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Autistic man found alive after week in Wis. woods Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:46:43 PDT
An autistic man who disappeared a week ago from a camp for the disabled and who relies on medication after a kidney transplant was found alive in the woods Sunday, authorities said. Keith Kennedy, 25, of Shoreview, Minn., was found about 7 p.m., weakened but...

Wildfire threatens 300 homes in Napa and Solano counties Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:06:03 PDT
Cooler conditions and lighter winds were helping firefighters Sunday night contain a 3,500-acre blaze in Solano and Napa counties, but the fire was threatening 300 homes and people were being ordered to evacuate. The so-called Wild Fire began Saturday in Napa...

Philippines typhoon capsizes boat, 700 missing Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:53:37 PDT
A group of 28 ferry passengers and crew washed ashore after drifting at sea for more than a day from the site where a typhoon capsized their ship and left most of the hundreds aboard missing and presumed dead, officials said Monday. Manila's DZBB radio said...

Zimbabwe opposition leader pulling out of election Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:24:36 PDT
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of Zimbabwe's violence-wracked presidential runoff Sunday, declaring that the election was no longer credible and the loss of life among his supporters was simply too high. The announcement cleared the way for...

1st black La. Supreme Court justice dies at 84 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:18:47 PDT
Revius Ortique Jr., a former civil rights attorney who became the first black justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court, died Sunday. He was 84. Ortique died in Baton Rouge from complications with a stroke he suffered June 14, current Justice Kitty Kimbal told...

Bolivian state backs greater autonomy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:11:35 PDT
Natural gas-rich Tarija became the fourth Bolivian state to declare autonomy from the government of leftist President Evo Morales on Sunday when voters backed greater independence in a referendum, according to two unofficial private projections. Autonomy...

Cody's, landmark Berkeley bookstore, closes Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:03:51 PDT
Cody's, the legendary bookstore that catered to literati nationwide for more than half a century and was firebombed in the 1980s because of its support of the First Amendment, has closed its doors, the victim of lagging sales. The bookstore, which in recent...

Oil drilling question looms as election issue Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:44:35 PDT
There's a reason Republican Sen. John McCain, President Bush and even Republican Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida all abruptly endorsed plans to expand offshore drilling last week - and it's not just $4-a-gallon gasoline. In an election year when Republicans...

S.F. firm harvests potential of unused land Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:54:39 PDT
Anne Fisher Vollen used to have a box of organic vegetables delivered to her home every week, and religiously separated her family's food scraps from the trash. Yet the mother of two children and the co-founder of a startup company didn't have the energy to...

In Bay Area, some view heat wave as rare treat Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The message from the National Weather Service to the Bay Area: Just be glad you don't live in Arizona. Or Southern California, for that matter. The high-pressure system that drove up temperatures all over the western United States late last week didn't let up...

Exodus of S.F.'s middle class Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
It's urban flight flipped on its head: The number of low- and middle-income residents in San Francisco is shrinking as the wealthy population swells, a trend most experts attribute to the city's exorbitant housing costs. Many worry it's increasingly turning...

Air board's ambitious plan to battle warming Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
California's air board, for years an obscure state agency, will take center stage this week when it unveils a blueprint for the nation's most aggressive fight against global warming that is expected to affect every resident, industry and government agency in...

Seven people slain in Oakland weekend violence Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Seven people were killed in shootings over the weekend in Oakland, including a man gunned down near an illegal sideshow car rally on 90th Avenue and another slain at a Chinese restaurant on Foothill Boulevard, police said today. In the latest burst of...

Body of San Francisco man pulled from the Bay Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A man found floating in the San Francisco Bay on Saturday evening was identified today as Timothy Scherer, a 55-year-old San Francisco resident, authorities said. Scherer's body was pulled out of the water near Pier 48 around 8 p.m. Saturday, after someone...

Richard Reynolds: Blue Shield balked at 'experimental' diagnostic procedure Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Richard Reynolds' health insurer, Blue Shield of California, paid for virtually everything - surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and medication - after the Berkeley man was diagnosed last year with a rare form of cancer. When his tumor failed to show on a...

Patients, doctors fighting insurers over denied treatment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Doctors are supposed to prescribe tests and treatments that are medically necessary for their patients. Health insurers are expected to cover that care, while keeping inappropriate expenses in check. But what happens when that process breaks down and sick...

Karen Vinci: 'I had no choice. It was either die or give them money' Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
In December 2006, when Karen Vinci's bile-duct cancer recurred, she was told surgery wasn't an option because of the location of the tumor. Instead, a group of doctors at UCSF recommended what they considered the Alamo woman's only option: five weeks of...

