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Teenage Indian hacker gets paid by US organization for dropping off college
An Indian immigrant is set to become the most accomplished hacker in US as he is being paid for dropping college studies and engaging himself in Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial environment. Diwank Singh Tomer, 19 has enrolled himself with the Facebook's first investor and the co-founder and former CEO of PayPal, Peter Thiel, who is paying 100,000 dollars to 20 teenagers to launch a business of ...
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Nicasio lifts Rockies to 5-0 win over Giants
Juan Nicasio scattered three hits over six innings, Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki each drove in two runs and the Colorado Rockies won their first series over San Francisco in two years, beating the Giants 5-0 on Sunday.Dexter Fowler tied a career high with four hits to help the Rockies take three of four from the reigning World Series champions. Jordan Pacheco also drove in a run as ...
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Two Dead in Plane Crash Near Auburn Airport
An Federal Aviation Administration Official said that the Cessna 170 plane crashed in a wooded area about a mile south of the airport at 9:10 p.m. ...
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One of SJ City Hall Falcons Dead
Gabriel Mcclelland said he was walking by city hall at 10:15 a.m. Sunday morning when he stopped and noticed a falcon on the ground. The bird wasn't moving, so he called police. Mcclelland said he recognized the bird as one of the celebrated Peregrine falcons that hatched on top of the city hall this ...
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Tens of Thousands Run and Celebrate in San Franciscos Bay to Breakers
More than 30,000 people, many of them dressed in costumes, participated in the 102nd annual Bay to Breakers race Sunday morning, making their way from the South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood, across the city to Ocean ...
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Five-Year-Old Fell From Window in San Francisco
A five-year-old child was hospitalized after falling out of a window in San Francisco's Sunset District this morning, a fire department dispatcher said. Firefighters responded to reports of an injured child at a home in the 3800 block of 38th Avenue at about 11 a.m., and learned that it had fallen from a second-floor window, according to the San Francisco Fire ...
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Napa Taco Bell Robbed
A second suspect seen in a gray pickup truck that was stopped in the Taco Bell parking lot drove in the same direction the first suspect ran, police ...
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American Cyclist Rides To Victory In Amgen Tour Of California
Peter Sagan of Slovakia riding for Cannondale celebrates after winning Stage 8 of the Amgen Tour of California on May 19, 2013 in Santa Rosa, California. (Harry How/Getty ...
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Some Lipstick Lip Gloss Products Contain Lead
Scientists were concerned that overexposure to the metals could lead to health problems in the long term, and asked government officials to take a closer look at regulations. Women who applied lipsticks several times each day were particularly at risk of ...
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Free events to check out near San Jose this weekend
free . Parking at the Gardens is $20 if available. Visitors can also park at the nearby West Valley College and a shuttle will provide free rides to and from the event. Spring Festival at Hakone Gardens Information:11 a.m. to 4 p.m.Free Location:Hakone Gardens21000 Big Basin WaySaratoga, CA408-741-4994 West Valley College (parking with free shuttle)14000 Fruitvale AvenueSaratoga, CA ...
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Bay To Breakers Runners Take To The Streets Of San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Thousands of racers, runners and strolling, costumed scene-makers spread across San Francisco Sunday morning in the 102nd Bay to Breakers footrace. Elite runners led the pack and crossed the finish line on Ocean Beach long before many of the estimated 30,000 participants managed to get over the starting line on Howard ...
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Nathan Sturgis scores as Rapids take draw from San Jose on the road
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 night. Chavez drilled a knuckling free kick from 30 yards out in the 78th minute to beat Colorado goalkeeper Clint Irwin. The Honduran international was only available because MLS commissioner Don Garber upheld an appeal of his two-game ...
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Yahoo board agrees to take Tumblr for $1.1B
David Karp, the 26-year-old co-founder and CEO of Tumblr Inc., has agreed to sell the blogging site to Yahoo, whose board approved spending $1.1B in cash on the deal. Yahoo's board of directors reportedly approved buying the Tumblr blogging site in a $1.1 billion cash deal. The Wall Street Journal reported the board's action on Sunday. This is the biggest deal yet for CEO Marissa Mayer, ...
