Pilot killed in crash had been on a mercy mission (Updated Story)

" By Mary Manning Fri, Aug 29, 2008 (3:35 p.m.)  The pilot killed Thursday when his plane crashed in a residential neighborhood had just delivered an aircraft to an organization that flies missionaries...

'Bigfoot' Tracker Says He Has a Body That's a Bigfoot from Georgia

Ah huh. Bigfoot in Georgia, the land of Georgia peaches. Question--how did they get the body they're touting? Did they just choose to kill something? No matter what, they're working the publicity circuit."It’s more than 7-feet tall. Weighs over 500 pounds and walked upright...

California Judge Gets Schooled

One of my headlines on a recent ruling by a California judge on homeschooling was Croskey Needs to Get Schooled. Well, apparently he just has…"A state appeals court will reconsider last month’s controversial decision that said parents who home-school their...

Cheruiyot wins Houston Marathon in sprint finish

"Kenya's David Cheruiyot won the Houston Marathon in an unofficial time of 2:12:31, his third win in the race. Ethiopia's Dire Tune set a record — an unofficial time of 2:24:39 — in the women's event, breaking her own mark of 2:26:52, set last year. Cheruiyot pulled clear...

Nominum helps APNIC support exponential internet infrastructure growth

""Fast servers are crucial to our reputation. Since we implemented Nominum ANS, the CPU load on our busiest server has dropped by almost 70 percent; and the DNS server process start time, is now less than 30 seconds," said Terry Manderson, APNIC's network operations manager....

HopeLab launches "Ruckus Nation`

"Research shows that physical activity can help address poor health outcomes associated with childhood obesity. In addition, physical activity is associated with better mental and physical health. With this in mind, the goal of Ruckus Nation is to find great ideas for fun,...

Democratic Donor a No Show at Hearing

Norman Hsu is missing again along with his pass-port. After posting $2M bond last week, was ordered to surrender his pass-port at his bail reduction hearing this morning. He "missed" his court appearance this...

Fugitive Democratic Fundraiser Turns Self in to Police

 I thought it was only Repubulicans who were the party of corruption weren't they? "REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A top Democratic fundraiser wanted as a fugitive in California turned himself in Friday to face a...

Microsoft defends 100-day ANI patch process

"Microsoft Corp. first learned of the animated cursor flaw in Windows in December 2006, more than 100 days before it released an emergency patch. The release marked just the third time in more than two years it has released an out-of-cycle security update. The head of the...

Mr. Universe arrested for assault

Redwood City is a fairly quiet community somewhat south of San Francisco and is prone to gray skiesgenerally well-behaved police officers. But last night - just having read a story at Yahoo News - the cops were...

RSA conference draws teams to fight organized hackers

"The industry will gather this week at Moscone Center in San Francisco for the RSA Conference, a chance to hear what the latest threats are -- and to see the latest tools to fight them.Images courtesy of sfgate.com" ''We need to be two steps ahead of the Internet crime...

Today in history - Nov. 12

"Today is Sunday, Nov. 12, the 316th day of 2006. There are 49 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 12, 1942, the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. (The Allies ended up winning a major victory over the Japanese.) On this date: In 1815,...

Some patient VCs still waiting for Visto to pay off

Silicon Valley is filled with start-ups launched on shoestring budgets that go on to sell for millions of dollars, seemingly overnight. Then there's Visto, a Redwood City company that has plowed through $267 million over the past 10 years -- including a $51 million round this...

Flat panels drive old TVs from market (AP)

" REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The lone conventional television set at Anderson's TV store sat along a side wall like a castoff. Its screen was dark as dozens of other gleaming flat-panel and big-screen models flashed nearby with vivid color images. The staff at the Redwood City...

PENINSULA / Two die on Caltrain tracks in one day

Two men died yesterday on the Caltrain tracks, one a suicide, the other a man who was trying to outrun a train. Commuters were affected; some of my colleagues at Yahoo! spent 3 and a half hours getting to work yesterday morning.

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