Peter Isgro: Insurer won't pay for pricey drugs seen as vital for his treatment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
When antiques store owner Peter Isgro was diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer, he was told he had just months to live. That was more than two years ago. For those two additional years, the 61-year-old Santa Cruz resident credits a different oncologist who...

What to do if you are denied medical care Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
If your health insurance carrier is refusing to approve treatment recommended by your doctor, you have a number of options. First, contact your health plan. You likely will have to go through the plan's internal grievance process first. If time is of the...

San Bruno Mountain fire moving toward SSF Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Firefighters are battling a five-alarm grass fire in Brisbane tonight that has burned 175 acres on San Bruno Mountain near a residential area. The fire, which started just above the quarry in Brisbane at about 7 p.m., has moved quickly through the dry grass...

Four feared dead in boating mishap; one man arrested Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Four young men from Oakland are feared dead today, and a fifth has been jailed on suspicion of felony manslaughter, after a 14-foot aluminum boat carrying them and six others capsized in the middle of the night in a California Delta canal in Tracy,...

Four people shot in two San Francisco attacks Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:31:37 PDT
Four people were shot in San Francisco today - two fatally - in two separate attacks, police said. At 3:10 p.m., three men driving in the Excelsior District were shot on Congdon Street. Two died and one was taken to San Francisco General Hospital in critical...

Urban agriculture resources Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:30:42 PDT
Guerrilla gardening. Visit guerrillagardening.org. Click on Community and navigate to San Francisco. Free Farm Stand. This volunteer-run organization offers produce grown in local backyards free to the public, especially to low-income people. Sundays 1-3...

400 who fled Watsonville fire still not home Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
As firefighters contained most of the blaze that destroyed 630 acres and several structures north of Watsonville Saturday, displaced residents praised community members for helping them save many of the animals they keep on their large lots. The blaze was 90...

S.F.: Singing the blues over 'Babylon' tree Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
WHAT'S NOT WORKING: DAY 1 Memorial tree in trouble: "Beach Blanket Babylon" creator Steve Silver is one of San Francisco's great cultural figures - up there with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Herb Caen and Armistead Maupin - but Silver's legacy has fallen on hard...

2 new parks catalysts for S.F. neighborhoods Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
At the very least, good neighborhood parks offer places to play and places to loaf, grass in the sun and benches in the shade. Two young parks in San Francisco up the ante: They're catalysts that make the neighborhoods around them come alive. One sits amid...

Crashes leave some drivers fuming Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:01:30 PDT
Marcos Ambrose was "disappointed" although he felt he drove a fine race. Juan Pablo Montoya would quarrel with that, calling an Ambrose passing attempt "stupid" after it caused him to spin out and lose several places. While Ambrose was disappointed, Ron...

Giants' On deck 6/22 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:01:30 PDT
MONDAY Off TUESDAY Opponent: At Indians Time: 4:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Sanchez (6-4) vs. Laffey (4-4) WEDNESDAY Opponent: At Indians Time: 4:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Zito (2-11) vs. Sowers (0-2)...

Scott Ostler Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:01:29 PDT
If you're like me, although with a better mug shot, you can't wait for the NFL season to begin. So why wait? Join my rotisserie Miscreant Football League, where the excitement never stops. You've got your NFL fever, year-'round. Simply get a group of buddies,...

A Veteran Trade Presence Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:01:29 PDT
If the last two years are any indication, members of the NBA's newest draft class won't be the only players to find new homes Thursday. Three big names were moved on draft night a year ago - the Warriors' Jason Richardson, Seattle's Ray Allen and Portland's...

Notebook: Pole-sitter Kahne never a threat Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:01:29 PDT
Conventional wisdom had been that starting position in NASCAR events at Infineon Raceway's road course was crucial to success. In fact, 12 of the previous 19 winners of NASCAR races at the 1.99-mile Sonoma Valley track had started from a top 5 or better...

TOYOTA/ SAVE MART 350 AT INFINEON RACEWAY / Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:06:04 PDT
A poor starting position Sunday in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 proved to be no obstacle in the path of Kyle Busch's season-long momentum in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. The current points leader methodically worked his way up from Row 15 to win the incident-...

Notebook: A rare, unpleasant brush with Soria Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:45:58 PDT
, Mo. - Perhaps the Padres have within their farm system a future closer who will save many games in his major-league career. Right now, though, the Giants, Dodgers, Rockies and Diamondbacks should be thankful the Padres let one possible successor to Trevor...

