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Ways to boost fuel economy Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:07:15 PDT
Even without lowering speed limits, experts suggest ways to change driving and car maintenance habits to cut your payments at the pump: Drive more gently: Speeding and rapid acceleration and braking can reduce gas mileage by one-third on highways and 5...

McCain disagrees with adviser's 'whiners' remark Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:12:58 PDT
Republican John McCain distanced himself from an economic adviser who dubbed the United States "a nation of whiners" in a "mental recession" as Democrat Barack Obama turned the remarks against his rival. "I strongly disagree" with Phil Gramm's remarks, McCain...

Astronauts handle explosives on daring spacewalk Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:50:31 PDT
In a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule Thursday and removed an explosive bolt that could have blown off their hands with firecracker force. Spacewalkers Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko managed, in...

Soldier missing after fire at her NC apartment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:21:17 PDT
Authorities were searching Thursday for a female soldier who was missing after a suspicious fire burned her apartment near Fort Bragg. The soldier has not been identified while police tried to reach her family and find out if anyone knew where she was, police...

Iran test-fires more missiles in Persian Gulf Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:06:40 PDT
Iran test-fired more long-range missiles overnight in a second round of exercises meant to show that the country can defend itself against any attack by the U.S. or Israel, state television reported Thursday. The weapons have "special capabilities" and...

S.F. mayor's chief of staff resigns Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's chief of staff, Phil Ginsburg, announced his resignation Thursday, and Newsom named the city's former point man on homeless issues, Trent Rhorer, to the post - the third person to hold the job since the mayor took office in...

Man killed, 2 flee in Saratoga pot farm raid Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
One armed man was shot and killed and two others escaped on foot into the brush during a raid early Thursday on a marijuana patch in the hills south of Saratoga, a Santa Clara County sheriff's lieutenant said. The shooting happened when five deputies and 15...

Paradise in peril - wind expected to pick up Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Firefighters wrestled a destructive blaze to a temporary stalemate just east of this Sierra foothills community Thursday, but winds forecast to kick up today threaten to blow the flames across the Feather River and into town. After surging early this week and...

Thirsty orchards' plight in Central Valley Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Standing on a ridge between a sluggish water canal and a swath of spindly, gray almond trees, farmer Jim Jasper has a good view of California's water crisis. Drought forced one of Jasper's friends to abandon these trees. The adjacent canal's flow has been...

Speier seeks national speed limit to save gas Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Congress is searching for ways to address rising gas prices, and one Bay Area lawmaker thinks she's found one: Lower the speed limit on highways. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, in her first bill as a member of Congress, is proposing a national speed...

Bird species plummet as habitat dwindles Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Hundreds of species of birds, including many once-common songbirds such as the meadowlark and bobwhite, are in severe decline in the United States, falling in population by as much as 90 percent since the 1960s, scientists, government officials and...

Huge bond plan to revamp state water system Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sen. Dianne Feinstein unveiled a sweeping $9.3 billion bond proposal on Thursday to overhaul California's ailing water infrastructure by expanding water storage, protecting the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and...

Man held in fatal shooting of 7-Eleven clerk in Vallejo Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:07:05 PDT
A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a Vallejo convenience store clerk during a robbery, police said today. Diovanni Whitmire, 19, was arrested about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in connection with the Feb. 8 slaying of Surinder...

OAKLAND / 4-year-old injured by firecracker Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A 4-year-old was severely injured Thursday after what seems to have been an accident with a firecracker, according to Oakland police. After being left home alone on the 1100 block of 65th Avenue, the child apparently lit "some sort of explosive," an Oakland...

VALLEJO / Man, 19, charged in 7-Eleven slaying Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a Vallejo convenience store clerk during a robbery, police said Thursday. Diovanni Whitmire, 19, was arrested about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in connection with the Feb. 8 slaying of Surinder...

FREMONT / Helicopter crash victims identified Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The two men who died in a helicopter crash near Fremont July 4 were identified Thursday as Eugene Khenson, 39, of Santa Clara, and Antony B.J. Zani, 27, of Palo Alto. It is believed Khenson was a flight instructor and Zani a student. The helicopter, a...

SAN FRANCISCO / 3 wounded in attack in Mission Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Police were investigating an incident Thursday night at 20th and Mission streets that left three people injured. Two people were stabbed and one shot in the back with a bb gun around 6:15 p.m., police said. Two of the injured were transported by ambulance to...

S.F.: Sidewalk in outer Sunset District fixed Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
RESULTS: DAY 17 S.F. sidewalk repaired: The most fixed-up area of San Francisco may be a two-block stretch of the outer, Outer Sunset District. The area between 40th and 42nd avenues and Vicente and Wawona streets features a fancy, revamped sports field at...

