Word: franciscos
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...Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were working for San Francisco based Current TV at the time of their arrest, will be put on trial to face criminal charges for entering North Korea with "hostile intent." Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency said Friday that the North decided to indict the women reporters "based on criminal data confirmed." The pair were detained by North Korean guards last month after allegedly straying across the border, an unmarked halfway point on the Tumen River dividing China and northeastern North Korea. The U.S State Department, which already has its hands full trying...
...Shortly after he became mayor, Newsom dressed in disguise and walked around some of San Francisco's roughest neighborhoods to survey for himself what needed to be cleaned up and fixed. He also appointed the first woman police chief in the city's history and the first female fire chief in a major city...
...Right now, most people outside of San Francisco only know two things about Gavin Newson: he supports same-sex marriage and he cheated [with] his best friend's wife. He can fix that, but if he doesn't do it quick, he's going to become a punch line." - Dan Schnur, a Republican consultant, on whether Newsom has a shot at higher office, Time.com...
...year-old golden boy with Getty money. There are large ambitions here - the Gettys, Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein: they're thinking, President Newsom." - Tom Ammiano, a San Francisco supervisor, on Newsom's future, The New Yorker...
...civil rights struggle, gains are made by spectacular boldness, and Newsom was spectacularly bold." - Kate Kendell, a gay rights activist, on Newsom's decision to let same-sex couples get married in San Francisco, The New Yorker...