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...Harvey Milk story needs little Hollywood embellishment; it's already the perfect outsider fable. A Manhattan investment banker raised on Long Island, Milk arrived in San Francisco in the early '70s. He opened Castro Camera in the run-down Castro district, which was fast becoming an enclave for the not-yet-outspoken gay culture. With the aid of an unlikely ally, the Teamsters, he organized a boycott of Coors Beer, which at the time refused to hire gays. After three losing runs for a city supervisor seat, he won in 1977, and a year later he helped defeat Proposition...
...Hopes for upscale retailers are fading fast. The high-end customer is cutting back spending 9 percentage points more than the overall consumer, according to America's Research Group. One victim of the trend: Saks Fifth Avenue, which saw a devastating 16.6% sales plunge in October, coming on the heels of a 10.9% drop in September...
...After Fraser dove to block a fast shot, Cornell pummeled the net with shots at the left side of the crease. The Big Red’s Riley Nash managed to break through the traffic and slip the puck over the goal-line and behind freshman goaltender Matt Hoyle to give Cornell the victory...
...really strong lineup. We knew that they were going to be tough and pushed ourselves for the results.” The Crimson came into this meet feeling a bit of pressure. “A lot of the team was nervous. Columbia had posted some fast times near the start of the season, and we knew that [the Lions] were going to be a tough challenge,” co-captain Kelly Mooney said. After losing the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:47.61 to the Lions’ 1:46.37, the Crimson rallied back with...
...billion over the next 10 years to support alternative energy, like wind and solar, as well as the green jobs that the sector has the potential to create. At California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's climate summit on Nov. 18, Obama, in taped remarks, reaffirmed that he would hold fast to those campaign promises, starting with mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions. "This is a crucial step forward," says Linda Church Ciocci, the executive director of the National Hydropower Association...