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San Jose: 49ers Star Aldon Smith Self-Surrenders, Bails Out in Weapons Case

San Jose: 49ers star Aldon Smith self-surrenders, bails out in weapons case
Smith, who is on leave from the 49ers and currently enrolled in a substance abuse rehabilitation program at an undisclosed location, had been expected to surrender by the end of the month per an agreement with the… Continue reading

Aldon Smith Faces Three Felony Weapons Charges and Two DUI Misdemeanors

Aldon Smith faces three felony weapons charges and two DUI misdemeanors
SAN JOSE — Embattled 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was charged Wednesday with three felony counts of possessing illegal assault weapons and two counts of misdemeanor drunken driving for separate incidents that all occurred in the past 14 months. If… Continue reading

Two Injured in San Jose Electrical Fire

Two injured in San Jose electrical fire
… were assisted and transported to a hospital for treatment, Doss said. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority briefly suspended its light-rail service from San Fernando Street to San Carlos Street but soon resumed service, Doss said. The …
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Revolutionary Surgery Gives Campbell Man New Lease on Life

Revolutionary surgery gives Campbell man new lease on life
The potency allows patients to go through less therapy: instead of coming in for six to eight weeks of radiation treatments, Leitzke had to sit through only three sessions of about 45 minutes of treatment. The treatment was a replacement for… Continue reading

FDA Panel Backs Gilead Sciences' Hepatitis C Drug

FDA panel backs Gilead Sciences' hepatitis C drug
For most of the last 20 years, the standard treatment for hepatitis C has involved a grueling one-year regimen of pills and injections that causes flu-like symptoms and cures fewer than half of patients. Then in 2011, the FDA approved two new… Continue reading

The Complete Nicholas Payton: #BAM, Bird, Barack Obama, More

The Complete Nicholas Payton: #BAM, Bird, Barack Obama, more
I think it was like 1913, and was published in the San Francisco Chronicle or some place out there. And a lot of …. You go outside America and you mention `jazz' and people are ready to give you the royal… Continue reading

CHOICES Alcohol Treatment and Rehab Center – Choices Rehab

CHOICES Alcohol Treatment and Rehab Center – Choices Rehab — http://www.choicesrehab.org/ On this site we share a few things concerning some topics.


North Korea rushes to finish lavish ski resort
All this is reflected in North Korea's otherwise head-scratch-inducing association with former NBA star Dennis Rodman, who had Kim's ear… Continue reading

DavSur Barangay Polls, Plebiscite Orderly and Peaceful

DavSur barangay polls, plebiscite orderly and peaceful
Another Molotov bomb throwing target was the Isaac Abalayan Elementary School, a polling center at Barangay San Jose, where a window, curtain and plastic chair in a Grade V classroom were partially burned and damaged. Josefina Cadungog, the school …
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Gilead Hepatitis C Drug Backed Unanimously by FDA Panel

Gilead hepatitis C drug backed unanimously by FDA panel
Foster City-based Gilead Sciences is one of a half-dozen companies racing to develop more effective treatments for hepatitis C. Many industry analysts predict the company's drug will eventually outperform its competitors. … People born between 1945 …
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Monthly Archives: October 2013

Monthly Archives: October 2013
SAN JOSE — Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley … on October 9, 2013. For Vietnam War veteran Billy Bryels, the trip from his home just outside Modesto to the VA Palo Alto Health Care System for treatment is arduous because of the time it… Continue reading