House rejects $700B bailout in stunning defeat
WASHINGTON - In a vote that shook the government, Wall Street and markets around the world, the House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation's financial system, leaving both parties' lawmakers and the Bush administration scrambling to pick up the pieces. Dismayed investors sent the Dow Jones industrials plunging 777 points, the most ever for a single day.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/financial_meltdown;_ylt=AhmNHnkM7o3Ri3719E5kISCs0NUE
Point blank – Shooting of a soldier in Iraq by a member of his own unit raises questions
It was a cool, clear night at Q-West base in northern Iraq, and Army Sgt. Dwayne Cole was restless. On his second tour of duty in Iraq, Sgt. Cole was counting the days — 37 — until he could return home to Brooklyn. He finished a late gym workout and was heading back to his bunk around 1 a.m. when he noticed some friends were still up in another combat housing unit (CHU).
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26858333/
Chinese cheer nation’s first spacewalk
BEIJING - Chinese celebrated their nation's first spacewalk Saturday, gathering at outdoor TV screens to cheer live video of the milestone for a program that has ambitions of building a space station and challenging the U.S. and Russia in off-world exploration.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26912243
Bryant helps Bucs win after infant son's death
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Matt Bryant choked back tears. A day after burying his 3-month-old son in Texas, the Tampa Bay kicker booted three field goals to help the Buccaneers beat the Green Bay Packers 30-21 on Sunday.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8617692?MSNHPHCP>1=39002
Political vandalism prompts joint party conference
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A rash of political vandalism in the region is sparking a joint Democratic-Republican press conference today where political leaders plan to ask for a calming in the political wars.
http://www.sacbee.com/749/story/1275041.html
Gas shortage continues to plague Southeast
ATLANTA - Motorists are rising before dawn so they can be at the filling station when the delivery truck arrives. Some are skipping work or telecommuting. Others are taking the extreme step — for Atlanta — of switching to public transportation.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26948453/
On Mars, It's Snowing!
Even as its mission winds down, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has spotted snow falling from the Martian sky.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/onmarsitssnowing;_ylt=As77K2iOFVszXAeThL9eGHoDW7oF
Prosecution rests robbery case against OJ Simpson
LAS VEGAS - The man who told a jury that O.J. Simpson asked him to bring guns and "look menacing" during a hotel room confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers acknowledged Monday he didn't tell police that last October.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080930/ap_on_re_us/oj_simpson
It's pond scum, but algae could be green fuel
BORCULO, Netherlands - Set amid cornfields and cow pastures in eastern Holland is a shallow pool that is rapidly turning green with algae, harvested for animal feed, skin treatments, biodegradable plastics — and with increasing interest, biofuel.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26855814/wid=18298287
Duggar family reveal sex of No. 18: It’ll be a girl
One Duggar is moving out, but if all goes as predicted, Duggar child No. 18 will arrive on New Year’s Day. And, it’s a girl.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26942419/?GT1=43001
Group 2
Abbie Ellis
Leidhra Johnson
Leslie Glover
Rebecca Shepard
Kristin Gamba
Garrett
Monday, September 29, 2008
Group 1: Kim Reyes, Editor
House considers $700 billion rescue package
Sept. 29, 2008
By Ruth Mantell & Steve Gelsi, MarketWatch
Risky moves could define McCain's leadership
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Carla Marinucci- Chronicle Political Writer
The roller coaster that is the 2008 presidential race has had more than its share of hair-raising twists and turns, but last week may have been the ultimate political thrill ride - one that could serve to define Republican candidate Sen. John McCain as either a bold risk-taker or an erratic, impetuous politician.
Citigroup to buy Wachovia banking operations
September 29, 2008
AP Business Writers Jennifer Malloy Zonnas and Madlen Read
Paul Newman Dies at 83
Newman, the Academy Award-winning leading man who specialized in iconoclasts and outsiders, but whose aqua-blue eyes and box office prowess made him one of
SACRAMENTO (AP) -
Citrus Heights mother tells 911 she tried to drown her baby
Sunday, September 28, 2008
By Phillip Reese – Sacramento
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Energy Drinks Need Caffeine Warning, Scientists Say
Sept. 24
By Jamie McGee
Energy beverages can have 10 times the caffeine of soft drinks, or even more, prompting scientists at
"Jet Man" Crosses English Channel
September 26, 2008
By Kate Ravilious- National Geographic News
Yves Rossy, aka Jet Man, zoomed into the record books Friday, flying across the
Road-rage driver burns to death
September 23, 2008 -
A driver, overcome with road rage, burned to death after ramming into a car and then setting her own car on fire by furiously revving the engine.
Breast Milk Ice Cream?
