Here’s the sports statistic San Franciscans look for most at this time of year: The arrest count for the Zazzle Bay to Breakers footrace.
Click on the photo to see more participants drinking throughout the race.
The colorful competition that starts at Howard and Beale streets, snakes through Golden Gate Park and ends on Great Highway is not only known for its many costumed runners, but also the partying “athletes.”
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The Associated Press
01/29/12 6:59 AM
Kenyan police say they have arrested an imam after they found a cache of weapons in his house.
The chief of police for the coastal region says the suspect is a sympathizer of Somalia's al-Shabab militia. Deputy Commissioner Aggrey Adoli says the haul included a pistol, a rifle, detonators and hand grenades.
Aboud Rogo was named in a U.N. report last year as having links to al-Shabab, and is on bail for possession of weapons.
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The Associated Press
01/29/12 3:29 AM
Police shot and killed a fellow officer when he fired his gun as they tried to take him into custody on suspicion of sexual misconduct with a teenage girl, authorities said.
The officer was on duty at a DUI checkpoint early Saturday when the shooting occurred, Santa Maria police Chief Danny Macagni said Saturday.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 9:08 PM
A retired colonel who attempted to take over Papua New Guinea's military and ordered the prime minister to step down has been arrested and charged with mutiny.
Police spokesman Dominic Kakas said Yaura Sasa was arrested Saturday night in a suburb of Port Moresby, the capital. A court spokesman said Sasa was charged with mutiny and appeared in court Sunday.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 4:37 PM
Police were in the process of arresting about 100 Occupy protesters for failing to disperse Saturday night, hours after officers used tear gas on a rowdy group of demonstrators who threw rocks and flares at them and tore down fences.
Police Sgt. Christopher Bolton said the arrests came after protesters marched through downtown Oakland a little before 8 p.m. Saturday, with some of them entering a YMCA building.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 4:22 PM
Oakland police used tear gas and "flash" grenades Saturday to break up hundreds of Occupy protesters after some demonstrators started throwing rocks and flares at officers and tearing down fencing.
Three officers were hurt and 19 people were arrested, the Oakland Police Department said. No details on the officers' injuries were released.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 2:35 PM
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was charged Saturday with driving under the influence in Miami Beach.
Miami-Dade County jail records show Smith was booked Saturday morning and held on $1,000 bond. Jail records did not show whether Smith was represented by an attorney.
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JILL LAWLESS
01/28/12 3:01 AM
The criminal investigation into British tabloid skullduggery turned full force on a second Rupert Murdoch publication Saturday, with the arrest of four current and former journalists from The Sun on suspicion of bribing police.
A serving police officer was also held, and authorities searched the newspaper's offices as part an investigation into illegal payments for information.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 12:23 AM
Police have arrested a suspected gang member after a shooting inside a Central Valley shopping mall that sent two men to the hospital.
Visalia police Sgt. Damon Maurice says 18-year-old Anthony Hansen was taken into custody by members of a SWAT team at his home around 2 a.m. Saturday.
Hansen was being held on suspicion of attempted homicide in the shooting at the Visalia Mall Friday night of 20-year-Miguel Alcala and 21-year-old Steven Haynes.
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The Associated Press
01/27/12 8:08 PM
Los Angeles police say an LAPD detective has been arrested for investigation of grand theft.
An LAPD statement says Ramon Alvarez, a 25-year department veteran, was arrested Friday after a fellow detective reported he spotted Alvarez taking money from a drug bust in Los Angeles.
A search was conducted on Alvarez' vehicle, where a quantity of money was found.
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