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Oakland Effect Police say Melrose and 50th is latest crime hot spot
Month on month, crime is up in our hot spot. With one murder, seven robberies, one shooting and seven residential burglaries, every category saw an increase since the last Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council for police District 27 met. And my particular block, it turns out, was the worst spot in the neighborhood."Melrose and 50th is one of the hot spots this month," said our local ...
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Shirakawas decisive vote in ambulance deal prompts Santa Clara County scrutiny
In December 2009, Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. flew into the San Diego airport, rented a Grand Marquis and headed to a marina Marriott for a five-day taxpayer-funded trip. With the county's vital ambulance contract soon up for bid, Shirakawa and his chief of staff, Eddie Garcia, asserted that they were conducting a tour of the "WestMed" ambulance service, ...
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Super Bowl vote 49ers Bay Area prepare for NFLs decision Tuesday
On Tuesday, 32 of the country's richest and most powerful people will file into a 15th-floor executive boardroom overlooking Boston Harbor. They'll lock the door behind them and take their seats in high-backed leather chairs around a large mahogany table for exactly one hour and 15 minutes.At 10:30 a.m. PDT, the NFL team owners each will write just two words -- "San ...
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Community Corner Bay Area Nonprofit Encourages A Smart Summer
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – As Bay Area families gear up for summer activities, one local organization says it’s important to avoid summer learning loss, or ';brain drain.'; ';Basically kids will forget,'; Ed Caballero is Executive Director and Co-founder of Edventure More, a nonprofit enrichment organization that includes summer camps for kids pre-K through 8th grade ...
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Fremont is US new manufacturing hub thanks to Silicon Valley
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 and laboratories buzz with ...
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Sharks Top Kings 2-1 Logan Couture Overtime Goal Gives San Jose First Win In Series
Dan Boyle #22, Patrick Marleau #12 and Logan Couture #39 of the San Jose Sharks celebrate with teammates after Boyle scored a goal against the Los Angeles Kings in the first period in Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at HP Pavilion on May 18, 2013 in San Jose, ...
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Chavez Scores As Earthquakes Draw With Rapids 1-1
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) 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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Bay Area firms idea to lift underwater homeowners to positive equity loses steam
A year ago, with the real estate market still in a deep slump, a San Francisco firm caught the attention of officials in California and elsewhere with its novel idea of using eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages in order to reduce the amount that borrowers owe.Now, with home prices rising again and facing fierce opposition from the financial industry, Mortgage Resolution Partners has ...
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$590 million Powerball jackpot 1 winning ticket sold in Florida
A Powerball Lottery ticket is dispensed from a machine in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, 2013. Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.(AP Photo/Sue ...
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Konig Wins 7th Stage Van Garderen Retains Tour Of California Lead
DANVILLE (CBS/AP) -- Leopold Konig of the Czech Republic won the seventh stage of the Tour of California in a mountaintop finish Saturday, and American Tejay van Garderen finished third to keep the overall lead for the third straight day. Konig, riding for the German team NetApp-Endura team, quickly moved ahead of Janier Acevedo of Colombia with about 400 yards left and completed the 91.4-mile ...
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San Jose police arrest teacher for meeting minor for lewd behavior www.priateofficer.com
San Jose police on Friday announced the arrest of an elementary school teacher who works in Campbell this week for illegally meeting a minor to engage in lewd or lascivious behavior, according to authorities. The department’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force arrested 41-year-old Cupertino resident Grant Blair on Wednesday. The suspect, who teaches 4th and 5th grade at ...
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Crime Punishment Discrepancy Depends on County Line
But Mark wasn’t even charged. The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office officially kicked off a new misdemeanor diversion program last July for petty theft, trespass, and vandalism charges. James Gibbons-Shapiro oversees the Misdemeanor Unit at the D.A.’s ...
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San Jose council approves potentially flawed housing development
A housing development in San Jose is becoming increasingly controversial as members of the public have accused the San Jose City Council of violating its own environmental policies with regards to residential developments in the city.
The contention revolved around a 15 acre housing project that will see 89 homes built at the edge of Guadalupe Creek in the south of the city. The site on which the development will take place is a largely underdeveloped area containing, among other things, an unsightly asphalt car park. Read more
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