With five turnovers and only one touchdown, the 49ers had no business winning their season opener against the Cardinals. And they didn't, falling 23-13 at Candlestick Park. NFL scores
Ten years ago, Sergey Brin (left) and Larry Page (right) -- two Stanford grad students -- had a mission: overtaking AltaVista, the then-dominant search engine. We all know how that turned out, but can Google keep it up?
Last season's writers' strike changed the way broadcast networks produce shows, like ABC's new "Life on Mars," in order to keep viewers from watching cable channels in the summer.
Sunday Sep 7, 2008 Updated 6:06 PM PT
Category 3 hurricane roars across low-lying islands before taking aim at Cuba.
U.S. will take control of the mortgage giants.
Palin's union husband could be a potent weapon to lure away white males, expert says.

If they have to cut down a tree to build the new hospital, it might never happen. ”

Weather | Traffic | Live Views | Lottery | Chronicle Watch | Obits
With three seasons to go on their lease at the Coliseum, the Oakland Raiders are once again putting the team's future in play. Matier & Ross.

Photo Galleries | Video | Podcasts | Slideshows | Buy Photos
Western artist Thom Ross re-created a famous black-and-white photo of Buffalo Bill Cody and his Wild West Show that was taken on the same stretch of Ocean Beach in 1902.
What were the major themes of the big speeches delivered at the Republican National Convention?
Tim Goodman takes us through the good, the bad and the almost-forgotten shows slated for the fall season.
Andy Murray finished a stunning, rain-interrupted 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 victory Sunday over world No. 1 Rafael Nadal to reach his first Grand Slam final.
Although its name is sweet, the experience at 25° Brix simply isn't. Michael Bauer reviews.
A new high-tech tool has become the delight of cops, the bane of bad guys -- it extracts contacts, text messages and videos from cell phones.



Politics | Environment | Science | Health | Opinion
Republicans hope a magic formula was cast in St. Paul that added a jolt of excitement and fresh appeal to a new swath of voters.
The whites and grays inside Karen Justis's modernist house make her vibrant art collection stand out.
Even with the weak dollar, you can still find hotels for under 100 pounds a night, including a Georgian townhouse near the British Museum. See hotels.

Comics | Weird News | Horoscope | Daily Dish
The wonderfully lousy life of Jeremy.
More Games: Daily Crossword | Hitori | Jumble Jong | Sudoku | Word Roundup

Ever wary of gadgetry, Tails of the City's Amelia Glynn warms up to Pleo, a robotic, baby dinosaur that has a mind of its own. Bay Area Pets.
More Topics: Volunteering | SFGreen | Moms

Mortgage crisis aside, suburban sprawl isn't going away. But when the next wave of tract housing...

(09-03) 15:46 PDT DETROIT (AP) -- Nearly every major automaker saw its U.S. sales drop in August, but many are seeing signs that...

Dejected investors sent stocks plunging Thursday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points after retailers...