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Updated: January 07, 2009
Giambi finalizes contract with A's
Giambi and the A's finalized a one-year contract with an option Wednesday, bringing the free-agent designated hitter and first baseman back to the place he began his big league career.  
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State workers get 14 paid holidays off per year, one of the most generous policies in the nation. With California facing a staggering deficit, the governor wants to eliminate two. But the proposal has become caught up in thorny budget negotiations with Democratic legislative leaders.  
 
 
BART officials announced today that the officer involved in the fatal New Year's Day shooting of Oscar Grant III has resigned, effective immediately.  
 
 
Google has jettisoned a substantial number of temporary workers. But an SEC filing isn't clear how many, and Google won't specify how many contractors the Mountain View company has eliminated.  
 
 

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