Thursday, Sep. 25, 2008
By John Curran- AP
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is asking Ben & Jerry’s to begin using
breast milk in its products instead of cow's milk, saying it would reduce the suffering of cows and calves and give ice cream lovers a healthier product.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Group 4: Amanda Black, Editor
North Korea Moves Closer to Restart of Nuclear Program
PARIS — North Korea asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove seals and surveillance cameras at the North’s nuclear reprocessing facility, the agency’s director said Monday, in a setback for both the Bush administration and an international nuclear disarmament agreement. By Elaine Sciolino, NY Times, September 22, 2008http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/world/asia/23nuke.html?ref=world
UC Hits Tree Sitters With Expensive Surprise
Berkeley's infamous tree-sitters have been hit with a rude surprise since they came down to earth: Judges are socking them with thousands of dollars in fines and legal fees. By Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross, SF Chronicle, September 22,2008http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/22/BAUB131HLG.DTL
Military frees Afghan journalist held 11 months
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan journalist detained for 11 months at the main U.S. military base at Bagram alleged on Monday that his captors kicked him, forced him to stand barefoot in the snow and didn't allow him to sleep for days. USA Today, September 22, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-09-22-afghanistan-journalist_N.htm?csp=34
Why The Largest Hadron Collider Is Already On The Fritz
Anyone who has struggled to change a fuse in their home should pity the scientists at the CERN laboratory in Geneva. Last Friday, just nine days after celebrating the successful test run of the largest particle accelerator ever constructed, a tiny electrical connection between two magnets overheated and caused a minor meltdown. By Eben Harrell, Time, September 22,2008http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1843296,00.html?xid=rss-health
Companies joining to push music on memory cards
NEW YORK - Just as vinyl once gave way to compact discs as the main physical medium for music, could CDs be replaced now by a fingernail-sized memory card? By RACHEL METZ, Yahoo News, September 22,2008http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080922/ap_on_hi_te/tec_music_on_memory_cards;_ylt=ArqXLZf.mrSeDyacTTsbgg8jtBAF
Powering Our Automotive Future with--Pond Scum
Corn—or the cellulose in everything from wood chips to crop stalks—are often touted as the basis of the fuel of the future. By Davis Biello, Scientific American, September 23, 2008 http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=powering-automotive-future-with-pond-scum
NASA Dispatches Rubber Ducks for Science
When a sophisticated science probe failed to return any data about whether pools of melted glacial ice were showing up in the ocean, a NASA researcher turned to a decidedly low-tech solution: a brigade of rubber ducks. By Irene Klotz, Discovery News, September 23, 2008
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/23/rubber-ducks-nasa.html
Disney motto helped dad, autistic son survive at sea
Lost at sea with nothing to hold onto amid a dreadful darkness, Florida resident Walter Marino continually called out some of the few words his 12-year-old autistic son Christopher responds to. By Michael Inbar, MSNBC, September 10, 2008
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26639098/
UK Experts Say Stonehenge Was Place of HealingLONDON - The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archaeologists said Monday. By Raphael G. Satter September 22,2008 Associated Presshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080923/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_stonehenge;_ylt=AmRklBW.MmxmwTuNheIhwIms0NUE
More parents ponder cancer gene tests for kids
CHICAGO - Women are going for breast cancer gene testing in record numbers, forcing more parents to face a tough question: Should we test the kids? By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Yahoo News, September 21, 2008 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080921/ap_on_he_me/med_gene_tests_kids;_ylt=Arsq_qT3HFen.XrEZ.QUgQfVJRIF
PARIS — North Korea asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove seals and surveillance cameras at the North’s nuclear reprocessing facility, the agency’s director said Monday, in a setback for both the Bush administration and an international nuclear disarmament agreement. By Elaine Sciolino, NY Times, September 22, 2008http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/world/asia/23nuke.html?ref=world
UC Hits Tree Sitters With Expensive Surprise
Berkeley's infamous tree-sitters have been hit with a rude surprise since they came down to earth: Judges are socking them with thousands of dollars in fines and legal fees. By Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross, SF Chronicle, September 22,2008http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/22/BAUB131HLG.DTL
Military frees Afghan journalist held 11 months
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan journalist detained for 11 months at the main U.S. military base at Bagram alleged on Monday that his captors kicked him, forced him to stand barefoot in the snow and didn't allow him to sleep for days. USA Today, September 22, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-09-22-afghanistan-journalist_N.htm?csp=34
Why The Largest Hadron Collider Is Already On The Fritz
Anyone who has struggled to change a fuse in their home should pity the scientists at the CERN laboratory in Geneva. Last Friday, just nine days after celebrating the successful test run of the largest particle accelerator ever constructed, a tiny electrical connection between two magnets overheated and caused a minor meltdown. By Eben Harrell, Time, September 22,2008http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1843296,00.html?xid=rss-health
