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      <title><![CDATA[Slap Hitter:  Ladies First--Racing's Best are all Girls]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Zenyetta started last but finished first today at the Breeder's Cup Classic, horse racing's biggest day of the year.  The five year old mare came from way out to beat the boys; all eleven of her opponents were male, and made clear that the fastest horses in the land in 2009 are XX.... ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Marijuana Arrests Are Up, Especially Among Blacks]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As more and more states move toward marijuana legalization, law enforcement authorities have been cracking down heavily on pot and targeting African Americans. According to a new report, marijuana arrests have doubled nationwide since 1991 even though pot use has remained about the same. In addition, the report states that blacks are 270 percent more likely to be arrested on pot charges than whites, according to the Chron. Overall marijuana arrests also have increased at a faster rate in California than they have nationwide, despite generally liberal views on cannabis in the Golden State. ... ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Berkeley Gets New Police Chief]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Seattle Police Captain Michael Meehan has been selected to be Berkeley's new police chief by City Manager Phil Kamlarz, according to the Trib. Meehan will replace former Chief Douglas Hambleton, who retired in September. Meehan's salary will be $205,400 - if approved by the Berkeley City Council on Tuesday.
  
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      <title><![CDATA[Oakland's $19 million Budget Problem]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The City of Oakland is facing a new $18.9 million budget shortfall, mostly because of declining tax revenues due to the recession. According to the Trib, the projected revenue shortfalls total $10.1 million. In addition, the city likely will not collect $4.5 million this year on a proposed ticket surcharge at the Oakland Coliseum. City officials also estimate that over-expenditures could reach $4.3 million this fiscal year. The biggest overspending problem is the Oakland Police Department. The new financial issues follow the city council's vote earlier this year to slash about $90 million in spending to balance the budget. 
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      <title><![CDATA[Your Daily Lick: Model Americans]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Johnny Del Mar, the mastermind behind Model Americans, is not one to suffer fools. Ouch! is a collection of punked-up Americana, blues, and rock tunes as irreverent as they are competent. Del Mar's perverse sense of humor shines through no more clearly than on the opening revision of INXS's "Suicide Blonde" as "Suicide Bomb," though really he's just getting started. &mdash; Nate Seltenrich... ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Photos: Puscifer]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Live at Oakland's Fox Theater on November 4, 2009. Photos by Hali McGrath.... ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Negative Yelp Review Leads to Violence]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An online review of a business might seem harmless - that is, until you threaten someone's livelihood and that person in turn threatens you. Sean C. learned that the hard way when he wrote a negative review of San Francisco's Ocean Avenue Books last week.... ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NOW President Says Fire Raiders Coach Cable]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization of Women, is demanding that Raiders Head Coach Tom Cable be fired due to his "history of violence against women."... ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carly Fiorina to be Tea-Bagged?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Some influential right-wing Republicans are hoping to block California GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina from winning their party's primary because she's too moderate. According to Talking Points Memo, US Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, a force in the conservative Tea-Bag movement, is backing California Assemblyman Chuck DeVore over Fiorina. DeMint was instrumental in the recent purging of a moderate Republican in an upstate New York congressional campaign. He and other conservatives backed a right-winger in that race, but their choice proved costly and paved the way for a Democratic victory. ... ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Your Daily Lick: Make Me]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Oakland quartet - two girls, two guys - has come into its own on this sophomore record, a slightly schizophrenic mix-up of sweet pop and raucous rock tempered with new wave and noise. Following along this exploratory path is the listener's primary pleasure, as the band's direct delivery makes every moment of discovery feel firsthand. At Retox Lounge (628 20th St., San Francisco) on November 13. 8 p.m., $5&mdash; Nate Seltenrich... ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jaycee Dugard Had Stockholm Syndrome?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A new report from the state inspector general reveals that Jaycee Dugard, the woman who was kidnapped as a child and held in an East Bay sex-offender's backyard for eighteen years, apparently suffered from Stockholm syndrome. According to the Chron, the report states that when authorities first questioned Dugard, she defended her kidnapper, Philip Craig Garrido, calling him "a great father who was good with her kids." Stockholm syndrome refers to the phenomenon of victims who identify with their captors. ... ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bay Area Politicians Oppose State Water Deal]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Most Bay Area lawmakers opposed the statewide water deal because the accompanying $11.1 billion bond package will siphon funds from education, parks, and healthcare, according to the Chron. In addition, numerous environmental groups are against the package, which was approved early yesterday by both houses of the Legislature, because it paves the way for a controversial peripheral canal. Environmentalists contend that the canal, which could cost another $50 billion, would decimate the collapsing Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. ... ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free Meals for Vets in Berkeley]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto will offer all U.S. military veterans a free lunch or dinner entr&eacute;e this coming Sunday, Nov. 8.... ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Live Review: The Dirty Projectors at Bimbo's]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It was a somewhat historic occasion for Angel Deradoorian of the Dirty Projectors at Bimbo's 365 Club on Sunday night. Not only did she have the support of her family and friends from her hometown of Sacramento, but her father had played at the same venue almost 33 years ago to the day with the San Francisco-based rock band the Tubes. It was a surreal moment for her father Marty, who summed up his feelings in one word: "amazing."... ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[SunCal's Alameda Point Project on February Ballot]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A deeply divided Alameda City Council voted 3-2 last night to hold a special election in February for the controversial ballot initiative backed by developer SunCal for its planned massive housing project on Alameda Point. According to Alameda journalist Michele Ellson, councilmembers Lena Tam and Marie Gilmore voted against the February special election because it will cost the city $325,000 to run. But the three other councilmembers voted for it, after the city attorney noted that the city may have no legal choice but to hold the February election. Tam and Gilmore wanted to wait until June.
&mdash; Robert Gammon... ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[So Who's Going to be Lieutenant Governor?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Now that California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi is heading to Congress, the question is - who will Governor Schwarzenegger appoint to replace him? Schwarzenegger could select a Republican to take over for the Democrat Garamendi, but he'll have to get the appointment through the Democratically controlled Legislature. According to the Sacramento Bee, one name that keeps cropping up is GOP state Senator Abel Maldonado, a moderate who often sees eye to eye with the governor and who sometimes votes with the Democratic majority. But Democrats are still likely to balk unless Maldonado promises to not run for the position next year. They won't want a Republican running as an incumbent. ... ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Not-So-Tiny Kushner]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ By Rachel Swan.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[The Rape That Shocked the Nation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ By Robert Gammon.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[The Boyfriend in the Pink Jacket]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ By Dan Savage.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Michael Moore's Action Plan]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ By Jay Youngdahl.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[One-Night Stands]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Corrections for the Week of November 2]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Digable Poet]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ By Rachel Swan.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[His Tribute, Their Slur]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ By Alec MacDonald.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[A Private Venture Seeks Public Parks Bond Money]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ By Michele Ellson.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Fun, But No Joke]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ By Kirsty Evans.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Goat's Head Soup]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ By Kelly Vance.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <description><![CDATA[ By Nate Seltenrich.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Letters for November 4]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Dellums Fails to Pay at Least $239,000 in Taxes]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ By Robert Gammon.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      
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