California budget deficit to hit $41.8B by 2010
A spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says California's budget deficit will reach $41.8 billion by the budget year ending in June 2010.
In tough times more students feed on free lunches
There is such a thing as a free lunch. And school districts across the country report that kids are eating many more of them as the flailing economy hits families hard.
Calif. set to adopt sweeping global warming plan
California air regulators on Thursday were considering a new climate plan that would require the state's utilities, refineries and large factories to transform their operations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Senators urge swift probe of jet fighter crash
California's two U.S. senators want the Marine Corps to review its entire fleet of F/A18-D Hornet jets for possible problems after one of the jets crashed into a home and killed two young girls, their mother and their grandmother.
Committee to urge inventory of nation's levees
The United States needs a complete inventory of all levees and a national safety standard for the last line of defense against floods, say members of the National Committee on Levee Safety.
US executions, death sentences on decline
New death sentences in the United States were at or near a three-decade low this year and the number of people executed will be the lowest since 1994, according to a new report.
House arrest for Pa. man charged with sex crimes
A wealthy Russian-born entrepreneur can await trial on international child-sex charges while under house arrest and electronic monitoring, a federal magistrate ruled Wednesday.
One state's gain, another's loss in flood program
Gulf Coast states have collected billions of dollars more in federal flood insurance claims than they have paid into the system over the past 30 years, while states like Florida and California have paid far more than they have received.
Bush highlights record reducing drug use
President George W. Bush highlighted his eight-year record in reducing drug use, reflected in a White House gathering with law enforcement, religious leaders and one of baseball's most famous comeback stories — recovering addict and Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton.
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A spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says California's budget deficit will reach $41.8 billion by the budget year ending in June 2010.
In tough times more students feed on free lunches
There is such a thing as a free lunch. And school districts across the country report that kids are eating many more of them as the flailing economy hits families hard.
Calif. set to adopt sweeping global warming plan
California air regulators on Thursday were considering a new climate plan that would require the state's utilities, refineries and large factories to transform their operations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Senators urge swift probe of jet fighter crash
California's two U.S. senators want the Marine Corps to review its entire fleet of F/A18-D Hornet jets for possible problems after one of the jets crashed into a home and killed two young girls, their mother and their grandmother.
Committee to urge inventory of nation's levees
The United States needs a complete inventory of all levees and a national safety standard for the last line of defense against floods, say members of the National Committee on Levee Safety.
US executions, death sentences on decline
New death sentences in the United States were at or near a three-decade low this year and the number of people executed will be the lowest since 1994, according to a new report.
House arrest for Pa. man charged with sex crimes
A wealthy Russian-born entrepreneur can await trial on international child-sex charges while under house arrest and electronic monitoring, a federal magistrate ruled Wednesday.
One state's gain, another's loss in flood program
Gulf Coast states have collected billions of dollars more in federal flood insurance claims than they have paid into the system over the past 30 years, while states like Florida and California have paid far more than they have received.
Bush highlights record reducing drug use
President George W. Bush highlighted his eight-year record in reducing drug use, reflected in a White House gathering with law enforcement, religious leaders and one of baseball's most famous comeback stories — recovering addict and Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton.
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