Topic: San Francisco

Barack Obama already inaugurated! (In Legoland)

In new tactic, L.A. goes after gangs' money

The city won $5 million in cash damages against a gang in the first verdict under a new law.

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Congress comes to YouTube

Mumbai attacks refocus US port security reform

Two controversial programs will step up monitoring of ships and port workers.

Good times for repair shops and secondhand stores

Economizing Americans look for ways to stretch the useful life of everything from shoes to computers.

Opinion: What if you lost everything you owned? Would it matter?

2009 is an opportunity to see things differently.

My transition to becoming a Brit

I realized I had officially embraced my wife’s native country when I no longer giggled at pictures of Prince Charles opening a butcher shop while waving a mutton chop like a broadsword.

Play it again ... and we'll sue

Venues for up-and-coming artists are disappearing as copyright licensing fees get stiffer, although some relief is in sight.

Kamikaze pelicans baffling Calif. scientists

Scores of weak and disoriented California brown pelicans have been slamming into cars and boats, landing on highways and airport runways, and turning up dead in back yards and parking lots many miles from their normal coastal habitats.

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For kids: Return to the great outdoors

What happens when pets are released back into the wild?

How underground 'hot rocks' could power America’s future

With enough investment, geothermal power could satisfy 10 percent of the US energy diet, energy experts say.

Without Jobs, what from Apple at Macworld?

The worldwide jam session

Musicians turn to new software to teach and collaborate over the Internet.

Sculpture: Sending in angels

Lin Evola-Smidt turns weapons into art – on an increasingly ambitious scale.

Aretha Franklin to perform at Obama inauguration

Young Republicans seek a new kind of party

Reflecting an Obama age, they want more diversity and pragmatism, less partisanship.

Apple ripe for Macworld Expo exit

Patience and Fortitude

A grand, rambling, serendipitous treasure-house of material about books and the people who have loved them.

Colorado couple tries to go a year without buying anything new

Dipping into the world of secondhand furniture and recycled clothes, they want to set a ‘socially responsible’ example for their son and reduce their environmental ‘footprint.’

Financial Q&A: Postbankruptcy mortgage, but stuck at a high rate

Submit your questions to Steve at: money.csmonitor.com.

Would another Depression make us more creative?

Americans hail a postman's junk-mail jihad

Numerous groups try to trim the burden of 100 billion pieces of mail a year.

I decide to attend the opera, with Raisinets and bonbons.

Live performances of the New York Metropolitan Opera are beamed into movie theaters across the country, offering audiences ways to experience high culture at low prices. But is it the same as live or is it just Memorex?