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Santa Clara |
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First Bay Area baby
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| Jan.2 |
Palo Alto |
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4 Passengers Survive Plane Crash Mechanical problems may have caused the Piper 2000 to crash as it tried to land. Passengers walked away
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| Jan.4 |
Santa Clara |
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Officer-involved shooting Eric Kleemeyer, 22, allegedly rammed a police vehicle with his car and was killed after 3 officers opened fire on him
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Santa Clara |
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Man killed after struck by 2 vehicles
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| Jan.5 |
Google |
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Google to launch charitable foundation
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Intel |
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Researchers build laser on single chip
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| Jan.6 |
Stanford |
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Student presumed dead after tsunami| MBA student James Willis Hsu was reported missing in Thailand. His family is planning a memorial service for him | |
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Santa Clara |
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National Semiconductor to cut 550 jobs
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| Jan.8 |
Stanford |
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Stanford ends Zona's 9-game win streak Grunfeld finished with a career-high 29, and Stanford snapped Arizona's 9-game winning streak with a 87-76 victory
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| Jan.10 |
Stanford |
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Device allows 3-D pictures of heart
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| Jan.11 |
SF Downtown |
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Jobs unveils cut-rate computer| Apple Computer chief executive introduced the computer the size of a paperback and a tiny iPod that starts at $99 | |
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Intel |
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Quarter profit falls, but sales set record 4th-quarter profits fell 2%. The company benefited from strong holiday demand for computer chips
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Los Altos |
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Rambus appoints new CEO Chief executive Geoff Tate has taken over as chairman of the company. He was replaced as CEO by Harold Hughes
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| Jan.12 |
Palo Alto |
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City Council names oldest mayor at 78 Vice mayor Jim Burch became the oldest mayor in the city's history. He succeeds Bern Beecham
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Apple |
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Profits quadruple as iPod sales surge| 1st-quarter is dramatically exceeding expectations, based on strong sales of laptop computers and music players | |
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| Jan.13 |
Google |
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Google settles SEC charges Google is signing a cease-and-desist order without admitting or denying the allegations of illegally issuing options
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Sun |
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Fiscal second-quarter profit
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Palo Alto |
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Speaker to students: stripping lucrative
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| Jan.14 |
Palo Alto |
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2 sightings of mountain lions
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| Jan.15 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo! CEO says Oracle Layoffs still OK
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| Jan.17 |
Intel |
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Intel streamlines marketing, development
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Yahoo |
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Verizon teams up with Yahoo
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| Jan.18 |
Mountain View |
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2-alarm fire at apartment building
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Yahoo |
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Quarter profit nearly triples on strong ads Internet giant 4th quarter profit easily beat Wall Street expectations. It earned $373 million, or 25 cents per share
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AMD |
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$30 million fourth-quarter loss
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| Jan.19 |
Palo Alto |
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Agilent Technologies CEO to step down Edward 'Ned' Barnholt is stepping down as chairman and chief executive, ending his rocky tenure
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| Jan.21 |
HP |
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HP settles patent disputes with Intergraph Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay $141 million to the software maker. HP shares fell 6 cents to $19.96
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Stanford |
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Students Strip for Tsunami Relief More than a dozen freshmen stripped down to make a calendar. They posed so as to not show too much nudity
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| Jan.24 |
Highway 101 |
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2 teens seriously injured on 101 Adriana Snider, 18, and Ashley Wilson, 15, were traveling at 1 a.m. when Snider feel asleep behind the wheel
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HP |
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Board considers shifting Fiorina duties Hewlett-Packard board of directors discussed shifting some day-to-day responsibilities from CEO to other executives
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Apple |
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iTunes sells 250 million songs Music downloads are selling at a rate of more than a million per day
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| Jan.30 |
Santa Clara |
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Boy allegedly stabbed his brother to death| A 16-year-old is in police custody on suspicion of stabbing his 17-year-old brother | |
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Cupertino |
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Held for Cruising Megan's Law Database A convicted child molester was arrested for allegedly using the database of registered sex offenders to troll for dates
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| Jan.31 |
Santa Clara |
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Man allegedly shooting his father 41-year-old Daniel DeJusus Camacho is in police custody for allegedly shooting 82-year-old Jose Camacho
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Stanford |
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Groping, Peeping Incidents at Dorms| 2 men sneaked into dorms and either groped or peeped at female student | |
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HP |
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Alternative to transistors proposed Researchers at Hewlett-Packard have demonstrated a technology, crossbar latches, that could replace the transistors
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Mountain View |
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Man allegedly abducted his son 30-year-old Salvador Garrido was visiting with his 3-year-old son, but failed to return the boy to his mother
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