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McCain attacks Obama over Iran comments Mon, 19 May 2008 13:34:39 PDT
Republican John McCain accused Democrat Barack Obama of inexperience and reckless judgment for saying Iran does not pose the same serious threat to the United States as the Soviet Union did in its day. McCain made the attack Monday in Chicago, Obama's home...

Neighbor saves man from apartment fire in S.F.'s Richmond District Mon, 19 May 2008 13:24:15 PDT
A man rescued a neighbor in San Francisco's Richmond District whose kitchen caught fire early today, authorities said. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. in an apartment at 717 Sixth Ave., said Lt. Mindy Talmadge of the San Francisco Fire Department. A...

Governor's lottery-borrowing plan too rosy, state analyst says Mon, 19 May 2008 13:12:39 PDT
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to borrow against future lottery profits to help erase the state's budget deficit is overly optimistic and may cut lottery funding for public schools, according to a report released today by the non-partisan legislative...

Myanmar opens door to help from Asian neighbors Mon, 19 May 2008 13:04:34 PDT
Myanmar's junta, facing global outrage for spurning international assistance, appeared to relent Monday, saying it would allow its Asian neighbors to oversee the distribution of foreign relief to cyclone survivors. It also approved a visit by U.N. Secretary-...

EA extends tender offer for Grand Theft Auto maker Mon, 19 May 2008 11:43:56 PDT
Redwood City game maker Electronic Arts has extended its tender offer for a third time for Take-Two Interactive Software, whose board again urged shareholders to hold out for a better deal, saying the offer undervalues the company. EA today set a new deadline...

Sen. Robert C. Byrd endorses Obama Mon, 19 May 2008 11:01:21 PDT
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan and a one-time opponent of civil rights legislation, endorsed Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination on Monday. Obama is vying to be the nation's first black president. Byrd's support...

38 charged in international phishing scheme Mon, 19 May 2008 10:16:16 PDT
Thirty-eight people were charged Monday with stealing names, Social Security numbers, credit card data and other personal information from unsuspecting Internet users as part of a global crime ring. The Romanian-based phishing scams sought to rip off...

Suspensions point to trouble in schools Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
California public school educators suspended students more than 332,000 times for violence or drugs last year - a jump of nearly 16,000 from the prior year. That's 6 out of every 100 students, up from 5 per 100 the year before, a Chronicle analysis of state...

Hordes run, walk or stumble in Bay to Breakers Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A roiling, shimmying crowd of superheroes, robots, Olympic torch runners, guys in hula skirts and guys with no costumes at all pulsated through San Francisco on Sunday in the party disguised as a footrace known as Bay to Breakers. Athletes in running shorts...

Motorcyclist fleeing from CHP hits bicyclist in Berkeley Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A woman riding her bicycle in Berkeley was struck and seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash by a motorcyclist fleeing from California Highway Patrol officers, authorities said today. The incident began about 11:15 p.m. Sunday when two CHP officers in their...

2 men shot to death outside strip club in Sunnyvale Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Two men were shot and killed outside a Sunnyvale strip club, police said today. The victims, whose names were not released, were shot about 9:30 p.m. Sunday outside the Brass Rail adult dance club at 160 Persian Drive, police said. The men were found in or...

Report: EPA caved in on emissions Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson originally backed California's effort to set the nation's toughest vehicle emissions limits, but dropped his support after hearing opposition from the White House, according to a new congressional report....

Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes Sun, 18 May 2008 21:47:58 PDT
Global warming isn't to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject. Not only that, warmer temperatures will actually reduce the number of hurricanes in...

Historic SF firehouse on Green St. turns 100 Mon, 19 May 2008 00:07:10 PDT
A century ago, Engine Company No. 31 opened at the top of Russian Hill as San Francisco struggled to rebuild out of the rubble from the 1906 earthquake and fire. It served nearly 50 years of firefighters, before becoming a private house for high society and...

Redwood City: Electronic road sign misses boat Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Broken highway sign in Redwood City: Ever find yourself stuck in traffic and staring at those electronic signs that read: "Golden Gate Bridge, 11 min," and thinking, "Yeah, right"? Well, Douglas Ledinghan finds himself staring at a blacked-out sign along...

Danville church tackles tough subject of race Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
From the pulpit of a Danville church, the leader of the 1.2 million member United Church of Christ on Sunday urged those gathered to start a national, "sacred" conversation about one of the most toxic topics in American life: race. It is an issue that the...

Matier & Ross: Dublin's perfect shade of beige Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A touch of the desert is coming to Dublin - thanks to the $500,000 makeover of the seven-story BART parking garage that just went up next to Interstate 580. As we recently reported, Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty was none too happy with the...

Oakland police recruits start training Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums welcomed a new class of police trainees today, part of a city effort to put 70 additional officers on the street this year. "Thank you for choosing this career," Dellums told about 50 men and women on the first day of their training...

