
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Novato kids get bumped from overbooked schools

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:00
Like overbooked airline passengers, 30 to 40 kids in Novato are getting bumped from their overenrolled schools two weeks after the first day of class - transfers that parents say are more about money and union contracts than children's needs. Third-grader...



Home - Overbooking - Airline - Health - Children
Categories: NEWS: U.S. and International

Oakland keeps Abbots Bromley Horn Dance alive

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:00
Holding antlers aloft in the midday sun, about 120 dancers and a larger semicircle of onlookers gathered in Oakland's Joaquin Miller Park on Monday for an odd hunting ritual that entered historical record in medieval England - and still finds followers today...



England - Oakland California - Abbots Bromley Horn Dance - Joaquin Miller Park - Middle Ages
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Police: Livermore man stabbed son, wife on trip

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:00
A Livermore man is being held on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing his 14-year-old son and his wife after an argument on an overnight fishing trip, officers said Monday. Gary Gomez, 48, was arrested around 4:15 a.m. Sunday after his wife, their son...



Police - Attempted murder - Livermore California - Murder - Crime
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Tight California races head into final frenzy

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:00
Labor Day usually signals the beginning of the traditional election season - but this year, when it comes to California's four big races, it's more like the final furious stretch. "All four races are close, and all for different reasons," says Field pollster...



California - Labor Day - Holidays - United States - Government
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Hassle in Haight over McDonald's menu change

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:00
What would seemingly be an issue of capitalism and supply and demand in any other city, or any other neighborhood in San Francisco, has instead morphed into another battle between merchants and the homeless in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood: The McDonald's...



San Francisco - Haight-Ashbury - McDonald - United States - California
Categories: NEWS: U.S. and International