Daily Outrage: International online gang fooled four states into paying fake vendors
WHO: International online gang from Kenya
WHAT: At least six people allegedly tricked state government agencies in Massachusetts, West Virginia, Kansas and Ohio into paying them $3.3 million owed... Full Editorial
Examiner Columnists
- Obama’s uncertain climate change future
- Deficit only real issue in guv race
- Change can come from the people – and shift in mentality is palpable
- No neutrality in study funded by Microsoft, Google
- Supes hunt for SEIU budget dollars
- Like her or hate her, Sarah Palin is here to stay
Op-eds
- If FDA blocks meds, how will government health care work?
- Abortion coverage sacrificed for nationalized health care
- Anti-Obama, pro-America
- Fake job numbers vital to stimulus propaganda
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The five-block commercial district near the waterfront will flip on its holiday lights Friday during its 24th annual ceremony.
The office towers above the holiday ice rink will be illuminated with... Full story
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SF budget takes another beating
Property owners could receive an across-the-board tax break next year, but it would be at the expense of millions in losses to city coffers.
News that property tax revenue will likely decrease for... Full story
Bond amount increased to $100K for man accused in videos taken of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews
An Illinois insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews posted $100,000 bond on Friday — a much larger amount than previously imposed.
U.S.... Full story
Brainy, entertaining rock from Fanfarlo
Borrowing its moniker from 19th-century poet Charles Baudelaire, lyrics from eccentric historical figures like Howard Hughes and Harold T. Wilkins, and orchestrated sound from instruments such as... Full story
NC police: Murder, rape charges being filed against man accused of kidnapping 5-year-old girl
A man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday.
Mario McNeill is being charged with first-degree... Full story
Detroit man accused of marching naked 15-year-old son into lot, killing him over dispute
A 37-year-old father irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death despite... Full story
Judge: Army Corps' failure to maintain navigation channel led to massive flooding by Katrina
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina, a decision that could make the... Full story
No appeal of dismissed conviction in MySpace case
Federal prosecutors will not appeal a judge's dismissal of a Missouri mother's convictions for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.
U.S. attorney's... Full story
Pro-government mob hits, shouts down husband of top Cuban dissident blogger
The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a... Full story
Argentina's Congress approves forced extraction of DNA from suspected dirty war orphans
Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to political prisoners slain a quarter-century ago... Full story
Sports
Cardinal has Luck going into Big Game showdown
Though he’s just a redshirt freshman, Andrew Luck... Full story
Entertainment
Reno Santa event inspired by SF revelers
About 5,000 Santa costume-clad folks are expected to... Full story
Entertainment
Scoop: Is J. Lo having ex tailed?
Is Jennifer Lopez playing hardball in her battle with... Full story



