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| VIDEO PRESENTATION | SPECIAL REPORT   India's 'invisible' widows Mercury News photojournalist Susanna Frohman focuses on India's women cast out of society into lives of devotion, destitution |
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A Call for Rights  Video presentation: 100,000 march through downtown San Jose on May 1, 2006. |
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A Call for Rights Audio slideshows:100,000 march through downtown San Jose on May 1, 2006. |
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Cypress String Quartet The Cypress String Quartet will unveil new music by composer George Tsontakis on April 28, 2006. The music will be reminescent of Beethoven's Opus 131, which the group performed during a recent rehearsal. |
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| CHASING RUTH MULTIMEDIA/GAME  MercuryNewsPhoto.com special retrospective of Bonds |
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Easter's Jubilee San Jose megachurch goes all out for holy day. |
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National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice MercuryNewsPhoto.com video coverege of the largest immigrant protest in San Jose in over two decades |
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| A SENSE OF PLACE VIDEO PRESENTATION  Five major candidates pick spots in San Jose that explain why they want to be mayor. |
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National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice The largest immigrant protest in San Jose in over two decades drew 25,000 people. This was the largest rally in California. They were joined by hundreds of thousands of people across the U.S. |
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Cardinal Classic Members of Stanford's dance team as well as dancers from schools throughout California attended the seventh annual Cardinal Classic, an all-day ballroom dancing competition Saturday, Apr. 8, 2006 at Stanford. |
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| BIKE CULTURE VIDEO PRESENTAION  From dirt bikes to velodromes: the Bay Area's obsession with the bicycle. |
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Rain: a video essay San Jose residents huddled under umbrellas for 20 days last month, photojournalist Richard Koci Hernandez presents a meditation on the Bay Area's rainy season. |
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| AUDIO SLIDE SHOW | SPECIAL REPORT  The Forgotten People Mercury News photojournalist Dai Sugano documents Hmong refugees starting over in America. |
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Giants vs Padres The San Francisco Giants open their season against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego on Monday, April 3, 2006. |
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NoRouz Festival Local Iranians gathered at Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos on April 1, 2006, to celebrate the Persian New Year. |
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Reclaiming the San Joaquin San Jose and much of the South Bay get their drinking water from the San Joaquin River. |
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Bay Area Hip Hop People at the forefront of the Bay Area hip-hop scene |
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NCAA: Regional Women's Finals Stanford vs. LSU on March 27. |
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{The Year in Photos} Image 2005 |
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In Pursuit of the Babe A besieged Barry Bonds at AT&T Park on Thursday March 30, 2006. |
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Preparing for the Everest Lance Trumbull, from Sunnyvale organized a team of people of different faiths--Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist to Clim mountains together. This year they're going for the big one: Everest. |
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Marching Together Marchers commemorating United Farm Workers founder Cesar Chavez joined with demonstrators in San Jose protesting new immigration legislation. |
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IN DEPTH  Vietnam: 30 Years Beyond War |
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THE FINAL RUN Mercury News 10k After 29 years the Mercury News has ended its sponsorship of the Mercury News 10k Sunday, March 26, 2006 marked the final run. |
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NCAA Regional Women's Semi-Finals NCAA Regional Semi-Finals at San Antonio, TX-March 25, 2006 Stanford vs Oklahoma. |
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NCAA Regional Men's Finals NCAA Regional Semi-Finals at Oakland, CA-March 25, 2006 UCLA vs Memphis. |
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Pizza Acrobatics First place winner in World Pizza Games in Las Vegas. |
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NCAA Regional Men's Semi-Finals NCAA Regional Semi-Finals at Oakland, CA-March 23, 2006 UCLA vs Gonzaga. |
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An Immigrant Struggle Tony Sia Ingsi has lived apart from his family for 25 years to support his family in the Philippines. |
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East Palo Alto Scoutreach Troop At a recent meeting at St. Francis of Assisi Boys Club, an East Palo Alto Scoutreach Troop gathered to play and learn about scouting. |
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The Toll of Tracy Tracy has one of the state's highest per capita death rates from the war. |
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Stormy Monday Winter makes a reluctant goodbye with a rainstorm on Monday, March 20. 2006. |
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The Great Quake of 1906 See Then & now photos, historical documents, 1906 newspaper front pages. |
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Celebrating Twenty-Five Years The Diocese of San Jose held a Mass to celebrate its 25th Anniversary on Saturday March 18, 2006. |
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Bay Area Hip-Hop Producer Producer Traxxamillion is on e of the Bay Area's hip-hop movers and shakers that are leading the community's come-up into national prominence. |
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Mariachi in Mountain View Los Cenzontles, musicians and dancers from San Pablo, presented the rural mariachi music from Jalisco, Mexico at the Community School of Music and Arts on Sunday, March 12, 2006. |
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Nashville Star Finalist San Jose Mercury News photographer Jim Gensheimer photographs Nashville Star finalist Jewels Hanson. |
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WHERE WE LIVE: Sunnyvale San Jose Mercury News photographer Patrick Tehan photographs life in Sunnyvale. |
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Let it Snow! From the Santa Cruz Mountains to the floor of the Santa Clara Valley, winter creates a curiosity. |
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Photographer's Journal: Winter Olympics San Jose Mercury News photographer Gary Reyes reports from the behind the scenes during the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. |
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A look at Bonds from 1990 through 2004 A new book accuses Barry Bonds of using a sophisticated doping regime to transform his body into a home-run machine. |
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Women's Basketball Pac-10 Tournament Final Game of Women's Basketball Pac-10 Tournament: Stanford vs UCLA at HP Pavilion in San Jose. |
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Mothers of War Gather Mothers of U.S. soldiers gathered together in front of San Jose City Hall March 4. |
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'American Idol' visits Giants Spring Camp San Francisco Giants' famed slugger Barry Bonds dresses in drag as Idol judge Paula Abdul for a spoof at Spring Camp in Scottsdale, Ariz. |
