http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/food/2007/12/06/2007-12-06_balduccis_offers_ham_for_chanukah.html “I just thought it was funny,” Shapiro, a self-described “unobservant Jew,” said. “I wasn’t offended in any way. I just thought, here’s somebody who knows nothing about what Jews eat.” Shapiro said that when she went back to the store Tuesday, the first night of Chanukah, the signs had vanished. A Balducci’s official was …

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/12/11/MN4ITQULT.DTL http://www.surfline.com/video/video_player/video_player.cfm?id=12653&mv=ncl Master surfer cheats death in biggest swell of season at Maverick’s Riding the Waves at Mavericks, SF coast, these guys are nuts. “Definitely the worst wipeout I’ve seen,” said photographer Frank Quirarte, whose stunning still images (more on http://www.mavsurfer.com) captured a session not even visible for fog-shrouded spectators on land. “There was a …

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