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Neighborhoods served by small grocers called "food deserts"
The checkout woman bantered with a customer unloading meat and eggs from his shopping cart. This central San Pablo neighborhood is one of 25 East and South Bay "food deserts," identified this summer by the US Department of Agriculture in an interactive
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:31P
Coach accused of raping teen girl
DNA tests have proven that the coach is the father of the child. The alleged rape occurred in November, 2001, when the girl was 15 years old. It wasn't until 2008 that she mentioned the incident to her cousin and mother. The coach, now aged 52,
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:31P
Coach accused of raping teen girl
DNA tests have proven that the coach is the father of the child. The alleged rape occurred in November, 2001, when the girl was 15 years old. It wasn't until 2008 that she mentioned the incident to her cousin and mother. The coach, now aged 52,
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:31P
Light Cigarette Trial Underway in St. Louis
countered in court that Marlboro Light cigarettes are in fact different than regular Marlboro Reds, and include 11% less tobacco, more ventilation, and a longer filter, according to the Post-Dispatch, which notes that the trial is supposed to last
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:31P
Light Cigarette Trial Underway in St. Louis
countered in court that Marlboro Light cigarettes are in fact different than regular Marlboro Reds, and include 11% less tobacco, more ventilation, and a longer filter, according to the Post-Dispatch, which notes that the trial is supposed to last
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:31P
COLUMN-Ecuador's huge win in Chevron case: Frankel
the $18 billion judgment can't be enforced until the Ecuadorean high court has reviewed the award, so there's not even a legitimate question for Kaplan to decide at the November trial, nor any final judgment whose enforcement needs to be enjoined.
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:31P
NY law firm Kramer Levin opens Silicon Valley office
“More and more, intellectual property is an essential component of almost every business,” said firm managing partner Paul Pearlman. “Patent and trademark litigation is on the rise” for the firm, he said. Eric Young covers law, government and the
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:30P
Bankruptcy puts former Amherst school property in limbo
The old Seminole Elementary School is a landmark on Phelps Road for all the wrong reasons. "It's an eyesore," said Steve Wade, who attended the school as a child and now he lives across the street. "It's been kind of rough, because you have to look
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:30P
Feds accuse Full Tilt Poker of being Ponzi scheme
The civil lawsuit names celebrity players and co-owners Christopher Ferguson and Howard Lederer and other executives of the online site. The Wall Street Journal writes that government's amended complaint alleges that Full Tilt "misrepresented to the
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:30P
Feds accuse Full Tilt Poker of being Ponzi scheme
The civil lawsuit names celebrity players and co-owners Christopher Ferguson and Howard Lederer and other executives of the online site. The Wall Street Journal writes that government's amended complaint alleges that Full Tilt "misrepresented to the
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:30P
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