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Voters toppled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from power Tuesday handing the majority of the House of Representatives to Republicans. Carolyn Lochhead

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• Live election results
• Jerry Brown wins governor's race
• Barbara Boxer defeats Carly Fiorina in Senate race
• Politics

Jimmy McMillan says he can't quit now -- the rent is still "too damn high." The man who became the breakout star of New York's race for governor said Wednesday that he got so much support, he has to keep going.

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• Plotters didn't know where mail bombs would go off
• Nation
• BP still profitable as oil spill costs grow
• Nation

Refusing to believe that the San Francisco Giants are the 2010 World Champs until you see them in the flesh? Today's your chance to see the famous Black Beard, the Freak, UUU-ribe, MVP Edgar and, of course, good ol' Buster in person as they march up Market Street in the city's victory parade. Will Kane

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• 'Resounding' defeat for Proposition 19
• Muni may reduce stops to increase speed, save cash
• Bay Area & State

Clif Bar & Co. has turned its ideals into bricks and mortar -- and solar panels, atrium gardens, a child care center, yoga studio and gym -- at its new Emeryville headquarters.  Carolyn Said

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• Stocks slide ahead of Fed's announcement
• Apple could do more with its bushels of money
• Business

Greece stopped all airborne parcels headed overseas and screened thousands of packages Wednesday in an attempt to stop a spate of bombings blamed on Greek militants targeting diplomatic missions and European leaders.

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• S.Korea fires warning shots toward N.Korean boat
• World

A man has been arrested in a shooting outside a Daly City movie theater that wounded three people, including a pregnant woman who delivered her baby prematurely as a result of the attack, police said today.  Henry K. Lee

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• One dead, one wounded in Excelsior drive-by
• Crime