President Bush said Friday that tax rebates will start going out Monday, a few days earlier than originally announced.

A shark attacked and killed a swimmer today who was training in the ocean off San Diego County with a group of local triathletes. The attack took place about 150 yards offshore.

• Shark attack in San Diego

In one of the biggest such deals in years, a Japanese company has agreed to pay CoMentis up to $760 million for a stake in an Alzheimer's disease treatment the South San Francisco company is developing.

Sonoma State University's Academic Senate has approved a resolution opposing blood drives on campus claiming they discriminate against gay men.

NEW YORK - Three detectives were acquitted of all charges today in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day, a case that put the NYPD at the center of another dispute involving allegations of excessive firepower.

The Grateful Dead's long strange trip through American popular culture is landing in a library at the University of California-Santa Cruz, preserved for future generations of study by scholars and stoners.

Tipster helps add $1.34 mil to S.F.'s coffers under a watchdog program designed to crack down on unreported property transactions.

The soaring global price has led to rationing at Costco and food riots overseas. Is an era of mass food shortages beginning?

Tax Rebates Coming Early

With gas and food prices climbing, President Bush says stimulus checks will be sent out Monday, a few days ahead of schedule.

Man held in Oakland takeover robbery is charged with auto theft and evading arrest but not with crimes related to the holdup.

First-grader whose skull was fractured attends an Oakland school with a troubled past, according to records and parents' reviews.

Three officers found not guilty in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed man on his wedding day.