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Top news stories. From SFGate.com: the Bay Area's home page, online home of the San Francisco Chronicle and much more.
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Singer's metal fence has heavy impact in Marin
James Hetfield co-founded the influential heavy metal band Metallica and, as its chief songwriter, helped pen and perform strident songs such as "Don't Tread on Me." It might as well be his anthem for property rights in Marin County. The Marin County resident...
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Lawsuit seeks EPA pesticide data
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to disclose records about a new class of pesticides that could be playing a role in the disappearance of millions of honeybees in the United States, a lawsuit filed Monday charges. The Natural Resources...
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Despite new rules, lobbyists find loophole for partying it up at conventions
Congress, vowing to clean up Washington's culture of corruption, approved a new rule last year to end the practice of lobbyists or their clients throwing lavish events honoring lawmakers at the parties' national conventions. But the House Ethics Committee...
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Musharraf gone - but Pakistan's many woes remain
The resignation of President Pervez Musharraf will force Pakistan's untested new civilian government to confront a dizzying array of problems, chief among them an intensifying battle against Islamic insurgents in the nation's long-lawless tribal areas....
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Afghan militant threat shuts down public ceremony
Afghan leaders celebrated Independence Day on Monday with a small ceremony inside a fortified military compound, in marked contrast to the parade and public festivities a year ago and another sign that Taliban militants are bearing down on the government. The...
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State Supreme Court says doctors must treat gays and lesbians
Doctors in California must treat gays and lesbians the same as any other patient, regardless of religious objections, the state Supreme Court ruled today. In a unanimous decision, the court rejected a San Diego County fertility clinic's attempt to use its...
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Gunmen ambush electoral officials in southern Iraq
Masked gunmen ambushed a bus carrying election workers in southern Iraq on Monday, killing two of them including an official known for resisting interference by Shiite religious extremists, authorities said. Also Monday, a suicide car bomber blasted a police...
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Polish support for missile deal soars
Poland's foreign minister said the country's citizens "have the right to feel threatened" by Russian rhetoric over plans to install a U.S. missile defense base here, according to an interview published Monday. Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski also believes...
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World Food Program worker killed in Somalia
A Somali staff member of the U.N.'s World Food Program has been abducted and killed in southern Somalia, the food agency said Monday, The Rome-based agency said Abdulkadir Diad Mohamed, 33, was abducted Friday by unidentified men in the southern town of...
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Israel to free long-serving Palestinian prisoners
Israel said Monday it will free two of its most prominent Palestinian prisoners _ a militant mastermind from the 1970s and a gunman elected to parliament while behind bars _ among 199 inmates to be released as a goodwill gesture to embattled Palestinian...
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Musharraf's turbulent 9 years in power
Pervez Musharraf took power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant nation into the U.S.-led war on terror _ an alliance that won him plaudits in the West but fueled anger at home. While few doubted he wanted a stable, religiously moderate Pakistan, his...
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Obama reaps big bucks at S.F. fundraiser
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama used his own name and heritage today to make a point about change at a fundraiser that raised a record $7.8 million for his campaign in San Francisco. The Illinois senator said it is "a testament to the American...
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Rules? What stinkin' rules?
Rule: Ethics rules passed by Congress last year sought to end the practice of lobbyists or their clients throwing lavish events honoring lawmakers at the parties' national conventions. Interpretation: But the House Ethics Committee decided the rule allows...
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Budget impasse hits home for child care center
Kathy Sapp, who operates a state-funded day care center in her East Oakland home, has been running on fumes since the state Department of Education - its purse strings tied because of the budget impasse - stopped paying her and hundreds of other child care...
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Panel defies mayor's reversal on sanctuary
A San Francisco city commission has taken a defiant stand against Mayor Gavin Newsom's directive on young immigrant felons by urging officials to permit the offenders to remain in the city and help pay for their housing, job placement services and immigration...
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