Wall Street Journal:
Gavin Newsom, the telegenic San Francisco mayor, said he is planning to remain in public service for his career despite a string of recent political setbacks. (Read More)
New York Times:
Michael Jackson’s doctor bought a powerful anesthetic and had it shipped to California, where it was found at Mr. Jackson’s bedside after he died, court documents show.
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washingtonpost.com - Virginia:
Unemployment in the District soared to a record high of 11.9 percent in October, according to government data released Friday, ranking it among California, Nevada, Michigan and other states with the highest jobless rates. (Read More)
CNN:
University of California students occupied buildings on several of the system's campuses Friday in protest of a 32 percent tuition increase.
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MSNBC:
Evan Turner had 26 points and 14 rebounds, his fourth double-double in as many games, and No. 15 Ohio State beat No. 13 California 76-70 on Friday night in the third-place game of the 2K Sports Classic.
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California Ripple Effect:
Share Transgender Day of Remembrance with your community at events happening across the state tonight and throughout the weekend.This morning a disturbing report emerged from the LA Times showing that hate crimes against LGBT (Read More)
Crooks and Liars:
If they're already admitting to causing deaths, why should they care about a little girl's hearing?What more do we have to do to fight back against these horror stories? What will it take to get these insurance companies to s (Read More)
Washington Post:
KIEV, UKRAINE -- One night at the height of the panic over what people here call the California flu, as 24-hour news stations tracked a rising death toll and politicians speculated about a mystery lung plague, Ukraine's prim (Read More)
USATODAY.com Sports - Top Stories:
Evan Turner had 26 points and 14 rebounds, his fourth double-double in four games, and No. 15 Ohio State beat No. 12 California 76-70 on Friday ...
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New York Times:
NEW YORK (AP) -- Evan Turner had 26 points and 14 rebounds, his fourth double-double in as many games, and No. 15 Ohio State beat No. 13 California 76-70 on Friday night in the third-place game of the 2K Sports Classic.
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Wall Street Journal:
Gavin Newsom, the telegenic San Francisco mayor, is mulling leaving politics after his term ends following a string of political setbacks. (Read More)
Los Angeles Times - Top News:
Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown says more than 30 African American churches were forced to pay thousands of dollars over computer kiosk lease agreements that were supposed to be free. (Read More)
LA Times:
Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown says more than 30 African American churches were defrauded of thousands of dollars over computer kiosk lease agreements that were supposed to be free. (Read More)
California Ripple Effect:
By Geoff Kors, Executive Director, Equality CaliforniaToday marks the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance -- the day we remember transgender people who have been murdered in violent hate crimes, simply for being who th (Read More)
MSNBC:
A judge's decision to move Johannes Mehserle's murder trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit police officer charged with gunning down an unarmed man on New Year's Day. Los Angeles - Los Angeles Co (Read More)
Pam's House Blend - Front Page:
Just into the mailbag: Equality Across America (EAA) extends our deepest condolences to the families of Jorge Steven L?pez Mercado and Jason "Jaysen" Mattison, Jr. Jorge was an openly gay Puerto Rican man who was brutally sla (Read More)
The Phoenix PHLOG:
In my cover article for this week’s Phoenix,I explore theworld’s imperiled oceans. It was a sobering story to report — learning that100 million sharks are killed every year, or the that the seafloor is strippedof pounds of aq (Read More)
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Photo: Joe PuglieseShedding Your Identity in the Digital AgeStories From the HuntEvan’s Daily Costume ChangeMedia, From TV to Mags to Blogs, Followed the HuntSocial Networking Sites at Center of Coast-to-Coast Coordinated Sea (Read More)
SFGate: Books:
Cosmopolitans A Social and Cultural History of the Jews of the San Francisco Bay Area By Fred Rosenbaum (UC Press; 462 pages; $39.95) Born in the volatile California Gold Rush, the Bay Area's Jewish community has thrived desp (Read More)
SFGate: Home & Garden:
Rice, planted abundantly in California, has for centuries fed millions in India, China and the rest of Asia. But the silica-rich rice straw - an agricultural waste product - is typically burned because it is too expensive to (Read More)