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submitted by Grace 65 weeks 8 hours 27 minutes ago
I was at the dog park the other day, chatting with a dog-obsessed friend who knows me really well, when another dog owner came over and mentioned that her dog had recently been diagnosed with a bladder infection.
I smiled at her and opened my mouth to...(more)
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn 28 weeks 6 days 5 hours 23 minutes ago
The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry.
The justices released the 4-3 decision Thursday, saying that domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage...(more)
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submitted by Grace 57 weeks 2 days 18 hours 20 minutes ago
Aidan loved the building blocks, and coloring was just swell. But the Danville 3-year-old didn't know what to make of the regimented Etch-a-Sketch lessons, and when he got antsy during "circle time," which typically lasted 30 to 40 minutes, he was placed on "academic probation."
Being a...(more)
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submitted by Oscar Contreras 12 weeks 2 days 6 hours 44 minutes ago
Debra Zapata says she never intended to spark an international uproar. She just wanted the best for the young woman she invited into her home for nine summers in a project to help victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
So last month, when 24 other youths in...(more)
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written by Grace 73 weeks 2 days 13 hours 43 minutes ago
Here is a list of the best dog parks on the Peninsula. Many of them are off-leash and most are shaded.
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written by Grace 1 week 3 days 19 hours 39 minutes ago
Dogs love to eat everything they can get into their mouths. A friend told me that when he left his dog alone one day, he came home to find that his dog chewed the sofa into small pieces. Besides chocolate and poison -- we all know...(more)
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submitted by Christine 84 weeks 2 days 15 hours 8 minutes ago
Jose Cuervo unzips his tattered backpack and pulls out a crushed box of toasted honey crunch.
Months of staying in a shelter for homeless youths have taught him to provide for himself, carry what he might need. So alongside his toothbrush, razor and cigarettes, he totes his...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 12 weeks 6 days 23 hours 20 minutes ago
Mothers who give birth naturally are more responsive to the cry of their baby than those have a Caesarean, research suggests.
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submitted by Ari for team Batboy's revenge! 78 weeks 4 days 15 hours 31 minutes ago
Liam Hoekstra was hanging upside down by his feet when he performed an inverted sit-up, his shirt falling away to expose rippled abdominal muscles.
It was a display of raw power one might expect to see from an Olympic gymnast.
Liam is 19 months old.
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 23 weeks 3 days 16 hours 55 minutes ago
Making ends meet on food stamps has never been easy for Cassandra Johnson, but since food prices began their steep climb earlier this year, she has had to develop new survival strategies.
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 81 weeks 4 days 3 hours 45 minutes ago
California's high school graduation rate dropped to a 10-year low last year as a third of the Class of 2006 left without a diploma, according to state Department of Education numbers posted Friday.
Statewide, the graduation rate was 67 percent of the 423,289 seniors in 2006. That...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours 20 minutes ago
There's no such thing as quiet in Lula Mae Walker's home. Loud, bouncy and boisterous are all permanent features of the modest, light blue house in Northwest Fort Lauderdale, the place where Walker has raised countless children: nine of whom she gave birth to, nine she...(more)
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