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TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2009

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Bay Area News Roundup
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Bay Area:
Missing boy's parents plead for his return

Gascón brings in L.A. cops on high-profile case

Mom charged; kids left in car's 107-degree heat

One week before high school, boy shot to death

Business:
Charles Schwab Corp., Cuomo won't back off

Lockheed to cut about 800 Bay Area jobs

PG&E; backs measure to tighten grip on cities

State tax collectors go through furloughs, too

Sports:
Burl Toler, NFL's first black official, dies

Giants meet, then greet Mets with bats

Knapp: Pinstriped Sabathia comes home

Morning Huddle
What our writers are thinking, seeing, hearing

Datebook:
People Meter

Skater Brian Boitano is cooking up a storm

Stout Books to open branch on Mission Street

'A Brave Vessel,' by Hobson Woodward


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Health co-ops hit center stage with few details
- Victoria Colliver

Public outrage weakened BART strike threat
- Carla Marinucci

Raiders' Cable punches assistant
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Arctic Sea ship found near Cape Verde; crew OK
- Jim Heintz, Associated Press

Afghanistan voter fraud stokes fears all around
- Jason Straziuso, Associated Press

No sex, no food marriage law sparks outrage
- Heidi Vogt, Associated Press

U.S. command wants GIs near Kurdish areas
- Ernesto Londono, Washington Post

20 die, nearly 140 hurt in Russian bombing
- Megan K. Stack, Los Angeles Times

At least 11 die as Siberian power plant floods
- Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press

Groom's ex-wife held in Kuwaiti wedding fire
- Diana Elias, Associated Press

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