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 August 7, 2004
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Inmates Learn Marketable Skills
Job prospects for inmates once they're freed, are grim. But now outside industries are working with the California Department of Corrections to hire ex-cons who are learning skills inside prison walls.
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Beheading Video Exposed as Hoax
A video aired Saturday that purportedly showed an American being decapitated in Iraq was a hoax.
Hacking Lawyer to Focus on Mental Health
The attorney for Mark Hacking said he will raise the issue of mental illness and challenge his client's confession to relatives that he killed his wife, Lori, and dumped her body in a garbage bin.
Report: Employment Growth Lethargic
America's payrolls grew by an anemic 32,000 new jobs in July, suggesting the economy is stuck in summer lethargy three months before voters elect a president. The report sent stocks tumbling.
Local Company Selling Cloned Cats
A Sausalito company that unveiled the world's first cloned cat nearly three years ago now says it is ready to start filling orders for cloned pets.
Musician Rick James Dies at 56
Police in Los Angeles report funk singer Rick James, best known for the 1981 hit "Super Freak," died Friday morning, apparently of natural causes.
SJ Free Concerts Lure People Downtown
The 16th year of the San Jose Downtown Association's Music in the Park concert series has generated more public interest and higher revenues for downtown businesses than in years past.
CA Tests Terror Response Since 9/11
CA is participating in drills designed to find out how far federal, state and local authorities have come in their response preparations since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
More West Nile Birds in Santa Clara Co
Birds infected with West Nile Virus have been found throughout Santa Clara County from Sunnyvale to Gilroy, county officials announced.
70 Residents Displaced In SF Fire
The American Red Cross has set up a temporary shelter for 70 residents displaced in a fire in San Francisco, according to a spokeswoman.
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Racist Candidate Wins GOP Nomination
An unabashed racist will represent the Republican party in the November election for a congressional seat after a write-in candidate failed to derail his effort.
Judge Lifts Letourneau No-Contact Order
The legal barrier keeping Mary Kay Letourneau and her former sixth-grade pupil apart has been dissolved.
SF DA Convicts Man for Pimping Girl, 14
A man charged with pimping a 14-year-old girl pleaded guilty to pandering a minor after one of her customers provided testimony against him, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office announced.
Man Wary of Fugitive Shoots Self in Rear
An Oklahoma man wanted to protect himself after hearing reports of an escaped prisoner in his community. So he tucked a 22-caliber pistol into the waistband of his denim shorts.
Fewer SF Homeless Get Cash Assistance
The number of homeless people getting cash assistance under San Francisco's welfare program has been dropping since the city's "Care Not Cash" program began.
Dutch May Enact Law to Stop Toe Licker
Police arrested a man in Rotterdam earlier this week after a female sunbather complained he unexpectedly licked her bare foot. Other women have also complained.
Bay Area Counties Prepare for West Nile
Bay Area counties are preparing for the spread of West Nile virus with testing and preventative measures. Marin, Solano, Sonoma and Alameda counties reported the first confirmed cases of the virus this week.
Police Find 50 Bodies in Cult Shrines
Police in eastern Nigeria discovered body parts, skulls and more than 50 corpses, some partly mummified, in shrines where a secretive cult was believed to have carried out ritual killings, officers said.
Teen Gets Strange Sentence in Drug Case
A teenage girl who failed to call 911 as her friend lay dying from a drug overdose pleaded no contest to child endangerment and providing Ecstasy. The judge sentenced her to an unusual punishment.
Police Investigating Wild Alameda Party
Alameda police are investigating a party that got so far out of control that a group of teenagers are facing criminal charges.
West Nile in Sonoma, Solano Counties
Napa Wine Must Come from Napa Grapes
Newsom Names Aide as New SF Supe
New Ad Attacks Kerry's Service, Heroism
'Tigger' Acquitted of Fondling Charges
Ex-Enron Trader Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Feinstein to Plug Fresno for Toyota Plant
Wall of Water Sent Down American River
New Evidence Delays Peterson Trial
'Kill' On To-Do List of Alleged Teen Killer
2 Arrested in NY Mosque Raid
Father: Hacking Told Brothers He Killed
Bush: We're Thinking of Ways to Harm US
Oakland Raiders Release Tim Brown
West Nile Virus Found in Alameda County
2 Mountain Lions Spotted In Morgan Hill
Cop On Leave After Profiling Charges
Gov't: 3rd Person Validates Terror Threat
Jury: Fagan Jr Didn't Violate Man's Rights
Kobe Accuser May Drop Rape Case
Collusion Found in SJ City Hall Contract
Trial Focuses on Peterson's Boat Search
Hospitals Move Toward Paperless Age
9-Year-Old Dies After Soccer Practice

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