SUDHIN THANAWALA

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Correction: Human Remains-Fight story

In a Jan. 15 story about Native American human remains, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the anthropology museum at UC Berkeley as the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Archaeology. The museum's actual name is the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology.

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Nurses at dozens of Calif. hospitals strike

Nurses in red union shirts carried signs and chanted slogans outside dozens of Northern and Central California hospitals into the night Thursday as part of a one-day strike over benefit cuts and other concessions sought by hospital management.

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SF mulls ban on discrimination against ex-cons

This city, known for its tolerance, has banned housing and employment discrimination against gays, lesbians and minority groups — but a new plan to add ex-convicts to that list has some people saying officials are going too far.

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Photos from stolen laptop lead to man's arrest

When he couldn't get help from police, Joshua Kaufman went online and used Twitter and a blog to help track down his stolen laptop.

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Pilot defends posting security videos on YouTube

A pilot who posted YouTube videos criticizing security at San Francisco International Airport said Tuesday he is shocked at the national uproar they've created.

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Filipino WWII veterans sue feds over benefits

A lawsuit claims the federal government is discriminating against Filipino World War II veterans by giving them benefits far below what U.S. veterans receive.

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Race complicates reservation crime fight

For more than two hours on the night of May 16, 2007, Shane Maggi terrorized a Native American couple at their home on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, pistol whipping them and firing bullets above the husband's head.

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Sacred artifacts returned to Northern Calif. tribe

White deerskins, condor feathers and head dresses made of bright red woodpecker scalps are among more than 200 sacred artifacts that are once again in the possession of a Northern California Indian tribe.

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Californians' income sees 1st decline since WWII

The personal income of California residents declined last year for the first time since World War II, state officials said Wednesday.

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Ford pickup stolen in LA recovered after 38 years

Harold Voelker tucked away the ownership title and memories of his prized 1956 Ford F-100 pickup after it was stolen in 1972 in Los Angeles.

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John Warnecke, Kennedy grave site architect, dies

John Carl Warnecke, the architect who worked closely with the Kennedys on numerous projects, including President John F. Kennedy's grave site at Arlington National Cemetery, has died. He was 91.

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Pot enthusiasts gather at California cannabis expo

Medical marijuana users near San Francisco lit up Saturday at the opening of the two-day International Cannabis and Hemp Expo, where vendors displayed bongs, vaporizers, hash brownies and other marijuana-related products.

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Group suspends push for Calif. constitution reform

A group pushing for a constitutional convention to reform California government says it's suspending its campaign.

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Calif. winegrape harvest jumped 23 percent in 2009

Analysts say wine drinkers will continue to see high quality bottles at low prices following a 23 percent spike in California's winegrape harvest last year.

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San Jose police mount cameras on officers' heads

Grainy cell phone images are often used against cops accused of using excessive violence. Now, officers are being armed with their own cameras.

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Off-reservation Indian gambling raises concerns

An Indian tribe wants to build a grand, $1.5 billion, Las Vegas-style casino resort on a swath of land overlooking San Francisco Bay — a spot more than 100 miles from its tribal lands.

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NorCal teen in Obama speech says experience 'cool'

A Northern California teenager who was mentioned in President Barack Obama's education speech said Tuesday the experience has been "pretty cool."

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Calif. corrections worker charged with sex abuse

A Northern California corrections worker was charged Friday with sexually abusing his immigrant wife.

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Lightning-sparked fires in Shasta County growing

Fire officials say a series of lightning-sparked fires in Shasta County grew six-fold overnight and have now burned more than 11 square miles in a sparsely populated area.

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Drifter eyed in unsolved beach slayings

Two couples fatally shot more than 30 years apart while camping in different countries may have been victims of the same man: a drifter who authorities say was a religious zealot and disapproved of relationships between unmarried couples.

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Predators battle bugs, become pests themselves

Imported insects have been deployed as foot soldiers in the fight against invasive bugs and plants that cause billions of dollars in damage each year. But some of those imports are proving to be pests themselves that upset the balance of nature and threaten native species.

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Niners' plan for new stadium includes green roof

The San Francisco 49ers have unveiled design details on their proposed $937 million stadium south of San Francisco that would seat 68,500 and include solar panels and a green roof, as they move forward with plans to relocate to the South Bay city of Santa Clara.

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Students post videos of schoolyard brawls online

In schoolyards across the country, all it takes to attract a crowd are the words "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

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Detective: Shackled teen was chained in fireplace

Three people appeared in court Monday on charges of kidnapping and torturing a 16-year-old boy who an investigator said had been kept chained in a fireplace, choked with a belt and denied food for days at a time during more than a year in captivity.

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Writer offered a young Barack Obama advice on life

At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white.

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