Troubled half-century of urban renewal in SF

Holding her cane and shuffling carefully down the sidewalk in the city's Jazz Preservation District, 88-year-old Leola King stopped and looked at the words stamped in concrete: Leola King's Birdcage, 1505 Fillmore.

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Universities a Big Part of Urban Renewal

When people around here talk about "Midtown," the discussion generally concerns new condos, small businesses and lifestyle.

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McCain Pressing Hard in New Hampshire

Buoyed by polls showing a slight uptick, as well as fundraising he says is improving, Sen. John McCain set out Sunday to win New Hampshire votes with his trademark blunt talk.

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I am a new man, during my 51st summer I learned to love myself. I really started to understood about not feeling the guilt of a good healthy self love. Call it having good self esteem. And it all started July 27th, I had a dream ......

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Reporting from Washington - Silvan Johnson adores Sarah Palin, belongs to a conservative discussion group and fumes at President Obama's spending policies.

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The Patriot Act -- a favorite tool in the George W. Bush administration's fight against terrorism -- may be renamed later this year as the Justice Act.

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Applied Materials is one of the most important U.S. companies you've probably never heard of. It makes the machines that make the microchips that go inside your computer.

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LANDAU IN DER PFALZ, Germany — Government officials here are reviewing the safety of a geothermal energy project that scientists say set off an earthquake in mid-August, shaking buildings and frightening many residents of this small city.

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The way we build now is killing species and ourselves, read the article and watch the video to get an idea of what we are doing wrong.

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A recent state law has left a homeless man unable to renew the license he needs to drive the car he lives in. Brian Wilkinson told Call 6's Rafael Sanchez that financial and personal hardships forced him onto the streets several years ago.

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Xbox Live is widely regarded as the superior online service for this generation of consoles.

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IN KEEPING with the spirit of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and anything else y'all celebrate, I'm offering gift ideas and free advice for pols I've written about this year. Why? Because I'm just a giving kinda guy.

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I almost lost it Tuesday night when television cameras found the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the crowd at Chicago's Grant Park and I saw the tears streaming down his face. His brio and bluster were gone, replaced by what looked like awestruck humility and unrestrained joy.

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"For as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on earth is my story even possible."

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Should all marriages be licensed for 10 years, initially, and be renewable after that?

This might sound an odd question in view of the nature of marriage and its function.

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The CW has picked up cult-favorite supernatural drama "Reaper" for a second season. "Reaper" will return for 13 episodes midseason and will likely be paired with "Supernatural" on Thursday nights after "Smallville" concludes its run.

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Although Fox declined comment, multiple sources confirm to me exclusively that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has been renewed for a second season.

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Carphone Warehouse has prompted Ofcom to investigate BT over making customers renew their 12 month phone contract. BT offer customers free evening and weekend calls if they agree to sign up to a 12 month contract.

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GROVE CITY, Ohio - If one bride felt lighter than air in her wedding gown, her groom certainly felt like air itself as 19 couples renewed their vows near Columbus.

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ABC decided to use the expected end of the writers' strike to announce the renewal of nine shows for the 2008-09 season.

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The last new episode of Friday Night Lights aired last week, and NBC has yet to announce plans for the series.

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Jewish Renewal in Israel, the only rabbi from the Jewish Renewal movement leading a congregation in Israel is Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan. Brought up in a national religious Jewish family in Jerusalem, years of standard orthodox traditional observance and behavior brought her and he …

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The Kali Principle

Note: This article was written as my New Year's thoughts, but as I was on vacation and therefore on a dial-up connection at the time, it got put by the wayside until now.

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A conservatism that recognizes stable families as the foundation of economic growth is not hard to imagine. A conservatism that loves capitalism but distrusts capitalists is not hard to imagine either. Adam Smith felt this way.

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Announcing "Vine and Branches" Newsvine Group for Bible Study and Prayer Support

In response to a suggestion from Phaedrus, I have launched a Newsvine group dedicated to Bible study and prayer support. The group is called Vine and Branches and it is now functioning!

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Republicans and the Bush administration used a 'bogus' terror threat that raised specific fears of an attack on the Capitol to scare lawmakers into adopting a dramatic temporary expansion of the government's spy powers last month, a former top intelligence committee Democrat said …

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Alarmist pundits prophesize that a secular Europe risks being overcome by its fast-growing Muslim population. Yet for all we hear about Islam, Europe remains a stronger Christian fortress than people realize.

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This article looks at Adult Stem Cells, how they differ from Embryonic Stem Cells and what they can do to help your body regenerate and repair.

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