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Guantanamo gives bin Laden driver just 5 1/2 years Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:40:02 PDT
A U.S. military jury sentenced Osama bin Laden's driver Thursday to just 5 1/2 years in prison, a surprise rebuke to Pentagon prosecutors who portrayed him as a member of the al-Qaida leader's inner circle worthy of a life sentence. Salim Hamdan, with credit...

Officials say Bill Clinton to address Democrats Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:16:06 PDT
Former President Clinton will have a role at the Democratic convention in Denver later this month. Democratic officials said Thursday that Clinton will give a speech on the third night of the convention, before an address by the as-yet-to-be-named running...

Woman waits review of dad's fate in China Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:10:00 PDT
When Ran Chen and her husband packed their bags for San Francisco this month, they prepared to leave China with heavier hearts than most departing expatriates. After two years in Beijing, their leaving was not just a bidding farewell to friends and...

Dirt and poverty, minutes from Olympic glitz Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:06:32 PDT
It is hard to see what the modernization of Beijing and the glitz and glamour of China's Olympic coming-out party is doing for the residents of the city's Suo Jia area. People who don't live in the neighborhood next to the Laiguangying Bridge call it the "...

Despite demons, Ivins stayed at high-security lab Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:55:58 PDT
What took so long? Army scientist Bruce Ivins had a history of paranoia, obsession and delusional thinking. And newly unsealed court documents show he didn't keep them to himself. Therapists knew. Doctors knew. Co-workers suspected. One complained he was a "...

Obama, McCain campaigns bust out the brass knuckles Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:39:17 PDT
The political hunting season for presidential candidates has arrived early, and already it features a new level of mudslinging and cage-match attacks. A new GOP Web site, meetbarackobama.com, has a daily "Audacity Watch" on Democratic candidate Barack Obama -...

Detroit mayor thrown in jail after bond violation Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:22:56 PDT
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday for a bond violation in his perjury case, his pleas for leniency rejected by a judge who made it clear the mayor would get no special treatment. Kilpatrick, charged with perjury and other felonies over his testimony...

Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:38:53 PDT
Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had...

McCain calls for probe of company he once aided Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:31:53 PDT
Republican John McCain called Thursday for a federal investigation into plans by the DHL shipping company that could cost 10,000 jobs here, as he and his campaign manager took criticism for helping DHL complete a key corporate merger in 2003. With Democrats...

Ariz. officials: Migrant-packed SUV rolls, kills 9 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:25:53 PDT
A sport utility vehicle packed with illegal immigrants rolled over Thursday on a rural highway southeast of Phoenix, killing nine people and injuring the other 10 on board, authorities said. The passengers were crammed into a Chevrolet Suburban with two...

Survivor describes last moments of fiery copter crash Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:26:09 PDT
While authorities confirmed today that eight firefighters and a pilot listed as missing in a fiery helicopter crash in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest are dead, one of four survivors provided chilling details about the horrific moments of the crash. The...

SF cops shoot and wound a 60-year-old woman inside her apartment Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:14:39 PDT
San Francisco police shot a 60-year-old woman in an apartment today after they were called to help a social worker dealing with a patient "making violent threats," police said. The woman was taken by ambulance to San Francisco General, Sgt. Wilfred Williams...

Pakistani ruling coalition moves to oust Musharraf Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:04:28 PDT
After months of internal bickering, Pakistan's governing coalition announced Thursday it will seek to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, cranking up pressure on the U.S.-backed former general to resign. With his popularity at rock bottom and civilian...

Analysis: Case against Ivins not airtight Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:37:51 PDT
Lacking hard proof, federal prosecutors relied on the process of elimination and circumstantial evidence to finger Bruce Ivins as the anthrax killer. Their case might be compelling, but it is not airtight. Government investigators didn't place Ivins at the...

Insured patients using ER for primary care Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Hospital emergency departments, typically the medical providers of last resort, are becoming the only option for insured as well as uninsured people who are unable to get care elsewhere, leading to a record rise in emergency room visits over the past decade,...

State won't pursue charges for target shooter who sparked fire Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The state's firefighting agency is not seeking charges against a 28-year-old target shooter from Mariposa suspected of sparking a massive wildfire west of Yosemite National Park that burned 30 homes and 100 other buildings, an official said today. "Cal Fire...

Another Oakland takeover robbery - Chinese eatery hit Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Three men stormed a Chinese restaurant in Oakland's San Antonio neighborhood and robbed the business and its customers, the latest in a spate of takeover-style robberies that has plagued this city. The robbery happened at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday at the King of...

Move to make S.F. zoo a haven for rescued animals moves ahead Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:54:10 PDT
San Francisco supervisors will decide next month whether to turn the city's zoo into facility for rescued animals, a move that could cost the public park its accreditation, after a supervisors' committee decided today to send the matter to the full board. The...

