‘Pull over, pull over!’: Driver describes horrific Bay Area limousine fire
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Five women who were killed Saturday evening after the stretch limousine they were riding to a bridal party burst into flames on a bridge over the San Francisco Bay tried to escape the inferno through the vehicle’s narrow partition, according to the driver.
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5 women killed in limousine fire on Bay Area bridge
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Five women in their 30s were killed late Saturday when fire engulfed a stretch limousine on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge over San Francisco Bay, police said.
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Endangered tiger born at San Francisco zoo
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It’s anyone’s guess what the sex of the 10-day old Sumatran tiger at the San Francisco zoo is.
That’s because no human has been inside the Lion House to see the cub, born Feb. 10 to parents Leanne and Larry. Still photographs taken from the video camera inside the grotto show the striped cub nuzzled against its resting mother.
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Anything-goes San Francisco eyes public nudity ban
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San Francisco may be getting ready to shed its image as a city where anything goes, including clothing.
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Giants score early knockout, advance to World Series
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The party started early in San Francisco.
Hunter Pence doubled home two runs with a slicing, broken-bat hit during a five-run third inning that chased Kyle Lohse, and the San Francisco Giants took a 7-0 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals in the decisive game of the NL championship series Monday night and never looked back.
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Meteor chunk falls on Calif. home
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A chunk of meteorite struck the house of a San Francisco Bay Area resident, landing in her backyard, after a meteor streaked through the sky on Wednesday evening.
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Catamaran worth millions capsizes; crew swept out to sea under Golden Gate Bridge
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Crew members hang from the mesh netting after the Oracle Team USA AC72 boat capsized on San Francisco Bay on Oct. 16. The America’s Cup champion syndicate is assessing the damage to its 72-foot catamaran, after it capsized and was swept by a strong current more than four miles past the Golden Gate Bridge before rescue boats could control it.
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Crowded cities test micro apartments
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Cities such as New York and San Francisco are developing living spaces that are 200 to 300 square feet for residents willing to pare down to the bare essentials. NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren reports.
Would you consider living in a micro apartment?
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Mormon church earns $7 billion a year from tithing, analysis indicates
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SAN FRANCISCO — If the Mormon church were a business, wealthy adherents like Mitt Romney would count as its dominant revenue stream.
Its investment strategy would be viewed as risk-averse.
It would also likely attract corporate gadflies protesting a lack of transparency. They would call for less spending on real estate and more on charitable causes to improve membership growth — the Mormons’ return on investment.
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