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California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection air tanker dropping fire retardant. (AP Photo)

Week-old SoCal wildfire 63 percent contained

BANNING, Calif. (AP) – Firefighters are making slow but steady progress against a wildfire that has been burning in a rugged wilderness area of the San Bernardino National Forest near Banning for a week. U.S. […]

2013/06/16

Officer of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department (r) stands outside a BART train while passengers board in San Francisco.

BART official earns $330K without working

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Bay Area Rapid Transit’s highest-paid employee last year earned more than $330,000 – even though she didn’t work a single day for the public agency, according to a newspaper report. Former […]

2013/06/09

Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes off Philippines

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck off the eastern Philippines. The U.S.G.S. reported that the quake hit at 4:33 a.m. local time Sunday (2033 GMT) at […]

2013/06/08

Rescue workers at site of building collapse, Philadelphia. (AP Photo)

Search goes on after Pa. building collapse; 6 dead

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As a bulldozer began to clear away the debris of a collapsed building that killed six people, city officials said a search for the dead and injured was nearly complete Thursday and […]

2013/06/06

SF sues startup over airport rules

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The City of San Francisco has filed a lawsuit accusing a startup that allows travelers to rent out their cars instead of paying for airport parking of flouting San Francisco International […]

2013/06/04

Severe east coast weather

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Damaging winds flattened trees and utility wires and knocked out power in parts of northern New England on Sunday, flights were delayed in New York City and there were reports of […]

2013/06/02

Medi-Cal employers

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Legislators are taking aim at large employers who pay their workers so little that they qualify for government health insurance at taxpayer expense. The Los Angeles Times reports legislators are calling […]

2013/06/01

IRS-dance video

WASHINGTON (AP) – In the latest black eye for the Internal Revenue Service, the agency provided Congress on Friday with another video featuring its employees, this one showing about a dozen of them line dancing […]

2013/06/01

Study: Doctors often on board to help sick fliers

(AP) – Is there a doctor on board? Surprisingly often, there is — in half of in-flight medical emergencies — and sick airline passengers almost always survive, a new study finds. The research is the […]

2013/05/29

Michele Bachmann, US Representative of Minnesota (AP Photo)

Rep. Bachmann says she won’t run for re-election

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, a tea party favorite, announced Wednesday she will not run for another term in the U.S. House, saying her decision had nothing to do with ongoing […]

2013/05/29

5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern Calif

GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — An earthquake has struck Northern California’s Plumas County with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7. Rafael Abreau, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Center, says the temblor struck at […]

2013/05/24

Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman’s defense attorneys on Thursday released photos and text messages from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin’s cellphone ahead of a hearing that will determine whether they can be used at Zimmerman’s murder […]

2013/05/23

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