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Salvador Rodriguez in a photo supplied to the AP by Richmond Police. In an exclusive interview with KGO-TV news, the key witness to the gang rape of a...
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Richard Heene, father of the 6-year-old little boy who starred in the now infamous “balloon boy hoax,” has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for his part in staging the...
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Four of the five people allegedly involved in the slaying of a Louisiana tourist last Oct. 4 were arraigned this morning and yesterday in...
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Oakland, CA (Examiner.com /Thirty Seven Media)- Last Saturday night a security guard, 59-year-old Bounhom Manyvong, was shot and killed during a heated argument with two men. The...
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Twelve days, 192 countries represented, 100 heads of state, 5,000 journalists, upward of 30,000 non-governmental representatives, more...
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Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties is facing a major shortage of food and monetary donations this year. But...
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San Francisco Firefighters have extinguished a three-alarm fire in the Haight District. The fire was reported Tuesday morning at approximately 4:45 a.m. in the 1600 block of...
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A large swath of the nation’s midsection will have a white Christmas but it comes at a price of snarled travel plans and treacherous...
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Almost a year has passed since HaLeigh Cummings went missing from her Satsuma, Fla. home in early February. Friday will be the first...
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Pope Benedict was knocked down during Christmas Mass. The Vatican is reporting that the woman who knocked down the Pope during Christmas mass is "mentally disturbed"....
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Chinese dissident gets 11 years for subversion
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A Chinese court sentenced a prominent dissident to 11 years on Friday - the longest term ever handed down for subversion charges, according to rights groups that say it signals the government will take an increasingly hard line against activists in the year ahead.