Companies joining to push music on memory cards
NEW YORK - Just as vinyl once gave way to compact discs as the main physical medium for music, could CDs be replaced now by a fingernail-sized memory card? By RACHEL METZ, Yahoo News, September 22,2008http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080922/ap_on_hi_te/tec_music_on_memory_cards;_ylt=ArqXLZf.mrSeDyacTTsbgg8jtBAF
Powering Our Automotive Future with--Pond Scum
Corn—or the cellulose in everything from wood chips to crop stalks—are often touted as the basis of the fuel of the future. By Davis Biello, Scientific American, September 23, 2008 http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=powering-automotive-future-with-pond-scum
NASA Dispatches Rubber Ducks for Science
When a sophisticated science probe failed to return any data about whether pools of melted glacial ice were showing up in the ocean, a NASA researcher turned to a decidedly low-tech solution: a brigade of rubber ducks. By Irene Klotz, Discovery News, September 23, 2008
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/23/rubber-ducks-nasa.html
Disney motto helped dad, autistic son survive at sea
Lost at sea with nothing to hold onto amid a dreadful darkness, Florida resident Walter Marino continually called out some of the few words his 12-year-old autistic son Christopher responds to. By Michael Inbar, MSNBC, September 10, 2008
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26639098/
UK Experts Say Stonehenge Was Place of HealingLONDON - The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archaeologists said Monday. By Raphael G. Satter September 22,2008 Associated Presshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080923/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_stonehenge;_ylt=AmRklBW.MmxmwTuNheIhwIms0NUE
More parents ponder cancer gene tests for kids
CHICAGO - Women are going for breast cancer gene testing in record numbers, forcing more parents to face a tough question: Should we test the kids? By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Yahoo News, September 21, 2008 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080921/ap_on_he_me/med_gene_tests_kids;_ylt=Arsq_qT3HFen.XrEZ.QUgQfVJRIF
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Group Three: Michelle Faris, Editor
More anxiety on Wall St.: Stocks dive, oil soars
NEW YORK - Elation in the financial markets over the $700 billion bank bailout plan evaporated Monday and was replaced by all-too-familiar anxiety, pummeling stocks and sending oil prices to their biggest one-day gain. Worries that the rescue package would cost too much, drive up inflation, swell the already-bloated deficit and hurt the ailing economy also led global investors to flee the U.S. dollar.
By PATRICK RIZZO AP – Sept 22, 2008, Yahoo News
Schwarzenegger To Sign Budget 85 Days Late
Five people were arrested during a sting targeting adults willing to buy alcohol for minors in Placer County. By Niesha Lofing
Last Updated 7:06 am PDT Tuesday, September 23, 2008, Sacramento Bee
Sacramento city officials will hold a forum at California State University, Sacramento Wednesday to discuss how the city's general plan revisions may affect the campus and surrounding community.
By Niesha Lofing, Published 9:40 am PDT Tuesday, September 23, 2008, Sacramento Bee
A woman panhandling in downtown Sacramento Monday pulled out a gun and shot a disabled man who refused to give her money, scattering a terrified crowd gathered at a busy bus stop, police said.
By M.S. Enkoji, Last Updated 9:52 am PDT Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sacramento Bee
San Francisco resident Carlos Dimaano, 50, a recent immigrant from the Philippines, speaks English in his job at a community center. But when he goes home to cook dinner for his 88-year-old father, the two lapse into their native Tagalog.
By Tyche Hendricks, Chronicle Staff Writer. Tuesday, September 23, 200, San Francisco Chronicle
When you add up the risks of dying from all sorts of illnesses and accidents — from the 1 in 5 chance of dying of heart disease, to the remote 1 in 3.7 million chance of being eaten by a shark, to the very real risk of bleeding to death from the ears from listening to too much Yanni — your chances of dying come out to be about 110 percent.When you add up the risks of dying from all sorts of illnesses and accidents - from the 1 in 5 chance of dying of heart disease, to the remote 1 in 3.7 million chance of being eaten by a shark, to the very real risk of bleeding to death from the ears from listening to too much Yanni - your chances of dying come out to be about 110 percent.
By Christopher Wanjek, LiveScience's Bad Medicine Columnist posted: 23 September 2008 09:24 am ET, Yahoo News
SAN FRANCISCO - A woman whose dogs viciously attacked and killed her neighbor in the hallway of their apartment building seven years ago was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in prison.
By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press Writer, Sept 22, 2008, Yahoo News
CHICAGO - Women are going for breast cancer gene testing in record numbers, forcing more parents to face a tough question: Should we test the kids? By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer Sun Sep 21, 5:48 PM ET, Yahoo News
On paper, at least, Travis Bickle was a catch. The lead character in "Taxi Driver" was a hard worker, drove a nice sedan, was mechanically inclined and had an interest in politics. By PETER HARTLAUB, September 23, 2008 01:47:23 am, The Modesto Bee
NEW YORK - Elation in the financial markets over the $700 billion bank bailout plan evaporated Monday and was replaced by all-too-familiar anxiety, pummeling stocks and sending oil prices to their biggest one-day gain. Worries that the rescue package would cost too much, drive up inflation, swell the already-bloated deficit and hurt the ailing economy also led global investors to flee the U.S. dollar.
