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Morgan Freeman seriously injured in car crash Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:43:47 PDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after the car he was driving left a rural road in the Mississippi Delta and flipped several times. Freeman, 71, was airlifted to the Regional Medical Center...

Helicopters ready for new rescue attempt on K2 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:30:51 PDT
Helicopter pilots were waiting for thick clouds to clear Tuesday before attempting to rescue an Italian mountaineer who continued his descent of K2 after he survived an avalanche and exposure that left 11 other climbers presumed dead. Mountaineer Marco...

Preacher convicted in murder of rancher, 85 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:08 PDT
A Stanislaus County jury has convicted a Hickman preacher of first-degree murder in connection with the death four years ago of an 85-year-old rancher. Howard "Doug" Porter was found guilty this afternoon of murdering Frank Craig in April 2004. Porter was...

Rhetoric heats up over candidates' energy policies Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:06 PDT
It's just a tire gauge. But American voters may soon weigh in on whether the little tool is something far more - an effective symbol or a cheesy gimmick - in the presidential campaign of 2008. The tiny prop has taken center stage this week as the presidential...

Not guilty: Sheriff's deputy enters plea in deaths of bicyclists Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:05 PDT
Lawyers for a Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputy accused of misdemeanor manslaughter in connection with the deaths of two bicyclists in Cupertino in March pleaded not guilty on his behalf today, court officials said. Deputy James Council faces the two...

Suspects arrested in China police attack are Uighurs, authorities says Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:05 PDT
The two suspects who were arrested after allegedly killing 16 border police officers Monday in China's far west were members of the Uighur minority, the government reported. The attack, which occurred in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region province, also wounded...

Governor proposes one-cent sales tax increase Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a temporary, one-cent increase in the state sales tax along with long-term budget reforms in an effort to break the stalemate in budget negotiations that have been stalled for more than a month, legislative sources...

Move to curb recorded celebrity phone calls Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
If Shaun Dakin has his way, you might never get a call from Jack Nicholson again. Or from Scarlett Johansson, Chris Rock, Jay-Z, Arnold Schwarzenegger and all the other celebrities and politicians who put their glittering names and famous voices on the...

Bush rules on fuel economy hit from 2 sides Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
President Bush drew rare praise from environmentalists last year when he signed into law the biggest increase in fuel economy in three decades. But consumer groups and environmentalists now warn that the administration's new rules to implement the law are...

Beijing street food - sea horses to scorpions Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
As if sea horses and cicadas aren't novel enough foods, Wang Jingbao promises more. He reaches for the silver bowl on top of his stove and tips it forward, revealing a tangle of live scorpions to his wide-eyed audience. "Want to try?" he says with a toothy...

Emirates' decked-out A380 jet drops by SFO Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
This is how the other half flies. Showers in plane bathrooms with temperature-controlled floors. Twenty-three-inch screens with 1,200 channels of audio and video entertainment. Sleeping compartments with built-in makeup mirrors and mini-bars that recede at...

New California wildfire destroys one home Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:58:47 PDT
Firefighters expect to have a wildfire that destroyed a mobile home over the weekend fully contained by Tuesday night, a day later than they originally predicted. The fire, which also damaged a barn, has consumed 323 acres since it began Sunday near Lake...

Tourist survives 250-foot slide down Big Sur cliff Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:57:27 PDT
A tourist is nursing only cuts and bruises after sliding 250 feet down a cliff on California's coast. Twenty-year-old Jost Ben of Wilnsdorf, Germany, had been tossing a football with friends Sunday at a traffic pullout perched 400 feet above the Pacific....

Robert Novak retiring after brain tumor diagnosis Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:36:26 PDT
Conservative political commentator Robert Novak announced his immediate retirement Monday because of his diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor. Novak told the editor and publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times that he plans to focus on his treatment and recovery,...

Collision near Los Banos injures 13 passengers Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:04:59 PDT
Thirteen passengers were injured when a tour bus collided with a tomato truck on Highway 152, scattering 25 tons of tomatoes on the road. The California Highway Patrol says the bus driver likely fell asleep at the wheel Sunday morning. The bus crashed into...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: 1918-2008 / Writer bore witness to communist tyranny Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the reclusive icon of the Russian intelligentsia and chronicler of communist repression, died Sunday. He was 89. His son, Stephan Solzhenitsyn, told the Associated Press that his father died of heart failure in Moscow....

Web chips away at China's grip on information Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Just days after David Wang produced a mock newscast criticizing Taiwanese officials and uploaded the clip to Tudou, a popular video sharing site in China, it disappeared. What's surprising is not that it was censored - but that it remained online as long as...

