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“Council to weigh plastic bag options,” said the headline over Sunday’s front-pager by Tom Sakash, who must be wondering what he did in a previous life to be required to cover the comings and goings of the Davis City Council in his current incarnation. “As requested,” Sakash’s story begins, “city public works staff will hand […]
PARIS (AP) — Syria has accepted a proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for dismantling, the Syrian foreign minister said Tuesday, as France proposed a U.N. resolution that would enforce the plan militarily if the government failed to follow through. The moves are part of flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at averting […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A final piece of safety hardware — a bearded, spindly legged troll — has been installed in the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge. The troll is meant to be a protector and good luck charm, modeled after a similar statue placed surreptitiously by a steelworker on the old span […]
The Dow Jones industrial average is dropping Bank of America, Hewlett-Packard and Alcoa, its three-lowest priced stocks, as part of a six-company shakeup of the most widely known barometer of the U.S. stock market. S&P Dow Jones Indices said Tuesday it will add Visa Inc., sneaker maker Nike Inc. and the investment bank Goldman Sachs […]