Mayhem on Oakland streets leaves driver shot, bicyclist injured Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Oakland police investigated a shooting, a hit-and-run crash and an accident that injured a bicyclist - incidents that ended up being linked to each other, authorities said today. It started about 2:15 a.m. Sunday when officers responded to a report of an...

What Can You Say? Mon, 19 May 2008 10:29:47 PDT
As manager Bruce Bochy was introduced on a satellite-radio talk show last week, the hosts raved about how well the Giants were doing. Their record was 16-23 at the time, raising the question, were the expectations really that low? Yes they were, and with a 3-...

Giants' How they scored 5/18 Mon, 19 May 2008 00:07:08 PDT
Giants 2nd: With one out, Aurilia ho- mered to left. Giants 1, White Sox 0 White Sox 5th: With one out, Crede homered to left. White Sox 1, Giants 1 Giants 5th: With one out, Castillo doubled to left and scored on Durham's single to center. Giants 2, White...

A's How they scored 5/18 Mon, 19 May 2008 00:07:07 PDT
A's 1st: With one out, Crosby homered to left. A's 1, Braves 0 Braves 1st: Escobar singled to left and went to second on Kotsay's groundout to second. C. Jones walked. With two outs, McCann doubled to right, scoring Escobar. Braves 1, A's 1 Braves 2nd:...

'Ocean' is swell on turf / Hollendorfer entry easily wins Golden Poppy Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Misty Ocean became the latest stakes-winner in the potent barn of trainer Jerry Hollendorfer when she ran away with the $75,000 Golden Poppy Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday. Hollendorfer received Misty Ocean from owner-breeder...

Rowbury blazes in 1,500 / Sunset District native has fastest time in 2008 Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
San Francisco's Shannon Rowbury ran the fastest time in the world this year to win the women's 1,500 meters Sunday at the adidas Track Classic in Carson (Los Angeles County), a lifetime-best of 4 minutes, 1.06 seconds that gave the Sunset District native the...

Ochoa holds off field / Imada beats Perry in playoff Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Lorena Ochoa found a new way to win, grinding out a victory instead of running away from the field. A day after leaving the retiring Annika Sorenstam in her wake, Ochoa overcame a balky putter to shoot a 1-under-par 71 for a one-stroke victory over five...

Aching Peavy to miss start Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
San Diego right-hander Jake Peavy will miss his scheduled start tonight against St. Louis with soreness in his pitching elbow. Instead of preparing to face the Cardinals, the 2007 Cy Young Award winner will visit with Padres' team physicians this morning,...

Call-up Petit makes a not-so-petite debut Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Second baseman Mark Ellis missed his sixth straight game Sunday with a strained hamstring, and backup Donnie Murphy was shelved with a sore elbow. So Gregorio Petit made his major-league debut and went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. He was a shortstop at...

A'S ON DECK Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
TONIGHT Opponent: Rays Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA+ Pitchers: Shields (4-3) vs. Blanton (2-6) TUESDAY Opponent: Rays Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA+ Pitchers: Kazmir (2-1) vs. Smith (2-3) WEDNESDAY Opponent: Rays Time: 12:35 p.m. TV: None Pitchers: Sonnanstine (6-1)...

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
TODAY Opponent: At Rockies Time: 5:35 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Misch (0-0) vs. De La Rosa (1-2) TUESDAY Opponent: At Rockies Time: 5:35 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Lincecum (5-1) vs. Cook (6-2) WEDNESDAY Opponent: At Rockies Time: 12:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers:...

Team in good position to draft offensive help Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Managing general partner Peter Magowan said the Giants want to select a position player with their first pick in the June 5 amateur draft. In an interview Friday, Magowan was discussing the team's long-held strategy of drafting as much pitching as possible,...

INTERLEAGUE / Arizona's Johnson shackles Detroit Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Mixing a sinker and split-finger fastball into his repertoire, Randy Johnson picked up his 288th career victory, and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-0 in Phoenix on Sunday. Johnson (4-1) climbed into a tie with Tommy John for 24th on...

NATIONAL LEAGUE / Cubs down Pirates for 8th time in 9 tries Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The Pittsburgh Pirates' chances for another rare win over the Chicago Cubs got away from them. Walked, actually. Phil Dumatrait walked seven batters and Reed Johnson hit a sacrifice fly that put the Cubs ahead for good in their 4-3 win over Pittsburgh at...

Celtics send Cavs packing / Pierce helps end James' season Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Paul Pierce hit a shot. Then LeBron James answered. Pierce hit another and so did James. It was like that all game long, two of the NBA's best trying to carry their teams to the next round. Pierce and the Celtics succeeded, beating the Cavaliers 97-92 on...

Young Penguins take East finals Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Sid and the Kids are headed to the Stanley Cup Finals, thanks to a dominating run by a younger-than-young Penguins team that has taken only two seasons to transform itself from one of the NHL's worst to one of its best. Ryan Malone, the one Pittsburgh player...