Court says employers can't limit a departing worker's job future Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:34:51 PDT
California employers can't limit their employees' right to work for a competitor or solicit former clients after they leave the company, the state Supreme Court ruled today. In a unanimous decision, the justices said state law since 1872 has forbidden so-...

Millbrae: Freeway sign typo Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
WHAT'S NOT WORKING: DAY 1 Bad freeway sign: It's a mistake that's easy to make - "Millbrea" instead of "Millbrae" - but when the miscue is on a major Bay Area freeway sign (near the city of Millbrae) that's passed by thousands of cars an hour, the...

S.F.'s road map for reinventing Muni revised Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
San Francisco transportation planners said Wednesday they want to replace low-ridership bus lines with cheaper-to-operate van service as part of an ambitious plan to overhaul Municipal Railway's decades-old route structure aimed at improving service along the...

S.F.'s long-awaited 4-neighborhood plan on tap Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Thousands of new homes could be built in four neighborhoods on San Francisco's east side if the city's Planning Commission approves a plan today that tries to encourage development while preserving affordable housing and working-class industries. Together the...

Two dead, 3-year-old boy injured, in Bay Point shooting Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A gunman opened fire in a house in Bay Point this afternoon, killing a woman and seriously injuring a 3-year-old boy before taking his own life, a spokesman for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department said. The 38-year-old gunman and 34-year-old woman,...

A.J. Burnett hands Oakland 10th straight loss Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:26:01 PDT
With a string of successful starts under new manager Cito Gaston, A.J. Burnett has pitched the Toronto Blue Jays back into the playoff picture. Burnett won his fourth straight outing and the Blue Jays extended Oakland's losing streak to 10 games, beating the...

A BIGGER GIANT / Rowand quickly became team's undisputed leader Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:22:03 PDT
Aaron Rowand sat by his locker this week and uttered a simple declaration that every hotshot prospect and clubhouse loudmouth in baseball should remember. "Nobody in this game deserves respect," Rowand said. "You have to earn it." Rowand has earned it. The...

PGA Notes: Salinas pro Leibovich hits the big time Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:06:33 PDT
Mich. - Twenty years ago, Rick Leibovich moved from his native Argentina to Salinas. He was 17 at the time and didn't speak English. But he already had a passion for golf, so he volunteered to work at a local driving range as he learned the language. That...

Rough Going At Oakland Hills / Only 6 players are able to break par, Westwood (7-over) damns setup Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:06:33 PDT
Mich. - It was just a routine day at the PGA Championship on Thursday - few sub-par scores, a late-afternoon weather delay and one of the world's top golfers longing for the gentle souls who run the USGA. No, really. Robert Karlsson and Jeev Milkha Singh...

Ratto: A's are scraping rock bottom Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:06:33 PDT
The past 18 games of the Oakland A's season have dredged up memories of the worst years of the pre-Tony La Russa era - the mid-1980s, in fact, when the team was almost as anonymous, easily as inert, and wholly as uninteresting. Overreaction? Maybe. On the...

IRL races to split TV on ABC, Versus Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:06:33 PDT
The Indianapolis 500 and four other IndyCar Series races will be televised by ABC Sports at least through 2012 in a contract extension announced Thursday by the Indy Racing League. Also, the Versus cable channel, already the home of the NHL, Davis Cup and...

Pro-Am: Bay City, S.F. play for title Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:06:33 PDT
The San Francisco Bay Area Women's Pro-Am Basketball League wraps up its summer run Saturday with a 2 p.m. championship game between San Francisco and Bay City at Kezar Pavilion. Regular-season winner Bay City (6-0) features Cal guard Alexis Gray-Lawson, who...

Starting grid Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:06:33 PDT
Starting grid NASCAR SPRINT CUP Centurion Boats at The Glen Site: Watkins Glen, N.Y. Schedule: Today, qualifying, noon, ESPN2 3 p.m. Sunday, race, 1 a.m., ESPN Track: Watkins Glen International (permanent road course, 2.45 miles, 11 turns) Race distance:...

Olympic Journal: The Great Wall delivers great fun for all Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:06:32 PDT
Catching a lizard on the Great Wall of China has to rate as a life experience for someone with a herpetological bent. So too does careening down a polished steel chute on a toboggan to get to the bottom of the world's longest assemblage of old bricks. These...

College football: Fua back after aborted mission Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:06:32 PDT
Sione Fua is back at Stanford, hoping to turn disappointment into a chance to contribute again to his football team. Fua, the sophomore defensive tackle from Encino (Los Angeles County), was away from the team last season, expecting to serve a two-year Mormon...

Giants notes: Great lineup for reunion, with or without Bonds Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:56:25 PDT
Barry Bonds' representatives have spoken about a possible appearance Saturday, and their answer is a definite "we don't know." Bonds is in Hawaii with his family. One of his public-relations people, Rachel Vizcarra, e-mailed Thursday to say, "Barry has been...

