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Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang
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Downtown Ice coming sliding back for another year of gliding and falling
Even in the depths of the recession, Downtown Ice, San Jose's annual skating rink, attracted a record 43,000 skaters last year. Now the San Jose Downtown Association hopes to set another record this season. On the first full day of operation the annual attraction inspired a phalanx of moms, wearing …
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San Jose differs from other police in response to mental disturbances
While some police agencies immediately send specially trained officers to calls that involve the mentally ill, San Jose has no automatic trigger. However, San Jose police insist that calling for such expert backup wouldn't have changed the outcome when two officers shot Daniel Pham after he threaten …
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Genetic love matches go cheek swab to cheek swab
Companies say cheek swabs can help pinpoint good match
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Bay Area firms grab 46 percent of VC funding as it surges nationwide
sdharris@mercurynews.comWith clean tech leading the way, Bay Area companies scooped up a remarkable 46 percent of venture capital investments in the third quarter of 2009, including the seven largest deals.
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South County courthouse haunted by myriad post-construction maladies
The cloying odor of raw sewage. Flooding that turned the parking lot into a wading pool. A back staff door that refused to shut properly, forcing a sheriff's deputy to guard it. Eight months after Santa Clara County's newest courthouse complex opened in Morgan Hill, those three glitches and a number …
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One dead after experimental plane crashes into Watsonville apple orchard
The pilot of a single-engine experimental airplane died Saturday after crashing into an apple orchard in Watsonville, officials said.
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O'Brien: Time to kill stock options
It's time to replace this hallowed valley incentive
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Review: World-famous Berliners brilliantly reflect the best efforts of Simon Rattle
Friday night, at Davies Symphony Hall, The Berliners and Simon Rattle put on another world-class display of orchestral magic - and yet something new as well. They eschewed the vice grip. They capped the storm. They put a different skill-set on display.
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'New Moon' beats 'Dark Knight's' box office record
'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by 'The Dark Knight,' which had a $67.2 million opening day last year.
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Bay Area firms grab 46 percent of venture funding as it surges nationwide
With clean tech leading the way, Bay Area companies scooped up a remarkable 46 percent of venture capital investments in the third quarter of 2009, including the seven largest deals.
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Experimental plane crashes into Watsonville apple orchard
A single-engine experimental airplane has reportedly crashed into an apple orchard on Freedom Boulevard just north of the Watsonville Municipal Airport, according to emergency radio traffic.
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49ers know pressure means more than sacks
Keeping track of sacks is easy. But the 49ers, like other NFL teams, also keep tabs on a more elusive beast known as quarterback pressures. There also are records for quarterback hits.
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Cincinnati Bengals are Bungles no more
The Bengals enter Sunday's game against the Raiders at 7-2, atop the AFC North, undefeated on the road and owners of four victories against the two teams that played for the AFC championship in January.
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Silicon Valley's new sport: extreme bootstrapping
Bootstrapping ' the practice of launching a business with personal funds, credit cards, hard work and chutzpah ' has long been a catalyst of Silicon Valley's dynamic economy. But now, with investment dollars scarce but job-seekers plentiful, Internet entrepreneurs are taking the lean, Spartan ethos …
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Valley startups rising up from the graveyard
After the famous 'R.I.P.' meeting, startups emerge stronger and wiser
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Bay Area companies capture 46 percent of venture funding
sdharris@mercurynews.comWith clean tech leading the way, Bay Area companies scooped up a remarkable 46 percent of venture capital investments in the third quarter of 2009, including the seven largest deals.
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In Hindsight: A hot Silicon Valley IPO and higher home prices
Silicon Valley home prices are higher year-over-year for the first time in nearly two years. Fortinet stock soars in its Nasdaq debut. Plus: Unemployment rises to 11.9 percent in Silicon Valley. Twitter will drop its suggested users list. Applied Materials offers to buy Semitool.
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Busted! Interior designer claiming disability shows up on Home and Garden Television
California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.
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Flu shots for high-risk residents offered Saturday at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
Santa Clara County is planning another public vaccination clinic Saturday, offering H1N1 shots to people in high-risk groups who aren't able to get one through a health provider.
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