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  • Southern Cal San Jose State share 1st-round lead

    ATHENS, Ga. -; Southern California and San Jose State shared the lead at 4-under 284 after the first round of the NCAA Women's Golf Championships on ...

  • Golden Gate owners hit rock bottom — for heating and cooling systems

    Tuesday21 May 20133:29 p.m. Greg Stevens saw opportunity 475 feet below the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino. That's where the engineer and co-owner of the 107-year-old Fremont property decided to draw the heating and cooling power needed to keep beer and slush drinks cold ...

  • Fremont Officers fatally shoot dog after it attacks police say

    FREMONT -- Officers shot and killed a dog Monday after the animal attacked them at a Fremont home, police said.The officers were not injured and the breed of the dog was not known, police said.Officers were called at 8:10 p.m. to the 48200 block of Sawleaf Street for a report of a vicious dog, said police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques.A 911 caller told dispatchers that four dogs were loose and had ...

  • Wanna vote for your favorite wine blog Here’s how

    Thirty finalists (some in multiple categories) in the 7th Annual Wine Blog Awards were announced Tuesday, including top wine business blog finalists The Gray Report, The Wine Curmudgeon, The Academic Wino, Horsemaster of Wine, and Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog. The Wine Blog Awards will be presented at the 2013 Wine Bloggers Conference in Penticton, British Columbia, on June 8. To cast a ...

  • Gaps annual meeting overshadowed by Bangladesh safety accord

    Gap Inc. got an earful Tuesday during its annual shareholder meeting about not living up to its reputation as a socially responsible company. The San Francisco retailer (NYSE: GPS) received over 20,000 calls and plenty of hate mail from disgruntled customers around the world who are angry over its failure to sign onto an international agreement calling for building safety in Bangladesh, where ...


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Wise Blood [DVD]

Wise Blood [DVD]

Based on one of only two novels written by Flannery OConnor in her short lifetime, John Hustons Wise Blood is a baffling tragicomedy of contradictions, which on the surface is precisely what OConnor wanted the story to be. Unfortunately, the translation from page to screen mutes much ... ...

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  • Its Super Bowl XIX all over again for San Francisco and Miami

    Super Bowl XIX at Stanford Stadium. Miami Dolphins vs. San Francisco 49ers. January 20, 1985 San Francisco 49ers fans can remember the first and only Super Bowl played in the Bay Area like it was yesterday. Now, more than 30 years later, one of the hottest sporting events on the planet returns to the Bay in 2016. In the years since, other metropolitan areas have reaped the economic benefit of ...

  • Jed York Details Super Bowl L Impact

    The new home of the San Francisco 49ers has made a lasting impact in the Bay Area community on and off the field with Tuesday's announcement of Super Bowl L taking place at Levi's® Stadium. Moments after the San Francisco bid committee was selected as the host city for the Super Bowl's Golden Anniversary game, Jed York shared his thoughts on what put the Bay Area ahead of ...

  • Why Star Trek Made San Francisco the Headquarters for Its Futuristic Utopia

    is a crowd-sourced digital magazine made in just 48 hours, chronicling how our conversations with our things are thoroughly changing our world. Learn more ...

  • Homeowners Is your house epic

    Anthony is holding a contest to draw in prospective "epic" homes. Winners will score a meeting with Anthony, a design consultation, a professional photo shoot, and a shot at appearing in the book. So what makes a home epic? "Epic to me is something special, unique, something different, something you don't always see," Anthony said. The home doesn't have to be ...

  • BART board set to vote on lifting rush hour bike ban

    Bicycles may be allowed on all BART trains at all times if the transit system's board approves changes at its next meeting. Here a cyclist waits for a train towards San Francisco at the West Oakland ...

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