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         <title><![CDATA[Man arrested for masturbating outside San Francisco hospital]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO  - A man was arrested for allegedly masturbating outside of a hospital in San Francisco's Presidio Heights neighborhood on Wednesday morning, police said.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Bay City News</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 07:44:01 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[5.7 earthquake north of Sacramento felt in parts of East Bay]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A magnitude 5.7 earthquake that struck at 8:47 p.m. Thursday was widely felt as it rattled Northern California, but authorities said there were no immediate reports of injury or serious damage.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Katie Nelson Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 07:32:02 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bay Area: Scouting leaders, parents react on both sides of historic rule change to allow gay Scouts]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Some say organization is teaching Scouts about good citizenship; others lament lack of "courage" among those who voted to overturn ban

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<img src="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2009/0105/20090105_014658_bluedot_4x7.gif">&nbsp;<strong><a href="/nation-world/ci_23310463/">Statement from The Boy Scouts of America</a></strong>
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<img src="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2009/0105/20090105_014658_bluedot_4x7.gif">&nbsp;<strong><a href="/breaking-news/ci_23309891/reaction-boyscouts-partially-lift-gay-ban">Reaction: @boyscouts partially lift gay ban</a></strong>]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Kristin J. Bender and Katie Nelson &lt;br&gt;Oakland Tribune</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 07:27:41 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[San Jose City College student steps forward to claim $2.3 million Powerball prize]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Michael Garcia, 22, purchased his $2.3 million Powerball prize-winning ticket at a 7-Eleven store at 2440 Almaden Expressway in San Jose, having matched all of the numbers except the Powerball number. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Erin Ivie&lt;br&gt; eivie@bayareanewsgroup.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 06:59:26 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Stanford University students study own DNA]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Stanford University personalized genomics course contributes to the growing movement to advance a new era in modern medicine, where genetic information allows us to not only look into our medical futures but take action, similar to actress Angelina Jolie, who underwent a double mastectomy to prevent hereditary breast cancer.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Lisa M. Krieger lkrieger@mercurynews.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 06:37:05 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bay Area man arrested in connection with killing family in Czech Republic]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Kevin Dahlgren, who lists Palo Alto as his home on Facebook, was arrested at an airport in the Washington, D.C. area late Thursday after the Czechs issued an international warrant. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Karel Janicek Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 06:34:50 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Peninsula real estate mogul guilty of killing wife for $30 million insurance payout]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A Peninsula real estate mogul was found guilty Thursday of murdering his wife in their mansion in order to collect a $30 million insurance policy as creditors closed in on his crumbling empire.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Joshua Melvin jmelvin@bayareanewsgroup.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 06:33:10 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[BART board votes to allow bikes on rush hour trains]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[After July 1, BART riders with bicycles can enter trains during peak hours as long as they follow a rule restricting the two-wheelers from overcrowded train cars.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Denis Cuff Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 06:32:08 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Renowned Orinda documentary photographer Wayne F. Miller dies]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wayne Miller, a documentary photographer whose powerful images of war, family and the denizens of Chicago's South Side have been admired by generations of photographers, died Wednesday at his Orinda home.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jennifer Modenessi Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:30 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Walnut Creek: Las Lomas High School wrestler dies suddenly of brain aneurysm]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[High school athlete Amir Khakimov, 18, collapsed suddenly while working out May 13 and was rushed to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, where he underwent brain surgery. After having suffered extensive and irreparable brain damage, Khakimov died Tuesday.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Elisabeth Nardi &lt;br&gt;  Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 06:29:53 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Fifteen East Bay school construction projects to receive about $57 million]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The State Allocation Board announced it has awarded approximately $520 million for 'shovel-ready' projects in California school districts, including nine districts in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The funds were provided as a result of bonds authorized by Propositions 1A, 1D, 47 and 55.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Theresa Harrington Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 06:29:18 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Contra Costa County softening policies on immigrant deportations]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Contra Costa Sheriff's Office is finalizing a new immigrant detention policy that would decrease the number of deportations stemming out of County Jail.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Malaika Fraley Contra Costa Times</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 06:27:45 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Man slain by sheriff's deputies in March following East Oakland car stop is identified]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Authorities said the Modesto man and another man were in Oakland to buy marijuana. The man was fatally shot after he drove off following a vehicle stop and was dragging a deputy authorities said]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Harry Harris Oakland Tribune</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 06:25:58 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bay Area author on impact of dad's CIA career]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Scott C. Johnson was 14 when his father finally revealed, 'Scotty, I'm a spy.' Johnson discusses the impact of his dad's clandestine career in an interview about the new memoir, 'The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA.']]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p class="bylinejb"&gt;By Georgia Rowe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="bylineaffiliation"&gt;Correspondent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="bylinecopyright"&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 06:24:30 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bay Bridge bolt maker says report 'exonerates' it from blame]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[As Bay Bridge contractor begins erecting worker platforms around the seismic stabilizers on the pier east of the main span, Ohio steel manufacturer Dyson breaks its silence and says it produced the bolts bridge engineers asked it to make. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p class="normalparagraphstyle"&gt;By Lisa Vorderbrueggen and Matthias Gafni&lt;br&gt;Contra Costa Times&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
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