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 Garecht case: Was Speed Freak Killer info withheld? A politician, detectives and parents of missing children are fuming over allegations into how the San Joaquin Sheriff's Office handled the "Speed Freak Killers" case, including deleting missing persons files after being tipped off to new leads. |
 Facebook scraps 'feeling fat' emoticon A 24-year-old Ohio University student and Endangered Bodies started an online petition to get the 'feeling fat' emoticon removed. |
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) Report: Raiders agree to terms with Malcolm Smith The Raiders reached agreement Tuesday on a contract with linebacker Malcolm Smith, the Most Valuable Player in Super Bowl XLVIII, according to an ESPN report. |
 (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Cornhole is the name of the game  This mild-mannered, Midwest-born, beanbag toss game has hit the Bay Area in a big way. |
BAY AREA NEWS  (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group) San Pablo: City holding special meeting on medical center real estate In a race to buy a few more weeks time, negotiators for San Pablo and the West Contra Costa Healthcare District are trying to put together a two-step real estate deal that would yield enough cash, at least $1.7 million, by Friday to allow Doctors Medical Center to make payroll the following week and stay open long enough for an orderly closure -- if not a last-minute rescue. |
Celebrities  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file) Nick Cannon sues Mariah Carey The “America’s Got Talent” star says he wasn’t informed when his ex sold their Bel Air mansion. |
SPORTS  (
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) 49ers' Patrick Willis retires 'happy' San Francisco 49ers' Patrick Willis holds news conference to announce retirement |
Spotlight  (
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) SXSW 2015: Top 10 Bay Area acts playing festival Cathedrals, Fantastic Negrito, The Dodos, Geographer among local acts performing at SXSW. |
BUSINESS  (Karl Mondon/Staff file photo) South Bay posts solid job gains during January Santa Clara County and the East Bay surged to big job gains in January, an indication that the employment rebound in the Bay Area is on solid footing, according to a report released Tuesday by state labor officials. |
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Randy McMullen
) SXSW 2015: Top 10 Bay Area acts playing festival Cathedrals, Fantastic Negrito, The Dodos, Geographer among local acts performing at SXSW. |
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file) Nick Cannon sues Mariah Carey The “America’s Got Talent” star says he wasn’t informed when his ex sold their Bel Air mansion. |
