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Antarctica to Pyramids -- lights dim for Earth Hour CHICAGO - From an Antarctic research base and the Great Pyramids of Egypt to the Empire State Building in New York and the Sears Tower in Chicago, illuminated patches of the globe went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.   Nations:U.S. Denmark South Africa Mexico China Australia   People:Ban Ki-moon Joseph Biden Cate Blanchett   2009-03-28 Anti-suicide safety net set for Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge may soon be rigged with a safety net to deter people from jumping to their deaths from the world-famous landmark, official records showed Monday.   Nations:U.S.   Source:(AFP)   2008-10-13 I Left My Staff in San Francisco Autodesk software engineer Hawkeye Parker would have to drive more than 20 miles north, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge into Marin County, if he worked at his company's headquarters in San Rafael, Calif. Instead, 37-year-old Parker takes a seven-minute train from his home in San Francisco's bustling Mission District to the design-software maker's outpost on the city's eastern edge. The dress is casual, the office plan open, and the commute quick. "It's an engineer's place to work," says Parker. "I want to live in San Francisco. So there's kind of a symbiotic relationship there."   Nations:U.S.   Activities:2008 Global Oil Crisis   2008-06-18 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 Protests build in US ahead of Olympic torch arrival Three pro-Tibet demonstrators scaled San Francisco's landmark Golden Gate Bridge on Monday, as protests against China mounted ahead of the Olympic torch's arrival in the United States.   Nations:U.S.   People:George W. Bush Nicolas Sarkozy Angela Merkel Hillary Clinton Richard Gere   Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch 2008 Tibet Riot 2008 Beijing Olympics   2008-04-08 Headlines Antarctica to Pyramids -- lights dim for Earth Hour 2009-03-28 Anti-suicide safety net set for Golden Gate Bridge 2008-10-13 I Left My Staff in San Francisco 2008-06-18 Olympic torch arrives in San Francisco 2008-04-08 Protests build in US ahead of Olympic torch arrival 2008-04-08 "Earth Hour" goes global 2008-03-30 Wayward whales closing in on Golden Gate 2007-05-30 Wayward whales now just miles from ocean 2007-05-29 San Francisco mulls Golden Gate barriers as suicides rise 2007-01-19 Golden Gate Bridge considers corporate sponsors 2006-11-18 Golden Gate Bridge Security Reevaluated 2005-04-11 Most-viewed Antarctica to Pyramids -- lights dim for Earth Hour 2009-03-28 Wayward whales now just miles from ocean 2007-05-29 Wayward whales closing in on Golden Gate 2007-05-30 Olympic torch arrives in San Francisco 2008-04-08 Protests build in US ahead of Olympic torch arrival 2008-04-08

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