http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/OaklandFind stories, videos, and photos about Oakland from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:23:22 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Oakland14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Oakland from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/22/california.transit.police.scuffle/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/22/california.transit.police.scuffle/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Oakland, California-area transit police officer was captured on video forcing an unruly man into a heavy-duty glass window, which shattered, during an arrest at a passenger station.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/11/20/monarchs.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/11/20/monarchs.ap/index.htmlSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The Sacramento Monarchs folded on Friday, a shocking and disappointing development for the WNBA and one of its original eight franchises.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/10/30/graveyard.tourism/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/10/30/graveyard.tourism/index.html#cnnSTCTextHe's chipped his way through more than a foot of snow and ice to get to Ernest Hemingway. He's walked right up to Al Capone and Karl Marx. He's dragged his mom to visit the infamous cannibal Alferd Packer and just came back from seeing Farrah Fawcett.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/29/bridge.lessons.learned/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/29/bridge.lessons.learned/index.html#cnnSTCTextJoe Marshall was cruising across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge when a piece of steel and a giant cable crashed down.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:10:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/10/28/rockets.ferry.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/10/28/rockets.ferry.ap/index.htmlOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The Houston Rockets traveled to their second game of the season by boat.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/28/california.bay.bridge.accident/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/28/california.bay.bridge.accident/index.html#cnnSTCTextOfficials warned Wednesday that the bridge linking the California cities of San Francisco and Oakland will likely remain closed Thursday morning, promising more delays for Bay Area commuters.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:35:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/10/27/miller.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/10/27/miller.ap/index.htmlFLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- The New York Jets have re-signed cornerback-kick returner Justin Miller, acquiring a replacement for the injured Leon Washington on special teams.Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:07:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/10/23/gameplan/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/10/23/gameplan/index.htmlMaybe I've got the story of the week wrong. In this space, I always try to look at the aspect of the weekend's games that fascinates me the most, and the thing that really hit me the other day when looking over the 13 games on tap was this: Dick LeBeau and the Steelers against the two-headed Brett Favre/Adrian Peterson monster of the Vikings.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/07/chavis.education/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/07/chavis.education/index.html#cnnSTCTextTeachers unions and politicians are constantly claiming that K-12 public schools need more money in order to produce good academic results. But does the data support the argument that our schools need more money to succeed?Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/20/pf/expert/retirement_allocation.moneymag/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/20/pf/expert/retirement_allocation.moneymag/index.htmQuestion: I'm 55 years old and have my entire retirement savings plan at work invested in a total stock market index fund. I'm worried, though, that my account is too heavily skewed toward equities given my age. Any suggestions for how I might take a more balanced approach? --Ray K., Oakland, CaliforniaThu, 20 Aug 2009 16:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/28/states.budget.crunch/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/28/states.budget.crunch/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith their budgets teetering on bankruptcy, states are digging deep to find creative ways to ease their financial woes.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/22/california.pot.tax/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/22/california.pot.tax/index.html#cnnSTCTextOakland's bid to become the first U.S. city to tax proceeds on medical marijuana passed Tuesday by a landslide vote.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/15/naacp.police/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/15/naacp.police/index.html#cnnSTCTextFight police misconduct with a cell phone, the NAACP says.Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/04/bart.transit.officer.murder.charge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/04/bart.transit.officer.murder.charge/index.html#cnnSTCTextA California judge ruled Thursday that enough evidence exists to hold over former transit police officer Johannes Mehserle on a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man at an Oakland, California, transit station on New Year's Day.Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/06/01/btsc.bia.life.after.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/06/01/btsc.bia.life.after.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTextChris Shurn walked out of San Quentin Prison last June after serving nearly four years of hard time for possession of crack cocaine and a weapon charge. He joined the many men paroled each year in Oakland, California, where the recidivism rate is more than 50 percent.Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/17/editor.slaying.plea/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/17/editor.slaying.plea/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former handyman charged in the 2007 fatal shooting of the editor of the Oakland (California) Post will plead guilty next week in his death and another killing, the man's lawyer said Friday.Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/08/gun.control.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/08/gun.control.