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Related Links A guide to upcoming Bay Area food festivals The San Francisco edition of annual porcine extravaganza, Cochon 555, is just three weeks away. As in previous years, the all-you-can-eat (and drink) event, which will be held on Sunday, May 1 at 5 p.m., at Terra Gallery (511 Harrison St., S.F.), will feature a ton of culinary star power. Here’s the lineup of the 2016 competing chefs, each of which will create six dishes from one whole hog, who will vying for the “Prince of Porc” title: Neil... Читать дальше...

(AP) — UConn students, already facing a tuition hike, won't be seeing an increase next year in their room, board or other mandatory university fees. Susan Herbst, the school's president, says she has decided to recommend that the school's Board of Trustees keep the mandatory fees at current levels through the 2016-17 school year.

Twice a week, The Chronicle features a home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. Professional-grade Wolf appliances outfit a kitchen anchored by a butcher-block island, and a dining patio features a wood-burning pizza oven. Two homes occupy the gated, half-acre lot with a pool and landscaped gardens. The main home has plaster walls, arched entryways, sconces and wrought-iron accents. The formal dining room has impressive scale, and the family room shares an open floor plan with the kitchen. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday definitively ruled out a bid for president this year, insisting that the party's choice should emerge from the group of candidates who pursued the GOP nomination. In a brief news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, the Wisconsin Republican sought to tamp down rampant speculation that he could end up as the party's standard-bearer if front-runner Donald Trump and the other candidates flame out at a contested convention. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A Republican attempt to reinstate the winner-take-all system for Nebraska's presidential electors was thwarted Tuesday by a legislative filibuster, derailing a GOP effort to increase the chances of their 2016 presidential nominee winning all five of the state's votes. In the current political climate, it could put Democrats at a disadvantage in states where Republican legislatures drew congressional district lines to give their party an edge. Critics argued that awarding votes from the state's... Читать дальше...

Guided Missile, were discovered bobbing in the Pacific Ocean near the southeast Alaska island community of Craig. Alaska State Troopers say both were empty, and information from tags attached to the boxes was sent to U.S. military authorities.

(AP) — A Canadian man who repeatedly entered Michigan to buy and ship thousands of turtles to his native China only to be caught with 51 of them strapped to his legs was sentenced Tuesday to nearly five years in federal prison for smuggling. Ahead of the hearing, Xu wrote a letter to U.S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara, saying he sold turtles partly to make money for college. Xu was not a "sophisticated international dealer," defense attorney Matthew Borgula told the judge, adding that hiding... Читать дальше...

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Officials at Salisbury University say college police are investigating an image of a hanging stick figure with a racial slur that was found on a whiteboard at the library. Salisbury University police are investigating the incident as a potential hate crime.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New England bakery chain is charging female customers 79 cents on the dollar to illustrate the pay gap between men and women. The Works Bakery Cafe is offering the discount Tuesday to women in its New Hampshire shops in honor of Equal Pay Day.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook says people who use its Messenger chat service will soon be able to order flowers, shop for shoes and talk with a variety of businesses by sending them direct text messages. CEO Mark Zuckerberg used Facebook's annual software conference Tuesday to describe its latest initiatives at a time when some reports indicate people may be sharing less personal information on the social network — either because of privacy concerns or the growing appeal of competing apps. With its new emphasis on chatting with businesses... Читать дальше...

Rendering of Lemonade’s Yerba Buena location. Starbuck’s sweeping closure of all its La Boulange stores last summer left a number of storefronts vacant in premium locations around the Bay Area. Last September, former Starbucks partner and La Boulange founder Pascal Rigo was able to buy back six locations for his rebooted neighborhood bakery La Boulangerie de San Francisco. Related Links La Boulange will live again as La Boulangerie de San Francisco Along with Rigo’s acquisitions, word also got out... Читать дальше...

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. (AP) — A teenage boy has been wounded in a shooting near a western Pennsylvania high school after the end of the school day. The Sto-Rox School District in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rock says on its website that the shooting happened about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. Police say the victim was hospitalized but the injury was not believed to be life-threatening. School officials say the incident took place as the high school was being dismissed. No students remained in the school. Police are searching for the gunman.

(AP) — The University of Missouri boosts the state's economic output by 25 percent, according to a report commissioned by a school advocacy group released as lawmakers consider the university's appropriation for the upcoming fiscal year's budget. Joseph Haslag, a professor of economics and director of the MU Economic & Policy Analysis Research Center and co-author of the report, said the study was intended to estimate the long-term impact on the state's economy if the university didn't exist... Читать дальше...

