TERRY COLLINS

Associated Press
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Oakland sees homicide total spike in rough 2011

Staring at a colorful display of balloons, flowers and candles at a makeshift memorial in East Oakland, Todd Walker estimated he went to at least 50 of the funerals for this city's 110 homicide victims in 2011.

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Warriors' Ellis sued for alleged sexual harassment

A former Golden State Warriors employee filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against star guard Monta Ellis on Wednesday, alleging Ellis sent her unwanted texts that included a photo of his genitals.

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2 deaths at Occupy protests in Calif. and Vermont

Police are investigating a fatal shooting just outside the Occupy Oakland encampment in Northern California and the apparent suicide of a military veteran at an Occupy encampment in Vermont's largest city.

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Man shot, killed near Occupy Oakland protest camp

Police are investigating a fatal shooting just outside the Occupy Oakland encampment that is further straining relations between local officials and anti-Wall Street protesters.

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Oakland occupiers, officials take stock of costs

The tear gas clouds have cleared, graffiti has been scrubbed off buildings, and shattered glass has been swept away.

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Occupy Oakland, city prepping for general strike

Anti-Wall Street demonstrators and Oakland city officials on Monday were preparing for a midweek strike by protesters that would include a possible shutdown of the Port of Oakland, the fifth busiest shipping container port in the U.S.

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Vigils for injured vet, police clear Tenn. protest

Anti-Wall Street demonstrators held vigils for an Iraq War veteran seriously injured during a protest clash with police in California as some Occupy encampments came under growing pressure from authorities to abandon sites in parks and plazas.

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Wall Street protesters hold vigils for injured vet

Anti-Wall Street demonstrators held vigils for an Iraq War veteran seriously injured during a protest clash with police in California as some occupy encampments held out against orders from authorities to abandon sites in parks and plazas.

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Injured vet spent day at work, nights at protest

The Iraq War veteran injured during a clash between police and anti-Wall Street protesters this week wasn't taking part in the demonstrations out of economic need.

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Injured vet spent day at work, nights at protest

The Iraq War veteran injured during a clash between police and anti-Wall Street protesters is unable to speak, but can otherwise communicate and is expected to make a full recovery.

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Injured vet spent day at work, nights at protest

The Iraq War veteran injured during a clash between police and anti-Wall Street protesters wasn't taking part in the demonstrations out of economic want.

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Injured vet spent day at work, nights at protest

The Iraq War veteran injured in clashes between police and anti-Wall Street protesters felt so strongly about economic inequality that he wanted to do something to change it, his roommate said Thursday.

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Injured vet spent day at work, nights at protest

The Iraq War veteran injured in clashes between police and anti-Wall Street protesters felt so strongly about economic inequality that he wanted to do something to change it.

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Occupy protesters rally around wounded Iraq vet

Veering around police barricades, anti-Wall Street protesters held a late-night march through Oakland streets, a day after one of their number — an Iraq War veteran — was left in critical condition with a fractured skull following a clash with police.

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Oakland police action unnerves some protesters

The display of police force in Oakland, Calif., and Atlanta has unnerved some anti-Wall Street protesters. While demonstrators in other cities have built a working relationship with police and city leaders, they wondered on Wednesday how long the good spirit would last and whether they could be next.

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Oakland police action unnerves some protesters

The display of police force in Oakland, Calif., and Atlanta has unnerved some anti-Wall Street protesters.

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Oakland protesters hold late-night march

Anti-Wall Street protesters filled a street with a late-night march Wednesday and Oakland's police chief pledged a vigorous investigation into an earlier clash between police and protesters that left an Iraq War veteran in critical condition with a fractured skull.

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Jordan named Oakland interim police chief again

Assistant Police Chief Howard Jordan on Thursday was again named to serve as interim chief in Oakland, just days after a report said the beleaguered department is not meeting federally mandated reforms stemming from a decade-old police corruption scandal.

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Rival accused of killing Hells Angels boss caught

A man accused of killing the leader of the San Jose Hells Angels in a shootout at a Nevada casino has been arrested on a college campus in San Francisco, authorities said Friday.

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Man gets life term for ordering journalist's death

The former leader of a once-influential Oakland community group was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for ordering the killing of three men, including a journalist who was working on a story about the financial troubles of the organization.

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Girlfriend wasn't in gunman's room during standoff

A woman who authorities feared was being held hostage in a Northern California hotel room during a police standoff was actually on a different floor of the building, a newspaper reported.

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Transit union website still down after hack

The website for the union that represents Bay Area Rapid Transit police remained disabled Thursday after hackers launched another online attack against the transit agency.

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Silicon Valley city battles surging homicide rate

San Jose has dubbed itself the "Capital of Silicon Valley" and has for years prided itself on being one of the safest big cities in America.

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Police: Parolee died from self-inflicted wound

The case seemed all too familiar. A young black man gunned down by police in a shootout in a neighborhood plagued by violence. Police said the man fired first. Activists called it police brutality.

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Police say wearing video cameras offers protection

Before hitting the streets, Oakland police officer Huy Nguyen's routine usually goes something like this:

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