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Horses Play Key Role In Officers' Memorial
Many police officers, including dozens on horseback, will take part in a ceremony in downtown Sacramento today to honor those killed in the line of duty.
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3 Arrested; 1K Pot Plants Seized
Police removed over 1,200 plants from a Stockton warehouse.
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Breast Cancer Test Helps In Chemo Decision
A relatively new test can help women determine if they need chemotherapy to keep breast cancer from coming back.
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1 Dead In Linda Drive-By Shooting
A man shot in a drive-by shooting at an apartment complex near Yuba College died from his injuries Thursday night, officials say.
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'God Talk' Host Admits To Sharing Child Porn
Former Bay Area radio talk show host Bernie Ward admits he distributed child pornography and could face at least five years in federal prison following a plea deal.
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'Bad Economic Times' Blamed For Metal Thefts
A spike in robberies by thieves "desperate for cash," has lawmakers and citizens reacting.
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Trader Joe's Stops Selling Eggs From Farm

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Fairfield Child Predator Arrested, Police Say

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Eco-Terrorist Gets 19 Years In Prison
A man convicted of conspiracy in an eco-terror case is sentenced to 19 years and seven months in prison, U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott says.
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Son, Mother Accused Of Selling Minor For Sex
A Vallejo man and his mother were charged Thursday with selling a 14-year-old girl on the Internet for sexual services , officials said.
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Governor: Train Left Station For Auto Rules
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said pressure from the auto industry will not deter California from attempting to impose strict emission rules for vehicles sold in the state.
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Abalone Diver Dies On North Coast
Another abalone diver is dead after suffering a medical emergency while pursuing the mollusk off the state's North Coast.
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Customs Finds Nearly 20,000 Fake Nikes
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered 18,560 pairs of fake Nike sneakers inside two shipping containers that arrived from China.
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1 Hurt In Linda Drive-By Shooting
One man is injured in a shooting near Yuba College.
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Children Hurt In Yosemite School Bus Crash
A dozen schoolchildren and one adult were injured Thursday in a low-speed wreck involving two school buses in Yosemite National Park, a park representative says.
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Scam Results In Big Phone Bills
The Yolo County district attorney's office is warning people about a scam in that ends with phone bills in the thousands of dollars.
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Worker Burned In Roseville Excavator Mishap
A person working on an excavator in Roseville suffered burns on Thursday, authorities say.
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Kidnapping Suspect Sought In Yuba County
Police are asking for the public's help to find a man suspected of kidnapping a woman in Yuba County.
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Controller: Tax Mistakes Cost State $63M
State Controller John Chiang said property tax mistakes by schools, community colleges and redevelopment agencies cost the state at least $63 million from 2005 through 2007.
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Phone Companies Attack Unlisted Numbers Bill
Telephone companies have launched a full-scale attack on a little-noticed bill that was intended to protect consumers.
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KXTV Channel 10 News

