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Operators must use credits to emit certain pollutants

What do an old can company, a San Francisco power plant, and your home's woodburning fireplace have in common? The pollution caused by each is supposed to be eliminated by two power plants proposed to be built ... via Inside Bay Area

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A boost for stem-cell studies

“With the grants announced today, California has issued more than $200 million in grants to pursue potential therapies and cures for debilitating diseases.”

Researchers caring for the state's flourishing populations of human embryonic stem cells will soon move into larger and more sophisticated digs, thanks to grants worth $50 million approved Tuesday by the ... via SiliconValley.com

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To Keep Its Parakeets Wild, San Francisco Bans Handouts

“I understand why it would be difficult for him to see other people feeding the birds. If you came to a park and saw a bunch of strangers feeding your kids, you wouldn't like it either”

In what may be a legislative first for San Francisco, the city's Board of Supervisors on Tuesday banned the feeding of a tourist attraction. via New York Times

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Coyotes Sighted In Golden Gate Park

Coyotes in Golden Gate Park? That's what San Francisco Animal Care & Control officials are receiving calls about. via NBC11.com

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Two charged with trying to rob Sunnyvale bank may be part of ring

“From the pattern of his movements, and based on my training and experience, I believe that Johnson was scouting the banks with the intent of robbing them.”

Frederick Lim Johnson and Edward Sang Kang are suspected of being part of a ring of robbers that has struck at least eight other banks in the Bay Area since February, authorities said. via San Francisco Chronicle

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Big boost for a suicide barrier

THE GOLDEN GATE Bridge, which just celebrated its 70th birthday, is a far different structure today from the engineering marvel that amazed the world when it linked Marin to San Francisco in 1937. via Marin Independent Journal

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FasTrak to courthouse

“They're not expecting somebody's going to be tracking every single one of their movements and creating a record that would be available to the public.”

The FasTrak program, meant to be a private holder of account information, is now being requested by law officials for legal defense. via Pleasant Hill Record

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"Jew has - no intention' to resign"

“I have no intention of resigning my office.”

The center of an FBI investigation and facing a city attorney's investigation over whether he lives in the district he represents, Supervisor Ed Jew has said he will not resign from his seat on the board. via San Francisco Examiner

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Violent crime rose slightly in 2006, FBI says

Violent crime rose slightly in 2006, FBI says June 5, 2007 Violent crime in the U.S. increased slightly in 2006, and the Bay Area was no exception, according to preliminary statistics released by the FBI ... via Fog City Jouranl

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Man arrested after SoMa car and foot chase

“That's when the driver of the car fires and shoots him.”

A driver who allegedly opened fire and shot a pedestrian in The City's South of Market neighborhood Monday afternoon was arrested by San Francisco police. via San Francisco Examiner

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