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Pelosi defends trip to Middle East,
Blasts Bush adminstration's "poverty of ideas"

Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a press conference today at the Philip Burton federal building in San Francisco to discuss her recent trip to the Middle East. Pelosi has come under fire from Republicans who have accused Pelosi of upstaging President Bush.
Photo(s) by Luke Thomas .

By Julia Cheever, Bay City News Service

April 10, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in San Francisco today that "there was no difference between the message the President is setting forth and the message of our group" during her recent visit to Syria.

Pelosi said at a news conference at the Federal Building, "We left our differences at home. We are unified as a country."

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Overheard in Fog City

By Luke Thomas

April 11, 2007, 9:28 a.m

- Top Democratic fundraiser attempts to seal child custody complaint

- Newsom hasn't totally ruled out Question Time in the Board of Supervisors

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Hearst Corp, Medianews Group lose bid
to squash Reilly antitrust suit

Clint Reilly

By Julia Cheever, Bay City News Service

April 10, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - A federal judge in San Francisco today turned down a bid by MediaNews Group Inc. and the Hearst Corp. for dismissal of a newspaper antitrust lawsuit filed by businessman Clint Reilly.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston keeps the lawsuit filed by Reilly last year on track for an April 30 trial in Illston's court.

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Leno marriage equality bill approved
by assembly judiciary committee

Assemblymember Mark Leno (file photo)
Photo(s) by Luke Thomas

By Tamara Barak, Bay City News Service

April 10, 2007

Supporters of legalizing same-sex marriage in California are celebrating today after the Assembly Judiciary Committee passed a bill that amends the definition of marriage.

Assembly Bill 43, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, passed today with a 7-3 vote.

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Newsom unveils first bus in fleet of hybrid muni buses

Photo courtesy DaimlerChrysler.com

By Tamara Barak and Caitlin Cassady, Bay City News Service

April 10, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - Mayor Gavin Newsom and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency chief Nat Ford this morning unveiled the first of what will be a fleet of diesel-electric hybrid Muni buses.

"This is part of our effort to have a zero-emission fleet by 2015. The hybrids are more fuel efficient, produce less emissions and are less costly," than the 20-year-old diesel-powered buses they will replace, Newsom said. More than half of Muni's vehicles already run on electricity provided by overhead cables.

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