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<![CDATA[Palo Alto man's body was decomposing in covered public pool]]>
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<![CDATA[The San Mateo County coroner's office has identified the body found decomposing in a covered public swimming pool in Redwood City Thursday as a 21-year-old Palo Alto man.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="Byline">Bay City News Service</p>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:52:10 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[San Jose keeps lid on litigation costs]]>
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<![CDATA[Watchdog group finds San Jose better than most big California cities at tamping down multi-million dollar legal costs.]]>
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<![CDATA[jwoololk@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By John Woolfolk<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jwoolfolk@mercurynews.com'>jwoolfolk@mercurynews.com</a>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:31:34 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Santa Cruz: Crab season opens today for sport fisherman]]>
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<![CDATA[A good crab season is especially important for local fishermen, as federal regulators canceled salmon season this year for the second year in a row.<P> <img src="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2009/0105/20090105_014658_bluedot_4x7.gif">&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href="/central-coast">My Town: Central Coast</a></strong> | <strong><a href="/my-town">More My Town pages</a></strong>]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Liz Kersjes<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Bay Area News Group)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:58:47 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Meg Whitman's charitable foundation's biggest benefactor was environmental group]]>
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<![CDATA[In 2007, the GOP gubernatorial candidate contributed $100,000 to the Environmental Defense Fund, which is now at odds with Whitman over water policy. The foundation also invested $3 million in hedge funds based in the Cayman Islands &#8212; a Caribbean tax haven that&#8217;s been the subject of political controversy.<P> <img src="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2009/0105/20090105_014658_bluedot_4x7.gif">&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href="/news/ci_13732378" target="_blank">Whitman tax documents</a></strong> | <strong><a href="/news/ci_13732379" target="_blank">Poizner tax documents</a></strong> <P> <img src="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2009/0105/20090105_014658_bluedot_4x7.gif">&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href="/california-governors-race-2010" target="_blank">2010 Governor's race</a></strong> | <strong><a href="/politics-government" target="_blank">More politics</a></strong>]]>
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<![CDATA[kmclaughlin@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">Ken McLaughlin<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:kmclaughlin@mercurynews.com'>kmclaughlin@mercurynews.com</a>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:52:54 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Pro surfer in California says shark broke his board &mdash; and his nerve]]>
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<![CDATA[Pro surfer Eric Geiselman of Florida had his surfboard broken in half by what he thinks was a great white shark Thursday evening while he was surfing near Davenport.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Alia Wilson<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Santa Cruz Sentinel)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:40 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Detective: Palo Alto real estate agent Jennifer Schipsi apparently was strangled]]>
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<![CDATA[Jennifer Schipsi, the real estate agent found dead after a Palo Alto house fire Oct. 15, appeared to have been strangled, according to a police affidavit unsealed Friday.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Will Oremus<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Bay Area News Group)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:13:24 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Audit details ousted East Side schools Superintendent Bob Nunez's expenses]]>
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<![CDATA[Ousted Superintendent Bob Nunez routinely spent $1,000 a month for meals, travel and lodging and sometimes much more. But the auditors found no illegal expenditures.]]>
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<![CDATA[snoguchi@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Sharon Noguchi<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:snoguchi@mercurynews.com'>snoguchi@mercurynews.com</a>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:13:13 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Two people killed in Caltrain tracks in San Jose and Redwood City]]>
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<![CDATA[An adult male and a female were killed Friday on Caltrain tracks, within hours of each other in separate accidents in San Jose and Redwood City.]]>
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<![CDATA[sgonzales@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Sandra Gonzales<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:sgonzales@mercurynews.com'>sgonzales@mercurynews.com</a>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:13:08 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Bay Area Sikhs launch BART ads in Oakland, SF to remember pogrom]]>
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<![CDATA[A nonprofit Sikh organization launched a BART poster campaign this month in hopes that a photograph of an elderly crying woman will spur mainstream riders to learn more about the massacre of people in India 25 years ago.]]>
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<![CDATA[lernandez@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Lisa Fernandez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:lfernandez@mercurynews.com'>lfernandez@mercurynews.com</a>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:35:21 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[More San Jose workers face layoffs]]>
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<![CDATA[City manager says 43 more jobs eliminated due to economic downturn.]]>
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<![CDATA[jwoololk@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By John Woolfolk<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jwoolfolk@mercurynews.com'>jwoolfolk@mercurynews.com</a>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:35:20 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Silicon Valley Police Blotter]]>
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<![CDATA[SAN JOSE3636 Murillo Ave., 5:50 p.m. Wednesday A man who entered the Sikh Temple carrying two swords and threatened members inside was detained until police arrived.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com ( /  <p class="Byline Affiliation">Compiled from police department reports</p>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:34:33 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[CHP: Oakland man steals car to make court appearance]]>
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<![CDATA[VALLEJO &mdash; A 24-year-old Oakland man is under arrest after authorities say he stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com ( /  <p class="Byline Affiliation">Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:28:12 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[East Bay regional banks see profits]]>
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<![CDATA[Two of the East Bay's largest community banks have managed to weather the storm of a sour economy '&#8221; at least so far '&#8221; based on their most recent quarterly results.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By George Avalos <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com'>gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:12:15 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Train hits, kills person in San Jose]]>
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<![CDATA[A train hit and killed someone on the northbound Caltrain tracks in San Jose at about 3:40 p.m. today.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com ( /  <p class="Byline Affiliation">Mercury News)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:34:55 -0700]]>
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