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Time for Hillary to Stand Down
and Seek Another Historic FirstPatrick Goggin By Patrick Goggin February 20, 2008 Watching Hillary Clinton’s Ohio speech after her drubbing in Wisconsin left me feeling a bit uneasy for her. There she was repeating the same tired lines of…
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Supes call for end to Federal ‘harrassment’
of medical cannabis dispensary landlordsBy Ari Burack February 12, 2008 San Francisco supervisors today will consider a resolution condemning federal authorities for issuing landlords that lease space to pot clubs letters notifying them of the possibility of prison and…
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Rep. Barbara Lee gives annual State of the District address
Rep. Barbara Lee, file photo. Photo by Luke Thomas By Maya Strausberg February 12, 2008 Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, gave her annual State of the District address Monday in front of hundreds of Bay Area…
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Yahoo! rejects $44.6 billion takover bid by Microsoft
By Jason Bennert February 11, 2008 Internet giant Yahoo! today formally rejected the $44.6 billion takeover bid made by Microsoft earlier this month. The Microsoft bid for Yahoo! is worth $31 a share. However, in…
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Rep. Paul Lantos Dies at 80
Representative Tom Lantos, RIP. Photo by Luke Thomas By Ashley Wright February 11, 2008 Congressman Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, San Francisco, died early this morning due to complications from cancer at the Bethesda Naval Medical…
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Zoo corrects grotto safety design flaw
Workers near completion of safety modifications made to the big-cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo in response to a fatal attack by a 250-pound Siberian tigress that managed to escape its grotto Christmas Day,…
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Our Great Hope
Patrick Goggin By Patrick Goggin February 8, 2008 Watching Barack Obama’s national political ascendancy since 2004 has been both moving and personal. That same year, several colleagues and I started WeCount.org, a federal political action…
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