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In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova.

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TRACY HINE, of Benicia, was traveling in China's Sichuan province when Monday's earthquake hit.

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Pastor Gregory L. Waybright struggled from the pulpit Sunday to reconcile the laws of God with the laws of man.

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A few years ago, drums of used french fry grease were only of interest to a small network of underground biofuel brewers, who would use the slimy oil to power their souped-up antique Mercedes.

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Berkeley police spokesman Andrew Frankel said Tuesday that foul play has been ruled out as the cause of the death of a University of California, Berkeley student who fell from a three-story apartment building Saturday morning.

Frankel said police believe the death of 22-year-old Alan Kaname Hamai of Redondo Beach outside 2605 Durant Ave. near Bowditch Street shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday was "either a tragic accident or a suicide."

Frankel said that at this point there's no indication that Hamai's death was a suicide because he didn't leave a suicide note.

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A long-dormant plan to build a Las Vegas-style hotel and casino near Oakland International Airport is now officially dead.

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Police in Albany are asking the public's help in finding the person who shot a 26-year-old man inside Albany Bowl early this morning.

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The shooting happened shortly after 3 p.m. at the corner of Dwight and Martin Luther King Jr. via SFGate

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“War of the Worlds") ran out of ideas. The "Skulls”

Archaeologist Kim Shelton talks about her excavation of Nemea, which was home of Hercules and had its own athletic games, at UC Berkeley on Friday, May 2, 2008 in Berkeley, Calif. via San Jose Mercury News

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Irving Rosenthal, who taught journalism at the City College of New York for 40 years and became a mentor to some of the country's top reporters, has died. via Lexington Herald-Leader

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