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Mediators to be home for the holidays
The long, bitter dispute at the West Coast ports -- which at one point threatened the shipment of holiday goods and which eventually led to President Bush's intervention -- came to a tentative end over the weekend after dockworkers and shipping companies agreed on a "historic" six-year labor contract.
By Ellen Lee / CONTRA COSTA TIMES
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Earthquake rattles nerves, little else
A small earthquake shook San Ramon on Sunday morning, and an aftershock almost the same size checked in 13 hours later, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.
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Raiders' victory no laughing matter
The message board in the Raiders locker room was adorned with one of those wonderfully pithy bits of football-speak. Pithy, yet somehow vacuous: "No let up vs. a set up."
By Gary Peterson / TIMES COLUMNIST
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Diablo Ballet's hit 'Toy Shop' reopening
Diablo Ballet revives "La Boutique Fantasque," the comic story ballet now renamed "The Magic Toy Store," for six performances this week -- and not a moment too soon.
By Robert Taylor / CONTRA COSTA TIMES
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Staying out of debt from Santa Claus
Last Christmas, Susan O'Neill wanted to wow family and friends with great gifts. So she spent $300 on a Banana Republic coat for her husband and even gave gifts to the letter carrier and baby-sitter.
By Janet Adamy / CONTRA COSTA TIMES
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Weapons inspectors arrive in Iraq today
The campaign to eliminate Iraq's most deadly weapons officially begins today when 18 U.N. inspectors are scheduled to arrive in Baghdad toting thick dossiers on hundreds of potential weapons sites, from warehouses and clinics to breweries and petrochemical plants.
By James Dao / NEW YORK TIMES
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