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Coroner identifies hanging victimThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 9:27AMThe man found hanging between two freight cars in South San Francisco Tuesday morning has been identified as Redwood City resident Ismael Funes, according to the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office.

The City of Mud BoxesWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:09PMMeet J. Ross Browne: Irish native, world traveler, esteemed writer and unimpressed Tucson visitor, 1864 by Margaret Regan "A city of mud boxes, dingy and dilapidated, cracked and baked into a composite of dust and filth; littered about with broken corrals, sheds, bake-ovens, carcasses of dead animals, and broken pottery; barren of verdure, parched, naked, and grimly desolate in the glare of a ...

Man found dead on Union PacificWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:09AMA man was found dead hanging between two freight cars on train tracks owned by Union Pacific in South San Francisco yesterday morning, Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn said.

Proof of the Armenian genocide can be found at hilltop orphanageWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:06AMThis story is another sad legacy of the continuing genocide denial of the modern day nation of Turkey. Turkey's history is stained with the blood of a million and a half christian men, women and child...

High-Speed GarbageTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:12PMFor Amtrak, the average customer apparently ranks just below trash.

OUTDOORS: New outfitter will paddle SusquehannaTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:11AMThe snowpack is in full retreat. The rumored 40-inch snow was instead the warmest day in 40 days. Spring is a mere 11 days away.It's time to start thinking about warmer outdoor pursuits and I've got a great bit of news on that front.Lancaster County has its first home-based paddling outfitt...

Robert Fisk: Living proof of the Armenian genocideTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 5:20AMIt's only a small grave, a rectangle of cheap concrete marking it out, blessed by a flourish of wild yellow lilies. Inside are the powdered bones and skulls and bits of femur of up to 300 children, Armenian orphans of the great 1915 genocide who died of cholera and starvation as the Turkish authorities tried to "Turkify" them in a converted Catholic college high above Beirut. But for once, it is ...

Proof of the Armenian genocide can be found at hilltop orphanageTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:35AMThe US wants to deny that Turkey's slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 was genocide. But the evidence is there, in a hilltop orphanage near Beirut, reports Robert Fisk Related Stories Turkey earthquake: Dozens killed while they slept Interpol seeks 16 over Dubai assassination Israelis and Palestinians agree to US-led talks Pope's brother linked to child abuse claims Pope's brother Georg ...

'Loudy' remembers when the old days were goodMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:05AMStaff Writer Bryan LaPlaca looks back on Suburban Trends articles from early March over the years.