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AM News Headlines 2-19-13

(WWLP) - A man from Westfield is charged with shooting 2 people in a home invasion in Chicopee Monday night.  Chicopee Police Capt. Mark Gilbert told 22News 34 year old William Wright is charged with 6 counts of armed assault with intent to murder following the shooting on Madison Street at 11:30 last night.  According…
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Yelp CEO takes $1 salary

(Credit: Dan Farber/CNET) Add Jeremy Stoppelman, chief executive of business reviews site Yelp, to the list of CEOs who are willing to work for $1. Stoppelman will take a $1 base salary for 2013, according to information in Yelp's 8-K document filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The itsy-bitsy take-home pay makes Stoppelman…
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SF book event for designer Eric Cohler

Though the Hudson Grace design store on Sacramento Street is in a monochromatic mood, co-owner Monelle Totah was thrilled to hold a book signing Feb. 5 for designer Eric Cohler."When we added napkins in 21 colors here, that was a big deal," joked Totah. "But Eric is not afraid of color or risks, and I…
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Mayor Ed Lee Announces Open Data Partnership With Yelp To Offer Restaurant …

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today Mayor Edwin M. Lee, Chairman of the US Conference of Mayors Technology and Innovation Task Force, and Yelp CEO and Co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman announced the initial integration of city-provided restaurant health score information on the site that connects people with great local businesses. San Francisco will…
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Rosemead landmark Bahooka to close

ROSEMEAD -- Known for its Tiki atmosphere and collection of tropical fish, the fabled Bahooka on Rosemead Boulevard will serve its rum-soaked mai-tai next month, Steve Twigg, a restaurant employee, confirmed Friday. A fixture in Rosemead since 1967, the themed restaurant, dark except for the glow of its multitudinous fish tanks, has been the site…
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PHOTO: 12 Of The Most Important People In Silicon Valley Ate Dinner Together …

A key reason why Yahoo's board hired Marissa Mayer as its CEO was her deep-reaching social and professional connections through Silicon Valley. Those connections were on display last night at a dinner hosted by Nirav Tolia, a longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur who's now running Nextdoor, a local social network. A prominent guest: Jony Ive, Apple's…