Top 10 New Year hopes for 2012 were revealed on Monday in Hong Kong…
Mavericks agree to 1-year deal with Yi Jianlian
Mon Jan 02, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Reigning National Basketball Association (NBA) champions the Dallas Mavericks are set to sign free agent forward Yi Jianlian to a one-year deal…
Alameda strictly limits smoking in public
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Starting today, smokers in Alameda are going to find the places they can light up much more limited….
Popular twin cubs make first public appearance
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Twin polar bear cubs made their first public appearance at an ocean park in northeast China on Sunday…
2011: top most downloaded apps in all app stores
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What are the top most downloaded apps for 2011…
New Year Celebrations in Asia
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Australia is among the first countries to welcome the new year. It forked out millions of dollars on fireworks for a big show over Sydney harbor…
Transit for New Year Eve
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A few Bay Area public transit agencies are offering free rides on New Year’s Eve…
Information on death of Danny Chen to be announced
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Investigation results regarding the death of Chinese-American soldier Pvt. Danny Chen will be announced in February…
Meat-eating panda filmed in the wild
Fri Dec 30, 2011 By 2 Comments
A wild panda was recently filmed gnawing at the bones of a dead gnu, a type of wild cow, in southwest China’s Sichuan Province…
“Octomom” case stuns one-child public in China
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The tale of a family with eight babies has sparked nationwide debate in China, which still officially enforces a one-child policy…
Muni service resumes after crash
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Four people were hospitalized, including two police officers, when a San Francisco Municipal Railway light-rail vehicle struck the side of a police car…
Man facing murder charge in 12-year-old cold case
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Contra Costa County prosecutors have charged a man with murder in the death of a 21-year-old woman who disappeared more than 12 years ago…
Suspect confesses to biggest China corruption case
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Prosecutors said Friday they indicted a former fugitive at the center of China’s biggest corruption scandal and that he has confessed to bribery and smuggling…
USC fundraising goal: $6B by 2018
Thu Dec 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
the University of Southern California’s ambitious $6 billion, seven-year fundraising goal is already off to a good start with three recent gifts of at least $100 million each…
Stanford archives offer window into Apple origins
Thu Dec 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In the interview, Steve Wozniak and the late Steve Jobs recall how they named their upstart computer company some 35 years ago….
San Jose police standoff ends with man’s arrest
Thu Dec 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
San Jose police have arrested a man suspected of holing himself up in his apartment with a machete,..
Court splits decision over redevelopment funding
Thu Dec 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The California Supreme Court says Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers have the authority to eliminate community redevelopment agencies…
Contract signings for US homes up in November
Thu Dec 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes in November rose to the highest level in a year and a half…
New child safety law will be effective Jan. 1
Wed Dec 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
New child safety law will be effective Jan. 1…
Movie crowds dip to 16-year low as apathy lingers
Wed Dec 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
An “Avatar” hangover accounted for Hollywood’s dismal showing early this year, when revenues lagged far behind 2010 receipts that had been inflated by the huge success…
Afghanistan, China sign first oil contract
Wed Dec 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Afghanistan’s government concluded a deal on Wednesday with China’s state-owned National Petroleum Corporation…
Amnesty program for traffic tickets
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Amnesty program for traffic tickets..
Last-minute holiday shopping gives lift in finale
Wed Dec 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A mall trade group says that last minute shoppers gave merchants a solid lift during the final week before Christmas…
McAfee predicts rise of The “Hacktivist” in 2012
Wed Dec 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We saw great changes in mobile threats, hacktivism, client-side exploitation, social-media exploitation, and targeted attacks…
SF: water main break caused by “design flaw”
Wed Dec 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Utility officials today said that a design flaw in a 60-inch water main in South San Francisco caused it to burst on the morning after Thanksgiving Day…
China blames 54 officials for bullet train crash
Wed Dec 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A long-awaited government report said design flaws and sloppy management caused a bullet train crash in July that killed 40 people and triggered a public outcry …
China satellite navigation system starts service
Tue Dec 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A Chinese rival to the U.S. global positioning system network has started providing services in China and the surrounding area…
China train crash report not released yet
Tue Dec 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
China train crash report not released