By PATRICK RIZZO AP – Sept 22, 2008, Yahoo News
Schwarzenegger To Sign Budget 85 Days Late
SACRAMENTO (AP) ― Governor Schwarzenegger is scheduled to sign California's budget later this morning -- a record 85 days late.
Sep 23, 2008 9:04 am, CBS13 News
Sep 23, 2008 9:04 am, CBS13 News
Sting nets adults buying minors alcohol
Last Updated 7:06 am PDT Tuesday, September 23, 2008, Sacramento Bee
Forum looks at growth near Sac State
Sacramento city officials will hold a forum at California State University, Sacramento Wednesday to discuss how the city's general plan revisions may affect the campus and surrounding community.
By Niesha Lofing, Published 9:40 am PDT Tuesday, September 23, 2008, Sacramento Bee
Study: U.S Financial Aid fails students who needs it most
The $86 billion system is so complex and piecemeal that experts call for an overhaul. The United States government spends upward of $86 billion a year on grants, loans, work aid, and tax benefits for college students. But the patchwork system is a barrier to many who are academically qualified for college, say a group of policy experts and higher-education professionals who laid out their recommendations in a report Sept. 18.
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the September 19, 2008 edition, The Christian Science Monitor
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the September 19, 2008 edition, The Christian Science Monitor
Sacramento panhandler accused of shooting disabled man
A woman panhandling in downtown Sacramento Monday pulled out a gun and shot a disabled man who refused to give her money, scattering a terrified crowd gathered at a busy bus stop, police said.
By M.S. Enkoji, Last Updated 9:52 am PDT Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sacramento Bee
Finnish gunman who made Web videos kills 10, self
KAUHAJOKI, Finland - A chilling YouTube video with a young man firing a pistol and warning "You will die next" caught the eye of police, who questioned him but then let him go, saying they didn't have enough evidence to take away his weapon.
By MARIUS TURULA, Associated Press Writer 09/23/08
KAUHAJOKI, Finland - A chilling YouTube video with a young man firing a pistol and warning "You will die next" caught the eye of police, who questioned him but then let him go, saying they didn't have enough evidence to take away his weapon.
By MARIUS TURULA, Associated Press Writer 09/23/08
Stocks rise as investors track hearing on bailout
NEW YORK - Financial markets appeared somewhat more upbeat Tuesday, with stocks holding their ground after a huge sell-off as top economic officials updated Congress about efforts to hammer out a $700 billion financial rescue for troubled credit markets.
By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer, Yahoo News
By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer, Yahoo News
Roseville native killed in musicians' plane crash
Christopher Baker, a 29-year-old Roseville native and a personal assistant to former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, was among the four people killed in a Friday plane crash in South Carolina. By Jennifer Morita
Last Updated 4:17 pm PDT Sunday, September 21, 2008,
By Tyche Hendricks, Chronicle Staff Writer. Tuesday, September 23, 200, San Francisco Chronicle
How to Cheat Death
By Christopher Wanjek, LiveScience's Bad Medicine Columnist posted: 23 September 2008 09:24 am ET, Yahoo News
Woman whose dogs mauled neighbor gets 15 to life
By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press Writer, Sept 22, 2008, Yahoo News
More parents ponder cancer gene tests for kids
CHICAGO - Women are going for breast cancer gene testing in record numbers, forcing more parents to face a tough question: Should we test the kids? By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer Sun Sep 21, 5:48 PM ET, Yahoo News
Movies for that first date (if you desire a second date, that is)
On paper, at least, Travis Bickle was a catch. The lead character in "Taxi Driver" was a hard worker, drove a nice sedan, was mechanically inclined and had an interest in politics. By PETER HARTLAUB, September 23, 2008 01:47:23 am, The Modesto Bee
Group 2-Tom Editor
Backers of California same-sex marriage ban are out-fundraising opponents
By Dan Morain and Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
SACRAMENTO -- The campaigns for and against Proposition 8 have raised a combined $30 million, with donations given in support of the proposed ban on gay marriage running considerably ahead of those to the opposition.
LA Times
Brazilian woman finds fame as McCain's old flame
Fabio Guimaraes / EPA
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- A former model and ballerina is making headlines across Brazil after being identified as John McCain's lover 51 years ago.
LA Times
Iran president blames Wall Street turmoil on U.S. 'military engagement'
By Richard Boudreaux, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
NEW YORK -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Monday that the turmoil on Wall Street is rooted in part in U.S. military intervention abroad and voiced hope that the next American administration would retreat from what he called President Bush's "logic of force."
LA Times
Stock prices and U.S. dollar plunge as oil soars
By Walter Hamilton, Ron White and Elizabeth Douglass, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
NEW YORK -- This wasn't the reaction to his $700-billion rescue plan that Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson was hoping for.
Stock prices and the dollar plunged Monday -- and oil and other commodities soared -- on fears that the proposed bailout of the financial system could require a massive increase in government borrowing, push up interest rates and unleash new inflationary pressures. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled almost 375 points.
