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The sisters grew up singing in a church choir in West Oakland, California, where their parents were ministers.
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There is no dispute that Layne fatally shot Jonathan Hoffman, 17, last spring at her home in Oakland County's West Bloomfield Township.
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The Broncos are 8-6, still atop the AFC West after the Oakland Raiders were beaten in the final minute by Detroit, 28-27.
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And in May, Golden West Financial of Oakland, Calif.
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Once left for dead, they now trail Oakland by one game in the AFC West.
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When Sally Moss, a retired high school Latin teacher, recently moved her mobile home a kilometer to another plot of land in Oakland, Oregon, she asked US West for a new phone line.
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Witness Occupy Oakland, Berkeley and Los Angeles on the West Coast, and, in mid-November, Occupy Wall Street (OWS) in lower Manhattan.
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The Oakland Athletics, defending champions of the American League West, open against the Seattle Mariners.
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If you're in Oakland or Berkley and you have to go south to San Jose or west to San Francisco, you go through the MacArthur Maze.
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Oakland showed last year that money isn't everything, winning the AL West despite the lowest payroll in the majors.
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And in May, Golden West Financial (nyse: GDW - news - people ) of Oakland, Calif.
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