A former “enemy combatant” who was held in a South Carolina Naval brig for six years with no charges was sentenced Thursday to eight years and four months in prison, a Justice Department spokesman said. The 73-year-old bridge spans the San Francisco Bay and carries an average of 280,000 vehicles daily, according to the state transportation department
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Engineers: Bay Bridge woes show need for critical action
Joe Marshall was cruising across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge when a piece of steel and a giant cable crashed down. He’s worried about what he calls “fracture-critical” bridges: roughly 460 bridges across the country that are in dire need of repairs.
Difficult rush hour expected after Bay Bridge closes
The shutdown of a major artery linking the California cities of San Francisco and Oakland sent area officials scrambling overnight to develop plans to ease congestion for Wednesday morning’s rush hour.
Cable breaks from San Francisco bridge
A piece of steel and cable fell from the San Francisco Bay Bridge onto the roadway Tuesday, causing an apparently minor two-car accident but backing up traffic for miles, the California Highway Patrol said.
Tokyo Motor Show rolls out hot wheels
Take a glimpse of the near future.
Couple alive after car pins them to bed for almost an hour
With motor fluid spraying their faces and the weight of a car numbing their bodies, two Nevada college students struggled to stay calm after a drunk driver allegedly tore into their home, ripping them from their slumber.
San Francisco police look at ‘Night Stalker’ for 25-year-old case
The San Francisco Police Department is reopening a 25-year-old homicide that may be linked to convicted killer Richard Ramirez, known during his 1984-85 spree as the Night Stalker.
Rosie O’Donnell, spouse having ‘issues’
Rosie O’Donnell and spouse Kelli Carpenter “are working through their issues” and “nothing else will be said” about rumors the couple is splitting, according to O’Donnell’s publicist. Online buzz about the Carpenter-O’Donnell marriage grew louder this week after O’Donnell did not give a clear-cut denial in a USA Today interview on Tuesday
Google Wave to be released to 100,000 testers Wednesday
Google Wave, a product that promises to revolutionize online communication, will go out to about 100,000 beta testers Wednesday.
‘Wizard of Oz’ goes hi-def on 70th birthday
The Web application from Google Inc.