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Morning News


Jun.18   San Francisco   Restaurant lost case in Supreme Court
  The high court said by a 6-3 vote that the IRS can calculate a contribution to Social Security by using credit card records


  Treasure Island Missing boater  Boat capsized about 600 yards off Treasure Island

  Oakland Downtown Fire at Cadillac dealership  Transients may have sparked a three-alarm fire that caused moderate damage

  Pittsburg Davis flipped switch on new power plant  880-megawatt facility is operated by the Calpine Corp. and can power some 900,000 households

Day News


  Berkeley   Politically Correct Coffee Plan
  A petition, signed by 3000, is calling for the use of organic, shade-grown, or fair-trade certified beans in any coffee brewed for sale


  Oracle   Profit beat analysts' expectations
  Technology bellwether shrugged off a sharp drop in its business software sales with dramatic expense cuts


  Berkeley   Sculpture made from melted guns  The 'Peace Bell,' designed and crafted by Bruce Hasson, is made from guns confiscated by or surrendered to police

  Brentwood   One dead in stunt plane crash  Yakovlv 52, a Russian-built stunt plane, crashed into the side of a hill and disintegrated upon impact

  San Francisco Sentenced for importing rare lizards  Bruce Feldhammer, 50, sentenced to home detention and fine for illegally attempting to smuggle Australian lizards into US

  San Jose Hit by light-rail train  James Franklin Meyers, who is in his 60s, in stable condition with a broken pelvis

  Apple Apple reduces revenue, profit estimates  Citing soft demand, company said third-quarter revenues and profits will be lower than expected

  Intel Intel to shutter Web hosting service  Chip-making giant plans to take a $100 million charge in the second quarter

  Redwood City Man tried to abduct 9-year-old girl  Man grabbed girl, covered her mouth with his hand, and carried her out to the street. The child managed to get away

Evening News


  Walnut Creek   3-alarm grassfire burned 20 acres  The fire was near Rock Spring Place and Walnut Boulevard just outside the city limits

  San Francisco 6th Annual Webby Awards  Google.com took home the Best Practices Award. Amazon.com won as the best commerce site

  AMD AMD cuts second-quarter sales estimate  Advanced Micro Devices anticipates a substantial operating loss

  Vallejo Fire damaged apartment building  35-year-old woman allegedly set fire to her bed using a flammable liquid and then ran to the shower

  Sun Free Software to Undercut Microsoft  Sun will give away an application server, that runs on Microsoft systems as well as the hit operating system, Linux

  Pac Bell Park Tampa Bay 8, Giants 3  Kennedy allowed 3 runs and 8 hits over 7 innings

  San Jose Quakes player on Sports Illustrated cover  Earthquakes forward Landon Donovan scored a goal in Sunday's 2-0 defeat of Mexico
World , June 18, 2002 Timeline