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2005
Business (9)
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Accidents (9)
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Oracle completes PeopleSoft acquisition| Oracle closed the deal after announcing that that 97% of PeopleSoft's stockholders had accepted a $26.50 offer | |
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| Jan.14 |
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Oracle to fire 5,000| The job cuts outlined represent a 9% reduction from the 55,000 employees on the 2 companies' combined payrolls | |
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| Jan.20 |
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Police bust methamphetamine lab
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| Jan.23 |
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Fire gutting school computer lab probed| The blaze caused smoke damage to an adjacent classroom | |
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| Feb.25 |
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Safeway back in black after brutal quarter
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| Mar.3 |
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Head-on collision injured 4
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| Mar.17 |
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Ross posts 30% drop in profit Fourth-quarter profit tumbled due in part to a faulty merchandise information system
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| Mar.27 |
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8th-grader wins regional spelling bee Aliya Deri, a student from Harvest Park Middle School, won by correctly spelling anorak
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| Apr.2 |
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Former PeopleSoft workers get a boost PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield is giving grants of up to $10,000 to ex-workers who were laid off by Oracle
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Woman awoke to intruder lying on her The woman alone in her apartment awoke to find an unfamiliar man on top of her, his hand placed over her mouth
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| Apr.10 |
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Man shoot himself during arrest attempt A Union City man shot himself in the head in a Pleasanton motel room
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| May.3 |
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Safeway 1Q Profit More Than Triples But shares dropped close to 6% on a second-quarter profit outlook that is below analysts forecast
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| Jun.3 |
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Student Stars In National Spelling Bee| Aliya Deri, 13, tied for second place in the 78th Annual National Scripps Spelling Bee | |
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| Jun.15 |
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Source: Madden joining NBC Associated Press: John Madden is joining NBC as a game analyst for the Sunday Night Football
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| Jun.19 |
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One teen dead and 3 more hospitalized 17-year-old driver was traveling about 70 mph when he evidently made an unsafe turn crashing into a tree
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| Jul.22 |
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2 injured in motorcycle accident The driver and passenger were ejected when their motorcycle collided with a Mitsubishi Montero
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| Jul.24 |
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Fatal big-rig accident The big-rig went into a ditch, caught fire, and killed the driver. 680 was closed for nearly six hours
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| Sep.11 |
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Flight 93 Widow Speaks Deena Burnett whose husband was aboard United Airlines on Sept. 11, 2001 delivered words of hope
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| Sep.27 |
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Seniors housing project kick-off The Parkview Regent Assisted Living development listed 105 apartments. 30 of those will be affordable
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| Oct.18 |
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Safeway 3Q profit falls on charges The profit fell in the 3rd quarter, due to a charge linked to a restructuring of its Texas operations
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Retail plaza sells for $12.8 million An almost 36,000-square-foot Bernal Plaza now is under commercial developer C&H Development Co.
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| Oct.20 |
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Fatal Crash Ignites U.S. Mail Truck The accident caused the closure of the far right lane of westbound I-580. The driver of a big-rig arrested
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| Nov.7 |
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680 Shut Down After Crash A big-rig careened off a freeway, igniting a grass fire and killing the truck's driver
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| Dec.14 |
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Iraqis flock to vote at county fairgrounds A festive atmosphere prevailed at the Fairgrounds, where Iraqis from all over the West Coast are voting
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| Dec.23 |
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Mother Drops Off Baby At Hospital| A healthy newborn boy was left with emergency room personnel at the Valley Care Medical Center | |
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| Dec.30 |
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2-alarm fire involving Christmas tree The fire destroyed the contents of a residence and displaced a family at the 2-story building
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