Her Party may be facing slaughter at the polls on Nov. 2, and the jarring unemployment rate may be driving economic malaise across the country. But neither will stop Pelosi from the time-honored practice of betting on sports. (more)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants manager Bruce Bochy is planning to tweak his rotation for the NL championship series, moving up left-hander Jonathan Sanchez to go Game 2 against the Philadelphia Phillies following ace Tim Lincecum. (more)
CINCINNATI – If it all looked so familiar, well, there was good reason. (more)
AT&T Inc. is about to lose its lock on the iPhone. (more)
It turns out, after all the shout and tumult, the major award races aren’t as difficult or controversial as you were led to believe weeks ago. It’s amazing how much clearer issues become when you actually wait for the season to play out and postseason berths to be decided. Imagine that. (more)
For decades there has been confusion and general inaction when it comes to the hundreds and hundreds of citations that police give to aggressive panhandlers and those who drink and urinate on San Francisco’s streets. But there might soon be a plan in place to hold the worst offenders accountable. (more)
In addition to being manager of the San Diego Padres, Bud Black has a college degree in finance. So he knows a little something about math. (more)
SAN FRANCISCO — Both are former corporate chief executives, with personal fortunes, impressive résumés and famous friends. Both are conservatives who say that they have lived the American dream and fear for its future. And both are Bay Area women, with their eyes and ambitions firmly fixed on a change of address. (more)
SAN FRANCISCO — Five things we learned while watching the Saints beat the 49ers in a real nail-biter on Monday Night Football, with New Orleans winning 25-22 on Garrett Hartley’s wounded-duck field goal as time expired … (more)
What would seemingly be an issue of capitalism and supply and demand in any other city, or any other neighborhood in San Francisco, has instead morphed into another battle between merchants and the homeless in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood: (more)
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) ―Carly Fiorina and Barbara Boxer are still in a tight fight for California’s U.S. Senate seat, while Meg Whitman is narrowly atop Jerry Brown in the governor’s race, according to a newly conducted KPIX-TV CBS 5 poll of California voters released Thursday. (more)
The wild card is kind of like that roll of bills stashed in the sock drawer. Or algebra. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. (more)
A California judge will deliver a landmark ruling Wednesday in the fight over Proposition 8, the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. (more)
Having recently disclosed over 90,000 documents related to the Afghanistan War, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, and those accused of providing his website with sensitive data, have met with resounding criticism. Although most have vocally condemned the cavalier manner in which Wikileaks has offered previously undisclosed documents for public consumption, many have in fact downplayed the significance of the information revealed. (more)
(Aug. 3) — This could very well be my last article for AOL News. Because I might be running away with the circus. (more)
Judge Susan Bolton ruled on the federal government’s motion to enjoin enforcement of the Arizona immigration law, commonly known as S.B. 1070. She split the baby — most of the law will still go into effect, but its most controversial provisions will be enjoined. She concluded that these controversial provisions are likely to be preempted by federal law. (more)
The European Union said Monday it has launched an antitrust probe against IBM Corp., reviving decades-old allegations that the technology giant has abused its dominant position in the mainframe computer market. (more)
NEW YORK — After college, most people do their best to avoid having to pull any more all-nighters. But for some, even after graduation, the wee hours are the most productive. (more)
The Daily Caller’s revelation that hundreds of liberal journalists, professors, and activists had participated in an ongoing dialogue with one another lamenting the treatment of candidate Barack Obama throughout the 2008 presidential election has left an unsettling impression in its wake. Not surprising is the notion that traditional media outlets and those within academia have long seemed at least tacitly inclined toward a left-of-center position. Surprising, however, was the extent to which acrimony toward conservatives and outright enthusiasm for liberals distinguished the online correspondence to which many participants within the discussion group known as Journolist engaged. (more)
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