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San Francisco’s Chronicle may shut

San Francisco may lose its main newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, as owner Hearst cuts a ”significant” number of jobs.

Now Obama has the momentum

Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton jockeyed for position on Sunday in a bruising United States presidential race after Obama scored a landslide win in a South Carolina…

Escaped tiger kills one, mauls two in US zoo

A tiger that mauled a zookeeper last year escaped from its pen at the San Francisco Zoo on Tuesday, killing one man and injuring two others before police shot it dead,…

New York Times to end paid internet service

The New York Times said on Monday it will end its paid TimesSelect web service and make most of its website available for free in the hopes of attracting more readers and higher…

Google hosts news-service content on own site

Internet search leader Google has begun hosting material produced by the Associated Press and three other news services on its own website instead of only sending readers to…

Welcome to the McDonald’s Golden Gate bridge?

As one of the most photographed constructions on Earth, a lure to tourists and one of the supreme symbols of the United States, its attraction to advertisers is evident. But…

Signs of the Zodiac

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: David Fincher returns to the serial-killer idea with Zodiac, which opens this week, writes Shaun de Waal