Torch concludes topsy-turvy tour of S.F.
 The Olympic torch played hide and seek with thousands of demonstrators and spectators crowding the city's waterfront Wednesday before being spirited away without even a formal goodbye on its symbolic stop in the United States. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Gavin Newsom][Nicolas Sarkozy][Gordon Brown][Wen Jiabao] Activities:[2008 Beijing Olympics Torch][2008 Tibet Riot][2008 Beijing Olympics] 2008-04-10 Protests in San Francisco before Olympic torch run
Several hundred supporters of Tibet marched through the streets of San Francisco on Tuesday to criticize China before the Olympic torch is run through the city the next day. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Gavin Newsom][Hillary Clinton][Richard Gere] Activities:[2008 Beijing Olympics Torch][2008 Tibet Riot][2008 Beijing Olympics] 2008-04-08 Torch divides San Francisco's Chinese community
San Francisco's large Chinese American community is divided about the Olympic torch's passage through their city on Wednesday, with some saying protesting the symbol headed to their ancestral home could prove an embarrassing distraction. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Richard Gere] Activities:[2008 Tibet Riot][2008 Beijing Olympics][2008 Beijing Olympics Torch] 2008-04-08 IOC raises prospect of abandoning global torch relay
Olympic chiefs on Tuesday raised the prospect for the first time of abandoning the international legs of the Beijing Games torch relay, amid a wave of protests targeting the flame overseas. Nations:[China][U.K.][France][U.S.] Activities:[2008 Beijing Olympics Torch][2008 Tibet Riot][2008 Beijing Olympics] 2008-04-08 Olympic torch arrives in San Francisco
The Olympic torch arrived for its only North American stop amid heavy security Tuesday, a day after its visit to Paris descended into chaos and activists here scaled the Golden Gate Bridge to protest China's human rights record. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Gavin Newsom][Nicolas Sarkozy] Activities:[2008 Tibet Riot][2008 Beijing Olympics][2008 Beijing Olympics Torch] 2008-04-08 Obama raises $40 million in March
Sen. Barack Obama, second to none in the race for campaign cash, raised more than $40 million in March and boosted his vast network of donors to nearly 1.3 million, the campaign announced Thursday. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Barack Obama][Hillary Clinton] Activities:[US Election 2008] 2008-04-03 War protesters halt traffic, recall dead
Protesters blocked traffic and government buildings in Washington, acted out a Baghdad street scene in Syracuse, N.Y., and banged drums in a parade through San Francisco on Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Nations:[U.S.] Activities:[Anti-war Movement] 2008-03-19 FBI opens investigation of Roger Clemens
The FBI has begun investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress when he denied taking performance-enhancing drugs. FBI agents in Washington opened the case a little more than two weeks after Clemens and Brian McNamee, his former personal trainer, testified at a House committee hearing Feb. 13, each accusing the other of lying. People:[Roger Clemens][Andy Pettitte][Miguel Tejada][Barry Bonds] Activities:[2007 Baseball Doping Scandal] 2008-02-28 Clemens tells Congress he is innocent
Under oath and sometimes blistering questioning, Roger Clemens stuck to his story Wednesday. So did his chief accuser and former personal trainer, Brian McNamee. And after a 4 1/2-hour hearing, Congress settled for a draw in the he-said, he-said between the two men over whether the seven-time Cy Young Award winner used performance-enhancing drugs. People:[Andy Pettitte][Roger Clemens][Mark McGwire][Barry Bonds] Activities:[2007 Baseball Doping Scandal][110th Congress] 2008-02-13 Economy takes U.S. campaign spotlight
Economic worries dominated the U.S. presidential campaign on Thursday, with White House hopefuls on both coasts touting plans to ease the pain of a recession while President George W. Bush prepared to announce his own fiscal package. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Fred Thompson][Hillary Clinton][Mike Huckabee][John Edwards][Mitt Romney][George W. Bush] Activities:[US Election 2008] 2008-01-17 Levee breaks amid West Coast storms
Still more snow piled up Sunday in the Sierra Nevada, where at least 5 feet had fallen from a storm that contributed to flooding in Fernley, killed at least three people and blacked out thousands of customers. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Arnold Schwarzenegger] 2008-01-06 400K without power amid Calif. storm
A levee break flooded hundreds of homes Saturday as the storm that has pummeled the West Coast with high wind and heavy rain dropped a thick blanket of snow on the Sierra Nevada on Saturday. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Arnold Schwarzenegger] 2008-01-05
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