Is preacher a killer? Tiny town takes sides Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT
This hideaway farm town east of Modesto seemed too small to be torn in two. But that was before a truck sped down a dirt road, past cornfields and nut trees, and flopped into an irrigation canal. That was before people started exploring the bond between the...

2 SF streetcars crash, 14 injured Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:13 PDT
Fourteen people were injured tonight when two San Francisco streetcars crashed on the Embarcadero, authorities said. Both operators and four passengers were taken to the hospital, Municipal Railway officials said. The crash occurred at 6:28 p.m. when a...

AG Brown: Despite vote, same-sex marriages since May 15 will stay legal Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:12 PDT
If voters approve a November ballot measure banning same-sex marriages in California, thousands of gay and lesbian weddings conducted since the state Supreme Court legalized the unions on May 15 will probably remain valid, Attorney General Jerry Brown said...

Newsom signs the nation's most stringent green building codes Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:11 PDT
San Francisco took a major step today to cement its reputation as the most environmentally progressive city in the United States, as Mayor Gavin Newsom signed into law stringent green building codes for new construction and renovations of existing structures...

Man shot in Alameda dies Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:03 PDT
A man who was found shot in the head early this morning in Alameda has died of his injuries, police said. Troy Lancaster, 19, of Alameda was found at about 2:50 a.m. on the 100 block of Brush Street when police responded to reports of gunshots fired in the...

Toxic algae might be cause of porpoise deaths Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:03 PDT
Bay Area researchers are looking into whether a number of harbor porpoises that have washed up on local beaches in recent months may have been killed by long-term exposure to toxic algae. A total of 23 porpoises were discovered between May 19 and July 25 on...

PALO ALTO / One held, another sought in killing Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A San Jose man has been arrested in connection with the killing of Philip Lacy, who was robbed before being shot on a street in downtown Palo Alto last month. Donald Robert Lee, 22, was arrested July 28 and charged with one count of murder. He is being held...

ALAMEDA / Man shot to death targeted, police say Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A man who was found shot in the head early Monday in Alameda has died of his injuries, police said. Troy Lancaster, 19, of Alameda was found about 2:50 a.m. on the 100 block of Brush Street when police responded to reports of gunshots fired in the area. He...

ANTIOCH / Police seek to ID man shot dead on street Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Antioch police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man shot to death on an Antioch street late Sunday night. The victim was found on the 800 block of West Eighth Street around 10:46 p.m. after officers responded to a call reporting that shots...

S.F.: Sidewalk fronting restaurant fixed Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
RESULTS: DAY 87 S.F. sidewalk fixed: The menu at Pomelo restaurant on Church Street near 30th features a smorgasbord of popular seasonal cuisine - everything from koh samui (a coconut curry dish) to ardabil (a Persian noodle and bean soup) - but diners who...

S.F. officials on a legislative binge to make the city healthier Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:07:04 PDT
Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to make the city the first in the country to ban the sale of cigarettes in pharmacies such as Walgreens and Rite Aid. And that's only the city's latest effort to make us all healthier. The supervisors...

Slowpoke, no-gas electric car - check it out Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Hybrids are all the rage these days and for good reason, given that their drivers can eke out maybe 50 miles per gallon. Plug-in hybrids, when they come on line in a couple of years, will be able to go about 100 miles on a gallon of gas. So how about a car...

No answers as McCarthy, Favre meet late into night Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:35:47 PDT
In a meeting with Brett Favre that ran late into Monday night, Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy likely tried to cut through more than a month's worth of drama to figure out whether Favre really was 100 percent committed to playing again. Favre's answers...

Giants' How they scored 8/04 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:22 PDT
Giants 3rd: Winn singled to short. Ochoa singled to center, moving Winn to second. Winn moved to third on Lewis's fielder's choice grounder to short, Ochoa out at second. Rowand singled to right, scoring Winn and moving Lewis to third. Lewis scored on Bowker'...

Cain, Giants achieving in August Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:21 PDT
With the playoffs out of the question and the Giants in 2009 preview mode, their goal over the final two months simply is to play better until the time comes to dust off their golf clubs for the winter. So far in a very young August, so good. The Giants won...

Notebook: Invitation for Bonds Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:21 PDT
The Giants want Barry Bonds back at China Basin - for Saturday's pregame ceremony honoring five decades of Giants outfielders. Bonds has not returned to the ballpark, at least publicly, since the Giants informed him in September they would not re-sign him for...

49ers notebook Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:18 PDT
Coach Mike Nolan thought the tempo was good and the execution crisp. There were a few scuffles but not the kind of fights that would have forced the two teams to go practice by themselves. And the 49ers' injuries were relatively minor. So it was mainly thumbs...

