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Serra beats Valley in shootout, takes WCAL title - San Mateo Daily Journal border=

Serra beats Valley in shootout, takes WCAL title - San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo Daily Journal, CA
In a game that seemingly would never end — it lasted 3 hours, 6 minutes — Serra (25-6) found itself in baseball nirvana, as hats went skyward and a dog pile formed near the mound when the final out was recorded. It was a storybook ending that Jensen …

Letters: Los Gatos Mayor Mike Wasserman takes Cornerstone message ... - San Jose Mercury News border=

Letters: Los Gatos Mayor Mike Wasserman takes Cornerstone message … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
For example, no majority voter approval will be required for affordable housing regardless of cost. Conclusions one may draw from this proposed initiative as written are our elected town government (whom the majority of voters put in office) should not …

Menlo Park takes page from federal playbook, enacts housing bailout - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
The city will then sell the homes to residents on its affordable housing wait list — families who earn 60 to 110 percent of the area's median income. The wait list currently has more than 200 names on it. In a separate action, the council authorized …
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San Francisco Chronicle
Forbes

Monte Sereno council takes final vote on salaries tonight - San Jose Mercury News border=

Monte Sereno council takes final vote on salaries tonight - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 
After voting on the matter at two previous meetings, council members are scheduled to give the proposal to pay themselves $300 per month a final hearing tonight, May 5. Previously, Mayor Curtis Wright, Vice Mayor Don Perry and Councilwoman Lana Malloy …
San Jose Mercury News

EU Takes Aim at Canadian Seal Hunt on Eve of Trade Summit - New York Times border=

EU Takes Aim at Canadian Seal Hunt on Eve of Trade Summit - New York Times

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By STEPHEN CASTLE BRUSSELS - With ambitious plans to spur trans-Atlantic trade, a summit meeting between the European Union and Canada was supposed to help pry open new markets and take a stand against protectionism.
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Congress takes swipe at credit card companies - Chicago Tribune

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By Gail MarksJarvis If you are drowning in credit card debt and expect Congress to throw you a lifeline, you are going to be disappointed.
CSNews Online
Christian Science Monitor
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After his flu warning, Biden takes the train home - The Associated Press border=

After his flu warning, Biden takes the train home - The Associated Press

The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - One day after saying he wouldn't travel in tight quarters because of the swine flu scare, Vice President Joe Biden rode a train Friday from Washington to Delaware.
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Washington Post
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Taiwan Takes Step Forward at UN Health Agency - New York Times

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By KEITH BRADSHER HONG KONG - President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan announced Wednesday that Chinese officials had dropped their objections to Taiwan's participation as an observer at a United Nations body, a step forward in Taiwan's effort to win greater …
BBC News
Voice of America
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Pelosi takes Q's from kids, hits GOP - msnbc.com border=

Pelosi takes Q's from kids, hits GOP - msnbc.com

msnbc.com
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday played one part schoolteacher, one part grandma, one part elected official . On Bring Your Son or Daughter to Work Day, Pelosi moved away from the podium and sat to take questions from children of staffers, …
FOXNews
Washington Post
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Justices' Takes on Strip Search Vary - Washington Post border=

Justices' Takes on Strip Search Vary - Washington Post

Washington Post
By Robert Barnes An important case at the Supreme Court sometimes informs as much about the justices as the issue at hand, and yesterday's animated hearing on whether school officials have the right to strip-search a 13-year-old female student seemed …
The Associated Press
New York Times
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