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The Chronicle reported on an Anarchist group known as the black bloc, whose members rampaged and vandalized their way through San Francisco’s Financial District after the 1/18 anti-war rally, but they didn’t tell the whole story. Bill Hackwell, the spokesman for International Answer, the group that organized the rally, claims that they ''hadn’t known about the break-away marchers in advance and had no connection to them.'' That’s puzzling, because the black bloc had advertised its intentions prior to the rally, on the well-known web site and leftist organizing tool, www.sfindymedia.org. While the pre-rally information is now gone from the site,...

NYC police on watch for Port courthouse bomber By Andy Smith and Stephanie Akin Staff writers New York City police are targeting a man who bombed Newburyport Superior Court 28 years ago, saying he poses a threat to next week's Republican National Convention. But an anti-war activist group has accused police of trying to "smear" their reputation by linking the group with the convicted radical who terrorized New England with a series of bombings in the 1970s. New York City police say Richard J. Picariello, 55, is among 50 activists whose criminal histories will earn them extra attention next week....