Archive By Section - State
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Isaac Barnett took a bold step last year: He told teachers and classmates at his Kansas high school that the student they had known as a girl now wanted to be accepted as a boy.
May 18, 2014
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BALTIMORE (AP) - The number of public college presidents earning over $1 million more than doubled in the 2012-2013 fiscal year from the year before, according to a new survey.
May 18, 2014
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DALLAS (AP) - AT&T Inc. on Sunday agreed to buy satellite TV provider DirecTV for $48.5 billion, or $95 per share, a move that gives telecommunications company a larger base of video subscribers and increases its ability to compete against rivals.
May 18, 2014
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SANTA BARBARA (AP) - A proposal by an environmental group to ban fracking in Santa Barbara County is headed to the board of supervisors on Tuesday.
May 18, 2014
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jerry Vale, the beloved crooner known for his high-tenor voice and romantic songs in the 1950s and early 1960s, has died. He was 83.
May 18, 2014
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - All evacuation orders were lifted Sunday as firefighters gained the upper hand on the remaining four of nearly a dozen blazes that tore through Southern California last week - while the governor warned the state was gearing up for what could be one of the drought-stricken region's worst wildfire seasons.
May 18, 2014
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - The voter initiative banning gay marriage dominated California's political landscape six years ago, and it still casts a shadow over the race for district attorney in Sacramento County.
May 18, 2014
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OAKLAND, . (AP) - An 8-year-old Oakland girl was in critical condition after a stray bullet struck her in the neck while she was playing on her front porch with her younger brother, authorities said Saturday.
May 18, 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An estimated 40,000 runners took to the streets Sunday for the iconic and offbeat San Francisco footrace Bay to Breakers, an event famed for the mingling of committed racers with scantily clad revelers in a party-like atmosphere.
May 18, 2014
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Four California universities are vying to become the new home for the state's motor vehicle emissions laboratory responsible for clean air research.
May 18, 2014
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MODESTO (AP) - Fire authorities in Modesto say they believe a fast-moving grass fire that damaged or destroyed nine town houses was caused by people.
May 18, 2014
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - An East Los Angeles man was killed when the top of a palm tree fell on top of him.
May 18, 2014
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FOLSOM (AP) - Two bodies have been recovered from a lake east of Sacramento, where a boat with four men on board capsized a week ago.
May 18, 2014
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RED BLUFF (AP) - Friends and colleagues in Massachusetts on Sunday were mourning a beloved civic leader who authorities say was murdered while hiking on a remote Northern California trail.
May 18, 2014
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 57-year-old man was charged with arson Friday in one of at least 10 wildfires that erupted in Southern California this week, and investigators were working to determine whether other blazes in the unusually early and intense outbreak were ignited by something as ordinary as sparks from cars or something more sinister.
May 16, 2014
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