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Popular kids are more likely to torment their peers, according to UC Davis researchers whose conclusions countered the belief that bullies tend to be the troubled students in school.  Jill Tucker

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• At CIA, grave mistakes then promotions
• Breast cancer study disputes need for some surgery
• Egypt protesters fear revenge if Mubarak holds on
• Nation

The push to keep Twitter in San Francisco now has legislation behind it, and if things go right, the long-blighted Mid-Market area and parts of the Tenderloin would be transformed.  John Coté

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• Guantanamo Bay detainees may get invitation to Berkeley
• Dolby building is hub for UCSF stem cell center
• Bay Area and State

House Republicans proposed ending more than 60 government programs and cutting hundreds of others Wednesday in a $35 billion downpayment on their promise to rein in federal deficits. Funding for AmeriCorps, family planning and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be wiped out under the proposal.

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• House rejects extensions of Patriot Act provisions
• Lawmakers oppose federal bailout for states
• Politics

Home values fell in the Bay Area and around the nation in the fourth quarter -- that's nothing new. What's different this time is that the accelerated declines are likely to bring the real estate market to a bottom later this year. Carolyn Said

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• EBay to lay out PayPal's bid to fend off rivals
• Bernanke encouraged by drop in unemployment
• Business

Facebook Inc. will start moving employees from Palo Alto to its new headquarters in Menlo Park this summer, bringing new life to the once-bustling Sun Microsystems campus. Benny Evangelista

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• Smart phones outsell PCs for the first time
• 5 film studios sue Hotfile for copyright violation
• Technology

Egyptian demonstrators made clear Tuesday that their quest to oust President Hosni Mubarak is far from over, flooding into a downtown Cairo square in what appeared to be the largest turnout since the popular revolt began here two weeks ago.

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• China: Drought imperils world's biggest wheat crop
• World