Bears Open Camp Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:18 PDT
Mike Tepper's offseason of bad luck continued Monday, when he tweaked his right hamstring and was held out of Cal's first day of training camp. The senior, who is moving to the all-important left tackle position this season, already was going to be limited...

A's How they scored 8/04 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:17 PDT
Blue Jays 2nd. Barajas walked. Lind singled to left, Barajas to second. With two outs, McDonald walked, Barajas to third, Lind to second. Scutaro hit by a pitch, Barajas scored. Blue Jays 1, A's 0 Blue Jays 3rd. Rios doubled to center. Overbay walked. Barajas...

Raiders Notebook: McFadden is new kid on the block Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:17 PDT
Raiders running back Darren McFadden is a rookie. For once, he actually acted like one - even if just for one play. "I missed an assignment," McFadden said Monday. That he did, letting a 49ers blitzer get by during a historic joint practice in Napa between...

Meet the Stanford quarterbacks Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:17 PDT
Meet the Stanford quarterbacks Stanford's starting quarterback competition is in full bloom with training camp two-a-day practices beginning Wednesday. The three contenders - juniors Tavita Pritchard and Jason Forcier and sophomore Alex Loukas - continue to...

A's On deck 8/04 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:17 PDT
TUESDAY Opponent: At Blue Jays Time: 4:07 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Smith (5-10) vs. Richmond (0-1) WEDNESDAY Opponent: At Blue Jays Time: 4:07 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Duchscherer (10-7) vs. Marcum (5-5) THURSDAY Opponent: At Blue Jays Time: 4:07 p.m. TV:...

American Takes a Paddling Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:16 PDT
I have come to Sun Park looking for action. If the purest expression of basketball in America is the pickup street game, then surely the sporting soul of China can be found in pickup table tennis games. I'm looking for gritty, grass-roots pingpong. It is the...

Olympic journal: A ducky and delicious dinner Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:16 PDT
Team Chronicle went duck hunting the other evening. Instead of hunkering down cold and wet in some blind in a San Joaquin Valley bog, we had a splendid dining experience at a renowned restaurant in a city and a country known for duck. That being said, I still...

Knapp: Russell's not Superman, but he listens Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:16 PDT
Some of the most animated coaching at the practice between the Raiders and 49ers on Monday occurred after the players had left the field. Greg Knapp, the Raiders' offensive coordinator, met with the team's Mad Bomber of 40 years ago, Daryle Lamonica, and the...

Harris' Second Chance Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:16 PDT
Raiders left tackle Kwame Harris wants to act spitting mad, he really does. He wants to curse the 49ers for giving his job to a rookie last year, or shake an angry fist at the team for showing him the way out of Santa Clara's door. But he can't, even though a...

Notebook: Gallagher plunks two Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:16 PDT
Three games in a row, the A's have gotten short outings from young starters, and Monday it was Sean Gallagher's turn. In three innings, his shortest outing of the season, Gallagher allowed four hits and five runs, four earned. He also walked four and he hit...

A's Lose Game, Chavez Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:07:15 PDT
- As a better-than-anticipated first half recedes from memory, the A's are starting to resemble the 2007 squad more and more. On Monday, Oakland fell 6-1 to the Blue Jays, the team's seventh loss in a row and the 29th time the A's have been held to no more...

OLYMPIC JOURNAL / Ducky and delicious at dinner Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Team Chronicle went duck hunting the other evening. Instead of hunkering down cold and wet in some blind in a San Joaquin Valley bog, we had a splendid dining experience at a renowned restaurant in a city and a country known for duck. That being said, I still...

U.S. women thump Russia Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Seeing Becky Hammon on the Russian side was exactly what the Americans needed. Diana Taurasi scored 21 points and the United States pulled away in the second half, beating the Russians 93-58 Monday night in the FIBA Diamond Ball basketball tournament in...

A's lose game, Chavez / Third baseman to have season-ending surgery Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
- As a better-than-anticipated first half recedes from memory, the A's are starting to resemble the 2007 squad more and more. On Monday, Oakland fell 6-1 to the Blue Jays, the team's seventh loss in a row and the 29th time the A's have been held to no more...

Bonds sent an invite for Saturday's festivities Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The Giants want Barry Bonds back at China Basin - for Saturday's pregame ceremony honoring five decades of Giants outfielders. Bonds has not returned to the ballpark, at least publicly, since the Giants informed him in September they would not re-sign him for...

It must be contagious: Gallagher gets hit hard Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Three games in a row, the A's have gotten short outings from young starters, and Monday it was Sean Gallagher's turn. In three innings, his shortest outing of the season, Gallagher allowed four hits and five runs, four earned. He also walked four and hit...

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