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U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:04am neoform

SF Gate -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is offering rewards of $50,000 each for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for three East Bay homicides. The governor offered the rewards today for information that leads authorities to the killers in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 13, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- A couple accused of beating their toddler to death, tucking her body in a plastic box and dumping it in Galveston Bay have been indicted on charges of capital murder. Galveston County District Attorney Kurt Sistrunk said Wednesday he had yet to decide.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 6, 2007 @ 11:50pm neoform

Washington Post -- Just months after U.S. Army troops whisked a German man from Pakistan to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2002, his American captors concluded that he was not a terrorist. "USA considers Murat Kurnaz's innocence to be proven," a German i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 30, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Locally harvested crab and seafood will be back on Bay Area menus just in time for Christmas, but that oyster barbecue might have to wait. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lifted the ban on crabbing and fishing in San Francisco Bay on Thursday after studies.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- As cleanup crews struggle to pick up the oil that ebbs and flows in San Francisco Bay, wildlife experts worry about the 1.6 million shorebirds and waterfowl that come here every winter like clockwork for the good food and the mild climate. Over the pas.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Oct 21, 2007 @ 12:45pm neoform

New York Times -- Well into the night of Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005, lt. Cmdr. Matthew Diaz sat alone at his desk in the headquarters of the American detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, consumed with a new project. He often worked late. From the time Diaz enlisted in t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 20, 2007 @ 7:19pm neoform

FOX News -- An earthquake jolted San Francisco Bay area residents awake early Friday, breaking glass and rattling nerves, although there were no immediate reports of injuries. The earthquake was recorded about 2 miles east of Oakland and had a preliminary magnitud.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 4:31pm neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- The US military's system of tribunals at Guantánamo Bay was thrown into chaos today after a military judge threw out all charges against a young Canadian detainee. One senior military official said the ruling in the case of Omar Khadr could have a "hu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 19, 2007 @ 4:47pm mrmdc

CBS News -- Do parents have the right to spank their children? It is a controversial issue, and while a Bay Area lawmaker wants it addressed in Sacramento -- a majority of those surveyed for a new CBS 5 poll expressed opposition to a spanking ban... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 4, 2007 @ 9:52pm neoform

Boston Herald -- FBI agents documented more than two dozen incidents of possible mistreatment at the Guantanamo Bay military base, including one detainee whose head was wrapped in duct tape for chanting the Quran and another who pulled out his hair after hours in a swelte.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 28, 2006 @ 8:54pm neoform

www.montereyherald.com -- In what police describe as a "probable" suicide leap, a prominent Monterey Bay Area attorney fell at least nine floors to his death at the Embassy Suites Hotel Monterey Bay in Seaside the morning before Christmas... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Nov 14, 2006 @ 9:20am neoform

Yahoo News -- Nearly 60% of voters in the recent U.S. national elections believe the prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay should either be granted a hearing before an independent judge or be released to their home countries, and fewer than 20% of those polled believe.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 5, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

BBC News -- The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the US is to appear at a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay. It will be Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's first time in public since he was captured in Pakistan in 2003. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 14, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- Authorities said Tuesday they had “a majority” of the Palm Bay fires contained and were getting better control over the fires in nearby Malabar, where firefighters slept in shifts on cots lined up in the volunteer fire station. 'It's gone. It's all.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 13, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Relentless wildfires burned into the early morning Tuesday across Florida's Atlantic coast, taxing firefighters and overwhelming residents trying to save their homes with garden hoses. Firefighters in the Brevard County town of Palm Bay have spent more.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 29, 2008 @ 8:05am neoform

SF Gate -- Coast Guard officials who boarded the Cosco Busan to determine how much oil had spilled into the San Francisco Bay had trouble communicating with the Chinese-speaking crew - and ultimately had to use drawings and hand gestures. The new detail, containe.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 28, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- The sodden Bay Area may get a short break from the rain this afternoon, but it probably won't last long. "There's another storm hot on its heels," said Diana Henderson, a National Weather Service forecaster. "I guess the best way to put it would be uns.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 11, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Nine state parks in the Bay Area - including one that is the largest in Northern California - would be closed under the budget proposed today by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The parks, which would not close until the governor and Legislature agree on a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 8, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- A 69-year-old Sebastopol man died Sunday night, several hours after he fell off his boat in Tomales Bay near Marshall, authorities said today. The man, identified as Joseph Fitzgibbons, was pulled from the water a little after 6 p.m. by another boater,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform

SF Gate -- It's not exactly the Midwest, but the Bay Area is in the path of a southbound storm that will bring some cold air, some much-needed rain and perhaps the odd snowflake. The National Weather Service on Wednesday issued an 11-hour freeze warning that ends.. Read More