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Tiburon council vote on license plate recorders

Nov. 17, 2009
Safety and privacy concerns are set to collide tonight in Tiburon, where leaders will vote on whether to make their community the first in the Bay Area, and perhaps the country, to record the license plate of every car that enters or leaves town. The proposal...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler