2007

Barry Bonds wins all-time home run crown, with an asterisk – Hollywood writers go on strike, creating a huge boom in Reality TV – Apple drops word Computer from its name and becomes Apple Inc.; launches iPhone

Sen. Warbucks

The newly appointed chairperson of the Senate Rules Committee, Dianne Feinstein, is now duly in charge of regulating the ethical behavior of her colleagues. But for many years, Feinstein has been beset by her own ethical conflict of interest, say congressional ethics experts. As chairperson and ranking member of the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee (MILCON) from 2001 through the end of 2005, Feinstein supervised the appropriation of billions of dollars a year for specific military construction projects. Two defense contractors whose interests were largely controlled by her husband, financier Richard C. Blum, benefited from the decisions made by Feinstein as leader of this powerful subcommittee. Peter Byrne,
Jan. 24, 2007

Seoul Patch

From a distance, Korean food might look like a cross between Chinese and Japanese food. Given China and Japan’s proximity to the Korean peninsula, as well as Japan’s brutal colonial occupation of the country, there are influences. But Korean food is unique. It’s a hearty rough-around-the edges cuisine that lacks the refinement and elegance of Japanese cooking yet is a lot lighter and less oil than Chinese cuisine can be. Like may of the world’s best culinary traditions, it’s a humble cuisine based on peasant priced ingredients that are transformed into deliciousness through labor intensive preparation and slow cooking. It’s Asian soul food. Stett Holbrook, March 13, 2007

Pat Tillman

The football-star turned-solider became the Pentagon’s poster boy, and when he was shot dead by U.S. Army Rangers, the military said he was killed by enemy fire. The deception , it turns out, was not an isolated incident, but part of a pattern of keeping the truth from the families of war casualties—and the fallout has rocked the South Bay harder than anywhere else in the country Michael Shapiro, May 23, 2007

Green Gold Rush

“We predict that within three to five years, the green area is going to be bigger than the IT area,” Tony Perkins says. It’s a bold prediction. But then this is the guy who made who made his first multimillion before he was 25 as the tech guy at Silicon Valley Bank, then founded Red Herring Magazine, grew it until it was the size of a phonebook, and sold it just before the market tanked. Perkins now he sees big money in solar energy, electric cars, smart grids and thousands of similar sustainable technologies. Eric Johnson, Sept. 24, 2007

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