Tag: Oakland
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
There are many Cinco de Mayo festivities happening today. Parades, street fairs, live music, good food, and drinking are just a few of the ways people will be celebrating. Today is a day of celebrating...
Pray-in at S.F. gas station asks God to lower prices
"Twyman - a community organizer, church choir director and public relations consultant from the Washington, D.C., suburbs - staged a pray-in at a San Francisco Chevron station on Friday, asking God for cheaper gas....
Baseball, Softball: University of Evansville vs. ...
Taking the field for the Purple Aces:ball Roster 2007-2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 #Full NamePos.B/THt.Wt.ClassHometown / High School / Previous School1Andy SmithINFR/R5-10160Jr.Evansville, Ind. / North2Shawn...
Threatening graffiti close schools in Chicago
School administrators are increasingly facing tough decisions whenever these types of threats are publicized. In Chicago on Monday, schools at all levels--college, high school, and elementary--were closed due to a threatening message scrawled in a university bathroom. ...
10 Car Crash on Golden Gate Bridge Injures 16
Massive Pile-up Injures 16 On Golden Gate Bridge
Raw Video of Chopper view of Golden Gate Bridge Hwy 101 Pile up http://cbs5.com/video/?id=32575@kpix.dayport.com
Update: 4:27 P 7:27 E, 23:27 GMT"SAN FRANCISCO (CBS...
Higher Dementia Risk For Fat Bellied 40 Year Olds
This really has made my day, I'm 46 and have a beer gut.( Whoops I'm not 46 til June, this is not a good sign getting my age wrong )"NEW YORK - Having a big belly in your 40s can boost your risk of getting...
Chris Webber retires
Looks like Webber's comeback with the Warriors is about to end, as is his colourful career." OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Chris Webber is ending his comeback attempt with the Golden State Warriors and will retire...
Buy It Now: Mastodon on ebay
What would you do if you found a mastodon skeleton in your yard? A California family have been dealing with that very situation, and have decided to part ways with the bony beast. Craigslist would have been ideal if...
Kevorkian Plans Congressional Run
Jack Kevorkian, the retired pathologist who claims to have assisted 130 deaths from 1990-1998, says he wants to run for Congress. This pundit guesses he might have a problem consolidating the religious...
Australia, Mexico 1- 1 draw in Oakland
"(03-02) 21:23 PST Oakland -- It's a good thing the Beijing Olympics are five months away - both the Mexican and the Australian soccer teams need to get in a bit more work.
In an exhibition game that had as...
George Polk Award Winners include Josh Marshall o...
This is from editor and publisher.com but I like Steve Yelvington's take on the issue of blogger vs. reporter. I got the tip about what Steve wrote via my Twitter client, snitter, as an interesting side note. Those 140 character "tweets" are especially useful in snitter...
'SLIP OF THE TONGUE' Slam poetry delux
Schema Magazine put up this post on an amazing slam poem by Adriel Luis "Slip of the Tongue" and a video adaptation of it by Karen Lum.The video is okay but the Luis' words are just dy-naaa-mite."Wow. Standing...
Miami Dui charges for former TV reporter
"Former WSVN-Fox 7 reporter Lynn Gordon faces felony drug charges -- including cocaine possession -- in Broward circuit court.
Gordon, 43, was stopped by Broward Sheriff's Office deputy Charles Grady in Oakland Park shortly after midnight on Nov. 15. Improper right turn on...
NFL Fines Warren Sapp $75,000 - FanHouse - AOL Sp...
"Oakland Raiders defensive tackle Warren Sapp has been fined $75,000 for "physical and verbal actions toward game officials," Adam Schefter of NFL Network is reporting.
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Rappers Love Radiohead: "This is the Remix!"
Like you and the rest of the musicnerd world, I love Radiohead too. I paid cold, hard, iTunes-rate, British pounds for 128 bits of In Rainbows. I eagerly anticipated its release. I laughed and cried and danced...
