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The 91-year-old founder of an East Palo Alto steel company was among three people killed when their small plane plunged before horrified onlookers into a lagoon in the Redwood Shores area of Redwood City just before noon today, authorities and the company...



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Left-hander Aroldis Chapman hit 103 mph on the radar gun during another sizzling inning Wednesday night, then got his first big-league win when the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 6-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. The Cuban left-hander threw two pitches...



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HP to Work With Hynix on New Computer Memory Chips New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that it would commercialize a new computer memory technology with Hynix, the South Korean chip ... HP finds partner to build memristors into chipsThe Associated Press H-P unveils chip partnership with HynixMarketWatch all 86 news articles »

Mexico's attorney general says authorities have captured long-sought drug kingpin Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias "the Barbie." The Texas-born Valdez Villareal is allged to be leading one of the two factions battling for control of the Beltran Leyva drug...



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September Green Day: More than a year after introducing "21st Century Breakdown" with a series of sneak-attack local shows and a full-scale arena run (plus a little detour through Broadway), the East Bay punk-pop titans take their latest album out for a...



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Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Francisco Giants - game chat AZ Central.com Notes: Barry Enright gave up just one run in 6 2/3 innings in his most-recent start, a 3-1 win over the Rockies at Chase Field. ... Arizona Diamondbacks (50-78) at San Francisco Giants (71-57), 10:15 pmMiamiHerald.com MLB Betting Action – Arizona D'Backs vs San Francisco GiantsBetUs.com Diamondbacks-Giants PreviewCBSSports.com Inside Bay Area -Sports Chat Place -Donbest.com all 40 news articles »

A 13-year-old boy described as a standout athlete with a personality that was "larger than life" was shot to death as he walked with his brother in their East Oakland neighborhood, police and family members said Thursday. The city's sixth homicide within a...



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BART has spent more than $6 million to deal with the aftermath of the videotaped shooting of unarmed train rider Oscar Grant by former Officer Johannes Mehserle, the transit agency said Wednesday. The costs, detailed to The Chronicle in response to a public...



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Prosecutors in the case of a man accused of murdering a San Francisco police officer by crashing into a cruiser during a pursuit suffered a blow when a coroner's pathologist testified that she could not rule out that the officer died of heart problems instead...



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