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Catholic hospitals split on giving contraceptives

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By bottomline@sfchronicle.com (Andrew S. Ross, Chronicle Columnist) - Feb. 06 - Presented By: Chicago Booth Business Forecast Ads by ...

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Restoring Factchecking

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By Craig Newmark - Nov. 29 (Opinion) - Recently, Jeff Jarvis at the City University of NY held an event on restoring factchecking to the news business. He did a really good job getting a bunch of players in this arena to play well together.

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Craig Newmark driven by philanthropy, fact checking

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By James Temple - Nov. 23 (Interview) - In early March, some 16 years after launching his namesake mailing list, Craig Newmark fully pivoted in the direction he'd been leaning all along. The founder of the for-profit - but certainly not for-maximum-profit - Craigslist launched a full-fledged philanthropic venture, Craigconnects. The goal is to leverage the power of the Internet to identify, connect and empower sustainable nonprofits. Eight months after the launch, and with the holidays upon us, it seemed an appropriate time catch up with Newmark.

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Energy Costs to Rise 'Viciously' Without Atomic Power, IEA Says

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:55:55 -0800

Bloomberg - By Lananh Nguyen - Nov. 09 (Special Report) - Energy will become "viciously more expensive" and polluting if governments don't promote renewable and nuclear power in the next two decades instead of burning coal, the International Energy Agency said. Global demand for energy is set to increase 40 percent by 2035, the Paris-based agency said today in its annual World Energy Outlook report. Consumption will rise 1.3 percent a year to 16.96 billion metric tons of oil equivalent in 2035, spurred by China and other emerging economies, the IEA said. The worst atomic accident in 25 years at the Fukushima plant in Japan on March 11 led Germany, Europe's biggest economy, to close eight of its 17 reactors permanently. Nuclear plants generate power continuously while emitting virtually no greenhouse gases. Without nuclear, keeping world temperature gains at 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) will cost an extra $1.5 trillion through 2035, the IEA said. "If we do not have an international legally binding agreement soon, and if it doesn't give a boost to a major investment wave of clean energy technologies by 2017, the door to 2 degrees will be closed forever," Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist in Paris, said in an interview yesterday. A shift away from nuclear power "would definitely be bad news for energy security, for climate change and also for the economics of the electricity price."

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Refinancing mortgages could get easier

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - Oct. 18 (Other) - Refinancing mortgages could get easier San Francisco Chronicle Jean McGuinness has excellent credit, makes a good income and has never been late on a mortgage payment for the Alameda house she bought eight years ago. She could save several hundred dollars a month by refinancing at today's low interest rates, ... Mortgage rewrites add to debt Cincinnati.com Refinancing Chills US Home Purchases Amid Economic 'Squeeze' Financial Advisor Magazine Getting Mortgage Forgiveness On Home Loan Principal Remains A Focus Amid ... Red, White, and Blue Press Lewiston Sun Journal Authority Empire all 12 news ...

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Twitter's active flock reaches 100 million

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By bevangelista@sfchronicle.com (Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer) - Sep. 09 (News) - Twitter's activeTwitter's active flock reaches 100 million flock reaches 100 million

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BofA, Citigroup among 17 banks in federal lawsuit

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - Sep. 02 (News) - Chicago TribuneBofA, Citigroup among 17 banks in federal lawsuitSan Francisco ChronicleBank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase were among the 17 lenders sued by the Federal Housing Finance Agency for allegedly misleading Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac about residential mortgage-backed securities. In lawsuits filed Friday in New York ...US Said to Prepare Mortgage Lawsuit Against BofA, JPMorganBloombergFederal Regulators Sue Big Banks Over MortgagesNew York TimesFHFA Sues 17 Banks Over Massive Mortgage Losses At Fannie and FreddieForbesWall Street Journal -Washington Post -Beacon Equity Researchall 1,339 news articles »

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Southeast a holdout in mandating renewable energy

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By By RAY HENRY, Associated Press - Aug. 06 - Southeast a holdout in mandating renewable energy

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Calif. video game ban struck down by Supreme Court

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Bob Egelko - Jun. 28 (News) - California's attempt to ban sales of violent video games to minors violates the constitutional guarantee of free expression, which allows young people access to creative works such as books, films and onscreen simulations about even the most extreme brutality, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.

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The Pacific Ocean's 'corridors of life'

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By David Perlman - Jun. 23 (Research) - Two broad and unmarked ocean highways where countless sea creatures migrate, feed, mate and reproduce, have been discovered across the Pacific by scientists tuning in to thousands of radio signals.

