‘Souls Of San Francisco’ Looks Into The Eyes Of The City’s Characters (PHOTOS)

If eyes are a window into one’s soul, then Garry Bowden’s main goal is to expose the soul of San Francisco.

For more than a year, the SF-based artist has been photographing portraits of the myriad characters he meets throughout town. He plans to turn the striking results into a book this coming winter.

“This project gives me an excuse to stop and meet all the interesting people in this city,” he told The Huffington Post. “There’s nowhere in the world like the Bay Area, so I’m grateful I get to learn about its culture straight from the people who create it.”

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Watch Out: Your New Year’s Midnight Delivery Messages on Facebook Aren’t Private (Updated)

You know how Facebook added that Facebook Stories feature that lets you automatically spam all your “friends” with automatic “Happy New Year” inanities? Well, beware because they aren’t private, thanks to a security cock-up. More »

Chiefs’ Loss To Broncos Secures No. 1 Overall Pick In 2013 NFL Draft

DENVER — Romeo Crennel hobbled through the locker room as best he could on a bum knee, stopping long enough to hug offensive linemen and swap quick stories with anyone else in his path.

As soon as Monday, he may find out whether he was saying goodbye for the last time.

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Eric Marmon: Philadelphia Eagles and Andy Reid: A Wordy Eulogy for a Lengthy Era

It is a bummer of a story, the demise of Andrew Walter Reid. Highly successful for the first half of his head coaching career, Reid’s windows of opportunity (and yes, there were many) have finally closed.
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49ers Win NFC West Title With 27-13 Victory Over Cardinals

SAN FRANCISCO — Bare-chested Joe Staley and Mike Iupati jumped up and down wearing only their shorts, each offensive lineman doing his best to will the Vikings to victory from afar.

The 49ers – sporting fresh red NFC West champion caps after beating the Arizona Cardinals 27-13 on Sunday – crammed into the cozy confines of their locker room and became Minnesota’s fiercest cross-country cheering section. When Blair Walsh’s 29-yard field goal sailed through the uprights for the Vikings as time expired to give San Francisco a playoff bye, the tiny dressing area in Candlestick Park’s south corner erupted into a crazy, celebratory scene.

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Robert Kuttner: New Year, New Low for Republicans

Obama wanted to be the president who would change the tone in Washington, meaning a more collaborative relationship with the Republicans. That was not to be. The Republicans would not allow it.
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Zoe P. Strassfield: Touching the Sky

Guy Laliberte, a Canadian former acrobat and fire-eater who had founded Cirque du Soleil in the 1980s, was announced as the next space tourist to visit the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
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Lauren Pecorino: ‘Tis the Season to Detox

Sharing feasts of food and drink with family and friends is a quintessential part of the holidays, but many of us tend to overload our bodies’ natural defense systems. Try these three recommendations.
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Are Uggs Really That Bad? (PHOTOS)

We all had ’em.
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David Finkle: Easy Reader: Recommending Michael Feinstein on the Gershwins and Him, Gary Marmorstein on Lorenz Hart

Ostensibly, what Feinstein is offering in his book is, as its title promises, a prolonged glimpse into his life as a devoted George and Ira Gershwin protegé.
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