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andrewsross

  1. Heroic employee, suspended by Safeway, reinstated, with back pay. bit.ly/Kz7oa6
  2. Alan Simpson (of Simpson-Bowles) flips out at California seniors. politi.co/LDsPhg
  3. Safeway CEO apologizes to Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi for "regrettable attempt at humor" at shareholders meeting. bit.ly/KySGjm
  4. Safeway's two black eyes: exec's "joke" about Pelosi and Hillary Clinton; "heroic" employee suspended without pay. bit.ly/KgblUn
  5. Annals of crime: 'Silicon Valley exec charged with Lego thefts'. bit.ly/KcR2Y4
  6. Headlines we love: 'Ex-CNN exec caught putting dog poo in mailbox '. bit.ly/LdtL6i.
  7. Blizzard watch: latest reality show stars Clint Eastwood family nyti.ms/KKStya
  8. Facebook correction: $16 billion raise, $104 billion valuation, according to the NYT. nyti.ms/Jb1UYt
  9. Yes, $38 -- stands to reap $18.4 billion, according to AP
  10. Facebook priced at $38?
  11. Job cuts rumors at HP. Up to 32,000? read.bi/KcfOGj
  12. San Francisco opening third business office in China. bit.ly/JiYJhL
  13. "Won't you take me to ... Niketown?" It may not be around for much longer. bit.ly/L0MEJy
  14. For the chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commisson, JPMorgan's $2 billion "bad bet" is deja vu all over again. bit.ly/L3COpL
  15. Brown's latest budget cuts hit istate employee compensation, welfare, health care, higher education, courts. K-12 spared.
  16. San Jose Mercury News: Yahoo's Scott Thompson should resign. bit.ly/JF1TZ5
  17. FTC investigating Facebook's $i billion Instagram deal. bit.ly/ITnNu9
  18. New owners have plans for S.F. Fairmont: Do-over all 591 guest rooms; keep Tonga Room. bit.ly/JkvWXf
  19. 2d item: How California stacks up in terms of upward economic mobility. (Could be better, could be worse). bit.ly/JkvWXf