Investment Manager Arrested in El Dorado Hit and Run
After a nearly two month investigation, an El Dorado County investment manager was arrested in connection with a hit and run collision that injured two of his neighbors.
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Tracy Teen: What's a Rusty Bolt Doing in My Subway Sub?
A Tracy teen made an unpleasant discovery this week when he says he found a rusty bolt baked into the sandwich he ordered from a Subway Restaurant.
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Three Arrested, 1,200 Pot Plants Seized from Stockton Warehouse
Antioch police said they have arrested three Brentwood men accused of operating a sophisticated marijuana growing operation out of a Stockton warehouse.
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Attorney General: Charity Bingo Parlors Must Dump Bingo Machines
State Attorney General Jerry Brown is ordering charity bingo parlors to stop using electronic bingo machines -- a move parlor operators say will cost charities millions.
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$7 Peak Travel Time Toll Considered for Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge district directors on Friday will consider proposals that would boost the bridge toll up to $7 during morning and evening commute hours, and weekend and holiday afternoons.
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Is Central Valley Ready for "The Big One?"
A devastating quake that crippled Winters and Vacaville in 1892 could be a frightening harbinger of what's to come if another major shaker strikes the Central Valley.
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Mumm at the Movies: Speed Racer
It's Speed Racer, the 1960's Japanese anime character brought to the big screen by the same guys who brought us "The Matrix."
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One Morning of Killer Cold Burns Farmers
Freezing temperatures on the morning of April 20 destroyed approximately $58 million worth of crops in Sutter and Yuba counties.
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Denham Recall "Alive and Well" Despite Perata Backout
State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata said he's dropping his effort to recall Republican Senator Jeff Denham -- but it may be too late.
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Schwarzenegger Challenges Automakers to Meet Strict Emission Rules
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said pressure from the auto industry will not deter California from attempting to impose strict emission rules for vehicles sold in the state.
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Oroville Man Sentenced for Lies About Serving in Vietnam
An Oroville man has pleaded guilty to falsely representing himself as a decorated military hero from the Vietnam War.
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Billionaire Delays Placer Ranch Development
Los Angeles financier and philanthropist Eli Broad has halted development plans at a 2,200-acre project he wanted to build in Placer County.
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State Senate Votes to End Bay-Delta Authority
The California Senate has voted to end state participation in the program created eight years ago to rescue the delta from collapse and resolve persistent water disputes.
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Ex-Radio Host Bernie Ward Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charge
Former San Francisco radio talk show host Bernie Ward pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon to one count of distribution of child pornography.
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News10's Ryan Yamamoto: Return to "Dancing with the Stars"
So, I just returned from a three-day, two-night trip to cover "Dancing with the Stars."
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School Buses Crash in Yosemite; 13 Injured
Two school buses crashed near the intersection of Highway 120-Highway 140 in Yosemite National Park Thursday, injuring a dozen students and one parent.
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Police Make Arrest in Sacramento River Drowning
Sacramento police homicide detectives have arrested the man who was with Robert Alexander Rodriguez last month when he drowned in the Sacramento River.
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Surge in Auburn Graffiti Signals Violent Gang's Presence
Graffiti from an exceptionally violent street gang showed up Wednesday on a church in Auburn, providing a wakeup call for the community that MS-13 may be active there.
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Sacramento Mayor Candidates Face the Voters
The seven candidates running to be mayor of Sacramento squared off Wednesday evening at the Candidates Face the Voters Forum sponsored by News10, The Sacramento Bee and the California Museum. Watch the Debate
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Woman Shot After Allegedly Trying to Run Over Sheriff's Deputies
Sacramento County sheriff's deputies say a woman tried to ram them with her car after officers broke up a burglary in progress.
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KOVR Channel 13 News

Tony Lopez Investigates: Empty School

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Loud Car Stereo Leads To Hit And Run In Modesto
A 45-year-old man was arrested and booked yesterday evening for a felony hit and run incident in Modesto following a series of events involving a loud car stereo.
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UC Davis Teams Up With iTunes For A New Classroom
A local university teams up with iTunes and it's not just for music and videos.
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Fraudulent Money Order Leads Dog Back To Family
You could call it a rough arrest for Sacramento police. They say their suspect took off with a purebred puppy. That's when this story takes some interesting twists.
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CA. Eco-Terror Plot Brings 20-Year Sentence
An environmental activist has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison for conspiring to destroy a Northern California dam, a genetics lab and other targets.
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9 Special Needs School Buses Broken Into Overnight
Nine Sacramento City school buses have been broken into overnight. The thieves did some major damage, but they left behind some key evidence.
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CHP Officer's Convicted Killer Talks To CBS13 pt2
CBS13 is the only news station to get a jailhouse interview with convicted CHP killer Gregory Zielesch. We first brought you part of the interview last night on the CBS13 news at 10. Now hear about the one thing he regrets.
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New Details Exposed In I Street Bridge Death

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12 Students Hurt In Yosemite School Bus Collision
A dozen sixth-grade students and a parent are being treated for injuries after two school buses collided today on a popular route into Yosemite National Park.
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City Of Patterson Hires Company To Track Sales
The city of Patterson has hired a company to find out where its residents shop, eat, and do business. It may sound like a case of big brother, but city leaders are betting it'll pay off big.
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Sea Lion Makes Dock Home At Port Of Stockton
For the second day in a row, a rather large sea lion has been hanging out on a dock in the Port of Stockton.
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Deputies Shoot One Suspect, Search For Another

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Off Duty Police Officer Hits Man On Bicycle
An elderly man is recovering this afternoon after he was hit by a motorcyclist driven by an off-duty motorcycle.
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DNC Superdelegate Puts His Vote Up For Sale
In this tight battle for the Democratic nomination we've heard a lot about the candidates courting superdelegates. But, one superdelegate is courting the candidates. He says he'll sell his vote for a price. A very high price: $20 million.
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Man Finds Dead Motorcyclist On Citrus Heights Road
A man walking on a Citrus Heights road early this morning stumbled across the body of a motorcyclist and his crashed bike.
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Is Your Truck Growling? Pit Bull Stuck In Engine

