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Monday, June 30th, 2008
DiVine, left, a living-vine performer from San Diego, Calif., poses with an auction goer during the wine auction earlier this month (AP photo). ST. HELENA, Calif. - Under a sun-splashed sky, smartly dressed wine-lovers stroll past fluttering white …
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costs are changing commutes - San Francisco Gate
Sunday, June 29th, 2008A couple of months ago, Yoko Olsgaard was weighing offers for two project management positions. One was in Fremont, about 27 miles from her home in Oakland’s Redwood Heights neighborhood. The other, which paid 10 percent less, was with Kaiser …
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Yes, we’re in a recession. So, when will it be over? - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Sunday, June 29th, 2008One thing is increasingly clear: Sonoma County is in a mild recession. But the clarity ends there. Uncertainty abounds. When will the housing market stabilize? Will gas prices stop rising? What will be the economic and tax policy of the next …
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Foreigners, U.S. hotels cash in on weak dollar - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Sunday, June 29th, 2008WASHINGTON – When the Turkish tourists arrived at their chic Foggy Bottom hotel with empty suitcases and a few hours of free time, the first thing they asked was how to get to Pentagon City. Twenty-four hours later, they headed back to the airport …
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Higher gas prices have some in area altering summer fun - Democrat and Chronicle
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Gasoline near $4.25 and steadily climbing airfares aren’t enough to squash summer vacation, but this year many Rochester-area families are heading to Poughkeepsie to visit grandma instead of Florida to visit Mickey Mouse. AAA is projecting that the …
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‘Flying’ the line - Chicago Tribune
Sunday, June 29th, 2008The 45th parallel: It’s close to where Custer met his maker and Mary Tyler Moore flipped her hat high for TV cameras. It links thirsty Russian czars with Madonna ’s winemaking dad in Michigan and connects the Shroud of Turin with a new Japanese …
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The legend of Sonoma’s seven flags - Observer-Reporter
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Locals sometimes refer to Sonoma as “Slownoma,” presumably because its pace is a little behind that of neighboring Napa Valley. That may be the case, but it also could be due to the fact both the town and the county spent their earlier days at the …
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Old New York wine region shifts to different vines - Abilene Reporter-News
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Old New York wine region shifts to different vinesAbilene Reporter-News, TX - 13 hours agoVinifera plantings in New York’s wine country, which hops from Long Island and the Hudson Valley across to the Lake Erie shore, have swelled from 324 acres …
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Commuting costs influencing job decisions - San Francisco Gate
Saturday, June 28th, 2008del.icio.us A couple of months ago, Yoko Olsgaard was weighing offers for two project management positions. One was in Fremont, about 27 miles from her home in Oakland’s Redwood Heights neighborhood. The other, which paid 10 percent less, was with …
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On the trail of California’s Mexican past - Los Angeles Times
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Welcome to Mexicalifornia. And no, I’m not talking about immigration policy or demographic trends or domestic hiring habits. I’m talking about that spell from the early 1820s to the late 1840s, when California, Alta y Baja, was Mexican. All it takes …
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