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Goode takes another look at beloved 'Brideshead' role
Matthew Goode knew he had a big job ahead of him when asked to play Charles Ryder in the new film of Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited."
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Bill would allow toll road by Hwy. 152
Highway 152 is a hazard and a headache, a two-lane road built five decades ago that now carries thousands of drivers a day from the South Bay to the Central Valley and beyond.
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North S.J. schools tax OK'd for ballot
With 32,000 new homes planned for North San Jose over the next two decades, Santa Clara educators want help paying for new schools to support the growing community.
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Setting the Record Straight
• An article in Thursday's Business+Technology section misquoted investment banker Frank Quattrone.
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Roadshow: Avoiding garlic fest traffic
Q I need to go to Salinas on Saturday, the same time the Gilroy Garlic Festival is going on. Is there a way around the festival on Highway 101 so I don't get tied up in traffic? Help!
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Ships docking in state must use cleaner fuel
SACRAMENTO - California air regulators on Thursday approved the nation's toughest rules to reduce harmful emissions from ocean-going ships using the state's ports.
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Pizarro: At long last, some Olympic athletes you can see in S.J.
In addition to all the current U.S. Olympians in San Jose for processing en route to Beijing, there are also more than 100 athletes from past teams arriving in town today.
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Budget cutbacks blamed for lack of study on moth
State agriculture leaders Thursday blamed budget cuts since the 1980s for setting back study of the invasive light brown apple moth and allowing the pest to establish itself in Northern California.
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Stanford plans to sell state-of-the-art lab
After moving hundreds of employees into a gleaming, state-of-the-art Palo Alto laboratory roughly a year and a half ago, Stanford Hospital is selling the facility and more than 300 workers could be laid off, officials said.
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