Man found bludgeoned to death in S.F. hotel Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:07:16 PDT
A 67-year-old man whose body was found over the weekend in a Civic Center area hotel was apparently bludgeoned to death, San Francisco police said today. The man was found at 2:05 p.m. Sunday in a room in the New Pacific Hotel at 706 Polk St. near Eddy...

Klitschko faces former sparring partner Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Wladimir Klitschko has been in the ring with Tony Thompson, though he doesn't remember it. Considering what happened afterward, who could blame him? Thompson sparred with Klitschko before the bout against Corrie Sanders in 2003 that nearly finished the...

Stewart's new team aims high / 'Potential to be great' worth risk of leaving Joe Gibbs Racing Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Tony Stewart knows he's taking a gamble by leaving NASCAR's elite Joe Gibbs Racing team to join one that usually runs in the middle of the pack. But Stewart also can imagine what it might feel like to be in victory lane at the Daytona 500 both as a driver...

Starting grid Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
NASCAR SPRINT CUP LifeLock.com 400 Site: Joliet, Ill. Schedule: Saturday, race (5 p.m., TNT). Track: Chicagoland Speedway (tri-oval, 1.5 miles, 18 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 400 miles, 267 laps. INDY RACING LEAGUE Firestone Indy 200 Site:...

Going east for big races / Hystericalady, Indyanne run into strong fields Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Five-year-old mare Hystericalady and 3-year-old filly Indyanne will be a long way from their home at Golden Gate Fields when they run in important races this weekend. On Sunday at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Del., Hystericalady continues on the road to a...

Roberts could fill void, and that's not left field Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Outfielder Dave Roberts has swung the bat well in his first three rehab games with Triple-A Fresno. In eight at-bats he had a double, triple, homer and three RBIs. He also walked twice. If he keeps swinging like that, he could find himself back in San...

A'S ON DECK Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
TONIGHT Opponent: Angels Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Garland (8-5) vs. Gallagher (3-4) SATURDAY Opponent: Angels Time: 6:05 p.m. TV: Channel: 36 Pitchers: Santana (10-3) vs Eveland (7-5) SUNDAY Opponent: Angels Time: 1:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA+ Pitchers:...

GIANTS ON DECK Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
TODAY Opponent: At Cubs Time: 11:20 a.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Cain (5-7) vs. Marquis (6-5) SATURDAY Opponent: At Cubs Time: 10:05 a.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Correia (1-5) vs. Harden (5-1) SUNDAY Opponent: At Cubs Time: 11:20 a.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Lincecum (10-...

Sweeney is day-to-day with dislocated pinky Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Outfielder Ryan Sweeney hasn't caught a break, but he's pretty much mastered the sprain, the contusion and the dislocation in his rookie season. Sweeney dislocated his left pinky Thursday and appeared headed for a second stint on the disabled list, but when...

NATIONAL LEAGUE / Howard hits 2 HRs, leads MLB with 27 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Ryan Howard homered twice, drove in three runs and continued to inch his batting average toward a more respectable level, leading the Phillies to a 4-1 victory over the Cardinals on Thursday night in Philadelphia. Howard lined a two-run shot to left-center...

AMERICAN LEAGUE / Angels break tie with single in 11th Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Maicer Izturis drove in the go-ahead run with a pinch single in the 11th inning, and the Los Angeles Angels survived a shaky three outs from closer Francisco Rodriguez in an 11-10 victory over the host Texas Rangers on Thursday night. With the game tied at...

OLYMPICS / REDEMPTION IS THE THEME / Team USA no longer the gold standard Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Sooner or later, people will stop measuring every U.S. Olympic basketball squad against the Dream Team. U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski is hoping it's sooner. "There's only one Dream Team," said Krzyzewski, an assistant coach on that fabled squad. "That was '92....

Bay Area cyclists make cut Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Christine Thorburn and Mary McConneloug, 2004 Olympians from the Bay Area, were among three riders named Thursday to the U.S. Olympic cycling team. Thorburn, who is from Menlo Park, was added to the road team along with Amber Neben; McConneloug, who is from...

Turiaf signs offer; will Lakers match? Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The Warriors will introduce new forward Corey Maggette at a basketball camp in Alameda today, and another welcoming may not be far behind. Golden State officially put the Lakers on the clock Thursday by signing Ronny Turiaf, their restricted free agent...

Sacramento center Miller suspended Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Brad Miller of the Sacramento Kings was suspended for five games by the NBA on Thursday because the center violated the league's drug program. Miller's ban will begin with the first game of the 2008-09 season. "I want to apologize to my family, teammates,...

TOUR DE FRANCE / New leader after late crash Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Kim Kirchen pulled on the yellow jersey at the Tour de France on Thursday, the first Luxembourg rider in 50 years to lead cycling's showcase race. He finished fifth in the sixth stage, which was won by Italy's Riccardo Ricco. Kirchen was seventh in the Tour...

