China’s Health Ministry has banned hospitals from turning away patients infected with HIV-AIDS…
Oakland’s 110th homicide this year ties 2011 total
Fri Nov 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The fatal shooting of a 33-year-old man in Oakland has bought this year’s homicide tally to 110, tying the city’s mark last year…
Black Friday Frenzy
Fri Nov 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The shoppers are coming in waves after some retailers opened their doors for Black Friday on Thanksgiving…
Man who died while looking for his cat identified
Wed Nov 21, 2012 By 1 Comment
A man who was found dead in a water-filled rock quarry behind an Oakland shopping center after he went looking for his cat…
US abortions fall 5 percent, biggest drop in a decade
Wed Nov 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Health officials say U.S. abortions fell 5 percent over a year, the largest decrease in at least a decade…
Are you ready for thanksgiving?
Wed Nov 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha, center, and Malia, right, carries on the Thanksgiving tradition of saving a turkey…
More airlines provide Wi-Fi on flights
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The last refuge from constant internet connectivity may be catching up…
San Jose pedestrian killed
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A pedestrian was struck and killed at a San Jose intersection early this morning, a police spokesman said…
Giants 2013 tickets go on sale Friday
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The World Series champion San Francisco Giants single-game tickets for the 2013 season on sale this Friday…
Strike disrupts activity at Port of Oakland
Tue Nov 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Striking custodial and maintenance workers in California have disrupted activity at the Port of Oakland…
Israel-Gaza conflicts escalates
Tue Nov 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with nearly 200 airstrikes early Saturday, the military said…
China diving pigs sell a better price
Tue Nov 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A farmer in central China’s Hunan Province has trained his pigs to dive, a program to increase the lean pork ratio as well as pork price…
HP says acquired company lied about finances
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Hewlett-Packard says a British company it bought for $10 billion last year lied about its finances…
Obama meets Wen Jiabao at East Asia Summit
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US President Barack Obama’s attendance at an annual summit of Southeast Asian leaders on Tuesday…
Unemployment falls in 75 percent of US states
Tue Nov 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
An increase in hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 37 U.S. states last month…
CT:students allegedly make urine cupcake as prank
Mon Nov 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
Two upperclassmen girls are in some big trouble tonight after allegedly playing a disgusting prank on students at fermi high in enfield…
SF man critically injured, Excelsior district shooting
Mon Nov 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A man was critically injured when he was shot in the head in San Francisco’s Excelsior District early Sunday morning, police said today…
China’s Xi warning on party corruption
Mon Nov 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
China’s new leader Xi Jinping is highlighting corruption as a scourge that could bring down the Communist Party…
Obama makes historic visit to Myanmar
Mon Nov 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
US President Barack Obama said on Monday that Myanmar can show a “new beginning” to the world…
Obama in Cambodia & Myanmar
Mon Nov 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
President Barack Obama spoke to hundreds of students, officials and former generals in long-closed Myanmar about freedom …
SF: sheriff’s deputy arrested in bank robbery
Fri Nov 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Police arrested a San Francisco sheriff’s deputy this morning in connection with a bank robbery…
Female-only parking spaces launched in Guangdong
Fri Nov 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A batch of 60 parking spaces initiated for women drivers only at a shopping mall have delighted female shoppers…
A snapshot of Yangon before Obama’s visit
Fri Nov 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
People line up outside store before Black Friday
Thu Nov 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Black Friday is more than a week away, but some people are already lining up outside stores to score big bargains…
Post office reports record loss of $15.9B for year
Thu Nov 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The struggling U.S. Postal Service is reporting a record annual loss of $15.9 billion…
New grads can expect modest rise in hiring
Thu Nov 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Prospects for new college graduates looking for work, especially those with associate degrees, are expected to increase next year, but not so for people with MBA degrees…
Americans wasting vacation days
Thu Nov 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Americans are expected to waste two vacation days this year…
SF holiday season starts Friday at the Embarcadero
Thu Nov 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The 2012 season begins at 6 p.m. Friday with the illumination of Christmas lights at Embarcadero Center…
Meet China’s New Politburo Standing Committee
Thu Nov 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping and other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 17th and 18th Central Committee…
NYC nanny indicted on murder charges in 2 deaths
Wed Nov 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A New York City nanny has been indicted on murder charges in the stabbing deaths of two children last month…