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Bennett Valley is also out, numbered among the 58,000 Sonoma County homes and businesses that lost power from downed lines.

Over the span of seven days beginning

Jan. 4, an estimated 866 separate outages affected 106,810 residents across the North Coast.

Residents said there was little surprise that winds hitting 70 mph would cause outages. But as the cold dark hours turned into cold dark days last week, criticism -- and questions -- mounted.

Why did power remain out for so many for so long?

Why were PG&E's restoration estimates off by days?

Who is setting the priority to restore power and what is the criteria for who goes first?

"It's so dynamic that we have to be flexible enough to respond to the highest priority," said Anthony Mar, superintendent of maintenance and construction for PG&E's North Coast Division and the man at the center of the storm.

Former Phillies pitching coach Johnny Podres dies at 75

I don't know nothin' about computers," he said. "I know pitchers."

"I don't like to talk about what I do," Podres said in '95. "All I do is my job, what I'm supposed to do. The guys pitching are the ones getting people out. They're throwing the ball. I don't get complicated. I just tell them. Make your [hip] turn.

ZipZoomfly.com Selects The 41st Parameter for Online Fraud Detection ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The 41st Parameter, a leading provider of fraud detection and prevention solutions and expert services for eCommerce announced today that ZipZoomfly.com has selected its FraudNet enterprise solution to support its business growth, provide a superior experience for its customers, anticipate and respond to fraud trends and provide its fraud professionals with superior investigative capabilities.

"We chose the FraudNet solution in anticipation of our transactional volume growth and found that it is the solution most tailored for online merchants, compared with other solutions available," said Karen Wang, operations manager for ZipZoomfly.com.

Xentris Announces It Will Distribute Swiss Mobility Products

ADDISON, Ill., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Xentris today announced its agreement to distribute the Swiss Mobility line of cases and pouches for the wireless handset market. These universal style cases and pouches feature the distinctive Swiss styling and logo. Each case has the Multidapt interchangeable clip system.

Xentris, a privately held company, is the foremost supplier of wireless accessories and solutions to leading organizations throughout the world.

EU launches competition probe against Microsoft over Office, browsers ...

The second investigation will examine whether Microsoft withheld information from companies that wanted to make products compatible with its software _ including Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
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Dell Home-$130.19
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VioSoftware-$129.99
RoyalDiscount-$122.95
JR.com-$119.00
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RoyalDiscount-$121.58
Purplus-$119.95
Dell Home-$130.19
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U.S. cuts funding for crime victims

Victims advocates in the state said they do not expect the drop in federal aid to have an immediate impact, since the grants are spread out over several years. But they said that programs might eventually be forced to cut back on staff and services, especially if federal reductions continue, as some predict.

"Whereas a program might be able to serve 100 people, they may now be able to serve 70 people or 80 people" when the cutbacks are felt, said Rakhsha Hakimzadeh, director of the Office of Victim Services in the state Department of Human Resources, which distributes the federal victim-assistance funds.

Mary McGeady, director of finance and administration for House of Ruth, said nonprofits could not easily make up a shortfall. "There's so many demands on donors to contribute to so many very worthy causes," she said.

Former Phillies pitching coach Johnny Podres dies at 75

I don't know nothin' about computers," he said. "I know pitchers."

"I don't like to talk about what I do," Podres said in '95. "All I do is my job, what I'm supposed to do. The guys pitching are the ones getting people out. They're throwing the ball. I don't get complicated. I just tell them. Make your [hip] turn.

Google vs. Microsoft: Dueling DoubleClick testimony

This deal will get done and then we'll find out in a few years if Google is evil.

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