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You'll never guess which Texas landmark made it on the Top 20 list of Most Beautiful Places In the World to visit. Or will you?

Los Angeles Lakers guard Jeremy Lin may be a good basketball player, but he's an even better joker.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirms a Boeing 777 airplane has crashed at San Francisco International Airport with many injuries reported according to CNN.

Affectionately known as 'The Rock, Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay is a former prison with a long and amazingly well-documented history.

Now that Paypal has reached 100 million active accounts, a company executive predicts physical wallets will soon be mothballed. “We believe that by 2015 digital currency will be accepted everywhere in the US -– from your local corner store to Walmart. We will no longer need to carry a wallet,” Paypal President Scott Thompson said in a blog post.

A proposal to ban all pets sales in San Francisco is being considered by the city’s Board of Supervisors. According to those who have proposed the ban, the rational behind it is twofold. It would encourage San Franciscans to adopt animals from shelters and rescue organization, and it would put an end to what animal rights activists claim are inhumane conditions in puppy mills and kitten factories

University of New Mexico football player Deshon Marman’s trip to San Francisco was already sad enough before police got involved. Marman, who was in the city to attend the funeral of a high school friend, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport Wednesday after he refused to pull up his saggy pants while on a plane heading to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Health officials in San Francisco are hopping mad over one restaurant’s decision to sell grasshopper tacos. La Oaxaquena Bakery and Restaurant has been selling the popular Mexican dish until the health department stepped in and put the kibosh on it.

Job applicants often have to find creative ways to help their cause. It works the opposite way in the world of high-tech business. San Francisco-based start-up company Hipster has rolled out an unusual promotion to hire that special someone to take the firm to the next level. It's offering $10,000 and a year's supply of Pabst Blue Ribbon to the lucky soul who it adds to the payroll.

A San Francisco man was enjoying some adult videos in a private booth inside an area porn shop Wednesday when something stunning happened: he burst into flames. Luckily, there was a firetruck only a block away, so when the human fireball rushed out into the street the firefighters were able to help him.