Creamer piles up birdies, shoots 60 / 11-under total nets 5-shot lead Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Paula Creamer knew she was playing well. She was surprised just how well. Creamer birdied nine of the last 11 holes, including the final three, for a course-record 60 on the par-71 Highland Meadows layout Thursday. She held a five-stroke lead after the...

Mickelson, Els start slow in Scotland Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els failed to break par in the first round of the Scottish Open in Luss, Scotland, while Alexander Noren and Thongchai Jaidee shared the lead with 7-under-par 64s on Thursday. Angel Cabrera, the 2007 U.S. Open champion, was third...

SPORTS CALENDAR Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
TODAYBASEBALL 11:20 a.m.Giants at Chicago CubsCSNBA6807 p.m.L.A. Angels at A's, McAfee ColiseumCSNBA106.9, 15507 p.m.Minors: Visalia at San JoseBOXING 6 p.m.Cruiserweights: Tomasz Adamek vs. Gary GomezESPN28 p.m.Lightweights: Miguel Angel Huerta vs. Juan...

Tatis tattoos Giants Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The Giants' effort and focus, which had been a constant throughout this season of plucky play, came into question during their three-day meltdown at Shea Stadium. Aaron Rowand, who has emerged as a clubhouse leader, was steaming after the Giants were shut out...

A's homers fuel comeback Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A's left fielder Emil Brown navigated his way through a swarm of cheering teammates Thursday afternoon and swiveled to his right. He darted toward the A's dugout on a mission, found hitting coach Ty Van Burkleo and delivered a bear hug. "I swung the bat and...

Nolan's QB plan will fuel exhibition anticipation Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
It has apparently reached the ears of those embedded in 49er Interplanetary Headquarters that after five years of under-, minimal- and non-achievement, they have to try a little harder to sell their product, so they have pursued a radical strategy. They are...

ALL-STAR GAME MEMORIES / 1 HIT, 1 ERROR / Steinbach's name misspelled on MVP bat Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
MVP, we all can agree, is fairly easy to spell. Spelling Terry Steinbach's last name apparently is a little more difficult. On July 12, 1988, Steinbach's performance in the American League's 2-1 win over the NL earned him the All-Star Game's Most Valuable...

Davis back in hometown, joins Clippers Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:51:31 PDT
Baron Davis flashed his sparkling sense of humor often on his return to Los Angeles. He'll probably need it since he's going to be playing for the Clippers. Arriving on the heels of the departure of Elton Brand and Corey Maggette, Davis will be involved in a...

Perry continues strong run at John Deere Classic Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:39:23 PDT
Kenny Perry takes pride in his ability to absorb shots and bury them. And he's been doing plenty of both lately. While others wonder why he's skipping majors, Perry's enjoying one of his best runs in more than two decades on the PGA Tour. That trend continued...

Longoria and Hart elected All-Stars in online vote Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:37:10 PDT
Evan Longoria had big plans for next week's All-Star break _ a trip to Las Vegas with some friends. Tampa Bay's rookie third baseman ended up with an even better trip to New York for the last All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. Longoria and Milwaukee Brewers...

Morgan: All-Star game has changed for the worse Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:48:45 PDT
Joe Morgan looks at what's happened to the All-Star game, and he doesn't like what he sees. The Hall of Fame second baseman remembers when the top stars played all nine innings, when the All-Stars drew huge ratings. Not anymore. "Part of the reason the game...

Creamer shoots 60 in 1st round of Farr Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:05:40 PDT
Paula Creamer knew she was playing well. She just didn't know she was close to golf's magic number of 59. Creamer birdied nine of the last 11 holes, including the final three, for a course-record 60 over the par-71 Highland Meadows layout Thursday in the...

Here's what the new iPhone can do Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:07:21 PDT
More than 500 software programs - featuring neat stuff like video games, music programs and office applications - flooded onto the Internet Thursday in anticipation of Apple Inc.'s next generation iPhone, which comes out Friday. It's all part of an emerging...

Chevron projects strong 2Q despite refining loss Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:37:02 PDT
Chevron Corp. on Thursday projected a second-quarter loss from refining and selling fuel despite record-high gasoline prices that have been draining household and business budgets. Based on preliminary figures released Thursday, Chevron indicated it lost...

Apple Web service falters on eve of iPhone launch Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:36:02 PDT
Apple Inc.'s new data synching service got off to a rocky start Thursday, as some users were denied access to their accounts just hours before the next-generation iPhone is slated to go on sale. MobileMe, as the $99-per-year service is called, will let people...

Congress wrangles over bill to help homeowners Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:29:23 PDT
A long-stalled mortgage rescue inched toward Senate passage only to be sent back to the House for more votes and intense negotiations to resolve disputes that are delaying help for hundreds of thousands of homeowners. By a vote of 84-12 Thursday, the Senate...

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