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Senate Leader Abruptly Stop Denham Recall Campaign
In an abrupt political reversal, Democratic state Senate leader Don Perata said Wednesday he is ending his campaign to recall a Republican senator.
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Bidding War Banks' New Homes Sales Strategy?
If you're looking to buy a home in the down market you may think you're getting a deal on a foreclosure. But beware, the bank may be one step ahead of you. Banks could be in a bidding war to sell you short.
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Questions Linger In I-Street Bridge Fall, Drowning
It's suspicious from the start. Now, there's a new twist in a man's deadly fall from Sacramento's I Street bridge. The same man who reported his friend missing is under arrest&but not for murder.
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CHP Officer's Convicted Killer Talks To CBS13
One of the men convicted of killing CHP officer Andy Stevens talked to CBS13 tonight. And he says that that everything we've been told about the case is false.
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Sacramento Bee News

Sutterville ramps to be closed on weekend for paving
North and southbound ramps of Interstate 5 at Sutterville Road will be closed Saturday, and possibly Sunday, for construction.
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Auburn dam may be dealt death blow
A long-stalled Auburn dam on the American River has suffered many defeats. But the next could be truly fatal. The State Water Resources Control Board plans to revoke the water rights held by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the project. The unfinished dam, in other words, would no longer have any water to hold back. A 1965 artist's conception of how an Auburn dam would have looked built ...
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Passages: Blind teen charts independent course in sea of drugstore aisles
Christina Parra brushed her red-tipped cane across the carpet at the entrance to Walgreens. She tapped her way past the shopping carts, past fake nails and lipsticks in pinks and mauves she could only imagine. Christina Parra, 16, who lost both eyes after she was diagnosed with cancer when she was 18 months old, taps her cane as she navigates the aisles of a North Highlands Walgreens. ...
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State cracks down on electronic bingo machines in Sacramento County
The future of electronic bingo games and the local charities supported by them in Sacramento County is being thrown into question as a number of the bingo operators have been ordered by the state attorney general's office to stop using slot-machine look-alikes. The state says electronic bingo does not comply with the legal definition of the game and violates slot machine regulations.
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Central Valley residents poorer and sicker than state average, report says
Central Valley residents lack doctors and other medical specialists, are more likely to die of diabetes and heart attacks, and face diminished well-being because of poverty, according to a sweeping report released Thursday.
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Fund drive to save Davis school jobs tops $1 million
A campaign to raise money for Davis schools has blown past the million-dollar mark.
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Johnson's comment on same-sex marriage riles Sacramento's gay and lesbian community
Mayoral challenger Kevin Johnson has riled Sacramento's gay community with his statement at a televised candidate forum that "marriage is between a man and a woman." KEVIN JOHNSON In a statement Thursday he says he backs state laws on same- sex civil unions.
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Sacramento-area man sentenced to 19 years in terrorism plot
Eric McDavid, who went on the road to learn what was beyond his middle-class, suburban Sacramento upbringing and returned a prisoner, was sentenced Thursday to 19 years and seven months in prison.
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Davis doctor has close brush with Myanmar's deadly cyclone

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Woman who allegedly drove SUV at deputies is shot in both legs
In a wild scene in the pre-dawn hours Thursday, a 23-year-old woman who barreled a sport-utility vehicle at two Sacramento County sheriff's deputies was shot in both legs, authorities said.
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Motorcyclist found dead; info sought
A motorcyclist died early Thursday from what police believe were accident-related injuries.
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Funds OK'd for signs promoting Galt
GALT - The city authorized $15,000 in redevelopment money Wednesday for the design and development of signs to help attract people and businesses to the city.
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Another -- perhaps final -- death knell sounded for Auburn Dam
The State Water Resources Control Board plans to revoke the water rights held by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the long-stalled Auburn Dam on the American River. The unfinished dam, in other words, would no longer have any water to hold back. Strategically placed rocks called "recreational enhancements" create white water rapids along the stretch of the American River where the ...
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15 months later, Land Park church is finally sold
Land Park's Second Church of Christ, Scientist, has the happy ending it has been seeking. At last, the church has been sold, to a Natomas congregation. Church goers wait to enter their new church prior to a service at the new location of the Door Christian Fellowship Church in the Land Park area on Wednesday. The 1949-era church for sale finally has a new owner.
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Nevada City man honors Bataan march with book, re-enactment
A Nevada City man has written a book on the famous Bataan Death March during World War II, an event he describes as "the largest capitulation of American troops in history."
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Attorney general clamps down on electronic bingo machines
At least two Sacramento County bingo parlors have been ordered by the state attorney general's office to stop using electronic bingo machines.
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Fuel tank ignites; man hospitalized with burns
A Holt Equipment Rental Co. employee in Roseville was airlifted to UC Davis Medical Center after he was burned in a workplace accident Thursday morning.
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Private service set for former Placer leader Bill Santucci
A private burial service will be held Monday for former Roseville Mayor and Placer County Supervisor Bill Santucci, who died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack at home.
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Meeting to focus on history, social studies framework
Anyone interested in weighing in on how California public schools teach history and social sciences can attend a meeting Friday at the state Department of Education.
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Rancho Cordova residents rather stay "black" than go "green"
Residents of a Rancho Cordova neighborhood say they prefer starlit skies and dark streets to the glare and hardware associated with "green" lighting.
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Sacramento Business Journal News

