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Morning News


May.17   Mountain View   Fire at Strip Mall Destroys 4 Businesses
  Fire crews have finally entered a mall after over 4 hours of battling a blaze that sent flames high in the sky


  West Oakland   Fire at Post Office
  Extra units went to the scene to help evacuate the U.S. Post Office distribution center


  HP   2nd-quarter profit up 51%  Hewlett-Packard reported a 51% jump in profit, outpacing expectations and boosting CEO Hurd's reputation

  SF Downtown Schwartz appeared onstage at JavaOne  Sun Microsystems will eventually make the codes for Java completely available for free to software developers

  Apple Apple's last notebook shifts to Intel chips  Apple Computer introduced a 13-inch MacBook which costs $1,099 to $1,499

Day News


  SF Downtown   Piece of Titanic Docks Atop Metreon
  15 tons of the 94-year-old wreck, C-deck hull, were hoisted by crane to the roof


  San Jose   Sharks out of playoffs
  8th-seeded Edmonton Oilers held off San Jose 2-0 in Game 6 of the quarterfinal series
 Peca and Horcoff scored, and Roloson made 24 saves in the biggest game of his career. After dropping the first 2 games in SJ, Edmonton stormed back with 4 straight victories


  Giants     Bonds out of lineup; Giants 10, Astros 1  Barry Bonds remained the buzz of the ballpark. The Giants completed their first 3-game series sweep of the season

Evening News


  Lafayette   Bus Crash Injures 7 Lafayette Schoolkids
  A tour bus carrying 34 elementary school students and 4 adults crashed into a sedan in El Dorado County


  SF Downtown   200 Rally Against Immigration Changes  People gathered at a plaza to protest proposed law changes and Bush's speech on the topic

  Coliseum Mariners 2, A's 7  Zito allowed 8 hits over 7 scoreless innings
World , May 17, 2006 Timeline