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The CrackBerry Chronicles

With Elaine Santore

Photo(s) by Luke Thomas

By Elaine Santore

 

May 14, 2007

- Socialiterank.com: Fast, Cheap, and Grammatically Loose

- Dame for Sale

- CrackBerry Blind Item

All the nitty gritty, click here.

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California Attorney General to sue Bush Administration over gas mileage standards

California Attorney General Jerry Brown
Photo(s) by Luke Thomas

By Ari Barak

May 13, 2007

A San Francisco federal appeals court on Monday morning will hear a lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Jerry Brown and several other states against "weak" gas mileage standards adopted by the Bush administration, the Attorney General's office reported.

Brown is scheduled to hold a news conference on the steps of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco announcing the lawsuit, which alleges that a recent increase by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in vehicle mileage standards for sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and minivans runs contrary to federal rules mandating energy conservation, according to the Attorney General's office.

Full story, click here.

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And in other news...

- Vallejo police investigating accidental shooting of father by four-year old son

- Special treatment for ex-49er Bryant?
Pleads no contest to reckless driving

- Drug-resistant tuberculosis worries health officials

- Schwarzenegger tours fire swept Griffith Park

- Former McAfee CFO convicted of securities fraud

- Street closure announced for new Mint Plaza

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Letters, letters, letters...

- Open letter to Mayor Newsom

- Real Money

- Theresa Sparks elected Police Commission president

Letters, click here.

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