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Chavez scores as Earthquakes draw with Rapids 1-1
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -; Marvin Chavez scored his first goal of the season to help the San Jose Earthquakes pull out a 1-1 tie against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday ...
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Lincecums wobbly start sinks Giants
SF@COL: Lincecum slips off mound resulting in a balk DENVER -- Pitching and defense, which turned the Giants into champions, continued to make them look like chumps. San Francisco's free fall continued with Saturday night's 10-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies. Tim Lincecum surrendered six runs in five innings and committed a third-inning throwing error that enabled the Rockies to ...
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Zito looking to rebound in finale vs. Rockies
The clock is ticking for Juan Nicasio. Despite a 3-1 record, the Rockies right-hander hasn't performed up to snuff through the first six weeks of the season, unable to pitch longer than six innings in any of his eight outings so far while his ERA has ballooned to 5.13. All the struggles have Nicasio's spot in the Colorado starting rotation hanging in jeopardy as Jeff Francis gets ...
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Cashner looks to force split against Nats in finale
Since moving to the starting rotation at the end of April, Padres right-hander Andrew Cashner has been on quite a roll. In five starts this season, Cashner is 2-2 with a 2.51 ERA, allowing four runs or less in four of the starts. He'll try for that same kind of success in Sunday's series finale against the Nationals at Petco Park. While the right-hander didn't factor into the ...
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Dognapped Yorkie Found Safe Near Home
A mini Yorkie, Walter, was reunited with his owner Tricia O'Kelley on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Walter was taken by dognappers who demanded $1,000 for his safe return. Someone in a white sports car dropped him off on his street in Los ...
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Bus strikes kills woman at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
A woman's airport visit to greet an arriving traveler turned deadly when she tripped in a roadway and a charter bus ran over her. It forced the normally hectic four-lane arrivals section ...
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MLB Colorado 10 San Francisco 2
Troy Tulowitzki went 4-for-5 with two RBI Saturday, sparking a 14-hit attack in Colorado's 10-2 win over San Francisco. Rosario cracked a two-run homer and added a run-scoring single ...
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Powerball drawing follows late ticket-buying rush
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki). Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, ...
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Report steel tendons left exposed on Bay Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO -; Thousands of steel tendons used to strengthen the skyway portion of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were exposed during construction to rainfall and salty bay mist, leading to rust and corrosion ...
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1 of 2 fires north of LA contained
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -; One of two wildfires burning in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles was fully contained Saturday and authorities were getting an upper hand on the second ...
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Wildfire season in Southern California JPL and Chapman monitor danger
satellites , scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena and Chapman University in Orange are gaining insight into factors that create ...
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6 Arrested-officer injured at San Francisco State University www.privateofficer.com
– Six people were arrested and one police officer was taken to the hospital Thursday after San Francisco State police tried to clear out a ...
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Sharp CEO California is what I know
May 14, 2013-SAN DIEGO, CA Sarah Cleary, right, a Sharp Rees-Stealy licensed vocational nurse at the Sorrento Mesa clinic takes measurements of 11-month-old Lili Ayson, center, during a visit with her father, Jeremy Ayson, left, of Mira ...
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Winning numbers drawn in $590.5 million Powerball jackpot
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Lottery officials have announced winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot. The numbers drawn Saturday are: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and a Powerball of 11. Officials ...
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Elbert throws 13 pitches in Double-A rehab start
ATLANTA -- Scott Elbert allowed one run on two hits in one inning Saturday night as he continued his rehab assignment with Double-A Chattanooga. Elbert started and threw 13 pitches after already making three relief appearances with Class A Rancho Cucamonga. He allowed a single and RBI double to the first two batters he faced, then retired the next three hitters. Elbert is returning from a pair ...
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Magill battles for rotation spot in series finale
Matt Magill's stay in the Dodgers' starting rotation could be short-lived if he doesn't pitch well in Sunday's series finale against the Braves at Turner Field. With Ted Lilly set to be activated from the disabled list while the Dodgers are in Milwaukee, beginning Monday, the veteran lefty could return to the starting rotation if Magill has a poor outing. "We'll ...
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Fremont Silicon Valley-Area Hub Becomes Factory Town
FREMONT (CBS/AP) — In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each. Down the road in another plant, crews slice solar cells, place them under glass sheets and create panels that ship by the boxful to Europe. Elsewhere in this town, industrial workshops ...
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Amgen Tour Of California Bicycles Vs. Cars
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) — The Amgen tour of California rolls out of San Francisco to the finish line in Santa Rosa tomorrow. The route through lush wine country is popular year round. But not everyone’s happy about all the bicycle traffic. Close encounters with drivers are becoming common and incidents of road rage are on the rise. Gary Helfrick of the Bicycle Coalition keeps a database ...
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The winning Powerball numbers are...
Check your ticket to see if you have the winning Powerball numbers: 10-13-14-22-52 Powerbal 11 Tonight's $600 million jackpot is the largest jackpot in Powerball history and the second largest among U.S. Lottery jackpots. Fingers were crossed tonight by millions of people who were hoping to become America's next lottery winning multi-millionaire. The odds of winning the estimated ...
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Cespedes has power but little to show for it
Email OAKLAND -- Yoenis Cespedes has been hitting the ball hard but has nothing to show for it. He ended a career-worst 0-for-16 skid last Sunday but was 2-for-15 entering Saturday's game. "That can be very frustrating," A's manager Bob Melvin said before Saturday's contest against the Royals. "He hit three balls on the nose: one to third base and two to center ...
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With Youngs return Barton designated for assignment
Email OAKLAND -- Daric Barton was the odd man out when the A's activated Chris Young on Saturday. For the second time in his seven years with the Oakland A's, Barton was designated for assignment. The logical choice might have been to send catcher Luke Montz down, but John Jaso remained a little sore after getting hit by a pitch on his right shin bone. Barton has spent all seven of ...
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Eighth inning undoes Dodgers after strong start
Must C Catch: Kemp's impressive grab ATLANTA -- Dodgers reliever Kenley Jansen, asked to get a five-out save with a one-run lead, instead allowed back-to-back homers to Evan Gattis and Andrelton Simmons in the eighth inning of a crushing 3-1 loss to the Braves on Saturday night at Turner Field. Gattis' two-run blast culminated an eight-pitch at-bat after Jansen inherited a runner ...
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California comes up empty in Preakness Stakes
Said Baffert, who won two races, including a stakes, on the day: "My horse missed the break and never was in the race. I'm happy for Gary and Wayne; that's ...
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Edward Furlong arrested in West Hollywood
LOS ANGELES -; A Los Angeles sheriff's spokesman says `Terminator 2' star Edward Furlong has been arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order filed by his ...
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Body found near search site for missing CA hiker
BIG BEAR, Calif. -; Search and rescue crews have found a woman's body in the same area near Big Bear where a female hiker went missing early this week during a day ...
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Hunter's Point redevelopment going forward
Hunter’s Point and the redevelopment project for the idle shipyard may or may not see a neglected part of the city transformed into a upward moving residential and commercial suburb, but the effort will be a long and costly process.
The Hunter’s Point project is an ambitious plan to redevelop a former naval shipyard and make it one of the premier residential and commercial areas of the city of San Francisco, it will cost a fortune at a time when housing prices are down and will throw up many hurdles for the company, Lennar Corporation, undertaking the project. Read more
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