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Google's plan to save the earth

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:52:11 PDT

Blasting what he called America's "total failure of political leadership" in the battle against global warming, Google CEO Eric Schmidt last night unveiled his own company's 20-year plan to combat...

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Obama's Veep: last minute speculation

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:14:13 PDT

"Obviously, the most important question is: Is this person ready to be president?" Obama told "The Early Show" on CBS. Second, he said, was: "Can this person help me govern? Are they going to be an...

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John Edwards admits to affair

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:22:32 PDT

After denying it for months. Denies he's the father of the child, but hasn't taken a paternity test. Insists affair occurred when when wife Elizabeth's cancer was in remission. Wasn't that...

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Mortgage meltdown: local transfusions from afar

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:00:41 PDT

Yes, Bay Area home prices hit yet another low, as the Chronicle reports today, and home sales continue that sinking-like-a-stone feeling . But soft! Faint bugle calls can be heard emanating...

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More polls, and the organizing principle

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:01:20 PDT

Two more national polls, very similar to the Washington Post-ABC poll in today's Chronicle , which gives Obama an 8-point lead. The latest Quinnipiac poll has Obama ahead by 9 points,...

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"What an odd nation this is"

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:36:04 PDT

I received the following e-mail from two readers, who identified themselves as Mathew Giesler and Melyssa Mull, responding to today's Supreme Court gun ruling . Perhaps its part of some organized...

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Bush's "intoxicating" dream of greatness

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:13:05 PDT

In his book, ' What Happened ,' Scott McClellan makes this observation about how President Bush came to make what the former press secretary describes as "the most fateful decision of his...

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Green future: could India lead the way?

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:45:09 PDT

As Carl Pope writes in the latest issue of the Sierra Club 's magazine, should India and China choose to go the traditional U.S. way of relying on fossil fuels to power their development, "we're...

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From Guantanamo Bay to San Ramon

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:47:29 PDT

It may be news to some Bay Area readers that the Pentagon's former chief lawyer, currently on the hot seat over the Bush administration's interrogation policies , now works for San Ramon-based...

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The Bay Area-Israel green connection

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:25:11 PDT

Today's front page Chronicle story on a joint Bay Area-Israel project to launch a mass-produced electric car (' Israel backs Palo Alto man's electric car plan ') is not the only example of such...

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