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Giants tag Jimenez

S.F. hangs 7 runs on one of the NL's best pitchers in a 11-8 win over the Rockies.

Spain headed to semis

Late goal by David Villa lifts Spain over Paraguay 1-0. More: Crushing loss for Argentina.

Dining with Lindsay: 'A waitress just hit me'; Jude fights ex-wife tell-all. Dish!

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8:01 PM Gross said he's never had a ball get by him going full speed before "and I hope it never happens again." #Athletics (susanslusser)

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Van der Sloot sues his former lawyer

New attorney for the Dutchman, who retracted his confession in the slaying of a Peruvian woman, says Luz Romero Chinchay isn't a public defender.

Bankruptcy laws no match for downturn

Rising unemployment and falling home prices render the tougher 2005 eligibility standards enacted under Bush moot.

State, local government workers' job security fades

Drop in drunken driving arrests

CHP reports no fatalities and fewer arrests than during the same period last year for the holiday weekend.

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San Jose firefighters control warehouse fire 6:13 PM
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Man on coast-to-coast hiking trip missing in AZ 4:11 PM
Officials: Arrests linked to Calif. police attacks 5:54 PM

Serena dominates Wimbledon

Traded? That was news to Bengie

Guv sorry about i-680 flag flap

Igloos as art space at Yerba Buena

July Fourth events in the Bay Area

All City Brights

BP & Coast Guard bans all media access to spill, boom, cleanup sites and workers

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BP & Coast Guard bans all media access to spill, boom, cleanup sites and workers

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Teaching compassion: An impossible dream?

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Drastic overhaul for S.F. schools

City will shut one site -- Willie Brown Jr. Academy -- and make big changes to nine others in a bid for $50 million in federal grants.

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World Cup players take flight

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's the World Cup players? Check out our pictures of these soccer stars mid-air.

After Haiti's earthquake

Take a look at these photos of both devastation and recovery as life goes on in Haiti.

A good reason to stay on vacation

Tim Goodman returns from some time off to find that "Entourage" is still on, there are more headlines about Snooki and Lindsay Lohan's mom is getting a reality show.

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