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  • NFL Owners Award Super Bowl 50 to San Francisco

    National Football League owners voted Tuesday to award the San Francisco 49ers the honor of hosting the 2016 Super Bowl at their new stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. The choice "came as no surprise," according to a ...

  • Oakland Thieves break into television news van near Jack London Square

    OAKLAND -- A television news van was broken into Tuesday afternoon near Jack London Square, according to police.It was not known what was taken in the theft, which occurred about 12:30 p.m. and targeted a KGO-TV van parked near Second and Clay streets. Four suspects were seen fleeing the area in a green Jaguar, according to police.Check back for more ...

  • Oakland airport vying for international airlines

    Oakland International Airport could soon land some big international carriers. According to industry sources, the city is in talks with a number of European airlines and close to inking deals with carriers out of Germany, Scandinavia and possibly the U.K. If the deals are sealed, one or two more international flights could be coming and going three to five times daily out of Oakland. Oakland ...

  • San Francisco and Houston awarded 2016 and 2017 Super Bowls

    CSN: The Super Bowl's golden anniversary will be held in the Golden State. The new stadium, which opens in 2014, in Santa Clara will host Super Bowl L two years later, the NFL announced ...

  • Next 49ers stadium named site of 50th Super Bowl

    The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area. NFL owners voted Tuesday for the 49ers' new stadium as host of the 2016 game. That facility in Santa Clara, Calif., is due to open for the 2014 season. San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when the Florida Legislature did not support financing to renovate Sun Life ...


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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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  • Boy 15 arrested for murder of Cameron Myers 20 in Hunters Point

    fatal stabbing last week of 20-year-old Cameron Myers in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood. The boy, who is not being identified because he is a minor, was detained by police in Nevada County at about 2 a.m. on Sunday, Officer Albie Esparza said. Police remain tight-lipped about the investigation and what led to the arrest. Myers, who friends say lived in Auburn and had few ties ...

  • Bay Areas touchdown Super Bowl 2016

    The NFL awarded the Bay Area Super Bowl L in 2016, the first time since 1985 that the game will be played in the region. Here's a good synopsis ...

  • Goodwill hunting HP Oracle Cisco Google have $90 billion

    Hewlett-Packard Co.'s headquarters on Hannover Street, where there's $31 billion worth. The computer and printer giant (NYSE: HPQ) recorded $31,031,000,000 worth of goodwill on its balance sheet as of Jan. 31, putting it at the top of a list of big Bay Area businesses that have grown by acquisitions. Goodwill, in accounting terms, is the extra money one company pays to buy another ...

  • Woodruff-Sawyer names Chad Follmer as health practice leader

    Chad Follmer as its health care practice leader. He had been managing director of health care and life science practice leader for the western region of Woodruff-Sawyer rival Marsh, one of the nation's largest insurance brokerages. In fact, as of May 21, his LinkedIn profile still has him at Marsh. The announcement came days ...

  • San Francisco Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona Abortion Ban

    Pro-life and pro-choice activists argue in front of the US Supreme Court during the March for Life on January 25, 2013 in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ...

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