San Jose Mercury News
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The San Jose Mercury News is the major newspaper in San Jose, California and the Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by The McClatchy Company, which plans to sell it. Its sprawling headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). In the late 1990s, as Silicon Valley and the Mercury News soared in national prominence, then-owner Knight Ridder moved its headquarters from Miami to an office tower in downtown San Jose to be closer to its rising star. The paper has a daily circulation of 274,000 and a Sunday circulation of 303,000. ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Medium audience (100-500K) (English)
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Giant vortex of floating trash swirls in Pacific
Hoping to learn more about one of the most glaring examples of waste and environmental pollution on Earth, a group of scientists will set sail from San Francisco today to the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Critics can't resist one last Bush-bashing
Eddy Sheldon hates George W. Bush so much, he's throwing the president a party. He figures it's the best way to celebrate the conclusion of one of the nation's most unpopular ...Posted by Marsha Iverson -
California gets dire warning on global warming
Roads and bridges, the water supply, agriculture, public health and even winter skiing all will be affected by global climate change, said the report by University of ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Nurses strike over benefits, break time, safe lifting
The dispute centers around meal and break relief, safe lifting policies, and health and retirement benefits, union leaders say. Mary Ann Voellinger, a supervisory nurse who ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Bernanke's bailout for Wall Street puts taxpayers at risk
Bailout Ben means well. He argues that saving banks is critical to the health of the broader economy, and he is using every tool at his command to prevent the credit markets ...Posted by Louise Auerhahn -
Tom Lantos: The passing of a crusader
...in Washington, D.C., [[Rabbi Steve] Gutow and Lantos were arrested for trespassing, handcuffed, put into a van and briefly jailed after protesting outside the Sudanese ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Darwinian tech world makes lagging Yahoo ripe for harvesting
After just 14 years in which it helped launch the Internet age, Yahoo has hit "middle age" and faces the fate of many other iconic Silicon Valley companies, becoming takeover bait.Posted by Kevin Reilly -
How Silicon Valley could become the Detroit of electric cars
"In the valley, we know how to do technology disruption. We know how to do business models, how to develop proof of concept and get it adopted around the world," he said. ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Boxer to introduce airline passengers' bill of rights
One day after hundreds of passengers were stranded on JetBlue flights for up to 11 hours, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer said she plans to introduce legislation in the Senate for a ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Bright idea? Bill to ban old bulbs
SACRAMENTO - It soon may be lights out for the traditional light bulb in California. Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, is proposing that the Golden State become the ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Scientists propose a 'genome zoo' of 10,000 vertebrate species, to be stored at University of California-Santa Cruz
The University of California-Santa Cruz could someday house the world's largest zoo — holding not live animals, but the genetic codes of 10,000 different creatures, many of ...via Google News -
Bargain-priced homes expected to drive Silicon Valley market next year
At a meeting of the state association of Realtors at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center this week, Appleton-Young on Wednesday predicted that about 527,500 previously ...Posted by Megan Wirth -
Navarrette: Advice for immigrants
Some might consider this an impolite way to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. But this year, I'm giving Latino immigrants a gift straight from the heart: a lecture.Posted by Christine Ahlstrom -
Finally, investors are choosing green industry
Every report, study and prediction about Silicon Valley's economy in this downturn has mapped the path to recovery in green: clean tech, renewable energy and good ...via NewsRack -
Accused abductor of Jaycee Dugard turned increasingly zealous, customers say
Jaycee Dugard helped with Phillip Garrido?s backyard printing business, according to customers, including one who said she handled the graphic design for his order. ...Posted by Patrick McGuire -
Mystery surrounding kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard deepens
Sometime between the June morning she was yanked into a car near South Lake Tahoe in 1991 and this week when she surfaced alive with the man accused of taking her, Jaycee ...Posted by Kat Oliver -
Clinton trip to India can build on Silicon Valley bonds
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to India is expected to yield new initiatives in defense and space cooperation. Yet it is important to remember that the foundation ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Obama's Troubling Caution on Torture
Something evil has seeped into the soul of our nation. Those many years when we looked the other way, choosing to ignore the abuse of detainees in U.S. custody, eroded our ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Most Americans in areas with unhealthy air
Sixty percent of Americans live in areas with unhealthy air pollution levels, despite a growing green movement and more stringent laws aimed at improving air quality, the ...Posted by Katie Rose -
Amnesty International lambastes U.S. for treatment of immigrant detainees
"Officials are locking up thousands of human beings without due process and holding them in a system that is impossible to navigate,'' said Larry Cox, executive director of ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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