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San Francisco Chronicle Top News
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Geithner likely treasury pick; Clinton 'on track'
President-elect Barack Obama intends to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as his treasury secretary to confront the nation's intense economic turmoil, senior Democratic officials said Friday. The stock market soared on the...
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Rock threat danger closes part of Yosemite lodging
The National Park Service said Friday it will close part of a popular lodging complex at Yosemite National Park because an unstable cliff has created the potential for deadly rockfall. Park officials said 233 cabins will close permanently, or about one-third...
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Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience
A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged OMG in horror when it became clear it was no joke. Some watchers contacted...
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US gas prices dip below $2, lowest in 3-plus years
Only four months after peaking at an unheard of $4.11 a gallon, the national average price for gasoline tumbled below $2 Friday, its lowest point in more than three years. Yet the global economic contrast between then and now could not be more stark. On March...
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Doyle Drive renovation gets key funding
Golden Gate Bridge directors agreed this morning to contribute $75 million toward the reconstruction of dangerous Doyle Drive as part of a regional deal that could get the road replaced by 2014. The bridge district's board of directors voted 13 to 3 to...
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Mukasey returns to work after collapse
With briefcase in hand and a smile on his face, Attorney General Michael Mukasey returned to work Friday after collapsing during a speech the night before and spurring a 14-hour scare about his health. A Justice Department spokeswoman blamed the 67-year-old's...
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Campbell man accused of shining lasers at aircraft
A 39-year-old Campbell man who allegedly shined a green laser at police helicopters and other aircraft repeatedly over the past three years has been arrested, the Santa Clara sheriff's office said today. Michael Weeker was arrested at his home Monday night...
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NASA scales back flagship Mars mission
NASA is scrapping a controversial piece of hardware from its next-generation Mars rover that would have allowed the spacecraft to store rock fragments in a mini-basket for a future mission. The decision to slash the storage bin from the Mars Science...
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AP source: Richardson serious Commerce contender
A senior Democratic official says New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has emerged as a serious contender for Commerce Secretary in President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet. Richardson had been in the running for secretary of state, but is under consideration for...
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Fed officials weigh in on economy's weakness
The U.S. economy's weakness will stretch well into next year, a Federal Reserve official warned Friday. "We likely are in for a protracted period of poor economic performance," said Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The economy...
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State unemployment takes big jump to 8. 2 %
California's unemployment rate jumped to 8.2 percent in October and employers cut 26,400 nonfarm payroll jobs as the global financial crisis punished the state and exacted its heaviest toll on the struggling Central Valley. Although the Bay Area continues to...
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AIDS official: HIV spreading fast in Russia
Russia's top AIDS official on Friday lambasted the government's approach to fighting HIV, saying the number of registered cases was growing 10 percent a year despite increased federal funding. A misguided focus on treatment instead of prevention has...
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World mulls tougher response against pirates
It sounds easy: dispatch naval commandos to storm a hijacked cargo ship, shoot or capture the ragtag band of pirates and free the hostage crew. But experts warn such a rescue attempt would be extremely risky, endangering 300 hostages on other hijacked vessels...
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Stocks advance moderately after sell-off
Wall Street moved cautiously higher Friday, with investors taking a breather from the heavy selling of recent days. Energy, utility and technology stocks showed some advances, but bank stocks declined sharply. A decrease in selling pressure wasn't necessarily...
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Ex-high school coach pleads no contest to stealing from swim center
A former high school water polo coach has pleaded no contest to embezzling $3,000 from a Walnut Creek swimming center, his attorney said today. Todd Halvorson, 40, of San Ramon, an aquatics coordinator since 2000 who also served as girls water polo coach at...
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Big-wave surfers get OK for Mavericks tow-ins
Big-wave surfers are stoked: Federal officials are allowing tow-in watercraft at Mavericks when waves kick up at the popular San Mateo County surf spot. The revised rules come after seven years of discussion over allowing thrill-seeking surfers to be towed...
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Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
Police said a bomb killed eight mourners at the funeral of a Shiite cleric in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, stoking sectarian tension in a region already beset by militant violence. The attack in Dera Ismail Khan, which wounded 28 others, was followed by a...
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Automakers need to make case for government aid
Detroit's embattled automakers have two weeks to show a skeptical Congress how a multibillion-dollar lifeline will help them keep the industry from imploding. A bailout-shy Congress punted a $25 billion auto industry rescue on Thursday, as Democratic leaders...
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Daly City nonprofit's ex-treasurer pleads no contest to embezzlement
The former treasurer of a Daly City nonprofit that helps connect Bay Area residents with health and wellness services has pleaded no contest to embezzling $82,000 from the group, prosecutors said today. Amado Villanueva, 69, of South San Francisco, entered...
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Caltrain says back-to-back mechanical breakdowns were coincidence
Delays on the Caltrain system during the morning commute the past two days were caused by mechanical problems, but the issues were unrelated, a spokeswoman said this morning. Northbound trains suffered problems both days, in each case slowing the troubled...
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