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  • Thief begs for mercy after unholy heist

    A thief cried out for mercy in the Outer Mission district last week after he was taken down for stealing a man's crucifix, police said. The robbery was reported at about 1:20 p.m. Thursday in the 5200 block of Mission Street. The victim had been walking in the crosswalk at Mt. Vernon Avenue when the suspect, who had been walking past him, reached out and ripped the metal chain and copper ...

  • Tough luck for alleged Rub Me groper

    This creep is definitely no genie, according to prosecutors. A man accused of grabbing the buttocks of young girls at the Target store in San Bruno while wearing a T-shirt that read "Rub Me For Luck" asked a judge last week to throw out the charges, but was denied. Glenn Albrecht, a 50-year-old UPS deliveryman, faces child molestation charges in connection with two separate alleged ...

  • Communication Intelligence Corp. raises $1.15 million

    Communication Intelligence Corp . raised $1.15 million by selling preferred stock to the Phoenix Group and some other investors. Redwood City-based CIC (OTCQB: CICI) makes technology used in electronic signatures and document verification. Philip Sassower --age 72 -- is its CEO and chairman. In the past, he was CEO of Phoenix Enterprises LLC, a part of the Phoenix Group. In this deal, which ...

  • Oakland Couple in car shot this morning two Sunday homicides investigated

    OAKLAND -- A man and a woman were hospitalized Monday morning after they were shot while sitting in a car in East Oakland, police said.Their names, ages, relationship and places of residence were not immediately available.The shooting happened about 12:03 a.m. in the 9100 block of Olive Street.The two were sitting in a car when someone from outside the vehicle started shooting at them, police ...

  • Tool nailed for storage shed heist

    This woman always gets stuck with the tools. A burglary suspect who was fleeing Belmont police earlier this month ditched his car along with his girlfriend, leaving her behind with all the tools he had allegedly stolen from a storage shed, according to prosecutors. Still, 25-year-old Pacifica resident Mitchell James Borden failed to evade officers following the callous May 4 incident, San ...


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The Woodsman

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  • Microsofts new Xbox to challenge Apple to Facebook in games

    Amazon.com Inc. , which are introducing new software and devices for gaming. Microsoft's updated Xbox will use its Kinect sensor that can recognize faces and movements. The deice will also recommend content based on users' interests. The new Xbox will be in stores by the year's ...

  • Target opens San Francisco tech center

    Target on Friday unveiled its new technology office in San Francisco that will be its West Coast hub for development of mobile and online services, the Mercury News reports. The office will give the retailer a foothold in the Bay Area, where other companies including Walmart have set up tech centers to take advantage of local talent in developing online technology. Target has hired nearly 20 ...

  • San Francisco on track to host Super Bowl

    San Francisco is in position to be chosen as the host city for Super Bowl L, with NFL owners set Tuesday to vote on the game's location, NFL.com reports. The game would be hosted at the 49ers' new Levi's Stadium being built in Santa Clara, where it would offer a look at the new technology that can be put into stadiums and the future of technology in the game. San Francisco got a ...

  • San Francisco unions protest Kaiser premium hike

    San Francisco's Health Service System has teamed up with labor unions to protest Kaiser Permanente's latest rate hike, the LA Times reports. The system and the unions are demanding that Kaiser provide an alternate proposal and better explain the need for rate increases. Kaiser insures 45,000 public workers in the area. Read more at the LA ...

  • Yahoo to update Flickr as it announces Tumblr purchase

    Yahoo! Inc. signage is displayed at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Yahoo! Inc., the biggest U.S. Web portal, forecast sales that fell short of analysts' estimates as it continued to lose advertisers to Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. Photographer: David Paul ...

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