 (GIANLUIGI GUERCIAAFP/Getty Images) Nelson Mandela dies at 95 Nelson Mandela, who became one of the world's most beloved statesmen and a colossus of the 20th century when he emerged from 27 years in prison to negotiate an end to white minority rule in South Africa, has died. |
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) Kabam CEO cites love of Cal as reason for $18 million partnership Twelve-year-old mobile online game company will have Kabam name on the football field for the next 15 years |
 Victim recounts rape at Richmond hate crime trial Attackers made numerous comments about sexual orientation, victim, who is a lesbian, testifies at trial. |
 ( ) Icy roads, record-low temperatures hit Bay Area Road crews used salt, airport workers broke out de-icing mechanisms, and records that were four decades old fell on Thursday morning, as an anticipated cold snap continued to roll through the Bay Area. |
BUSINESS  (Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo) Apple's shares swing on news of China telecom deal Apple's stock price on Thursday initially rocketed toward record territory for the year, partly on a report that it had finally reached a deal to sell iPhones through China Mobile. But the shares lost steam after an official with the Chinese company said the two firms were still negotiating. |
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) Tyler Gaffney holds key to Stanford's Rose Bowl hopes Cardinal's powerful running back Tyleer Gaffney has accounted for nearly 40 percent of Stanford's offense during second half of season. |
LOCAL NEWS  (ANDA CHU) Kabam Field? Cal to announce naming rights for football stadium's field Thursday Memorial Stadium name will be retained, but the field will have a different name |
 (Thinkstock Images) How many times can you call the cops before getting arrested? This many Japanese police said Thursday they have arrested a woman for calling them more than 15,000 times over a six-month period. Full Story |
 (John Green/Bay Area News Group Archives) Great Dickens Christmas Fair: Kids, 19th-century London and no iPhones! It's not just London -- it's London of 1865 during Christmastime, which gives the whole place an extra layer of magic. And even better -- they didn't have iPods or iPhones in 1865, so my kids stayed off their electronic devices for more than four hours. That has to qualify as a Christmas miracle. |
 (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Simon Cowell rips Russell Brand 'X Factor’ judge says Brand should put his money where his mouth is after calling for revolution. |
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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. |
