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An Apple iPhone 5. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Brazilian Company Selling Phone With ‘iPhone’ Name, Google Software

A Brazilian company has begun selling smartphones in Brazil with the iPhone brand after winning the legal right to use the name in Latin America’s biggest country.

2012/12/20

Google plus, Google+

Google Report Provides Glimpse At Government Demands

Governments around the world are peppering Google with more demands to remove online content and turn over information about its users.

2012/06/18

Port Of Oakland

California Slips To World’s 9th Largest Economy

The recession has taken a measurable toll on California, which has slipped behind Brazil to become the ninth-largest economy in the world.

2012/01/12

Magellanic Penguins

Sick Penguins Find New Home At San Francisco Zoo

Six penguins that were found emaciated on a shoreline in Brazil are making a new home at the San Francisco Zoo.

2011/11/03

Gun Hill Road

Jan Wahl Movie Review: ‘Gun Hill Road’ And ‘Senne’

KCBS Entertainment Editor Jan Wahl reviews ‘Gun Hill Road,’ a new film about a man’s teenage son becoming a woman. Plus, ‘Senne,’ a documentary about a Brazilian racecar driver.

KCBS–2011/08/19

The Bahia Emerald, which has an estimated value of $400 million. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

Morgan Hill Man Says He Was Swindled Out Of Big Emerald

A Morgan Hill businessman who insists he is the rightful owner of the mysterious Bahia Emerald testified Wednesday that he was swindled out of the 840-pound rock by the same people he’d made previous deals with, including one for a 50-pound emerald that he still owns.

CBS San Francisco–2010/11/10

The Bahia Emerald, which has an estimated value of $400 million. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

Morgan Hill Man Claims To Own $400 Million Emerald

A Bay Area man who said he is the true owner of an 840-pound emerald held to that story in court Tuesday as a lawyer for another group of claimants pressed him to admit he was really little more than a tourist who was photographed with the $400 million rock.

CBS San Francisco–2010/11/09

Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart Film 'Breaking Dawn' In Rio

Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart Film ‘Breaking Dawn’ In Rio

Onscreen and rumored off-screen couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil filming ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn,’ and we have the pics!

CBS San Francisco–2010/11/08

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