By: Tim Liotta Special to The Examiner February 26, 2010

El gobernador de California (USA) Arnold Schwarzenegger va a promover una campaña de instalación de radares para controlar la velocidad en las carreteras del estado y así espera poder recaudar 397,5 millones de dólares para ayudar a alcanzar los 19,9 billones de dolares (billones americanos, que no corresponden con los billones europeos) que necesita el [...]

The gospel on celebrity and pop culture  Funny girl Tina Fey lands the March cover of Vogue February 12, 2010 |  4:44 pm Decidedly unglamorous gal Tina Fey has received the highest blessing from the world’s fashion bible — the writer and actress appears on the March cover of Vogue magazine.  “I feel like I represent [...]

Troy Evans (54) and Marvin Mitchell (50) of the New Orleans Saints celebrate at the end of Super Bowl XLIV at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. (Ronald Martinez / Getty Images / February 7, 2010) New Orleans’ storybook 31-17 Super Bowl XLIV triumph over Indianapolis ends four-plus decades of franchise futility and elevates [...]

Five unaccounted for in Conn. plant blast that kills 5  |   By Douglas Healey, Getty Images An explosion damaged the Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middletown, Conn. The 620-megawatt plant, under construction since 2008, is being built to produce energy primarily using natural gas. // // yahoobuzz script var articleSource = “USATODAY.com”; var yahooBuzzArticleId [...]

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  By: Erin Sherbert Examiner Staff Writer February 3, 2010 Mixing things up: San Francisco’s current system is designed to create socioeconomic diversity on each campus. (Examiner file photo) SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco school officials on Tuesday discussed options to overhaul the unpopular student-assignment system for elementary and middle schools, including possibly sending students [...]

  THE GRAMMYS // Ladies night at the Grammys Beyonce takes home a record six awards, while Taylor Swift’s ‘Fearless’ is named album of the year. By Randy Lewis >>> February 1, 2010 On a night in which Beyoncé set a record for women with six Grammy Awards, the reigning diva of R&B still had [...]

Here is one visitor’s view of two very different cities. At left, the Golden Gate Bridge at dawn in San Francisco, and at right, sunset over Coronado Bridge in San Diego. Both cities hold their own charms. (Golden Gate Bridge by Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times; Coronado Bridge by Micha Pawlitzki / Getty Images) [...]

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs didn’t ascend the stage sporting a robe and full beard to announce the most anticipated tablet since Moses’. But the crowd at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco received the introduction of the iPad with a roar of thunderous applause. Perhaps the worst kept secret since, well, the iPhone, [...]