 ( ) Urban living, in the suburbs Housing experts say younger buyers in the Bay Area are favoring urban infill projects and transit villages that are close to shopping and where they can abandon their cars and use public transit. |
 Colorado high school gunman dead; 1 student critically wounded  Hundreds of students fled in terror and many others huddled in the corners of locked-down classrooms on Friday after a gunman opened fire at Arapahoe High School on the day before the one-year anniversary of the school massacre in Newtown, Conn. |
 FBI: Accused East Bay bomber may have Santa Cruz ties FBI agents said Thursday that a 35-year-old San Francisco Bay Area man accused of three animal-rights motivated bombings in 2003 may have ties to Santa Cruz. |
 (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) Beyonce drops secret album on iTunes overnight CD features Jay Z, Justin Timberlake, Drake, Frank Ocean, and others. |
BUSINESS  Nimble Storage gains more than 60 percent after IPO Wall Street's heavy demand for new Silicon Valley companies has not waned as 2013 draws to a close: Nimble Storage shares flashed higher Friday morning in their debut, following a similar path as Twitter. |
SPORTS  (Getty Images) 49ers at Candlestick: The Catch III In one of the wildest playoff games in NFL history, the San Francisco 49ers defeated the New Orleans Saints on a touchdown pass from Alex Smith to Vernon Davis. |
LOCAL NEWS  ( ) Young couples seek townhouses and condos with an urban feel Buying instead of renting is a decision that’s being made by increasing numbers of young couples, according to experts, and it’s one that has Bay Area builders scrambling to meet the demand |
 (Yarruta/iStock) Ex-CIA agent helps sleuth kids' wish lists What does it take to get your children the perfect holiday gift? A professional sleuth, apparently. Full Story |
 (Michael Montgomery) Merry mishaps: When holiday decor goes bad Many have dropped the ball while decking the halls. They may have knocked over a Christmas tree or blown fuses with an overabundance of festive bulbs, but these are sometimes the most memorable part of the holidays. |
 (Photo by Colleen Hayes/NBC) RIP Leslie Nielsen! Ed Helms to star in 'The Naked Gun' reboot Ed Helms will replace the late Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin. |
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) Bay Area residents live longer; here's why Bay Area residents are among the nation's longest-lived people, surviving on average more than a decade longer than residents of rural Kentucky, West Virginia or Mississippi. |
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) Mi Pueblo files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Mi Pueblo, the festive Bay Area supermarket chain and icon of family-grown Hispanic businesses, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, citing a dispute with its primary lender, Wells Fargo. |