Harry J. Aleo, 1919-2008 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:45:58 PDT
Harry J. Aleo, the colorful San Francisco native who owned Eclipse Award winner Lost in the Fog and several other top thoroughbreds, died Saturday of cancer. He was 88. A lifelong San Francisco resident, Aleo graduated from Mission High School and was signed...

A's How they scored 6/22 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:05:50 PDT
Marlins 1st: With one out, Hermida homered to center. Marlins 1, A's 0 A's 1st: Ellis singled to left, moved to second when R. Sweeney was safe on fielder's choice and Helms' error, went to third on Cust's double-play grounder and scored on Crosby's single...

Giants' How they scored 6/22 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:05:50 PDT
Giants 1st: Lewis walked on a full count. Durham grounded into fielder's choice to third, Lewis out. On Davies' error on a pickoff attempt, Durham to third. Winn infield single to short. With one out, Winn to second on Gathright's error. Rowand singled to...

A's On deck 6/22 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:35:29 PDT
TODAY Off TUESDAY Opponent: Phillies Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Moyer (7-4) vs. Blanton (3-10) WEDNESDAY Opponent: Phillies Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Kendrick (6-3) vs. Smith (4-5)...

Notebook: Show Me The Yen Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:35:28 PDT
The A's players still haven't received their stipends from Major League Baseball for their season-opening series against Boston in Tokyo, closer Huston Street said Sunday. Street, the team's player representative, said he was told by an official that the...

Spring-meet title on the line Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The longest winning streak, chronologically, in Bay Area sports is in jeopardy going into today's final program of Golden Gate Fields' spring season. William E. Morey saddled a career-high four winners Saturday, giving him 25 for the meeting and a two-victory...

Ferrer takes 1st grass-court title Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Top-seeded David Ferrer won his first grass-court title Saturday by defeating Marc Gicquel 6-4, 6-2 at the Ordina Open in Den Bosch, Netherlands. Earlier, Thai qualifier Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated third-seeded Dinara Safina 7-5, 6-3 to pick up her first...

NHRA driver killed in crash during qualifying Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Scott Kalitta died Saturday after his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J. The NHRA said the 46-...

North Carolina stays alive Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Chad Flack homered to get North Carolina to the College World Series in 2006 and 2007. This year, he homered to keep the Tar Heels in Omaha at least for another day. Flack's monster two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday night kept Carolina...

Young targets return Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The Padres' Chris Young threw 40 pitches in a bullpen session Saturday, exactly a month after he sustained a broken nose and small skull fracture when he was hit in the face by Albert Pujols' line drive. "Today I was pretty happy with the way things went,"...

A rally, then an exit / Cardinal's 9th-inning bid falls short in Omaha Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
There was no need for any deep digging to uncover how Georgia ended Stanford's stay at the College World Series. The Bulldogs won all the key spots early in building a big lead, then withstood the Cardinal's last-gasp rally to post a 10-8 victory Saturday at...

Cink owns lead at Travelers Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Stewart Cink got his first PGA Tour victory at TPC River Highlands in 1997 by shooting 13-under-par. He figures he'll need to be at least 20-under today to win the Travelers Championship on the same course in Cromwell, Conn. "There's no guarantees the way...

A righty and lefty in one Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte can confound hitters - and umpires - when he's on the mound. The umps working a game Thursday night between the Class A Staten Island Yankees and the Brooklyn Cyclones had nothing to guide them when Venditte made his...

Don't worry about Yabu wearing down Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Reliever Keiichi Yabu has pitched in 29 games, putting him on pace to finish with 63. That number might prove to be low, because he is pitching more now as a setup man than he did as a long reliever. That sounds like a harsh workload for a 39-year-old, but...

INTERLEAGUE / Sabathia homers, strikes out 10 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
C.C. Sabathia made a pregame promise to his teammates that he'd swing for the fences. He backed up that boast in a hurry. Sabathia hit a tape-measure home run in his first at-bat of the year and also struck out 10, highlighting the Cleveland Indians' 7-2 win...

EURO '08 / Russians stun Dutch in OT Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Russia had the right Dutch coach. And the better team. The long-shot Russians, led by coach Guus Hiddink, scored two goals in extra time Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the European Championship with a 3-1 upset win over the Netherlands. It was a...

Sharks trade up in draft / San Jose's 1st pick: Conn. prep Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
After entering the NHL draft with no selections until the end of fourth round, the Sharks maneuvered to the top of the third and fourth rounds Saturday, taking Connecticut prep center Justin Daniels and Quebec defenseman Samuel Groulx. They later took Daniels'...

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