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21 June 2012

20 June 2012, 18:36

SFGate: Day in Pictures

Wednesday, Jun. 20, 2012

Who's up for a game of Speedo Twister? Wrestlers warm up before a practice session in Allahabad, India.

Hot Chihuahuas! When it's 95 degrees in Vienna, people don't walk their dogs - they push them.

20 June 2012, 15:30

Overcome your fear of flying with these calming tips

A fear of flying can cause you to not go on long distance trips at all. These tips can help to overcome the fear, so you can enjoy the vacation you deserve.

19 June 2012, 18:48

SFGate: Day in Pictures

Tuesday, Jun. 19, 2012

Kick up your heels, ladies! At Euro 2012 in Gdansk, Poland, Spanish fans celebrate as their team gets a leg up on Croatia with a late goal that proved to be the game winner.

15 June 2012, 19:23

SFGate: Day in Pictures

Friday, Jun. 15, 2012

Massive belly flop: Vicks the polar bear isn't worried about style points as he jumps in the pool at the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Quick shower: Here's fun-loving Vicks again, this time playing with a plastic bowl.

14 June 2012, 14:00

Blonde and Botoxed in Miami

In the 1970s, Aline Kominsky-Crumb pioneered a let-it-all-hang-out style of autobiographical comics. Her influence continues to this day, in the work of graphic novelists like Allison Bechdel or, perhaps more aptly, filmmaker Lena Dunham, creator and star of the much-discussed HBO series Girls.

13 June 2012, 23:28

'Lost' recipe for legendary cheesecake found

Guys and Dolls," the 1950s-vintage Broadway musical hit based on Runyon's writings, featured Nathan Detroit (nom de guerre for prohibition-era gangster Arnold Rothstein) extolling the culinary excellence of the cheesecake at "Mindy's.

13 June 2012, 19:45

SFGate: Day in Pictures

Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012

Living proof that 'familiarity breeds contempt': This giant tortoise couple are hundreds of years old and have lived together for 115 years. But no more. Officials at the zoo in Klagenfurt...

13 June 2012, 17:15

Why Women Still Can’t Have It All

It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here’s what has to change.

13 June 2012, 04:13

Unlimited M2 Mirages- VOSA and GOLDEN GUN

Eight years ago, Outrigger Connection constructed eight concept Mirages of composite hybrid construction that weighed in at a record breaking 200lbs! That was eight years ago… Fast forward to present. 2010, Outrigger Connection now introduces the “VOSA” and the “GOLDEN GUN,” both M2 Mirages.

13 June 2012, 03:11

Introducing OC1 Torrent

Torrent Overview Towards the end of 2011 and after years of success with the Zephyr, the Outrigger Connection Team began work on a new canoe that would become the Torrent. We began testing a prototype that we continued to make adjustments to as was needed.

11 June 2012, 19:12

SFGate: Day in Pictures

Monday, Jun. 11, 2012

I'm not so sure about this: Marcia Flores throws her Maltese, Max, into a pond on a hot day in Houston.

Who are you calling bald? A sphynx cat waits to be judged in the International Dog and Cat Exhibition in Erfurt, Germany.

11 June 2012, 14:00

A Chinese Shul’s Love Story

The former Ohel Moshe Synagogue in the northern Hongkou District of Shanghai was once the spiritual home of European Jews taking refuge during World War II. Most of those 20,000 refugees moved on after the war and the establishment of Communist China.

10 June 2012, 14:00

As foraging gains ground, ethical issues emerge

A couple on a weekend hike through the Oakland hills pick a few blossoms, some wild onions and fennel. [...] where is the tipping point between picking a bit of California cuisine and denuding our riparian environments and robbing animals of the food they need?

08 June 2012, 18:23

Of all of the creatures of the earth, baby cheetahs look the most like Eddie Munster. The Smithonian National Zoo in Washington just released this photo taken about a month ago when the cubs were 17 days old.

06 June 2012, 18:48