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FDA panel against use of Avastin for breast cancer

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Catherine Larkin - Jun. 02 (News Report) - A panel of cancer experts ruled Wednesday that Avastin - the world's best-selling cancer drug, developed by Genentech in South San Francisco - should no longer be used in breast cancer patients because of concerns the medicine didn't work as well in follow-up studies and may cause deadly bleeding. Outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 6-0 against Avastin's use in breast cancer at a first-of-its-kind hearing in Silver Spring, Md. Their recommendations will be sent to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, who will make the final ruling on an unspecified date. Avastin will remain on the market because it's approved for four other types of tumors.

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Bin Laden data not had by torture, Feinstein says

Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - May. 04 (News) - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Tuesday that none of the information that led to the killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden came from torture or harsh detention policies practiced...

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Obama Administration punishes reporter for using multimedia

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Phil Bronstein - Apr. 29 (Opinion) - The hip, transparent and social media-loving Obama administration is showing its analog roots. And maybe even some hypocrisy highlights.

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Protest video stirs reaction from White House

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Carolyn Lockhead - Apr. 29 (News Report) - Protest video stirs reaction from White House

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Super rich see federal taxes drop dramatically

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Stephen Ohlemacher - Apr. 18 (Special Report) - The super rich pay a lot less taxes than they did a couple of decades ago, and nearly half of U.S. households pay no income taxes at all.

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The Struggle for Development, Education, and Democracy Today in Haiti at Eagle Theatre, Los Altos High School, 4/7/2011 - SF Gate

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:13:31 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - Apr. 05 - The GuardianThe Struggle for Development, Education, and Democracy Today in HaitiSan Francisco ChronicleThis is an eyewitness forum on Haiti by a visiting Haitian grassroots leader joined by Bay Area activists who recently from Haiti. There will be a sale of Haitian art at 6 PM. The presentation will start at 7 PM. Proceeds go to Haitian organizations. ...Crowley resumes second sailing to Haiti for mango seasonBusiness JournalDesigning An Entrepreneurial HaitiForbes (blog)Donors need to trust Haitians to rebuild their countryThe Guardianall 5 news articles »

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Japan nuclear health risks minimal, experts say

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Erin Allday - Mar. 15 (News) - Japan's nuclear catastrophe is considered the worst disaster of its kind since the Chernobyl meltdown 25 years ago, but the health hazards are likely minimal at this point even to those living relatively close by, radiation experts said Tuesday.

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GOP budget strategy is lies and deception

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By Robert B. Reich - Feb. 27 (Opinion) - The Republican strategy is to split the vast middle and working classes - pitting unionized workers against nonunionized, public-sector workers against nonpublic, older workers within sight of Medicare and Social Security against younger workers who don't believe these programs will be there for them and the poor against the working middle class. By splitting working America along these lines, Republicans want Americans to believe that we can no longer afford to do what we need to do as a nation. They hope to deflect attention from the increasing share of total income and wealth going to the richest 1 percent while the jobs and wages of everyone else languish. Republicans would rather no one notice their campaign to provide additional tax cuts for the rich - making the Bush tax cuts permanent, further reducing the estate tax and allowing the wealthy to shift ever more of their income into capital gains taxed at 15 percent.

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Are working moms to blame for the obesity epidemic? : The Mommy Files

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:45:37 -0800

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PG&E can't find crucial pipeline pressure records

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By Eric Nalder - Jan. 28 (News Report) - Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s president told a Bay Area congresswoman that the utility cannot find records that support pressure levels on nearly a third of its natural-gas transmission system in populated areas, the...

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State Sen. Yee Receives Racist Death Threats After Calling For Limbaugh Boycott

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Jan. 27 (News Report) - State senator Leland Yee has received racist death threats after calling for an advertising boycott of the Rush Limbaugh radio show. The call for a boycott comes after Rush Limbaugh rebuffed Yee's demand for an apology for mocking the Chinese president with non-sensical gibberish.

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FBI looks into bid rigging at courthouse auctions

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - Jan. 21 (News) - Foreclosure auctions take place every weekday on the steps of courthouses throughout California. Now the FBI is investigating whether some real estate speculators are illegally rigging bids for these sales. "Last week,...

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Toxics found in pregnant U.S. women in UCSF study

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By vcolliver@sfchronicle.com (Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer) - Jan. 14 - Multiple chemicals, including some banned since the 1970s and others used in items such as nonstick cookware, furniture, processed foods and beauty products, were found in the blood and urine of pregnant U.S. women, according to a UCSF study being releas

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SF students mistake poison for candy

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By jtucker@sfchronicle.com (Jill Tucker, Chronicle Staff Writer) - Jan. 14 - SF students mistake poison for candy

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University of California sees applications surge

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By nasimov@sfchronicle.com (Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer) - Jan. 14 - University of California sees applications surge

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