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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2006

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  Good Libations
Cool and fruity cocktails are making a splash on summer drink menus around the Bay Area.
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Bay Area:
CAMPAIGN 2006 / San Francisco
Supes add 6 hot topics to ballot

They include sick leave and garage parking tax

CHRONICLEWATCH Results
Working for a better Bay Area

Gateway to the heavens

LIVERMORE
Biodefense lab plan survives to short list

Business:
Judge won't throw out Brocade fraud charges
Federal prosecutors can proceed against 2 former executives

MTV to buy another Atom of the Web
Youth-oriented TV company is increasing its online presence

Pensions take their lumps

TECH CHRONICLES
A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle�s technology blog sfgate.com/blogs/tech)

Sports:
BIG BEN STILL TICKS
Steelers' QB is showing no scars from his near-fatal collision

Clarett still not mature enough

Giants' quint- double futility
Five DPs derail S.F.'s 15-hit display

Oakland is a shoe-size short and an injury-list long to be for real

Datebook:
Despite the music industry�s exhaustive efforts, the Internet remains the best place to discover new music. Three innovative � and legal � services make it easier than ever.

Humorist Merrill Markoe has a lot to say about life. But she'd just as soon let the dogs say it.

Finding home in idyllic Bangalore, away from the city's din

JON CARROLL

Wine:
Good libations
Cool and fruity cocktails are making a splash on summer drink menus around the Bay Area

DEBBIE ZACHAREAS UNCORKED
Wine expert pours her heart out

LETTERS TO WINE

Refreshing whites are just right for summertime

96 Hours:
11 THINGS: Song Rights (and Wrongs)

ESSENTIALS

Ingrid Lucia
With performing in her roots, the singer returns to the Bay Area with New Orleans jazz standards and Patsy Cline country classics

After dark
From hyphy to noise rock, comedy clubs to art bars, there's no reason to stay at home. Broke? Check out the free stuff.


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FRONT PAGE STORIES
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ISRAELI FORCE TO TRIPLE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON
CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST: Israel's Security Cabinet gives army another month to force Hezbollah fighters north of the Litani River and halt missile attacks
- Matthew Kalman

It's no longer in the cards -- collectors strike out when they try to cash in -- speculators who sought big score come up short
- C.W. Nevius

Primaries show voters eager to shake up the status quo
- Marc Sandalow, Washington Bureau Chief

The peril in pedicures: Dirty foot spas
California and federal health officials move to protect consumers from aggressive bacterial infections at nail salons
- Ilene Lelchuk, Elizabeth Fernandez

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TO OUR READERS

Williams in rehab for alcohol abuse
- Justin Berton

4 held in reporter's abduction
Iraqis arrested after series of military raids
- Louise Roug, Los Angeles Times

Federal office laptop stolen
Transportation Dept. held Floridians' data
- Christopher Lee, Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post

Chavez foes call off primary, unite behind one candidate
Provincial governor in uphill battle against popular president
- Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times

Nepal pact to protect election
- Somini Sengupta, New York Times

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