AMA SUPERBIKE SHOWDOWN / Race goes true to form / As usual, Suzuki teammates Spies, Mladin are top 2 Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The track announcer at Infineon Raceway tried his best to imbue the proceedings with some drama, calling the outcome of Sunday's Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown "an unbelievable finish." Oh? Ben Spies won comfortably, and his Suzuki teammate, Mat Mladin, in...

SPORTS CALENDAR Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
TODAY ARENA FOOTBALL 5 p.m.Los Angeles at ChicagoESPN2BASEBALL 4 p.m.Chicago Cubs at HoustonESPN5:30 p.m.Giants at ColoradoCSNBA6807 p.m.Tampa Bay at A's, McAfee ColiseumCSNBA+106.9, 15508:30 p.m.Tampa Bay at A's, joined in progressCSNBANBA PLAYOFFS 5:30...

NOTEBOOK / Mladin's heated words rile ownership Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Roger Edmonson of the Daytona Motorsports Group said Sunday that he didn't mind Matt Mladin's criticism of the DMG takeover of AMA road races but regretted that he vented in the victory circle at Infineon Raceway after taking second in Saturday's Superbike...

SANTA CLARA GRAND PRIX / THREE-FOR-THREE / Phelps lines up triumvirate of wins in under an hour Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Being a 60-minute man suited Michael Phelps just fine. Just don't ask him to do it again. "I'm definitely hurting now," the world's best swimmer said after cramming in three events, and three wins, inside of an hour Sunday as the 41st annual Santa Clara Grand...

BAY TO BREAKERS / A late kick settles 2 pressing scores / Korir passes lead woman and Harroufi Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
John Korir unleashed his potent kick in the final 100 meters Sunday morning to win the 97th Bay to Breakers footrace and to settle two scores. Last year, Edna Kiplagat used the elite females' head start of 4 minutes, 40 seconds (the difference between the men'...

A's slink home a puzzle Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Scoring from second base on a double is too much to ask? The A's completed their Texas-Cleveland-Atlanta swing 2-7, and Mike Sweeney said, "We should be embarrassed." The first losing trip of the year wasn't because of pitching or defense. It was more about...

This year's model is a hair better than the old one Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The mustache Michael Phelps was sporting at the weekend's Santa Clara Invitational swim meet - is it the latest in high-performance swim equipment? Maybe it's the new paste-on Speedo Cookieduster, the aquatic equivalent of a race-car spoiler. If so, let's...

Foyt bumps his way into Indy field before crash Sun, 18 May 2008 18:53:34 PDT
A.J. Foyt IV had to deal with wind and then fire Sunday before his starting spot in the 92nd Indianapolis 500 was secure. At least it didn't rain. The grandson of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt began the final day of qualifying for the May 25...

Microsoft-Yahoo talks driven by specter of Icahn, Google Mon, 19 May 2008 13:57:49 PDT
Just two weeks after breaking off merger talks, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have been pulled back to the bargaining table by their fears about what might happen if they don't work out a deal. For now, Microsoft and Yahoo are still dancing around the edges...

Pump prices rise to new high as oil extends gains Mon, 19 May 2008 13:56:49 PDT
More gas and oil records fell Monday as retail fuel prices struck new highs and crude settled above $127 for the first time, tightening the squeeze on drivers planning holiday road trips next weekend. Light, sweet crude for June delivery jumped 76 cents to...

A look at NASA's past missions to Mars Mon, 19 May 2008 13:54:49 PDT
A look at NASA's many Mars missions over the past four decades, listed by launch date: _November 1964, Mariner 3: Spacecraft loses contact after takeoff. Mariner 4 launches three weeks later and in July 1965 becomes the world's first spacecraft to take close-...

A look at NASA's latest mission to Mars Mon, 19 May 2008 13:53:49 PDT
NASA has successfully landed five robots on Mars over the past three decades. Its latest spacecraft, Phoenix Mars, will touch down in the Martian arctic region on Sunday. Here's why NASA is going again. Q: How is the Phoenix lander different from the Mars...

EA again extends Take-Two deadline Mon, 19 May 2008 13:50:48 PDT
Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. has for a third time extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., but it did not raise the price as many analysts had expected. Take-Two again spurned...

Thomson Reuters to cut 3 percent of jobs Mon, 19 May 2008 13:49:48 PDT
Thomson Reuters Corp. will cut 1,500 jobs as the newly combined financial and professional information provider moves to consolidate operations and reduce costs, a person familiar with the matter said Monday. Thomson Reuters had been widely expected to...

SoCal home sales jump in April but still lag year-ago period Mon, 19 May 2008 13:48:48 PDT
Home sales surged 22 percent in Southern California in April compared to March, as bargain-hunters bought lower-end homes in areas hardest hit by foreclosures, a research firm said Monday. Still, sales were down 19 percent from April 2007, marking the weakest...

Stocks finish mixed following tech pullback Mon, 19 May 2008 13:44:41 PDT
Wall Street closed mixed Monday after weakness in the technology sector punctured some of the market's enthusiasm over a report that suggested the economy could still be growing. But comments from memory chip maker SanDisk Corp. about soft sales pulled stocks...

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