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTextFrom Oakland, California, to Binghamton, New York, several mass shootings in recent weeks have killed dozens across the country. But has there been an effect on public opinion?Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/27/pf/makeover_marriage.moneymag/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/27/pf/makeover_marriage.moneymag/index.htmLike most investors, Wendy and Doug Kirk were worried about how the stock market was doing last fall. But it was hardly at the forefront of their thoughts: After knowing each other for more than 25 years - they both grew up in Ocean Township, N.J. - and dating for more than three, the couple tied the knot in September.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/25/officer.organ.donation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/25/officer.organ.donation/index.html#cnnSTCTextOrgans donated by a slain Oakland, California, police officer saved four lives, and his donated tissue will enhance the lives of up to 50 others, the California Transplant Donor Network said Wednesday.Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/24/oakland.police.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/24/oakland.police.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Oakland, California, police officer who was critically wounded in a weekend gunbattle with a suspect has died, the Alameda County Coroner's Office told CNN on Tuesday.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:41:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/03/24/meetings/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/03/24/meetings/index.htmlDANA POINT, Calif. -- In securing an incredible rights fee from DirecTV to air games on satellite TV -- $1 billion per year from 2011 through 2014 -- the league got something far more valuable than money alone. The NFL got lockout insurance.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/22/california.officers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/22/california.officers/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Oakland, California, police officer critically injured in one of two Saturday shootings that killed three fellow officers was pronounced brain dead on Sunday, a police spokesman told CNN.Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/21/california.officers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/21/california.officers/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least three police officers in Oakland, California, were shot and killed Saturday afternoon after a man pulled over for a routine traffic stop opened fire and then battled SWAT officers at a nearby building, police said.Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/02/26/btsc.life.after.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/02/26/btsc.life.after.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTextChris Shurn walked out of San Quentin Prison in June after serving four years of hard time for possession of crack cocaine and a weapon charge. He joined at least 3,000 men paroled each year in Oakland, California, where the recidivism rate is more than 50 percent.Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:06:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/01/21/real_estate/ghost_inventory/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/01/21/real_estate/ghost_inventory/index.htmHousing might be in worse shape than we think.Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/16/BART.shooting.plea/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/16/BART.shooting.plea/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former police officer for the Bay Area transit system pleaded not guilty Thursday in the New Year's Day shooting of a passenger at an Oakland rail station.Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/14/BART.shooting.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/14/BART.shooting.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe former transit police officer accused of shooting an unarmed man at a California train station went to Nevada with his family "to clear his mind" after receiving death threats, his lawyer said Wednesday.Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/23/churchabuse.garden/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/23/churchabuse.garden/index.html#cnnSTCTextTerrie Light stands outside Oakland's stunning new modern cathedral in a first-of-its-kind garden that honors victims of clergy sexual abuse. She was abused by a priest at age 7.Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/06/california.quake/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/06/california.quake/index.html#cnnSTCTextA magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck east of Oakland, California, at around 9 p.m. ET Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:50:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1815275,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1815275,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsHundreds of gay and lesbian couples are securing marriage licenses on Tuesday, the first full day same-sex nuptials will be legal throughout CaliforniaTue, 17 Jun 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/30/military.snubbed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/30/military.snubbed/index.html#cnnSTCTextMiscommunication was one of the factors that led to an incident in which U.S. troops returning from Iraq were not allowed to enter an airport passenger terminal, according to a report released Wednesday.Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:33:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1670346,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1670346,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsNearly 5,000 nurses in 15 Northern California hospitals began a two-day walkout Wednesday to protest what they said were inadequate contract offeringsThu, 11 Oct 2007 16:00:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/09/18/bc.bba.redsox.rotation.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/09/18/bc.bba.redsox.rotation.ap/index.htmlBoston manager Terry Francona wants his starting staff to be well-rested by the time the playoffs begin.Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/08/biodiesel.bullet.bike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/08/biodiesel.bullet.bike/index.html#cnnSTCTextMichael Sturtz is that rare speed freak who hates the idea of spitting carbon into the air. So he built a biodiesel motorcycle -- a really, really fast one. Sturtz and his team at the Crucible, an industrial-arts group in Oakland, California, started with a BMW diesel car engine and fitted it to an old motorcycle. Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/04/journalist.slain/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/04/journalist.slain/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 19-year-old man has confessed to killing a prominent African-American journalist, who was gunned down Thursday as he walked to work, Oakland police told CNN on Saturday.Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/03/bakery.raid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/03/bakery.raid/index.html#cnnSTCTextRaids at an Oakland, California, bakery and three homes produced evidence that links the business to the killings of a prominent African-American journalist and two other people, police said.Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:14:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1649513,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1649513,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsChauncey Bailey, 57, editor of the Oakland Post was shot to death Thursday near a downtown courthouse in what police suspect was a deliberate hitFri, 03 Aug 2007 13:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/20/sanfrancisco.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/20/sanfrancisco.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCTextA magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the San Francisco area Friday at 4:42 a.m. PT (7:42 a.m. ET), the U.S. Geological Survey reported.Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/04/dobbs.crime.stats/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/04/dobbs.crime.stats/index.htmlThese are some of the facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting. As of 2006, the murder rate was up by 6.7% in cities of a million or more. Some of the cities where that increase took place: • Phoenix • Miami • San Diego • Oakland, California • Corpus Christi, Texas • Grand Rapids, Michigan • Reno, Nevada • Little Rock, Arkansas Overall crime was up nationwide by 1.3% in 2006 Robberies rose 6% in 2006 Rapes dropped 2% in 2006 Source: Federal Bureau of InvestigationMon, 04 Jun 2007 22:07:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/05/01/8405673/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/05/01/8405673/index.htmWho wouldn't want to work in Lance Winters's office? The co-owner and chief distiller at Hangar One has his own copper desktop still and uses it to invent many of the company's exotic vodka flavors... Mon, 21 May 2007 23:31:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/michael_silver/05/02/patriots/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/michael_silver/05/02/patriots/index.htmlIn so many ways, the New England Patriots are the NFL's model franchise, perhaps the finest organization in all of professional sports. They have the 21st Century's highest winning percentage (.690), three Lombardi Trophies and a creative management philosophy geared toward short-term and sustained success.Wed, 02 May 2007 13:42:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/peter_king/05/01/postdraft/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/peter_king/05/01/postdraft/index.htmlYou have flooded my email box with Randy Moss thoughts, from every angle. Even one of my fellow Hall of Fame voters, Frank Cooney, who lives in the Bay Area and runs a draft and scouting site called NFLDraftScout.com, had some good thoughts, which I'll share later.Tue, 01 May 2007 18:02:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/chris_ballard/05/01/warriors0507/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/chris_ballard/05/01/warriors0507/index.htmlHere he comes now, the Sultan of Small Ball, the Maven of the Mismatch, the Pioneer of the Point Forward, the hottest new old thing in coaching, a 66-year-old, white-haired man with a cup of coffee in one hand, a stubbed-out stogie in the other, a belly that spills over the lip of his khakis and only one nickname that will stick: Nellie. But what a nickname it is, one that can describe a style of play (Nellieball) or be inserted into a tired headline (whoa, nellie!) or, these days, be spit out like an epithet, at least around Dallas -- particularly, one imagines, in the lair of a certain hyperactive, media-savvy owner who just 25 months ago was paying Nelson to coach his team.Tue, 01 May 2007 16:43:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/04/29/snap.judgments.day2/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/04/29/snap.judgments.day2/index.htmlNEW YORK -- Musings, observations and the occasional insights from the two-day pick-fest still taking place in Radio City Music Hall:Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:07:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/04/27/snaps/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/04/27/snaps/index.htmlRandom thoughts, musings, and the occasional insight as the pick-fest known as the NFL Draft looms less than 24 hours nigh ...Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:24:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/04/26/mock.draft7.part1/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/04/26/mock.draft7.part1/index.htmlIn our seventh and final mock draft of the first round, we're getting bold, predicting a trade between No. 8 Atlanta and No. 2 Detroit for the rights to select Georgia Tech receiver Calvin Johnson, and laying out a scenario in which Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson lasts all the way to No. 10 Houston.Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/04/18/dinner.party/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/04/18/dinner.party/index.htmlIt's 7:30 P.M. on a Saturday, and the front door of a Victorian house in Oakland, California, is wide open. The owner of the home directs arrivals through the kitchen -- where Louisiana shrimp stock simmers on the stove and delicate tomato-and-white-corn tarts are being assembled on a tiled table -- and out to the backyard. Guests are gathering under a canopy of trees, sitting on the colorful cushions that surround the low tables.Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:50:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/david_sabino/04/05/five.rookies/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/david_sabino/04/05/five.rookies/index.htmlDuring the first four days of the season, 21 players made their major league debuts, including well-known names like Alex Gordon, Akinori Iwamura and Josh Hamilton. However, also included in the count are some less well known but equally interesting players who surprised many onlookers simply by making their respective teams. Here are this week's five new names to know:Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:59:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/peter_king/03/27/nfl0402/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/peter_king/03/27/nfl0402/index.htmlIt's one month to the April 28 draft, and good luck to anyone trying to figure out the first five picks. The men holding the top selections -- Raiders boss Al Davis and Lions general manager Matt Millen -- don't send out many smoke signals. "This is the kind of year where you pick third and you really don't know what's going to be there because you're not going to get any clues," Browns G.M. Phil Savage, sitting at No. 3, said on Sunday at the league meetings in Phoenix. Here's a look at what's going on in the minds of the decision makers with the prime choices.Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:35:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/dr_z/03/23/mailbag/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/dr_z/03/23/mailbag/index.htmlThis week's subject is backs, big backs, tough backs, greenbacks, kickbacks. Andrew of Cupertino, Calif., right down the hill from Ridge Vineyards, knowing my penchant for blood and guts runners, asks me if Frank Gore and Steven Jackson qualify. Yes, of course. I think I mentioned that these are the kinds of guys I root for. In fact, I've always liked runners better than passers, as silly as this might sound. Can't help it ... it's just an emotional thing, going back to my childhood.Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:36:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/03/22/qb.controversies/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/03/22/qb.controversies/index.htmlWith the deal that will send Atlanta backup Matt Schaub to Houston and install him as the successor to Texans starter David Carr, the NFL's quarterback carousel has again started to turn. Here's a look at eight quarterback issues worth keeping an eye on as the offseason progresses ...Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:35:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/dave_krider/03/20/richardson.triple/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/dave_krider/03/20/richardson.triple/index.htmlEach week SI.com will select the athlete who displays excellence on and off the field as the Primetime Performer.Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:34:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/03/02/qb.analysis/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/03/02/qb.analysis/index.htmlIf Jake Plummer follows through on his intention to retire and scuttle the reported trade that would have sent him from the Broncos to Bucs in exchange for a 2007 fourth-round draft pick, the move will have an effect on the quarterbacking landscape in the NFL beyond just Denver and Tampa Bay.Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:28:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/dr_z/03/02/mailbag/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/dr_z/03/02/mailbag/index.htmlNow that I'm on my sabbatical, Andrew has seen fit to feed me a diet of international cuisine. Kiwis, Brits, a Scot who plays American football; this is really a treat. Of course, for those of you who want hard news from the gridiron, I'd suggest you visit the sites of some of our more intrepid reporters at this point, while I float dreamily on the air currents of my sabbatical.Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:17:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/03/01/broncos.lions.trade/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/03/01/broncos.lions.trade/index.htmlConventional wisdom as it currently exists regarding the top of this year's NFL Draft took its first hit Thursday when the Detroit Lions agreed to a trade that will send cornerback Dre' Bly to Denver in exchange for running back Tatum Bell, offensive tackle George Foster and a fifth-round pick.Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:37:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/03/01/8401025/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/03/01/8401025/index.htmStart saying goodbye to Styrofoam containers and plastic cutlery. Since these polystyrene products are nonrecyclable and nonbiodegradable (unlike other plastics), West Coast cities are voting them ... Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:01:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/01/22/kiffin.raiders/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/01/22/kiffin.raiders/index.htmlLane Kiffin, offensive coordinator at Southern California, agreed Monday night to a five-year contract to replace Art Shell as head coach of the Oakland Raiders, SI.com has learned.Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:58:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/01/05/shell/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/01/05/shell/index.htmlNow that it's done, and the two-win debacle of Art Shell's second stint as Raiders head coach has mercifully ended, there's only one little remaining problem on the horizon in Oakland: Now what?Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:11:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/24/real_estate/trend_house_tours/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/24/real_estate/trend_house_tours/index.htmWith interest so high in all things home, no wonder house tours are booming in both number and popularity.Wed, 24 May 2006 16:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/22/brown.tm/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/22/brown.tm/index.htmlCalifornia's Jerry Brown, age 68 and ageless, is running for statewide office this year, 36 years after he did it the first time, and the question you have to ask is, Why doesn't he give it up? It's Thursday morning, and Brown, mayor of Oakland, is standing in incandescent sunshine outside the renovated Sears store he calls home. Not much is going smoothly this morning: the city had its 50th murder the night before, adding to a huge spike above 2005; his opponent in the race for California attorney general has just called him soft on crime; one of the two charter schools he helped start is in need of cash; and now Fox television wants him to go on camera as a commentator and defend a new text-messaging service being marketed to teens that offers information on sex. "I am a little stressed today," he says.Mon, 22 May 2006 13:53:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/03/01/8370326/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/03/01/8370326/index.htmSince gracing our cover in March 2005, sunken-treasure recovery firm Odyssey Marine Exploration has been working toward a huge payday: the exploration of the HMS Sussex, sunk off Gibraltar in 1694 ... Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/06/news/economy/fast_food_trash/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/06/news/economy/fast_food_trash/index.htmSome Oakland, Calif. residents are sick and tired of tripping over burger wrappers and soda cans, and the city is ready to do something about it.Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/20/children.bay/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/20/children.bay/index.htmlThe Coast Guard said Thursday evening that it had suspended the search for two children allegedly tossed by their mother off a San Francisco pier.Thu, 20 Oct 2005 05:58:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/11/16/pf/expert/ask_expert/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/11/16/pf/expert/ask_expert/index.htmI currently contribute 5 percent of my salary to my company 401(k) plan, enough to get the maximum match from my employer. I don't contribute more because our plan has investing options like "Aggressive Lifestyle" and "Moderate Lifestyle," and I'm not sure how the money that goes into such options is actually invested.Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:00:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/04/02/commentary/column_sportsbiz/sportsbiz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/04/02/commentary/column_sportsbiz/sportsbiz/index.htmThose who argue that money is the key to winning in baseball are only half right.Fri, 02 Apr 2004 14:53:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2002/11/08/pf/yourhome/bplive_sanfrancisco/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2002/11/08/pf/yourhome/bplive_sanfrancisco/index.htmRudyard Kipling once pointed out San Francisco's one drawback: 'Tis hard to leave. That's still true today, even after the Internet bust that hit the Northern California economy so hard.Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:41:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/10/01/309891/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/10/01/309891/index.htmAFTER THE FIRE Mon, 01 Oct 2001 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/02/19/296904/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/02/19/296904/index.htmEver wonder if Matt Drudge smells as bad as his name suggests? This December, TriSenx unveiled Senx e-Scent ($269), the first device to add odor to the Internet. The mouse-like gadget plugs into yo...Mon, 19 Feb 2001 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/08/01/229738/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/08/01/229738/index.htmKen Grunski, a 29-year-old information analyst at Electronic Data Systems in McLean, Va., thinks he knows a good deal when he sees one. In this case, it's his company's stock-purchase plan, which l...Fri, 01 Aug 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/03/01/210161/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/03/01/210161/index.htmAmericans love the idea that a flat-tax return would allow them to file on a postcard. Problem is, that's nonsense for the 35% to 40% of filers who fill out Schedules C, D and E. Based on my analys...Fri, 01 Mar 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/06/27/79480/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/06/27/79480/index.htmSay farewell this summer to tie-throttled necks and blazer-burdened shoulders. More corporate types are exchanging their formal business suits for casual khakis and cotton culottes. General Dynamic...Mon, 27 Jun 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/01/01/88561/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/01/01/88561/index.htm60-MINUTE SPA Used to be you had to spend megabucks at remote resorts for a one-spot revitalizing week of massage, body treatments and workouts. Not anymore. New urban "day spas'' cater to today's ...Sat, 01 Jan 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/11/30/77184/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/11/30/77184/index.htmFIRST you hear the pulsating thunder of three dozen unmuffled Harley-Davidsons snaking around the bend. Then you see them. An outlaw motorcycle gang, maybe Pagan's or even Hells Angels, overlords o...Mon, 30 Nov 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/02/15/87160/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/02/15/87160/index.htm6 Planning for a Lifetime by Kevin McKean Here's how to get started now on a financial program to achieve your life goals. Sat, 15 Feb 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/12/01/86282/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/12/01/86282/index.htmHolding back from buying that first house because the down payment would leave you too broke to renovate it? Next month, lenders in 11 major cities will begin combining first mortgages with home re...Sat, 01 Dec 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/13/73895/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/13/73895/index.htmBASEBALL IS A GAME of statistics, right? So how about these: In 1980, Walter A. Haas Jr., patriarch of the family that owns blue jeans maker Levi Strauss, bought the Oakland Athletics professional ...Mon, 13 Aug 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/11/20/72802/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/11/20/72802/index.htmComputers blinked, cash machines were muted, elevators stopped. The morning after, traders at the Pacific Stock Exchange, which was still darkened by power outages, worked in candlelight. Some comp...Mon, 20 Nov 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/11/21/71272/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/11/21/71272/index.htmYou might say that management has gotten the workers' goat at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. The ((union complaint)) involves the graveyard's plan to bring in 75 hungry goats to clear its groun...Mon, 21 Nov 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/04/15/65788/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/04/15/65788/index.htmA RAGS-TO-RICHES entrepreneur named William H. Millard was secluded in his elegant home on a hillside above Oakland, California, when a middle-class jury in a tiny courtroom downtown dealt him the ...Mon, 15 Apr 1985 05:01:00 EST