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AT&T wants 726 new boxes on the street
SF Beautiful says the boxes are ugly (although some creative art could fix that) I'm all for cable competition, and I am no fan of Comcast. Maybe if AT&T gets into the cable TV business, Comcast...
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SFBG Radio: Why privatization doesn't work
Today, Johnny A. and Johnny V. talk about why privatization and outsourcing don't work for local government. Tune in and check it out after the jump.<!--break--> OutsourcingBlows by...
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Challenging the "rogue cell" theory of cancer
The GuardianUK has an interesting piece about a new theory on cancer:”Rather than cancers being rogue cells degenerating randomly into genetic chaos, they are better regarded as organized footsoldiers...
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The Performant: Sing like everyone's listening
Electric Party Songs and The Darker Side of Broadway However you feel (or don’t) about the Beat Generation, you have to give Allen Ginsberg credit for his ability to transcend the limitations of that...
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Deadlock over Ma’s trash bill
A State Assembly committee deadlocked Monday over Assemblymember Fiona Ma’s AB 1178, which opponents say would make it easier for Recology to send San Francisco trash by train to Yuba County. The bill...
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In the gutter with King Baldwin: Bowling with Alexander Eccles and Gabe Turow
Alexander Eccles of King Baldwin at the bowling alley Jen Verzosa "It's $40 for one game with shoes. Or, $38 for one hour and shoes," says the Serra Bowl cashier with mild frustration while he Lysols...
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Tweet-happy Newsom gets a social media book deal
Newsom just loooooves Twitter, and they have looooooved him right back. Maybe his book will be a romance novel? Last week's announcement by Penguin Press that Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom will be writing a...
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Earth Day in City Hall ... on Wells Fargo's dime
They even got free travel mugs. Who was lucky enough to get treated to Mayor Ed Lee's Earth Day Breakfast in City Hall, with the city's top politicos and a smattering of high-profile San Franciscans?...
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Snap Sounds: PJ Harvey
PJ HARVEYLet England Shake(Vagrant)It’s not really a subtle couplet, “Weighted down with silent dead/ I fear our blood won’t rise again,” but with it the title track for PJ Harvey’s newest offering...
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A new brand of fixie competition ramps up for Saturday
Rampy-crawly: Arlo Eisenberg's is about to tangle with a whole bunch of fixed gears on Sat/30 GUARDIAN PHOTO BY CAITLIN DONOHUE “We're just trying to make it look pretty.” N8 Van Dyke, an SF...
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Muni strike vote stems from "gigantic mistrust" of the MTA
At a time when public employee unions are being demonized, downsized, and degraded by conservatives and much of the general public, it was a bold gesture for Muni drivers to recently authorize their...
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Who's your candidate for mayor? Vote today
If the mayor's race were held today, who would be your top choice? Free polls from Go2poll.com
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Hot sexy events: April 27-May 3
Hey there sexy, how's life on the other side of the Intertubes? I wanna get real with some real questions in this week's sexy events column. Don't worry, it's about you. Namely, we here at the SF of...
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If elections were held today, who would be your top choice? Weigh in here at the Bay Guardian's poll for the mayor's race.
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SFBG Radio: Why are gas prices really so high?
What's the real reason gas prices are so high? Our distinguished guests discuss after the jump. HighGasPricesWhy by endorsements2010
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And the next chief is...yes, Suhr!
Reporting by Rebecca Bowe and Sarah Phelan. Photographs by Sarah Phelan. Mayor Ed Lee appointed a deeply emotional Captain Greg Suhr as Chief of the San Francisco Police Department during a...
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Blast rocks Marrakech tourist restaurant: live report
iPhone photo of Cafe Argana explosion aftermath in Marrakesh Chaos here on the giant, tourist-packed Djemaa El Fna square in Marrakech, Morocco as an explosion has just rocked the Argana terrace...
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You, too, can run the Rec-Park department
Is Phil Ginsburg out of a job? At least, this Craigslist ad suggests you can. It doesn't sound like Mayor Ed Lee wrote it himself: For the past several years the Department of Recreation and Parks has...
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American Idol: Carole King edition
James rules: It's all over but the voting. I wasn't sure about this one. I'm not a big Carole King fan -- too much pop, not enough edge -- and I didn't see how my favorites, Scotty and James, were...
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ACLU, Guardian sue over secret death drugs
The ACLU and the Bay Guardian have filed a federal lawsuit demanding the release of secret documents related to the scramble in California and other states to secure lethal-injection drugs for...
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