Corner Armoire

Valley job recovery is `real'
Silicon Valley's job market continued to pick up steam in December, making 2006 the year the local economy truly turned the corner. And economists say job growth could well continue at this healthy clip in 2007.
The Pitcher, the Singer and the Bricklayer
Joe Gaeta, a retired construction worker who has watched or listened to most Giants and Yankees games since he began rooting for them in the mid-1930s, used to play stick ball with Whitey Ford as a kid.
Connors provides fule for Roddick
THE presence of tennis great Jimmy Connors in his corner inspired Andy Roddick to a commanding victory over Marat Safin at the Australian Open yesterday.
Noah lifts No. 1 Gators over Mississippi
Top-ranked Florida played a really bad half Saturday against Mississippi. Joakim Noah kept it from becoming a really bad game.