Posted from SFGate: Culture Blog! 1 day 7 hours ago
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Sunday October 5th The CW is doing some weird stuff with its Sunday night line-up, essentially outsourcing the whole thing to a company called Media Rights Capital , who is taking on the... (original story)
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A N.Y. judge has put a temporary hold on Wells Fargo & Co.’s proposed $15.1 billion buyout of Wachovia Corp., Citigroup announced Saturday night. (WB) (C) (WFC) (original story)
Posted from SFGate: Bay Area News Stories 1 day 8 hours ago
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After being halted due to a snowstorm, the search for the remains of aviator Steve Fossett in the rugged mountains of Mono County will likely remain suspended until the snow melts next year, authorities said today. "We got a substantial storm that blew... (original story)
Posted from SFGate: Bay Area News Stories 1 day 9 hours ago
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Park rangers are searching for a 42-year-old woman who went missing along the Sonoma County coast while attending a retreat at a state park. Authorities say the woman, who is not being named pending the notification of her family, was likely washed off a... (original story)
Posted from SFGate: Bay Area News Stories 1 day 11 hours ago
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Rain and humidity are slowing a wildfire that has burned more than 12,000 acres in the Los Padres National Forest along California's central coast. More than 1,300 firefighters are trying to contain the blaze burning about 20 miles south of King City in... (original story)
Posted from SFGate: Food & Dining 1 day 15 hours ago
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Like many chefs, John Couacaud always dreamed of owning his own place, even when he was a teenager starting out in the business, and even as his career took him to various Bay Area kitchens, including three years at Oliveto in Oakland, three years at Prima in... (original story)
Posted from SFGate Sports: San Francisc... 2 days ago
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Jerry Manuel was in a joking mood. "I was trying to get 15 years on my deal," the New York Mets manager said Saturday. "They cut it down." Manuel's "interim" tag was removed Friday night when the Mets gave him a two-year contract that guarantees him more than... (original story)
Posted from SFGate Sports: Oakland A's 2 days ago
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Want underdogs? No New York teams made the playoffs for the first time since 1993. None of the top three payrolls is represented in the postseason, and six teams that spent $100 million-plus on players got shut out. The worst team in the majors last year won... (original story)
Posted from SFGate Sports: San Francisc... 2 days ago
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J.J. Hardy and the Milwaukee Brewers did just enough to keep their postseason alive for another day. Back home at Miller Park, the Brewers got three hits from Hardy and a sharp outing from Dave Bush to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 Saturday night and... (original story)
Posted from SFGate Sports: San Francisc... 2 days ago
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The Cardinals' Anquan Boldin is out indefinitely following surgery on a facial bone fractured in a helmet-to-helmet hit during last Sunday's game against the Jets. Coach Ken Whisenhunt said the surgeon who operated on the wide receiver's fractured sinus... (original story)
Posted from SFGate Sports: Oakland A's 2 days ago
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Who'll be baseball's busiest general manager in the offseason? Perhaps Brian Sabean or Billy Beane, considering the big holes in the middle of the Giants and A's lineups? How about Brian Cashman or Omar Minaya? Lots of tweaking needed in New York as the teams... (original story)
Posted from SFGate Sports: San Francisc... 2 days ago
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Who'll be baseball's busiest general manager in the offseason? Perhaps Brian Sabean or Billy Beane, considering the big holes in the middle of the Giants and A's lineups? How about Brian Cashman or Omar Minaya? Lots of tweaking needed in New York as the teams... (original story)
Posted from SFGate Sports: San Francisc... 2 days ago
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With Bill Neukom aboard, Peter Magowan is officially out as the Giants' managing general partner, but his legacy lives. What exactly is that legacy? In 16 years, he did some good stuff and not-so-good stuff. Here's a sampling: Five plusses - He led a... (original story)
Posted from SFGate Sports: San Francisc... 2 days ago
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, N.Y. - If Marshawn Lynch goes by something he calls 'Beast Mode' to describe his ability to plow through defenders, perhaps it's time backup Fred Jackson got a nickname of his own. "Ha, ha. I really haven't come up with anything," Jackson said as the... (original story)
Posted from SFGate Sports: San Francisc... 2 days ago
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The Giants didn't hit a ton of home runs this season. You can weigh their home runs on a postage scale. Each big-league team hit, on average, about one home run per game. The Giants hit 94 dingers, or .58 homers per game. Bengie Molina led the team with 16.... (original story)