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U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 10, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- For the second time in two years, a San Francisco prosecution witness who strayed from witness protection has been killed in the city, authorities said Wednesday. Justin Lee, 40, was chased down and slain Monday night in the Mission District, the very.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Nov 20, 2007 @ 11:55pm neoform

Denver Post -- The story is so absurd, so unfair, so ludicrous, I had a difficult time believing that it could actually happen - even in Boulder. It's about a couple named Don and Susie Kirlin. They moved to the city in 1980. A few years later, the Kirlins purchased.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 9:18am neoform

Alter Net -- Since 1990, over 10.4 million Americans have been busted for pot. When will we recognize it's time to stand up to the war on harmless pot smoking? What would cops do without weed? For one thing, they'd sure spend a lot less time arresting and processin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 1, 2007 @ 10:32pm neoform

FOX News -- An Albuquerque man arrested for the 28th time on a drunken driving charge has pleaded not guilty. Joseph Brill, 53, entered his plea Tuesday to charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated, driving on a suspended license and having an open container.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon May 14, 2007 @ 9:21am neoform

Harpers -- Last summer, the Associated Press and New York Times each did stories on the detention facilities operated by the United States inside of Iraq. The conclusions of each investigation were roughly the same. At the time, they noted roughly 14,000 Iraqis.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 19, 2007 @ 10:00pm neoform

MSNBC -- "It’s going to take time," Regina Rohde told Matt Lauer on TODAY. "People are living minute to minute, not being able to cope with anything. Eventually it becomes hour by hour, week by week. It takes a lot of time." Rohde knows. Eight years ago, she.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 5, 2007 @ 4:16pm neoform

Yahoo News -- An online ad offering everything in the house for free left one landlord with quite a shock. By the time she realized what was going on, the house had been stripped of its light fixtures, hot water heater — even the kitchen sink. Laurie Raye said she.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 24, 2007 @ 10:13pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A fire marshal who admitted consulting online psychics at work didn't need a crystal ball to tell him it was time to resign. Tom Weber, a 22-year fire veteran, was put on administrative leave nine months ago after he was accused of asking an online psy.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 12, 2007 @ 10:24am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- The Pentagon has abandoned its limit on the time a citizen-soldier can be required to serve on active duty, officials said Thursday, a major change that reflects an Army stretched thin by longer-than-expected combat in Iraq... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 11, 2007 @ 4:53pm mrmdc

Houston Chronicle -- For the first time since President Bush mobilized the National Guard and Reserve after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Pentagon is abandoning its limit on the time a citizen-soldier can be required to serve on active duty... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 6, 2006 @ 8:37am neoform

CBS News -- Almost every time a company drills for oil or gas on federal property, it's supposed to pay a royalty or tax to the government, CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports. But CBS News has learned from a Congressional source that t.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Thu Nov 16, 2006 @ 8:28am neoform

Philadelphia Local News -- Violence is almost never a good thing. The temptation to slap someone in the head, or inflict serious bodily harm - while understandable from time to time - rarely gets you anywhere but arrested, beaten down or killed... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 29, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

MSNBC -- In 1996, Congress gave a strong nudge to these changes by passing legislation allowing wheat growers for the first time to switch to other crops and still collect government subsidies. The result is that farmers received federal wheat payments last year o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 1, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- For the first time in two weeks, an extended stretch of fair weather is in sight for the Bay Area. It's just going to take a while for it to get here. In the meantime, it will rain some more. Rain moved into San Francisco this afternoon, just in tim.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 9, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- BART trains are back on schedule for the evening commute, as the system has recovered from the discovery of a cracked rail earlier today, officials said. The cracked rail was discovered at 10:15 a.m. in a tunnel between the Glen Park and Balboa Park st.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 26, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

MSNBC -- Thomas Eversole, executive director of the American Helicopter Services & Aerial Firefighting Association, a Virginia-based nonprofit that serves as a liaison between helicopter contractors and federal agencies, said valuable time was lost. “The basi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 26, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

MSNBC -- Every time convicted killer Richard Lee McNair landed behind bars, he dreamed up a new way to escape. He once used lip balm to squeeze out of handcuffs. Another time, he crawled through a prison air vent. Last year, he slipped out with bags of mail... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- It's not just San Francisco officials and voters who have had difficulty figuring out where Supervisor Ed Jew lives - the process server dispatched to deliver his suspension papers had a tough time finding him as well. Process server Nicholas Vratari w.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 20, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- Before they leave for Iraq, thousands of troops with the 101st Airborne Division line up at laptop computers to take a test: basic math, matching numbers and symbols, and identifying patterns. They press a button quickly to measure response time. It’.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 22, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- While not all Chronicle readers share this columnist's concern about homeless encampments in Golden Gate Park, many who took the time to comment on my Monday update on the situation said it is about time serious attention was focused on the problem. Be.. Read More