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Ethiopian woman first to finish Bay to Breakers race

Manitu Daska, 28, -- last year's second fastest woman -- was the first to finish the 7.46-mile San Francisco course with a time of 39 minutes and three seconds, organizers said.

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San Pablo boy, 5, struck and killed by car in Richmond

Jonathan Moreno, 5, of San Pablo died Saturday after he apparently ran into a Richmond street and was struck by a car, authorities said.

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A's put starter Brandon McCarthy on disabled list with shoulder strain

The A's placed their top starting pitcher, Brandon McCarthy, on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder, the team announced Sunday morning

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Herhold: Ms. Ravel goes to Sacramento

From Ann Ravel's eighth-floor office, you can see the rust accumulating atop the sign of the '70s-era Westfield Downtown Plaza Mall in Sacramento. It could be a metaphor for the agency she heads -- the nearly four-decade-old Fair Political Practices Commission.

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Scotts Valley man dead in San Mateo county crash

Scotts Valley resident Gary Jaehne, 57, died Saturday when his motorcycle crashed on a remote stretch of San Mateo County road, police said.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg changes status to 'married'

A day after taking his company public in one of the most anticipated stock offerings in Wall Street history, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did something really important: He got married. The surprise nuptials to Harvard sweetheart Priscilla Chan was held in the leafy yard of his Palo Alto home on Saturday evening, before about 100 guests who thought they were there to celebrate Chan's graduation from medical school on last week.

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Strong quake kills at least 4 in northern Italy

A strong earthquake shook northeast Italy early Sunday, killing four people, tearing off chunks of church facades and sending panicked residents into the streets. Aftershocks wreaked more havoc in the region, including knocking down a clock tower and injuring a firefighter.

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Two gun-toting suspects rob Redwood City liquor store

A San Mateo County liquor storeowner was robbed at gunpoint by two suspects Friday night, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.

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Woman's body found in waters outside Golden Gate

A woman's body was pulled from the waters off Point Diablo this morning after being seen by fisherman.

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Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dies at 60

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died at home in Tripoli Sunday, nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the attack's 270 victims. He was 60.

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Night herons settling down in downtown Oakland

Downtown Oakland has no shortage of wildlife. Now it even has some of the nonhuman variety. A colony of giant, squawking, black-crowned night herons has taken up residence in the gritty urban core of Oakland, apparently...

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George Lucas might build affordable housing

Star Wars creator George Lucas could, indeed, make good on his idea of building affordable housing right next door to the high-income NIMBYs who blocked his plans for a production studio near his Lucas Valley ranch...

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Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dies at 60

(05-20) 11:32 PDT TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died at home in Tripoli Sunday, nearly three...

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UK Lockerbie spokesman regrets death of bomber

(05-20) 07:22 PDT LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) -- A spokesman for some of the British families of those killed in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing says he regrets the death of the only person to have been convicted in the case...

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Golden Gate Bridge - monument, work of art, star

What is it about the Golden Gate Bridge , anyway? Its not the longest suspension bridge in the world anymore, or the tallest. It never was the busiest. But its a star, the way Bacall and Monroe were stars. The way...