LA Times
Pakistan, Afghanistan discuss joint border force
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan and Afghanistan are discussing a possible joint force to combat militants on both sides of their border near Pakistan's tribal region, which has become a safe haven for al Qaeda and other groups, a senior Afghan official said on Monday.
Yahoo News
5 arrested in Carmichael on drugs, gang charges
From M.S. Enkoji:
Five people have been arrested on drug charges at a Carmichael apartment complex, investigators said.
Sacramento County probation officers on Friday found crystal methamphetamine, body armor, ammunition for assault rifles and $3,000.
Sacramento Bee
Cool invention helps tired players bounce back
Julian Guthrie, Chronicle Staff Writer
Players for the San Francisco 49ers trotted off the field during Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions and grabbed for the requisite towels and Gatorade. A few went for something else on the bench, slipping their hands into a coffee-pot-like contraption that stops cramping and overheating.
San Francisco Gate
Obesity may diminish a man's fertility
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being obese may dim a man's chances of becoming a father, even if he is otherwise healthy, a new study suggests
Yahoo News
Markets volatile as investors await bailout plan
By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK - Volatility again swept the financial markets Monday as investors grew nervous about an amorphous government plan to buy $700 billion in banks' mortgage debt.
Yahoo News
Gunman kills 9 at school in Finland, shoots self
By MATTI HUUHTANEN, Associated Press Writer
HELSINKI, Finland - A gunman whose violent YouTube postings made police bring him in for questioning opened fire Tuesday at his trade school in western Finland, killing nine people before shooting himself, authorities said.
Yahoo News
Illinois woman accused of bartending in the buff
DELHI, Ill. - Here's a tip: Bartending nude can get you arrested.
Yahoo News
By Dan Morain and Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
SACRAMENTO -- The campaigns for and against Proposition 8 have raised a combined $30 million, with donations given in support of the proposed ban on gay marriage running considerably ahead of those to the opposition.
LA Times
Brazilian woman finds fame as McCain's old flame
Fabio Guimaraes / EPA
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- A former model and ballerina is making headlines across Brazil after being identified as John McCain's lover 51 years ago.
LA Times
Iran president blames Wall Street turmoil on U.S. 'military engagement'
By Richard Boudreaux, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
NEW YORK -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Monday that the turmoil on Wall Street is rooted in part in U.S. military intervention abroad and voiced hope that the next American administration would retreat from what he called President Bush's "logic of force."
LA Times
Stock prices and U.S. dollar plunge as oil soars
By Walter Hamilton, Ron White and Elizabeth Douglass, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
NEW YORK -- This wasn't the reaction to his $700-billion rescue plan that Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson was hoping for.
Stock prices and the dollar plunged Monday -- and oil and other commodities soared -- on fears that the proposed bailout of the financial system could require a massive increase in government borrowing, push up interest rates and unleash new inflationary pressures. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled almost 375 points.
LA Times
Pakistan, Afghanistan discuss joint border force
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan and Afghanistan are discussing a possible joint force to combat militants on both sides of their border near Pakistan's tribal region, which has become a safe haven for al Qaeda and other groups, a senior Afghan official said on Monday.
Yahoo News
5 arrested in Carmichael on drugs, gang charges
From M.S. Enkoji:
Five people have been arrested on drug charges at a Carmichael apartment complex, investigators said.
Sacramento County probation officers on Friday found crystal methamphetamine, body armor, ammunition for assault rifles and $3,000.
Sacramento Bee
Cool invention helps tired players bounce back
Julian Guthrie, Chronicle Staff Writer
Players for the San Francisco 49ers trotted off the field during Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions and grabbed for the requisite towels and Gatorade. A few went for something else on the bench, slipping their hands into a coffee-pot-like contraption that stops cramping and overheating.
San Francisco Gate
Obesity may diminish a man's fertility
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being obese may dim a man's chances of becoming a father, even if he is otherwise healthy, a new study suggests
Yahoo News
Markets volatile as investors await bailout plan
By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK - Volatility again swept the financial markets Monday as investors grew nervous about an amorphous government plan to buy $700 billion in banks' mortgage debt.
Yahoo News
Gunman kills 9 at school in Finland, shoots self
By MATTI HUUHTANEN, Associated Press Writer
HELSINKI, Finland - A gunman whose violent YouTube postings made police bring him in for questioning opened fire Tuesday at his trade school in western Finland, killing nine people before shooting himself, authorities said.
Yahoo News
Illinois woman accused of bartending in the buff
DELHI, Ill. - Here's a tip: Bartending nude can get you arrested.
Yahoo News
Monday, September 22, 2008
State budget's done, but no one is thrilled about it
By Kevin Yamamura - kyamamura@sacbee.com
The state's rusty budget can is already in next year's alley.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger demanded that the state solve its structural budget problems for good this summer, in Arnold-speak repeating he no longer wanted to "kick that can down the alley."