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Bringing Romeo and Juliet Together The dancers of Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley have been preparing for their performance of "Romeo and Juliet" since early January. |
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World Poker Tour Shooting Star Tournament San Jose's Bay 101 holds World Poker Shooting Star Tournament on March 1, 2006. |
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Eating up the competition San Jose State University student Joey Chestnut is ranked second in the country. See competitive eater Joey Chesnut downing Wendy's chili. |
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Tour of California Eight days, seven stages, ten cities, 600 miles. mercurynewsphoto.com special race coverage. |
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Guide to Figure Skating Test your knowledge: do you know a lutz from a loop? MercuryNewsPhoto.com special guide. |
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Mavericks Surf Contest Patrick Tehan photographs Mavericks: the "Super Bowl" of surfing Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006. |
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Poet Laureate Illiterate Ruben Dozal Jr., Gilroy's poet laureate of illiteracy, reads from his new book, "My Dad's Thoughts: Bits and Pieces of Life'' |
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No Place to Call a Home Edna Bliablias, 78 years old, has been homeless since Christmas Eve. Since then, Edna has been living with friends and even spent a few nights in her car. |
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Violin Virtuoso 13-year-old Stella Chen was selected for a solo performance at a National Public Radio concert at Stanford University’s Dinkelspiel Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 4. |
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Wish Book Gift 2005 Justin plays his alto saxophone, courtesy of the Mercury News Wish Book. |
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Vietnamese Spring Festival and Parade Mercury News photographer Joanne Ho-Young Lee photographs Vietnamese Spring Festival and Parade on January 29, 2006 in San Jose. |
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St. Louis: Olympic Preview Mercury News photographer Gary Reyes photographs US Figure Skating Championships. |
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Pro Football MercuryNewsPhoto.com's slideshows on two Bay Area pro football teams. Sunday Jan. 1, 2006 |
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Chef Maurice's Recipe for Life Chef Maurice uses tough love to teach kids in need of a second chance. |
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Harmonica Blues Blowout Legendary blues harmonica players gather at Yoshi's for an annual harmonica blues blowout on Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. |
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The Joy of Sacred Harp Several hundred lovers of Sacred Harp singing raised their voices together in song Saturday Jan. 14, 2006 in San Carlos. |
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Final Salute for Slain Lawman More than 800 uniformed cops and thousands of others gathered at HP Pavillion to mourn East Palo Alto officer Richard May. |
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Booming in Bangalore
Bangalore, the technology hub of India, is booming like the Bay Area once did, becoming a world-class magnet for tech jobs, economic activity and, increasingly, innovation. |
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Patty's Inn's Uncertain Future Patty's Inn is full of history and filled with characters who have been faithful patrons for decades. The future of Patty's is unclear. The city of San Jose is looking to buy the neighborhood for a major league ballpark or housing. |
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Helping Hands The Helping Hands Healing Hearts non-profit co-hosted with the South Bay Labor Council a toys-for-tots event featuring Santas of differing ethnicities and races to appeal to all constituents. |
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Basketball Tournament The Fremont Holiday Basketball Tournament features 16 teams and endless games. |
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Quakes heading for Houston San Jose has lost the Earthquakes. Again. Twenty-one years after the original Earthquakes died when the North American Soccer League folded, the Earthquakes of Major League Soccer are leaving. |
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Vigil at San Quentin The scene outside San Quentin prison leading up to the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams. |
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The Nutcracker It's that time of year again … lights, seasonal music, angels, snow, flowers. It's "Nutcracker'' season. |
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Beethoven's Bones How fragments of the composer's skull wound up in San Jose. |
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Losing a Landmark After nearly a century in San Jose's Japantown, Dobashi Market plans to close, as the next generation of Dobashi forgoes the family business. |
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Homecomings Jim Gensheimer photographs High School homecomings in the Bay Area. |
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Soldiers Among Us All around us are those who carry the scars, seen and unseen, of a distant war. They've come home to changes and come home changed. Here are their stories. |
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Wishbook 2005 Former opera singer and mother of four bravely battles cancer. Her family and her voice inspire her fight. |
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Fancy Cats More than 800 pedigreed cats were at the San Mateo Expo Center November 18-20th, 2005 for the 18th annual Cat Fanciers' Association International Cat Show. |
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Wishbook 2005 Tessa Richards was a special member of the San Mateo PAL Judo Program. Her teammates and coaches work hard to carry on her name, memory, and spirit. |
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Remembering the Homeless Homeless men and women who died in Santa Clara County last year were memorialized Nov. 15, 2005. |
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The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones perform in concert at SBC Park in San Francisco, November 13, 2005. |
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Special Election: The Final Days California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his final "year of reform" pitch to voters. |
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A Place for Thanksgiving Designer Vicki Thorne demystifies the task of putting together Thanksgiving place-settings. |
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Honor Guard The oldtime veterans who volunteer each week with the Modesto Honor Guard and Funeral Detail give their comrades a final farewell. |
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Special Election: Analysis California governor Schwarzenegger faces challenges to special election measures. |
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Getting Out the Vote Supporters and opponents of propositions urge voters to turn out for the November special election. |
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Heisinger's hybrid San Jose composer Brent Heisinger discusses the elements of his new composition. |
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Swinging in San Jose The Palomar Ballroom opened in 1946 and went on to host scores of top stars of the swing era. Readers share their stories. |
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