http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog Photography, video and multimedia Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:38:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/12/31/pictures-of-the-year/ http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/12/31/pictures-of-the-year/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:50:36 +0000 Staff http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/?p=2973 Images of 2008 from the staff photographers of the San Jose Mercury News.

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]]> http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/12/19/rebuilding-after-fire/feed/ http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/12/17/its-nutcracker-time/ http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/12/17/its-nutcracker-time/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:07:24 +0000 Pauline Lubens http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/?p=2933 Dance companies, from preschoolers to professionals, bring the classic Tchaikovsky Christmas ballet to life. [VIDEO] [See post to watch Flash video] ]]> http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/12/17/its-nutcracker-time/feed/ http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/12/07/the-chance-to-break-free/ http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/12/07/the-chance-to-break-free/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:21:10 +0000 Dai Sugano http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/12/07/the-chance-to-break-free/ The Foundation for Excellence, a Silicon Valley non-profit, provides scholarships to brilliant students who are among India’s vast poor.[See post to watch Flash video]

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