San Jose police say they have busted the Shotgun Bandits, using a sergeant's hunch about a lover's loyalties.

Sun Microsystems swung to a loss in the fiscal third quarter, surprising investors who were expecting a healthy profit from the server and software maker despite a weakening U.

Starting defender Ryan Cochrane won't play Saturday night in the Earthquakes' home match against FC Dallas after sustaining a concussion from a violent collision in Salt Lake City.

Apple is eliminating 174 sales and support jobs at its Elk Grove facility and transferring the work to a site in Austin, Texas.

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CARSON CITY, Nev. - Gov. Jim Gibbons intends to bill the widow of missing multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett for $687,000 the state spent in searching for the famed aviator last fall, a spokesman said.

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - A woman police believe to be convicted Washington escort service operator Deborah Jeane Palfrey committed suicide, officials said today.

The American Lung Association studies soot samples and issues failing grades for S.F., Contra Costa and Santa Clara Counties.

Former national party chairman switches to Obama, says a vote for Clinton "assists John McCain."

Cops: Biz Partner Was Shooter

El Sobrante man suspected of murder for hire in the slaying of his business partner is now accused of pulling the trigger.

Vallejo's Deborah Jeane Palfrey, recently convicted of prostitution charges, commits suicide near her mother's Fla. home.

A zoning plan calls for up to 7 towering high-rises near the Transbay Terminal, dramatically changing city's skyline.

Twenty-one-year-old was shot numerous times near the corner of 26th and Harrison streets.