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Tue, 04/26/2011 - 17:37 by Anupreet Kaur
Facebook, the social networking giant launched deals program Tuesday in five cities in the United States.
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Sat, 01/01/2011 - 15:59 by Neka Sehgal
Wondering which city is the most sloshed in the United States?
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Mon, 12/06/2010 - 09:30 by Prince damin
San Francisco -- Hundreds of Santas fanned out over San Francisco and drank to good cheer in an annual tradition this weekend, bar employees said.
The revels of SantaCon, when people dress up in Kris Kringle and elf costumes, got under way Saturday afternoon and went on into the night, the Bay City News Service reported.
The event, which began in San Francisco in 1994, was loosely coordinated with a list of bars and times to convene posted on a blog.
"I would say we're about on par with the number of Santas from last year," said Michael Thompson, a manager at Harvey's gay bar and restaurant in the Castro neighborhood.
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Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:03 by Prince damin
San Francisco -- A San Francisco parenting Web site said its annual survey of registered infants found Aiden was the top name for boys and Sophia topped the list for girls.
BabyCenter.com said its survey of the 350,000 babies registered on the site as born in 2010 found Aiden topped the boys' list for the sixth year, followed by Jacob, Jackson, Ethan, Jayden, Noah, Logan, Caden, Lucas and Liam.
The Web site said Sophia knocked last year's top girl's name, Isabella, into second place, followed by Olivia, Emma, Chloe, Ava, Lily, Madison, Addison and Abigail.
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Tue, 11/30/2010 - 10:24 by Prince damin
Los Angeles -- The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a 3-year, $21 million deal with Giants post-season hero Juan Uribe, multiple media outlets reported Monday.
Uribe, one of the key cogs in San Francisco's run to the 2010 World Championship, has bolted the Bay Area team in favor of its Southern California rival, ESPN, MLB.com and the San Jose Mercury-News reported.
The Mercury-News said Giants Vice President Bobby Evans declined to comment on the deal because it wasn't yet official, but did indicate the team was looking to move in other directions.
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Tue, 11/16/2010 - 10:16 by Prince damin
San Francisco -- A 9-year-old boy who made the swim of about 2 miles from Alcatraz Island to the San Francisco shore, accompanied by his coach, said "it was scary."
Daniel Bessonov and coach Jordan Wood said they overshot their intended destination, Aquatic Park, by about half a mile and arrived at a lip of beach near the Golden Gate Yacht Club after 41 minutes in the water, the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News reported Monday.
Wood said recreational swimmers have more luck than prisoners did at the notorious prison because they have access to tide charts.
"The treachery of the currents is what makes it dangerous," he said. "That's why the prisoners couldn't do it. They would have had to know the tide cycles."
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Thu, 11/04/2010 - 09:33 by Samia Sehgal
San Francisco has taken an important step to curb childhood obesity. The city has called for a ban on the practice of giving away toys with fast-food packages which do not meet the guidelines for sodium, fat and calorie content.
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Tue, 11/02/2010 - 09:49 by Prince damin
Arlington, Texas -- San Francisco shortstop Edgar Renteria won the Most Valuable Player Award for the 2010 World Series Monday after leading the Giants to a 3-1 win in Game 5.
Renteria socked a three-run homer in the seventh inning, breaking up a pitchers' duel between Rangers starter Cliff Lee and the Giants' Tim Lincecum and handing the team its first world championship since moving to San Francisco in 1958.
Renteria, 34, a 15-year major league veteran, batted .411 (7-for-17) with two homers and six RBI in the Series, becoming the first Giants winner of the World Series MVP Award. The honor was first handed out in 1955 -- the year after the Giants franchise won its last title.
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Wed, 10/20/2010 - 06:19 by Prince damin
San Francisco -- San Francisco, keyed by Matt Cain's seven scoreless innings, blanked Philadelphia 3-0 Tuesday for a 2-1 lead in the National League Championship Series.
Cain (1-0) shut the Phillies down on two hits and three walks while striking out five in notching the victory after 10 days off since his last start against Atlanta in the NL Division Series -- the longest layoff in his career.
Javier Lopez tossed a scoreless eighth inning. Brian Wilson collected his second save of the series in the ninth, allowing a single to Jimmie Rollins before inducing Raul Ibanez to ground into a game-ending double play.
Freddie Sanchez, Cody Ross and Aubrey Huff all drove in runs for the Giants in the victory.
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Tue, 09/07/2010 - 09:55 by Prince damin
San Francisco -- Dan Goodwin, known as Skyscraper Man for his penchant for climbing tall buildings, added San Francisco's 58-story Millennium Tower to his done list Monday.
Goodwin was promptly arrested by police upon reaching the top of the Financial District building, San Francisco's KNTV-TV reported.
Goodwin achieved his feat without ropes -- and without permission, hence his arrest.
The stunt attracted dozens of onlookers and prompted police to shut down Mission Street and bring the fire department's rescue team as a precaution.
Goodwin, who ignored police orders to stop climbing, was aided in his ascent by the use of suction cups, KNTV said.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Tue, 09/07/2010 - 09:15 by Prince damin
San Francisco -- Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Mark Hurd has been hired as co-president at Oracle, the San Francisco-area software firm said Monday.
Hurd, who resigned from Hewlett-Packard last month following a company investigation of questionable expense reports, also will service as a director at Oracle, The New York Times reported.
Oracle chief executive Lawrence Ellison said Hurd has more relevant experience than any other executive in the information technology field.
"Mark did a brilliant job at H.P., and I expect he'll do even better at Oracle," Ellison said in a statement.
Hurd said in a statement he is "excited to be a part of the most innovative technology team in the IT industry," the Times said.
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Sat, 08/14/2010 - 01:33 by Prince damin
San Francisco -- San Francisco transport officials said more than 500 drivers received erroneous tickets due to incorrect times on parking cameras.
Officials said 17 of the bus-mounted cameras, which are designed to spot illegally parked cars, were not adjusted for daylight saving time, causing a 1-hour difference between when the cars were parked and the time reflected on the cameras, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday.
The Municipal Transportation Agency is working to reimburse those affected by the error, which was spotted by officials at the end of June.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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