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Friday August 14, 2009 Updated 8:45 PM PDT
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PhotosSeattle is front line in grocery bag fee fight
Leaders of this famously green city last year passed the nation's first grocery bag fee, and other cities around the nation quickly followed. But the plastics industry has been fighting back.
Controller on phone during Hudson crash
A personal phone call and the absence of a supervisor during last week's collision over New York's Hudson River has led to two air traffic controllers being removed from duty.
Residents on edge as 9 women vanish in N.C.
Even when the women were picked up for drugs or prostitution, nights in jail looming, they called home to let their families know they were OK. Then, one by one, the calls stopped.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 1921-2009
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, President John F. Kennedy's sister, carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special...
SF Gate 8.11.09 4:00 AM
Obama's perspective on Gates' case welcomed
President Obama's summary of the furor over a black Harvard professor's arrest was so understated, and perhaps obvious, that it barely...
Chronicle 7.26.09 4:00 AM
Palin steps down, leaving Alaskans confused
Up here in Alaska, wildlife metaphors tend to be as abundant as their flesh-and-blood counterparts, and Gov. Sarah Palin has helped...
Chronicle 7.26.09 4:00 AM
Hoboken mayor arrested in bribery case
Even in the state of "The Sopranos" and "On the Waterfront," where corruption seems institutionalized, the arrest of a neophyte mayor...
Chronicle 7.26.09 4:00 AM
Study: Small business hit hard on health care
President Obama, citing a new White House study suggesting that small businesses pay far more per employee for health insurance than...
Chronicle 7.26.09 4:00 AM
Feds' antitrust efforts more aggressive
President Obama's top antitrust official and some senior Democratic lawmakers are preparing to rein in a host of major industries...
Chronicle 7.26.09 4:00 AM
Scientists mull limits as computers get smarter
A robot that can open doors and find electrical outlets to recharge itself. Computer viruses that no one can stop. Predator drones...
Chronicle 7.26.09 4:00 AM
Editorially selected resources on National news.
- Obama giving health care critics upper hand
- BART sets strike for midnight Sunday
- Dick Cheney rolls in his grave Of course, he's not actually dead. He just...
- Marijuana, gateway drug to Jesus Does pot lead to total enlightenment...
- 'Death to Obama' sign holder in Md. detained
- Obama looks West, to the Web in health care fight
- Getting around during a BART strike
