Jeanne Ames dies: Mediator headed S.F. Family Court

07/19/11 Jeanne T. Ames, a professional mediator in child care disputes for many years, died July 8 of multiple illnesses at a rehabilitation hospital in Kentfield. She was 85. Ms. Ames was the director of the San Francisco...

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Associates of USF player gunned down outside IKEA plead no contest to robbery charges

07/18/11 Two men who had been charged with murder for the shooting death of a former University of San Francisco basketball player in the parking lot of an East Bay Ikea store last year pleaded no contest to lesser charges Monday. Hyman Taylor Jr., a 23-year-old Oakland man who grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was shot at about 7:35 p.m. on June 8, 2010, outside the Ikea store on the Oakland-Emeryville ...

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No tsunami watch from magnitude 6.1 Alaska quake

07/16/11 ANCHORAGE (Alaska) - AN EARTHQUAKE of 6.1 magnitude rocked a portion of Alaska's eastern Aleutian Islands on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was anticipated and there were no reports of damage, officials said. The earthquake was centered about 80 kilometres south-west of Sand Point, a fishing community with nearly 1,000 residents, said the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer ...

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