Archive for July, 2010
HOROSCOPE for Saturday, 07/31/2010
July 31st, 2010 | 
Author: ARIES (March 20-April 18): You’ve made your position clear and now you have to stand by it. You can’t retreat or advance. The only thing left to do is endure. TAURUS (April 19-May 19): Don’t try to get to the bottom of your dark mood. Think of it as a cloud…
Recreation – Autos – Makes and Models – TAURUS – Ford
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Andy Griffith pitches health care law in TV ads
Actor Andy Griffith has a new role: pitching President Barack Obama’s health care law to seniors in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare. The TV star – whose role as sheriff of Mayberry made him an enduring symbol of small-town American values – tells…
United States – Andy Griffith – Barack Obama – Health care – Television
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Plastiki arrives in Sydney
After four years of planning, 8,000 nautical miles and 128 days sailing from San Francisco in a catamaran made of 12,500 plastic soda bottles, the Plastiki expedition reached its destination of Sydney on Monday. Despite an extended tow into harbor, the Sydney…
Plastiki – San Francisco – Sydney – Australia – Sail
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TV review: Debate rages at ‘12th and Delaware’
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)12th and Delaware: Documentary. Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. 9 p.m. Mon. on HBO. It’s a near certainty that, no matter how good it is, no single documentary is ever going to change hearts and minds when it comes to America’s…
United States – Documentary film – HBO – Television – Delaware
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Thrillville’s Will Viharo takes act to Alameda
Will Viharo’s 13-year run as the ringmaster of the Thrillville B-movie series came to an end last week at the Roxie in San Francisco, quite fittingly with a double bill of “Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy” and “Academy of Doom.” But Viharo insists it’s just…
San Francisco – B movie – United States – California – Thrillville
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Pixar exhibition comes to Oakland
Since she saw “Pixar: 25 Years of Animation” several years ago at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Oakland Museum of California’s Lori Fogarty has thought it would fit perfectly into the institution that she now directs. After all, the Emeryville…
Oakland Museum of California – Museum of Modern Art – Pixar – Museums – Arts and Entertainment
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Querrey, Murray reach Farmers Classic final in LA
Second-seeded Sam Querrey defeated Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-7 (7), 7-6 (7), 6-4 on Saturday to reach the Farmers Classic final for the second consecutive year.
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Over 800 dead in Pakistani floods as rescuers struggle to reach the marooned, disease looms
The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.
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Canadian court upholds murder convictions of farmer accused of feeding his victims to pigs
Canada’s top court upheld Friday six murder convictions of a pig farmer accused of butchering women and feeding them to pigs in what police have referred to as the country’s worst serial killer case.
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Chivas USA gets first home MLS win since April 10
Justin Braun and Blair Gavin scored in the first half and Chivas USA beat Columbus 3-1 on Saturday night.
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