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  • Arms but no hammer in Laundromat spat

    It was a clean break. Two women decided not to press charges against each other after a brawl at an Oceanview Laundromat last weekend. The dispute spun out of control when one of the women removed the other woman's clothes from a dryer, police said. About 6:45 p.m. Sunday, police responded to the 200 block of Broad Street and spoke with one of the women, who claimed the other woman had ...

  • Wibidata raises $15 million

    WibiData, a maker of technology that uses data to make better computer applications, has raised a $15 million in a Series B round of funding led ...

  • Visa Inc. hires JP Morgan Chases Ryan McInerney as president

    Charlie Scharf . McInerney was CEO of consumer banking at JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), overseeing a network of 5,600 bank branches and some 75,000 employees. That unit had about $14 billion in revenue. He steps into a slightly reconfigured president's role that has been vacant a couple of months ...

  • Daily Madden 49ers Must Prepare For A Season Without Crabtree

    Michael Crabtree tore his Achilles tendon in practice Tuesday. Coach Jim Harbaugh said Crabtree could return in mid-November. But John Madden told the KCBS Radio morning crew the 49ers should prepare for a full season without him. ';It’s a tough loss. It’s a big loss,'; Madden said. ';I think it’s one of those things that maybe he could be back this year, ...

  • Kaiser Anthem Blue Shield and Health Net head list of Covered California plans for 2014

    Covered California's Peter Lee. Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Health Net and nine smaller, regional health plans will participate in Covered California next year, the health benefit exchanged authorized by the Affordable Care Act. The smaller participants include the Bay Area's Alameda Alliance for Health, San Francisco-based Chinese Community Health ...


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Movie Review

The Cell [DVD]

The Cell [DVD]

"The Cell" takes an old science fiction trope--what if we could somehow enter into another person's subconscious--and uses it to explore that unique horror of the machine age: serial killing. And, as flashy and visually inventive as the film is, its greater importance lies in the way it explores the duality of serial killers in a way most films won't dare. ...

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  • Woman stabbed at least a half-dozen times near Hayward BART station

    HAYWARD -- A woman was in stable condition after being stabbed at least a half-dozen times during an early morning attack about four blocks south of the Hayward BART station.The victim was not seriously injured and police said that the incident was gang related.Officers responded about 3 a.m. Sunday to the intersection of Grand Avenue and Dean Street for a report of an assault with a deadly ...

  • Bicyclist Run Over Killed By Garbage Truck In San Francisco

    A mangled bicycle lies on the ground at the intersection of 16th St. and South Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco following a fatal crash with a garbage truck, May 23, 2013. ...

  • Amazon expands Kindle Fire sales to 170 countries

    Amazon.com Inc. said its Kindle Fire tablets are now available for preorder in more than 170 countries, with its app store online in nearly 200, PCWorld reports. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is hoping the lower-priced tablets, the strongest challenge yet ...

  • Blackstone Prologis said to buy warehouse portfolio for $960 million

    Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and chief executive officer of Blackstone Group LP. Prologis Inc. has joined Blackstone Group LP in a deal to purchase a portfolio of 17 million square feet of warehouse space for about $960 million, according to reports. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. owns 80 percent of the portfolio, Bloomberg reports. Blackstone is expected to operate 9.5 million square feet of the ...

  • Apple Amazon Google targeted in European tax probe

    Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., testifies at a Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing in Washington. European leaders on Wednesday met to discuss how global firms such as Apple Inc. and Google Inc. have managed to pay nearly no taxes on sales revenue generated on the continent, the Mercury News reports. The meeting took place as the U.S. Senate this week looked ...

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