Hotel rates and occupancies trending downward so far
Hotels in Sacramento ended the first quarter of 2008 with slightly lower room rates and slipping occupancy.
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SureWest Q1 operating income up 51 percent
First-quarter operating income for SureWest Communications was up 51 percent over first-quarter 2007 to $2.6 million from $1.8 million, the company reported Thursday.
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Placer Ranch developer puts project on hold
Developer Eli Broad has put his plan for Placer Ranch on hold, the city of Roseville announced Wednesday.
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Airline delays worsen in March
The airline industry's on-time flight performance continued to worsen in March compared to the same period last year, but improved month-over-month, according to a government report.
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United pilots union sour on possible US Airways merger
The head of United Airlines' pilots union says a merger with US Airways Group Inc. should be a last resort for the Chicago-based carrier. (CAL) (LCC) (UAUA)
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ThermoGenesis doubles loss
ThermoGenesis Corp. more than doubled its net loss in the third quarter of fiscal 2008 to $2.7 million, compared to $1 million in the previous year's quarter.
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RT hosting open houses to discuss master plan
The Sacramento Regional Transit District is hosting public meetings to discuss the future of the region's transit system.
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Report: Hewlett-Packard could lay off 400 in Oregon
Citing unnamed sources inside the company, the Corvallis Gazette-Times reported Wednesday that Hewlett-Packard could lay off between 300 and 400 people at its Corvallis, Ore. campus. (HPQ)
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Bandit robs four grocery store banks
The FBI and local law enforcement are searching for a bank robber who has been hitting a string of in-store bank branches in the Sacramento area.
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UC Davis nets $20M stem cell grant
University of California Davis will receive $20 million in state funding for its $62 million stem cell research facility.
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Gates cuts Pacific Ethanol investment to 18 percent
Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates's investment arm sold 1.1 million shares of Pacific Ethanol Inc.'s stock from April 21 to May 2, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday.
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Southwest Airlines adds flights to Denver
Southwest Airlines Co. is expanding its service to and from Denver, including new nonstop Sacramento routes.
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UC Davis, Solano County get $1M to improve history education
The U.S. Department of Education has granted the University of California Davis History Project and the Solano County office of Education $1 million to improve the county's instruction of American history.
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Union Pacific restores train service in Oregon
Union Pacific Corp. has rebuilt 3,000 feet of train track southeast of Oakridge, Ore. that was wiped out in a Jan. 19 mudslide, the company said Tuesday.
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Fannie Mae loses $2.2B on bad loans
Loans gone bad, and those on the way, put Fannie Mae $2.2 billion in the red last quarter. The Washington, D.C.-based mortgage giant announced Tuesday a $2.2 billion loss in the first quarter ended March 31, compared to a $961 million profit a year ago. On a diluted share basis, Fannie Mae lost $2.57 versus earnings of 85 cents a year ago. (FNM)
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Suit against Yahoo over failed Microsoft bid widens
Lawyers representing two public pension funds said late Monday they will broaden the scope of a consolidated class action lawsuit against Yahoo Inc. chief executive Jerry Yang and other members of the board to include "thwarting" the merger proposal by Microsoft Corp.
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CalHFA commits $505,000 to Sacramento Habitat for Humanity
The California Housing Finance Agency has committed $505,000 to the Sacramento Habitat for Humanity affiliate to purchase first mortgages.
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Auburn Nissan shuts down
Auburn Nissan has closed its doors, resulting in the loss of an estimated 14 jobs and dashing hopes at least temporarily for significant sales-tax revenue for the city of Auburn.
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Storm repairs cut into PG&E profit
The costs of repairing winter storm damage cut into PG&E Corp.'s profit in the first quarter. (PCG)
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Slow housing market nails D.R. Horton with $1.3B loss
D.R. Horton Inc., the nation's largest homebuilder, swung to a second-quarter loss as it took a hefty charge related to its inventory of unsold homes and lower land values. (DHI)
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