Sacramento Bee
ID sought for body found in American River
By Niesha Lofing - nlofing@sacbee.com
Sacramento County Coroner's officials today are trying to determine the identity of a man whose body was found in the American River.
The body was discovered at about 12:45 p.m. Sunday in the river, southeast of the Highway 160 bridge, a coroner's official said.
Sacramento Bee
Roseville native, part of rocker's entourage, killed in jet crash
By Jennifer K. Morita - jmorita@sacbee.com
Christopher Baker – a 29-year-old Roseville native whose love of cars drew him into the world of celebrities, rock 'n' roll stars and reality television – was one of the four people killed in the weekend South Carolina plane crash involving former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.
Sacramento Bee
State, local jobless rates jump
By Dale Kasler
Joblessness in the state and the Sacramento area have reached their highest points since 1996, Sacramento's woes owing in large part to a significant decline in government jobs. Sacramento Bee
Battered Galveston ready to rebuild after Ike
By Allen G. Breed
GALVESTON, Texas -- The eight-pointed star on the wall outside Trey Click's office marks it as a "survivor." The squat, orange building withstood the ravages of the 1900 hurricane, which nearly flattened this barrier island city and still stands as the nation's deadliest natural disaster.
Sacramento Bee
Unknown score written by Mozart found in France
Reporting by Guillaume Frouin
NANTES, France (Reuters) – A French municipal library has discovered a musical score handwritten by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in its archives, the Nantes town hall said on Thursday.
The New York Times
New dwarf planet named Haumea for Hawaiian goddess
HONOLULU - A newly discovered dwarf planet in the solar system has been given a Hawaiian name: Haumea (how-MAY'-ah), after the Hawaiian goddess of earth and fertility.Yahoo News
$700 Billion Is Sought for Wall Street in Massive Bailout
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration on Saturday formally proposed to Congress what could become the largest financial bailout in United States history, requesting unfettered authority for the Treasury Department to buy up to $700 billion in mortgage-related assets.
The New York Times
Bomb Explodes at Hotel in Pakistan’s Capital, Killing at Least 40
By CARLOTTA GALL
Published: September 20, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A huge truck bomb exploded at the entrance to the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday evening, killing at least 40 people and wounding at least 250, the police said.
The New York Times
Pleasanton man accused of stealing dead animals
The Associated Press
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- A Pleasanton man was arrested after police got a tip saying he was behind a gruesome prank: stuffing dead animals into lockers at Dublin High School.
Sacramento Bee
Natalie Flynn, Maria Luna, Kyle Tuttle, Cathy Robledo, and Kyrie Eberhart all contributed to this post.
By Kevin Yamamura - kyamamura@sacbee.com
The state's rusty budget can is already in next year's alley.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger demanded that the state solve its structural budget problems for good this summer, in Arnold-speak repeating he no longer wanted to "kick that can down the alley."
Sacramento Bee
ID sought for body found in American River
By Niesha Lofing - nlofing@sacbee.com
Sacramento County Coroner's officials today are trying to determine the identity of a man whose body was found in the American River.
The body was discovered at about 12:45 p.m. Sunday in the river, southeast of the Highway 160 bridge, a coroner's official said.
Sacramento Bee
Roseville native, part of rocker's entourage, killed in jet crash
By Jennifer K. Morita - jmorita@sacbee.com
Christopher Baker – a 29-year-old Roseville native whose love of cars drew him into the world of celebrities, rock 'n' roll stars and reality television – was one of the four people killed in the weekend South Carolina plane crash involving former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.
Sacramento Bee
State, local jobless rates jump
By Dale Kasler
Joblessness in the state and the Sacramento area have reached their highest points since 1996, Sacramento's woes owing in large part to a significant decline in government jobs. Sacramento Bee
Battered Galveston ready to rebuild after Ike
By Allen G. Breed
GALVESTON, Texas -- The eight-pointed star on the wall outside Trey Click's office marks it as a "survivor." The squat, orange building withstood the ravages of the 1900 hurricane, which nearly flattened this barrier island city and still stands as the nation's deadliest natural disaster.
Sacramento Bee
Unknown score written by Mozart found in France
Reporting by Guillaume Frouin
NANTES, France (Reuters) – A French municipal library has discovered a musical score handwritten by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in its archives, the Nantes town hall said on Thursday.
The New York Times
New dwarf planet named Haumea for Hawaiian goddess
HONOLULU - A newly discovered dwarf planet in the solar system has been given a Hawaiian name: Haumea (how-MAY'-ah), after the Hawaiian goddess of earth and fertility.Yahoo News
$700 Billion Is Sought for Wall Street in Massive Bailout
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration on Saturday formally proposed to Congress what could become the largest financial bailout in United States history, requesting unfettered authority for the Treasury Department to buy up to $700 billion in mortgage-related assets.
The New York Times
Bomb Explodes at Hotel in Pakistan’s Capital, Killing at Least 40
By CARLOTTA GALL
Published: September 20, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A huge truck bomb exploded at the entrance to the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday evening, killing at least 40 people and wounding at least 250, the police said.
