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  • Blast kills husband of missing Utah woman, 2 boys
    (02-05) 16:22 PST Graham, Wash. (AP) -- Days after a judge ruled against him in a child custody hearing, a father and his two young sons were killed Sunday when police said he appeared to intentionally blow up a house...

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  • Hoekstra Super Bowl ad raises sensitivity question
    (02-05) 15:56 PST Lansing, Mich. (AP) -- The portrayal of a young Asian woman speaking broken English in a Super Bowl ad being run by U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra against Michigan incumbent Debbie Stabenow is...

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  • Egypt to try 19 Americans in case straining ties
    (02-05) 15:24 PST CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt on Sunday referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they...

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  • 49ers' NFL loan moves team closer to Santa Clara
    The $200 million that the National Football League just handed to the 49ers for their new stadium is the end of any hope the team will stay in San Francisco. I still say out-of-towners who fly in to watch their team...

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  • San Jose man held in alleged kidnap, assault
    A San Jose man was arrested Saturday morning after he allegedly kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and assaulted a man who tried to save her. Vincent Esparza Padilla, 38, of San Jose, kidnapped his 34-year-old ex-girlfriend...

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  • Red-light cameras boost coffers, rile drivers
    California has the most expensive red-light camera tickets in the world - the fine is so steep that one camera in Oakland generates more than $3 million a year - and a Fremont man is launching a protest group to do...

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  • Renovated Metreon opens doors to public
    With considerably less fanfare than it received in 1999, San Francisco's Metreon on Saturday debuted its modest and somewhat more open design. People visiting the former "entertainment center" from the adjacent Yerba...

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  • Traditional home on private acreage near Moraga Ranch trail
    301 Lakefield Place, Moraga - $1.649 million The basics: Located in the heart of Moraga, this completely remodeled home is nestled on a private, 2.8-acre gated property that seems totally isolated and backs to open...

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  • Salesforce campus could be too much of good thing
    There are so many positive aspects to the fast-moving plans for the Salesforce.com campus in Mission Bay that architectural nitpicking might seem, yes, picky. But with the 9-acre first phase now one vote away from a...

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  • Dufty has Hope, a twist on czar of homeless
    It takes gumption to give yourself the new title Director of Hope. What do you do, call San Franciscans all day long telling them their kid just might win the school lottery, they might one day win the condo conversion...

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