San Francisco mayor seeks treatment for alcohol use
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who gained national attention by championing same-sex marriage, said on Monday he would seek treatment for alcohol use, an announcement that follows his admission of an affair with his campaign manager's wife.
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Three days after California regulators adopted tough rules to cut car pollution, San Francisco's mayor unveiled a plan on Monday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, saying cities must take action because the Bush administration is ignoring global warming.
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Reuters has a story  about Gavin Newsom finally getting wifi and wanting to hookup San Francisco:  "SAN FRANCISCO  - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has set a goal of providing free wireless Internet activity in his city that sees itself as a vanguard of the Internet revolution."  ""We will not stop until every San Franciscan has access to free wireless Internet service," he said in his annual state of the city address on Thursday. "These technologies will connect our residents to the skills and the jobs of the new economy."  The issue I have is that I'm not sure my tax dollars need to pay for this.  I'm also pretty sure that the city will screw it up.  Why not just do this.  Allow ...
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Adversaries called on the mayor of Connecticut&#039;s largest city to resign Monday, while supporters urged him to specifically address allegations he used cocaine.
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Celebrating the first anniversary  of his decision to issue marriage licenses to gays, San  Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom vowed on Saturday to stay at the  forefront of fights to make same-sex marriages legal.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Thousands of San Francisco hotel workers embroiled in a labor dispute will return to work Tuesday under an agreement announced Saturday by Mayor Gavin Newsom before a crowd of beaming employees and relieved hotel representatives.
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Medical chiefs call for a crackdown on cheap drink sales and a ban on alcohol advertising at sporting and entertainment events.
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San Francisco officials are again  grappling with an issue as old as the Golden Gate Bridge: how  to stop people from killing themselves by jumping off the  city's most famous landmark.
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Plus: San Francisco mayor vows to bring Wi-Fi to the city, free computers to housing projects.
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Mayor Gavin Newsom said Monday that he plans to seek counseling for alcohol use, following the disclosure that he had an affair with the wife of a trusted aide.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat suffered from cirrhosis - widespread disruption of normal liver structure usually caused by alcohol abuse â-lthough he was âa true water drinker,â the French newspaper Le Monde reported today.
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The mayor of the Dutch city of Maastricht wants to ban all 16 cannabis cafs in the city centre and set up a "weed boulevard" to keep drug tourists and criminals out of town, his spokesperson said on Friday.
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For eight years, Hayward resident Jim Malone attended biweekly counseling sessions for men living with HIV. His rent was paid in part by a county health program.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The incoming mayor of this city is proposing a sweeping plan of aggressive police tactics, including limiting the movement of people in high crime neighborhoods and directing officers to increase searches of people on the street for illegal weapons, all in a desperate effort to cu...
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Aided by one man who survived his own attempt, a campaign to build a barrier to prevent suicides on the landmark bridge is causing a stir in San Francisco
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A leading doctor calls for all advertising of alcohol to be banned to help curb Britain's growing drink problem.
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A recently approved anti-smoking medication could also serve to repress an alcoholic&#39;s desire for drink, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California-San Francisco.