The New York Times
Pleasanton man accused of stealing dead animals
The Associated Press
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- A Pleasanton man was arrested after police got a tip saying he was behind a gruesome prank: stuffing dead animals into lockers at Dublin High School.
Sacramento Bee
Natalie Flynn, Maria Luna, Kyle Tuttle, Cathy Robledo, and Kyrie Eberhart all contributed to this post.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
GROUP 4 Editor, Julie Gabert
Opposition to same-sex marriage ban grows
SAN FRANCISCO ( SF Chronicle)
Opposition to a California ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage is mounting following Attorney General Jerry Brown's move to change the language on the initiative, according to a Field Poll released today. By Carrie Sturrock, Thursday, September 18th.
San Francisco Chronicle
Stocks jump following Wednesday's rout
NEW YORK (AP)
Stocks rebounded Thursday from the previous session's massive rout, but safe assets such as gold and Treasury bills still saw heavy demand as investors braced for more instability in the financial system. By Tim Paradis, Thursday, September 18th.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/wall_street;_ylt=AoW89s4bFebfTsMX4KSpgRms0NUE
7 soldiers die in helicopter crash in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP)
Seven American soldiers were killed in southern Iraq early Thursday when their helicopter crashed as it was flying into the country from Kuwait, the U.S. military said. By Vanessa Gera, Thursday September 18th.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq;_ylt=Ah4DRm2ekEuf9C8axmAR9pWs0NUE
Hackers break into Sarah Palin's e-mail account
WASHINGTON (AP)
Hackers broke into the Yahoo! e-mail account that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska's governor, revealing as evidence a few inconsequential personal messages she has received since John McCain selected her as his running mate. By Ted Bridis, AP, Wednesday, September 17th.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/17/politics/p140031D87.DTL
Buy a virgin
SACRAMENTO (State Hornet)
A hurricane of media coverage is swirling around a Sacramento State graduate who is auctioning off her virginity. By Paul Rios and Cody Kitaura, Wednesday, September 17th.
http://media.www.statehornet.com/media/storage/paper1146/news/2008/09/17/News/Buy-A.Virgin-3434278.shtml
College gains state grant for technical education
SACRAMENTO (Sacramento Bee)
Folsom Lake College has received a $469,000 career technical initiative grant through the state's Career Technical Education/Economic and Workforce Development Pathways program. By Walter Yost, Thursday, September 18th.
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1245808.html
High-Tech Pimp Busted
SACRAMENTO (CBS 13)
Stephen Mckesson 22 is being held without bail right now for pimping teens out on craigslist. Some of the girls were as young as 13. It is also believed that he beat and raped the girls. Some of the girls may have even given birth to his child. He was caught when a friend of one of the girls saw her friend online and called the cops. Wednesday, September 17th.
http://cbs13.com/local/stephen.mckesson.craigslist.2.820171.html
Tree teams work to save storm-hit canopies
MOBILE, AL (AP)
Hurricanes that whip the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of Southern states take a human toll, but they also claim another victim on an enormous scale — the majestic trees, many draped in Spanish moss, that form canopies over historic streets across the region. By Associsated Press, Wednesday, September 17th.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26757733/
New School is coming to Northern California for grad level degrees
SACRMENTO (KCRA 3)
Drexel University will provide grad level degrees in a slumping economy. Classes will start in January and the will be held near Sacramento"s capital mall. Seats in class rooms are expected to be filled. Students are lining up for MBAs and engineering degree level classes. Wednesday September 17th.
http://www.kcra.com/education/17501171/detail.html?rss=sac&psp=news
Swiss restaurant to serve meals cooked with human breast milk
ALPINE (Telegraph)
The owner of the Storchen restaurant in the exclusive Winterthur resort will improve his menu with local specialities such as meat stew and various soups and sauces containing at least 75 per cent of mother's milk. Telegraph, Thursday, September 18th.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2976181/Swiss-restaurant-to-serve-meals-cooked-with-human-breast-milk.html
Editor: Julie Gabert
Group members:
Manny Miramontes
Megan Sanders
Pat Patitucci
Eyragon Eidam
SAN FRANCISCO ( SF Chronicle)
Opposition to a California ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage is mounting following Attorney General Jerry Brown's move to change the language on the initiative, according to a Field Poll released today. By Carrie Sturrock, Thursday, September 18th.
