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2 hrs ago | Kansas City Star

Dad expects Calif to deny claim over murdered teen

The father of a teen girl killed by a paroled sex offender said Thursday he expects a board that considers compensation for California crime victims to reject his claim that authorities were liable for his daughter's death.Brent King's claim regarding his 17-year-old daughter Chelsea details how John Gardner repeatedly violated parole but was not ...

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6 hrs ago | CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

Calif. man gets death for sexual assault, torture, murder of girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter

A Southern California man has been sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and beating to death his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter.

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10 hrs ago | The Modesto Bee

Study: Calif has 23 percent of illegal immigrants

A new study says nearly a quarter of the nation's illegal immigrants live in California, despite a nearly 4 percent drop in the state's illegal population.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, US News, California Government

14 hrs ago | KFSM-TV Fort Smith

Republican lawmakers urge Schwarzenegger to appeal judge's ruling on Calif gay marriage ban

A group of Republican lawmakers is urging California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to appeal a federal ruling that struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, California Government, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wed Sep 01, 2010

WGNTV Chicago

Tea Party Group Behind Alaska Win

As Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski went down in defeat Tuesday, tea party favorite Joe Miller and his most famous ally, Sarah Palin, both shared the credit for the surprising fall of a once-popular incumbent Republican.

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Related Topix: US News, Tea Party, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, 2008 Presidential Election, Joe Biden

Los Angeles Times

California legislators OK pay reforms inspired by Bell scandal

California lawmakers passed wide-ranging public compensation reforms inspired by the Bell municipal salary scandal in the waning hours of the 2010 legislative session, but a closely watched, first-in-the-nation ban on plastic grocery bags was defeated Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Bell, CA, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Santa Monica, CA, Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA), Los Angeles, CA

KTXL-TV Sacramento

Air Force unmanned Reaper aircraft crashes in California's Mojave Desert

The Air Force says one of its unmanned MQ-9 Reaper aircraft has crashed in a sparsely populated area in California's Mojave Desert.

1 comment

Related Topix: US Military, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, US Air Force

Myphl17.com

Busted growers mistake Calif. game wardens for suppliers, try to toss pot in truck

California wildlife officials say two men are in custody after a group of marijuana growers started to toss bags full of pot into a pickup truck belonging to game wardens they mistook for their suppliers.

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KAUZ

House panel recommends 3 for further investigation

House investigators have recommended that three lawmakers be further investigated to determine whether political contributions were improperly linked to votes on a huge financial overhaul bill.

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Related Topix: California Government, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Joseph Crowley, Democrat, Earl Pomeroy

WTKR-TV Norfolk

Calif. lawmakers reject bill to ban gun owners from carrying unloaded weapons in public

California lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have made it illegal to carry unloaded guns in public.

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Related Topix: California Government

Athens Banner-Herald

Calif. rejects ban on plastic shopping bags

California lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a bill seeking to ban plastic shopping bags, after a contentious debate over whether the state was going too far in trying to regulate personal choice.

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Related Topix: California Government, Santa Monica, CA, US News

Tue Aug 31, 2010

TownHall.com

Cash-strapped Calif. county approves hospital tax

Voters in a rural California county in such dire financial condition that it's seeking a state bailout approved a tax to fund their hospital Tuesday.

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Related Topix: California Government, Economics News, Bankruptcy

KLEW-TV Lewiston

Legal group seeks to compel Calif. to defend Prop 8

A conservative legal group is trying to force Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend California's gay marriage ban in court.

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Related Topix: California Government, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gay/Lesbian, Sacramento, CA, US News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

The Victoria Star

Police: Central Calif doctor died while apparently trying to get into home through chimney

Police say a California doctor apparently tried to get into the home of the man she had been dating by sliding down the chimney.

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Desert Sun

California lawmakers take up competing budget plans

California lawmakers began to air their opinions Tuesday about how to close the state's $19 billion budget deficit, although neither party expected a breakthrough that would end the summer-long stalemate.

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Related Topix: California Government, US News, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger

EDGEmiami.com News Feed

Calif. Finally Ends Law to 'Cure' Homosexuals

A vintage anti-gay law that remained on California's books for six decades is finally about to be put to rest.

23 comments

Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Gay/Lesbian, Law, California Government

KHGI

3 Californian women arrested in Nebraska

Three women are suspected of passing counterfeit traveler's checks in Kearney. The Nebraska State Patrol says the three were arrested on Sunday after their van was stopped along Interstate 80 near Grand Island.

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The Daily Breeze

Gasoline prices fall ahead of Labor Day weekend

There is good news at the gas pump, as Americans get ready to fill their cars, RVs and boats for the Labor Day weekend.

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Related Topix: Life, Labor Day, Holidays

WKRG-TV Mobile

Calif. Bill Would Contain Fuela

Tanker ships would have to deploy oil booms as a preventive measure in California waters before transferring fuel under a bill that has passed the Legislature.

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Related Topix: California Government, Oil Spill

Mon Aug 30, 2010

Atwater Signal

Officials move to strip Calif. doctor of license

Medical officials say they are moving to revoke the license of a California doctor linked to overdose cases.

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