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Santa Clara Close to Approving 49ers Stadium Measure

"Santa Clara voters on Tuesday may have transformed the Bay Area professional sports landscape, approving a $937 million stadium deal that would bring the San Francisco 49ers to Silicon Valley.

Fiorina locks up Republican spot in Senate Race

"Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has raced to a quick victory in the Republican contest for U.S. Senate."

California voters approve open primary elections

California voters fed up with politics as usual scrapped their partisan primary system Tuesday in favor of an open one in which voters can cast ballots for any candidate.

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Calif. GOP to select governor, Senate nominees

California Republicans on Tuesday chose two female former CEOs as their nominees for a U.S. Senate seat and the governor’s mansion.

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Year of the political woman redux? Looks that way

It's looking like a new "year of the woman" in politics. Eighteen years after a few glass ceilings were broken, hundreds of female candidates have set their sights on Congress, governorships and state legislatures, and a significant number racked up big wins in Tuesday's primaries. Republican women, in particular, served notice to the old boys of the party.

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Panels approve Hunters Point shipyard report

"Plans to turn the vacant Hunters Point shipyard into a new neighborhood for 24,500 people received an important boost Thursday night when San Francisco's planning and redevelopment commissions narrowly approved the project's hotly contested environmental impact report."

Pac-10 commish gets authority to pursue expansion

The Pac-10 board has given commissioner Larry Scott the authority to pursue any possible expansion for the conference.

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Calif. GOP gov race tightens as attacks intensify

Meg Whitman's shot at the Republican gubernatorial nomination looked as easy as an eBay bid: Plunk down nearly $81 million and wait for the clock to run out.

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Newsom's Budget Foresees Layoffs, Program Cuts

"San Francisco would avoid sweeping layoffs and the most draconian service cuts under Mayor Gavin Newsom's proposed $6.4 billion budget for next year.

Late slide: Stocks fall in last hour, Dow down 115

Traders gave in to another case of last-hour anxiety Monday and drove stocks to their lowest level in seven months.

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