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One nurse’s end-of-life choice was surprisingly simple — and liberating.
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Cost of Dying series: At-home caregivers face challenges, sacrifice. Video by Dai Sugano
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Treating the chronically ill in hospitals is expensive and can be painful, but comprehensive in-home care is seen improving lives and easing the cost of dying.
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Santa Clara County’s court-appointed personal and estate managers are handing out costly and questionable bills.
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Proposition 8: Gay marriage supporters march to the San Francisco City Hall on Feb. 2012.
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49ers fans put their true colors on display.
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The cost of dying: Lessons learned
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BEIJING — This sprawling metropolis of 20 million is a canvas of contrasts.

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Mark Bingham’s mother retrieved the final messages sent to her son’s cellphone; here are the stories of the people who left them.

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Bharatanatyam dancer Rasika Kumar. The performance was demonstrated in the Mercury News studio.
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Computer class gives Vietnamese orphans a window to the world.
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East Palo Alto: a city’s struggle
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Caught in a budget meltdown, the state is forcing schools to abandon one of the most popular education reforms — smaller class sizes.
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InnVision at the Commercial Street needs a new computer lab.
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From early childhood, Amanda Madrid moved from one foster care family to another. At 22 she is putting her life together.
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As the nation debates illegal immigration in the abstract, a Bay Area family lives the raw anguish of deportation and the intense fight to stay together. This is their story.
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