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  • Twin fires raging along California central coast
  • BIG SUR, Calif. — Weary firefighters got no Independence Day reprieve from a pair of out-of-control wildfires that roared along California's central coast, chewing through opposite ends of an arid forest in the Los Padres National Forest. Despite cooler temperatures and light winds, flames from ...
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  • Roger vs. Rafa III at Wimbledon
  • WIMBLEDON, England -- Roger vs. Rafa III, coming soon to a grass court near London. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are headed to Centre Court for their third straight Wimbledon final, with one trying to extend his amazing winning streak on grass and the other attempting to win his first Grand Slam ...
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  • Former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
  • RALEIGH, N.C. — From his early days as television commentator and on through a three-decade career in Congress, former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms never left any doubt about his beliefs. "When he wrote his book, 'Here's Where I Stand,' I felt no book was needed," said North Carolina Sen ...
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  • Protests ahead of Japan G8 summit
  • To protect the leaders from the G8 - Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the US - about 21,000 police have been deployed. Summit organisers are keeping protesters and journalists well away from the summit itself, in the resort of Toyako. Some people hoping to attend the summit ...
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  • Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
  • At 5 a.m. EDT Friday, Bertha was centered about 750 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands. It is expected to be about halfway between the west coast of Africa and the Lesser Antilles by Saturday night. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph with some higher gusting. The storm could gradually ...
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  • Moderate earthquake jolts Japan, no injuries
  • Japan's Meteorological Agency says a moderately strong earthquake has jolted the Tokyo area. There have been no reports of injuries or damage from the magnitude 5.1 quake. The agency says the earthquake hit Saturday and was centered off the coast of Ibaraki about 90 miles north of Tokyo. The quake ...
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  • Colombia captives video shows elation
  • Ingrid Betancourt, seen here with French president Nicolas Sarkozy, was one of the hostages whose rescue was shown on Friday (click for raw video of the rescue in Colombia). BOGOTA , Colombia - Video taken during the rescue of 15 rebel-held hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter ...
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  • Bank fined over $7.8B rogue trader scandal
  • Jan. 24: According to French news reports, Jerome Kerviel — the rogue trader who took French bank Societe Generale for $7.14 billion — is missing. NBC's Ned Colt reports. PARIS - France's central bank announced Friday that it has fined Societe Generale $6.3 million for "serious shortcomings" in ...
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  • Spitzer call girl drops 'Girls Gone Wild' lawsuit
  • This undated image obtained from a MySpace Web page shows Ashley Dupre, the former call girl for ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York. Dupre dropped a $10 million lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet. (AP Photo, file) (AP) MIAMI -- The call ...
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  • Google to Viacom: 'Respect YouTube users' privacy'
  • Viacom is getting its hands on some of YouTube's sensitive user data as a result of the copyright infringement lawsuit the conglomerate filed a year ago. The two companies are in the discovery part of the case and must make certain information available to each other. On Wednesday, a federal judge ...
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  • California wildfires
  • As of this morning, 27 major wildfires were burning in California. Damage: The fires have consumed more than 520,000 acres and destroyed at least 34 residences. They continue to threaten 10,727 residences and 421 commercial buildings. Response: Fires are...
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  • 3-alarm blaze damages two Victorians in Old Oakland
  • Two historic Victorians in Old Oakland were damaged this afternoon in a three-alarm blaze apparently caused by a paint-removal heat gun, firefighters said. The fire started near the roof of a two-story building at 8th and Washington streets around 2:45 p.m....
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  • Berkeley police warn of imposter newspaper salesmen
  • Berkeley police issued a warning today about two men posing as newspaper subscription salesmen, after a recent incident in which one of the suspects exposed his genitals to a woman. The man is described as a male in his 20s, standing 5'8" to 5'10" and with a...
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  • Man killed in crash near Stanford
  • A 36-year-old Milpitas man died Thursday after the car he was riding in veered out of its lane and collided head-on with another vehicle, police said. The crash occurred in unincorporated Santa Clara County, not far from Stanford University around 1:40 p.m.,...
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  • SANTA CLARA COUNTY / Car's passenger dies in head-on collision
  • A 36-year-old Milpitas man died Thursday after the car he was riding in veered out of its lane and collided head-on with another vehicle, police said. The crash occurred in unincorporated Santa Clara County, not far from Stanford University, around 1:40 p.m.,...
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  • OAKLAND / Fire hits 2 historic Victorian homes
  • Two historic Victorians in Old Oakland were damaged Friday in a three-alarm blaze apparently caused by a paint-removal heat gun, firefighters said. The fire started near the roof of a two-story building at Eighth and Washington streets around 2:45 p.m. The...
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  • Torres, 41, makes record 5th Olympic swim team
  • Natalie Coughlin is 25 years old, an elder stateswoman of swimming. Dara Torres wears goggles that are older than Coughlin. Torres is 41. In swimming, that's not old, that's Pleistocene. Torres swam in her first Olympic Games in 1984. Last year, she came out...
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  • S.F.: Trees blocking Coit Tower views to stay
  • HERE'S THE DEAL Coit Tower's views: Almost three months ago, ChronicleWatch ran a big item about Coit Tower - about how the view from the top, at the level where cars park, is obscured by trees. Tourists who use the 25-cent view-finders see, well, the tops of...
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