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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Bicyclism 16 weeks 3 days 38 minutes ago
Emory University is hoping to make bikes the must-have back-to-school accessory this fall.
The school is selling discounted bicycles to students and faculty, adding bike lanes to campus roads and stocking bikes that can be borrowed for free. The university is pushing its $250,000 "Bike Emory" initiative,...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh 3 weeks 3 days 11 hours 51 minutes ago
One by one, young spelling dynamos were tripped up Saturday by words such as "umbrage," "mezzanine" and "calliope" until just one remained.
Elijah Armstrong, an excitable Fairfax fifth-grader, spelled "sebaceous" correctly to remain the last speller standing among 24 finalists at the Marin County Elementary Championship Spelling...(more)
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submitted by Lisa 6 weeks 2 days 17 hours 16 minutes ago
A 6-year-old boy abducted from his home at gunpoint was safe in his father's custody Sunday as police tried to untangle any ties the youngster's family had to the Mexican drug dealers suspected of taking him.
Police were interviewing Cole Puffinburger after he was found alone Saturday...(more)
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submitted by Ari for team Bicyclism 25 weeks 2 days 23 hours 2 minutes ago
Barak is a bicycle rider! Woot! However, check out the photo -- that rear tire is a little low.. Too much time on the campaign trail. At least he's got a trailer for the kids, a sure sign he's a real rider.....
From the story:
"Barack Obama joined...(more)
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn 21 weeks 20 minutes ago
A missing 14-year-old autistic boy from Walnut Creek was found early today at the Richmond BART station in good condition and has been reunited with his family, authorities said. Joshua Carouthers was last seen Tuesday afternoon walking away from his home....
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submitted by Grace 13 weeks 2 days 16 hours 6 minutes ago
James Face's hands trembled slightly as he quietly read a 40-year-old newspaper clipping about the mother and son who found him a newborn in a cardboard box.
Face traced The Modesto Bee article with a shaky right index finger to make note of each word from October...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Outdoor news 9 weeks 2 days 15 hours 24 minutes ago
The Department of Fish and Game saved 20,000 trout last week in a historic fish rescue at Caples Lake in the Sierra Nevada, adding to the 6,500 rescued earlier this month. Fish and Game may attempt a third rescue in the coming week.
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submitted by Julia Leigh 12 weeks 12 hours 43 minutes ago
An 18-year-old Mountain View woman who disappeared early Friday returned home safe this evening, police said.
Before today, police said, Brown was last seen on Castro Street in Mountain View around 3:15 a.m. Friday, as she willingly got into a car with a couple. Prior to leaving...(more)
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submitted by Grace 44 weeks 2 days 20 hours 29 minutes ago
Firefighters are crediting a young girl with possibly saving lives after a fire broke out in her East Palo Alto home, displacing 14 occupants early this morning, according to an official with the Menlo Park Fire District.
At about 1:12 a.m, the child, identified only as a...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Bicyclism 31 weeks 2 days 12 hours 26 minutes ago
Starting next month, people in Washington, D.C., will be able to borrow a bicycle any time they need one with the swipe of a membership card.
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submitted by Grace for team Batboy's revenge! 27 weeks 4 days 17 hours 18 minutes ago
A man checking the sprinklers in his backyard Thursday afternoon spotted a mountain lion sprawled across the branches of a redwood tree, looking down at him, state Fish and Game officials said.
Within minutes of the 12:45 p.m. sighting, the Knolls subdivision of Agua Caliente in Sonoma...(more)
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submitted by Augie Brown 49 weeks 3 days 2 hours 40 minutes ago
In Armstrong Park, black plastic and duct tape conceal one of the many manifestations of the slow-but-steady progress of what could become a major tourist attraction in New Orleans' Treme neighborhood.
The makeshift veil hides one of America's more recognizable icons: an arrowhead-shaped National Park Service sign...(more)
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