Before he started living the techno-bohemian good life in San Francisco, Craigslist chief executive Jim Buckmaster tried the low-rent, low-tech version as a medical school dropout in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Securities regulators today hit Santa Clara-based Marvell Technology Group and its co-founder with civil securities charges for backdating stock options from 2001 to 2004, a practice that resulted in overstating more than $360 million in income to investors.

BAGHDAD - The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday.

Social networking giant Facebook, which has faced political pressure to increase online safety, is putting in place 40 safeguards to protect young people from sexual predators and cyberbullies, the Palo Alto company announced today.

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CONCORD, N.H. - Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.

Rookies Emmanuel Burriss and Steve Holm collected the first RBIs of their careers in a four-run fourth-inning rally, but the Giants blew a two-run, seventh-inning lead and lost 5-4.

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Location, location location still matters. But in the current downturn, think duration, duration, duration. Kathleen Pender.

A Pittsburg 5-year-old was riding a tricycle when she was accidentally run over by her mother.

Myanmar Won't Allow U.S. Aid

Relief from U.N. begins arriving, but military junta stalls on visas for workers who want to ensure supplies reach cyclone victims.

The victim, who had been on her way to school, was taken to a Hunters Point apartment where she was assaulted.

Top fee would be charged during morning, evening commutes and on weekend and holiday afternoons.

Bucs chase Cain in 3-run seventh inning; 5-4 win completes sweep.