A's On Deck Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:56:24 PDT
TODAY Opponent: At Tigers Time: 4:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Braden (2-2) vs. Rogers (8-8) SATURDAY Opponent: At Tigers Time: 4:05 TV: Channel: 36 Pitchers: Gallagher (4-5) vs. Gallaraga (9-4) SUNDAY Opponent: At Tigers Time: 10:05 a.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers:...

Giants On Deck Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:56:24 PDT
TONIGHT Opponent: Dodgers Time: 7:15 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Penny (5-9) vs. Zito (6-13) SATURDAY Opponent: Dodgers Time: 6:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Kuroda (6-8) vs. Correia (2-6) SUNDAY Opponent: Dodgers Time: 1:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Billingsley (...

Karlsson standing tall at PGA Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:26:25 PDT
So you think golfers aren't athletes? Check out Robert Karlsson, the 38-year-old Swede who shot 2-under-par 68 to seize a share of the early lead in the PGA Championship. Karlsson stands 6-foot-5, weighs 190 pounds and looks like a shooting guard as much as a...

Morgan Hamm out of Olympics with ankle injury Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:18:45 PDT
Morgan Hamm's eyes were red, his voice shaky. The bone spurs digging into his left leg made it impossible for him to tumble, and giving up his spot on the U.S. men's gymnastics team was the right thing to do _ the only thing to do. That didn't make it hurt...

US defeats Japan 1-0 on goal by Stuart Holden Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:54:52 PDT
Stuart Holden ended the United States' three-game scoring drought with a goal in the second half, giving the Americans a 1-0 victory over Japan on Thursday in the Olympic opener for both. The Scottish-born Holden struck a loose ball at the top of the penalty...

Four from S.F. among 68 area sure things, long shots Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Among a diverse group of 68 athletes with Bay Area connections on the U.S. Olympic team is an intrepid quartet from a city no longer known for producing elite athletes. For all that San Francisco is to so many, it is not a fertile proving ground for athletes,...

Beard ready to grin and bare it for animal rights cause Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The e-mail said Amanda Beard - the often-provocative American swimmer - had been scheduled for one of those anti-fur publicity stunts by PETA, which on this day I took to mean People for the Ethical Treatment of Amanda. The e-mail from PETA's Asian Pacific...

Popular twilight criterium returning to San Rafael Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
If you ever wanted to get up close and personal with high-speed bike racing, central Marin on Saturday is the place to be when the Carrera de San Rafael twilight criterium returns for a 10th go-round. More than 700 riders - from kids to masters to pros - will...

Hoping to one-up herself Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The Bay Area's Natalie Coughlin will be shooting for six medals in Beijing after winning five medals in Athens. Coughlin is the world-record holder and the defending Olympic champion in the 100-meter backstroke, her signature event. Coughlin could have a busy...

FACE OF THE GAMES / Michael Phelps, the superstar from Baltimore, will be everywhere the next two we Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Phelps will swim the 200-meter freestyle, 200 individual medley, 400 individual medley, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly and all three relays: 4x100 freestyle, 4x200 freestyle and 4x100 medley. Because it tops off a freakish aqua-body that stretches 185 long-...

DIGEST / Prep coach sues school district Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Former Miramonte-Orinda High girls basketball coach Darrell Hirashima's filed a lawsuit against the Acalanes Union High School District in Contra Costa Superior Court on Wednesday, according to Hirashima's attorney, Kirk Boyd. Though Hirashima is hoping to...

Notebook / Gillaspie becomes first of top 4 picks to sign Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The Giants signed their second overall draft pick Wednesday - Wichita State's Conor Gillaspie - and three of their top four picks remain unsigned, including catcher Buster Posey, the Golden Spikes Award winner as baseball's best amateur. Bobby Evans, director...

Sore shoulder won't send Gallagher to disabled list Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Right-hander Sean Gallagher was sent back to the Bay Area for an MRI exam on his sore right shoulder, but the A's decided against putting him on the disabled list when Gallagher was diagnosed with shoulder inflammation. Instead, Gallagher's next start will...

All the aliens wanted was to remove the toxins in his back Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
While exploring a hutong (funky alleyway) I was abducted by space aliens who beamed me up into their UFO using powerful suction cups on my back. That's my story. It will be an easier sell to family and friends than the alternative explanation, or as some...

NOTEBOOK / Rockies get help Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The Rockies got a pair of pitching reinforcements Wednesday, claiming Livan Hernandez off waivers from the Twins and activating last season's ace Jeff Francis from the disabled list. Hernandez, a former World Series MVP and two-time All-Star, was 10-8 with a...

AMERICAN LEAGUE / Guerrero leads Angels over Orioles Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Vladimir Guerrero homered and drove in four runs, Garret Anderson had three hits and two RBIs, and the Angels rolled past the Orioles 9-4 on Wednesday in Anaheim. Ervin Santana allowed four runs and eight hits over seven innings with seven strikeouts and no...

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