DAILY REPUBLIC FAIRFIELD — The number of people voting by mail this election is expected to at least equal those who will make their way to polling places Tuesday to vote, according to the Solano County Registrar of Voters office. As of Friday morning, 47,715 vote-by-mail ballots have arrived at the Registrar of Voters office, [...]
Associated Press NEW YORK — The imam co-leading a drive to build an Islamic community center near the World Trade Center has politely brushed aside a suggestion by one of his past benefactors that the project be moved to a different spot. “While we respect the points of view of other interested observers, we plan [...]
FAIRFIELD — The Solano-Yolo Agricultural Summit scheduled Thursday in Dixon has been postponed until early 2011. The new date will be announced when it is determined. For more information, call the Solano Economic Development Corp., 864-1855.
FAIRFIELD — The 5-Star Car Wash & Detail Centers in Fairfield and Vacaville are offering free exterior car washes to veterans and active duty military people from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Veterans Day. The free car washes are part of a national program called Grace for Vets. Last year, 24 car washes in [...]
Associated Press BEIJING — China’s Red Cross asked citizens around the country Friday to urgently donate blood because of an acute shortage that has prompted delays in some surgeries. An emergency notice on the agency’s website said blood was in especially short supply this year and called for emergency measures, such as blood drives, in [...]
Associated Press MEXICO CITY — The director of a maximum-security federal prison notorious for the escape of Mexico’s top kingpin was arrested for alleged ties to drug gangs, authorities said Friday. Francisco Javier Gomez Meza was arrested Thursday on suspicion of links to organized crime while he was a top official at the federal Attorney [...]
Associated Press STOCKTON — A teenage boy who stumbled into a Northern California health club nearly two years ago almost naked with a chain shackled to his ankle testified Friday that a neighbor cut him with a knife, lit his pants on fire and beat him unconscious with a boxing glove. In his first public [...]
AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas — Hensley Meulens became the Giants’ hitting coach a year ago, facing a daunting question: How to turn around a sluggish offense? What a job his hitters have done so far in the World Series. The Giants scored 20 runs in two games at home against the Texas Rangers to [...]
AP Sports Writer SEATTLE — Even though the connection was made by NFL draft gurus over a year ago, Stanford’s Andrew Luck and Washington’s Jake Locker didn’t get to know each other until this summer, when the Pac-10′s stable of quarterbacks were being promoted on the East Coast. So far, Luck is the only one [...]
AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Horse racing’s queen is taking one more shot at the boys, the critics and history, too. Watch out fellas, Zenyatta’s coming. Again. The unbeaten 6-year-old mare will try to make it a perfect 20-for-20 with a second straight victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs on Saturday [...]
AP Sports Writer LONDON — Football is in the land of futbol to stay — and with an even bigger presence if NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has his way. When the San Francisco 49ers take on the Denver Broncos at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, they’ll be the latest teams that went across the Atlantic to [...]
AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas — A half-hour after Jeff Francoeur hit an easy fly ball for the final out, a most curious sight began to unfold in front of the San Francisco dugout. General manager Brian Sabean and maybe 100 members of the Giants staff gathered on the grass after Game 2 Thursday night, [...]
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