NEW DELHI — Thirteen people have been arrested in connection with the explosions that killed more than 100 during a fireworks display at a temple in southern India over the weekend, the Press Trust of India said Tuesday. T.F. Xavier, a police superintendent for Kerala, the state where the disaster occurred, said seven were officials at the Puttingal temple in the coastal district of Kollam, which hosted the fireworks display to celebrate the start of the new year on the Hindu calendar. The death... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U2 front man Bono brought his star power to Capitol Hill Tuesday as he called on members of Congress to take swift action to deal with the global refugee crisis and violent extremism. In testimony before a Senate subcommittee, Bono drew a bleak picture as he described the flood of people fleeing their homes in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. The human torrent threatens the very idea of European unity, he said, as he urged lawmakers to think of foreign aid as national security instead of charity. Читать дальше...

The documents reveal little about the personal interactions between Trump and the Clintons, but they include a few nuggets that add to the ever-growing documentation of another very public relationship— that of opinion polls and the billionaire GOP front runner. The talking points, drafted in an email between two Clinton aides in March 1993, drew from news reports detailing several problems identified by the National Council on Public Polls with a survey published by former third-party presidential... Читать дальше...

KANO, Nigeria — The number of child bombers used by the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram has increased from four to 44 in a year with devastating consequences in communities that now see children as threats, UNICEF said Tuesday. “As ‘suicide’ attacks involving children become commonplace, some communities are starting to see children as threats,” said Manuel Fontaine, West Africa director of the U.N. children’s agency. Boko Haram wants to create an Islamic caliphate in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest... Читать дальше...

Vinyl record shop with live jazz hips up Outer Richmond Mom-and-pop stores are dying, but a mom-and-son record store and art gallery has sprung to life in the Outer Richmond. Called Noise, it combines the hippie vibe of Sara Johnson, 58, with the hepcat cool of her son Daniel A.J. Brown, who is 27 and blows the tenor sax. The stock of 7,000 LPs and 78s represents all styles, classical to funk, and they will all be represented live when Noise sponsors four bands during Playland on Balboa Street... Читать дальше...

For too long we’ve let our country’s craving for colorful political personages interfere with the more boring, practical business of governing. Every election, Americans gravitate toward presidential candidates whom they can “have a beer with,” even though core presidential duties rarely involve pub crawls. In this election more than ever, we seem to want a charming national cheerleader, someone who offers catchy slogans and makes big, seductive, impractical promises that bear little relationship to reality, or even basic arithmetic. Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — There's no money to pay for a new state-mandated summer reading program for struggling third-graders in Iowa so the requirement should be delayed by a year, lawmakers in a legislative budget group said Tuesday. Lawmakers on the Education Appropriation Subcommittee agreed to add language to a budget bill to formally delay it. Branstad's move had surprised education advocacy groups that argued cash-strapped school districts could be on the hook to pay for the program. The... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Already behind the curve in organizing for the Republican convention, Donald Trump has missed crucial deadlines in a number of states to lock up delegates who would stay loyal beyond the first ballot. Trump's shortcomings in this behind-the-scenes campaign, which hasn't played much of a role in selecting the GOP nominee in decades, could doom his presidential candidacy if he is unable to win the nomination in the initial voting at this summer's national convention in Cleveland. Читать дальше...

Atlanta Police spokesman officer Donald Hannah said in an emailed statement Tuesday that the FBI Fugitive Task Force found Christopher Clemons in the Denver area and took him into custody. Investigators say Clemons allegedly charged roughly $600,000 to school credit cards to pay for travel expenses, meals and trips to night clubs while he was finance director for The Latin Academy.

Financially troubled UC Berkeley will eliminate 500 staff jobs over two years to help balance its budget by 2019-20, The Chronicle has learned. Chancellor Nick Dirks sent a memo to employees on Monday informing them of the job reductions and said they will amount to “a modest reduction of 6 percent of our staff worforce.” The job elimination message comes as the campus is projecting a deficit of $150 million this fiscal year — about 6 percent of its operating budget of $2.5 billion, which campus... Читать дальше...

With a pledged delegate lead of more than 250, Clinton remains the favorite to capture the party's nomination. The Democratic party officials who can back either candidate overwhelmingly support Clinton by a margin of 469-31 according to an AP count. Isabel Framer, a judicial interpreter and DNC member from Ohio, said she received a threatening message at her office several weeks ago, calling her support for Clinton "crap." Tad Devine, a senior Sanders adviser, said the campaign has not encouraged... Читать дальше...