Bay Area native to play handyman San Francisco Chronicle - 56 (Web promotion)

Bay Area native to play handyman San Francisco Chronicle - 56 (Web promotion)

Bay Area native to play handyman
San Francisco Chronicle - 56 minutes ago As a student at Campolindo High School in Moraga in the early 1970s, Steve Robinson built a hang glider out of plastic irrigation tubing and other items he found around his parents' house. Then he jumped off a cliff.

Ex-Lawmaker Wins Ohio Congressional Race
San Francisco Chronicle - 3 hours ago By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press Writer. A Republican former state lawmaker claimed a seat in Congress on Tuesday by narrowly defeating an Iraq war veteran who drew national attention to the race with his military

Saudis to vow loyalty to new king
BBC News - 59 minutes ago Islamic clerics, tribal chiefs and other prominent figures in Saudi Arabia are preparing to pledge allegiance to their new monarch, King Abdullah. Joining them at the royal court will be western leaders, including

O'Neal Opts for Years Over Money on Busy Day for the Heat
New York Times - 2 hours ago By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. By The Associated Press. Shaquille O'Neal might have left millions on the bargaining table, because his biggest obsession now is not with dollars but with championships. O'Neal signed

People in the News: Pitt's still a sensitive subject
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 5 hours ago Jennifer Aniston will "choose to believe" that Brad Pitt didn't cheat on her while they were still married, but concedes he seems to be missing a "sensitivity chip" somewhere. In a wow of an upcoming interview

SC Rules for Lesbian Couple in Bias Dispute With Country Club
Metropolitan News-Enterprise - 14 hours ago By KENNETH OFGANG, Staff Writer/Appellate Courts. A private club violates California�s law prohibiting discrimination by businesses if it fails to extend to members� registered domestic partners the same

And everyone lived
St. Petersburg Times - 1 hour ago A REMARKABLE ESCAPE: The Air France Airbus overshot the runway, skidded into a ravine and caught fire. By JEAN HELLER, Times Staff Writer. The boiling black smoke. The fuel-fed explosions. The flames that raged

Bush Signs Central American Free Trade Agreement (Update2)
Bloomberg - 11 hours ago Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- US President George W. Bush signed legislation today to implement the Central American Free Trade Agreement, capping a 19-month effort by his administration to cut tariffs between the US and six Latin American nations.