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  • White House Agrees DOMA Should Be Repealed But Dianne Feinstein Not A Traitor

    WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) listens during a news conference on gay marriage on Capitol Hill on March 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. Feinstein and sixteen other Democrats introduced a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Given how excited people get about taxes, it is surprising ...

  • Silicon Valley investors bet on Tesla as electric car age arrives

    Tesla again boosted investor confidence by repaying a US$465 million US government energy loan nine years early. The payback comes after Tesla's higher-than-expected sales forecast and its newly launched Model S sedan, which is receiving some rave reviews. "Confidence from investors stems from a range of factors and recent announcements," says the Tesla spokesman Karl Berridge. ...

  • Walnut Creek Las Lomas High School wrestler dies suddenly of brain aneurysm

    WALNUT CREEK -- With just two weeks left until school lets out for summer, the Las Lomas High School community has suffered a devastating blow with the loss of 18-year-old junior Amir Khakimov, a fierce competitor and athlete who died Tuesday from bleeding in the brain. A student known for his smile and called by his wrestling coach "the glue" that held the team together, Khakimov had ...

  • A family remembers a fallen soldier

    ALAMEDA -- A shadow of uneasiness fell upon Stephanie Fisher that night as she talked with her son while he prepared to leave for Afghanistan on his third combat tour."I felt the worst kind of dread," Fisher said. "It was deep and dark and all-consuming. I told him, 'Just say you can't go right now.' He said, 'Mom, I have the same feeling as you.'" ...

  • Lyft Takes Off With $60 Million

    -- Lyft, a mobile ridesharing app, has received $60 million in Series C funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors include Mayfield Fund and Founders Fund. The company launched last June offering a ridesharing app in San Francisco and is now offering 30,000 rides a week. It now is available in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle. The funding will be used to help Lyft to expand to more ...


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Chinatown [Blu-Ray]

Chinatown [Blu-Ray]

Roman Polanskis Chinatown is one of the great masterworks of 70s American cinema and an apex of the decades obsession with genre revisionism. Along with Coppolas The Godfather (1972), Altmans Nashville (1975), and Spielbergs Jaws (1975), whic ... ...

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  • HP to Sell $169 Android Tablet

    POSTED February 27, 2013 PALO ALTO -- HP announced plans in April to sell the Slate, an affordable Android Jelly Bean consumer tablet that provides customers with easy access to Google Mobile services with a starting price of $169.With a 7-inch diagonal screen and weighing 13 ounces, the HP Slate is an ideal trusted personal companion, featuring a stainless-steel frame and soft black paint in ...

  • Electronics Arts CEO Resigns

    POSTED March 18, 2013 REDWOOD CITY -- Electronic Arts, the world's leading gaming company, announced that John Riccitiello will step down as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective March 30. The Board has appointed Larry Probst as Executive Chairman to ensure a smooth transition and to lead EA's executive team while the Board conducts a search for ...

  • Google CEO Page has Paralyzed Vocal Cords

    Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page announced on his Google Plus page that he has paralyzed vocal cords and also suffers from a rare condition called Hashimoto's thyroditis. Page has not spoken at recent investor events and his voice has been much softer over the past year. Page said a doctor discovered he had left vocal cord paralysis 14 years ago after suffering a bad cold and his ...

  • Belkin Buying Ciscos Linksys Unit

    POSTED January 25, 2013 PLAYA VISTA - Belkin, a private company based in Playa Vista, CA, with operations and sales in more than 100 countries, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cisco’s Home Networking Business Unit, including its proven products, technology, well-known Linksys brand and talented employees. With global operations, Linksys’ main office ...

  • VC Firms Raised $20.6 Billion in 2012

    POSTED January 15, 2013 NEW YORK -- U.S. venture capital firms raised $20.6 billion from 182 funds during full year 2012, a 10 percent increase by dollar commitments compared to full year 2011, and a three percent decline by number of funds, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). During the fourth quarter of 2012, 42 U.S. venture capital funds ...

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