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By Stacy L. Cohen No one can say Marci Rubin isn't a well-rounded person. She left law school to be a waitress, then a ski bu...

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By Tom Orewyler As the state's high-tech hotbeds - most notably Silicon Valley - prosper, real estate prices have gone throug...

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