Connecting the dots: top news stories for 2010 03 10 - Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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Big political moves are making headlines in today's news. In Sacramento, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is pushing for off-shore oil drilling by saying he doesn't want to rely "on people who hate us" for petroleum. He may get some support from Bay Area drivers, as gas prices have pumped up in the past month...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner has put his cards on the table, coming out with a strong stance on illegal immigration...

Meanwhile, another Republican who recently came out is under fire from his own party for misleading his constituents about, among other things, his sexual orientation...

In San Francisco, the LGBT Center is facing foreclosure and has asked the city for a bailout...

And San Francisco supervisors are looking to snuff out smoking in even more public places...

A local boxer has been making a name for herself and for Filipina purveyors of the sweet science, by snuffing out opponents in the squared circle...

And a local educator, who happens to be the son of a Mexican president, is teaching Mexican history to Berkeley students from a first-person perspective...

A Palo Alto man would like to distance himself from international politics, as he's fighting Egyptian claims that he's a spy...

People imprisoned in Alameda County jail may have trouble getting health care if a union conflict continues...

Elsewhere in Alameda County, a $2.5 million organ is the new crown jewel of the $172 million Cathedral of Chris the Light in Oakland...

And, on a slightly smaller scale, a Bay Farm Island family has turned its living room into a Gothic cathedral with stone walls, stained glass and pointy arches.

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