San Francisco Chronicle
Stocks jump following Wednesday's rout
NEW YORK (AP)
Stocks rebounded Thursday from the previous session's massive rout, but safe assets such as gold and Treasury bills still saw heavy demand as investors braced for more instability in the financial system. By Tim Paradis, Thursday, September 18th.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/wall_street;_ylt=AoW89s4bFebfTsMX4KSpgRms0NUE
7 soldiers die in helicopter crash in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP)
Seven American soldiers were killed in southern Iraq early Thursday when their helicopter crashed as it was flying into the country from Kuwait, the U.S. military said. By Vanessa Gera, Thursday September 18th.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq;_ylt=Ah4DRm2ekEuf9C8axmAR9pWs0NUE
Hackers break into Sarah Palin's e-mail account
WASHINGTON (AP)
Hackers broke into the Yahoo! e-mail account that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska's governor, revealing as evidence a few inconsequential personal messages she has received since John McCain selected her as his running mate. By Ted Bridis, AP, Wednesday, September 17th.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/17/politics/p140031D87.DTL
Buy a virgin
SACRAMENTO (State Hornet)
A hurricane of media coverage is swirling around a Sacramento State graduate who is auctioning off her virginity. By Paul Rios and Cody Kitaura, Wednesday, September 17th.
http://media.www.statehornet.com/media/storage/paper1146/news/2008/09/17/News/Buy-A.Virgin-3434278.shtml
College gains state grant for technical education
SACRAMENTO (Sacramento Bee)
Folsom Lake College has received a $469,000 career technical initiative grant through the state's Career Technical Education/Economic and Workforce Development Pathways program. By Walter Yost, Thursday, September 18th.
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1245808.html
High-Tech Pimp Busted
SACRAMENTO (CBS 13)
Stephen Mckesson 22 is being held without bail right now for pimping teens out on craigslist. Some of the girls were as young as 13. It is also believed that he beat and raped the girls. Some of the girls may have even given birth to his child. He was caught when a friend of one of the girls saw her friend online and called the cops. Wednesday, September 17th.
http://cbs13.com/local/stephen.mckesson.craigslist.2.820171.html
Tree teams work to save storm-hit canopies
MOBILE, AL (AP)
Hurricanes that whip the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of Southern states take a human toll, but they also claim another victim on an enormous scale — the majestic trees, many draped in Spanish moss, that form canopies over historic streets across the region. By Associsated Press, Wednesday, September 17th.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26757733/
New School is coming to Northern California for grad level degrees
SACRMENTO (KCRA 3)
Drexel University will provide grad level degrees in a slumping economy. Classes will start in January and the will be held near Sacramento"s capital mall. Seats in class rooms are expected to be filled. Students are lining up for MBAs and engineering degree level classes. Wednesday September 17th.
http://www.kcra.com/education/17501171/detail.html?rss=sac&psp=news
Swiss restaurant to serve meals cooked with human breast milk
ALPINE (Telegraph)
The owner of the Storchen restaurant in the exclusive Winterthur resort will improve his menu with local specialities such as meat stew and various soups and sauces containing at least 75 per cent of mother's milk. Telegraph, Thursday, September 18th.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2976181/Swiss-restaurant-to-serve-meals-cooked-with-human-breast-milk.html
Editor: Julie Gabert
Group members:
Manny Miramontes
Megan Sanders
Pat Patitucci
Eyragon Eidam
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Group #3
Governor Cuts Student Jobs
Hundreds of Sacramento State students were laid off due to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's executive order that cut more than 10,000 of the state's temporary and part-time employees.Issue date: 9/3/08 StateHornet
Schwarzenegger vows budget veto
Extending the state's longest budget fight, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Tuesday that he will veto a proposed state budget that "takes our problems and makes them even worse." By Jim Sanders. Wednesday, September 17, 2008 SacBee
Pot bust targets upscale homes in El Dorado Hills, Placerville
In a series of raids, federal agents and police targeted three indoor marijuana growing operations in El Dorado Hills and Placerville on Tuesday, serving eight search warrants and arresting six suspects in what was described as a "family-based" operation. By David Richie SacBee
River Cats Win Triple-A Championship
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Two days after claiming the Pacific Coast League title, the River Cats repeated as Triple-A champions. The River Cats defeated the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees to win the Bricktown Showdown 4-1. POSTED: 8:29 pm PDT September 16, 2008Associated Press
Oceans are ‘too noisy’ for whales
Levels of noise in the world's oceans are causing serious problems for
whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, a report warns. By RICHARD BLACK,
BBC NEWS
State Budget Deal? Not so fast..
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger threatened today to veto a state budget brokered by legislative leaders, arguing that fiscal reforms in the compromise spending plan do not go far enough. By MATTHEW YI San Francisco Chronicle
Advisor’s Claim: McCain invented the Blackberry
Sen. McCain’s advisor used the Blackberry as an example of McCain’s accomplishments on the Senate Commerce Committee. Obama campaign responds by saying “If John McCain hadn't said that 'the fundamentals of our economy are strong' on the day of one of our nation's worst financial crises, the claim that he invented the BlackBerry would have been the most preposterous thing said all week." By Chris Welch and Rebecca Sinderbrand, CNN. 9/16/08
CNN
GM Unveils Chevy Volt
GM’s electric Chevy Volt, expected to be available in 2010, was revealed to outsiders for the first time on Tuesday. By Peter Valdes-Dapena 9/16/08
CNN
China reports 3rd death in tainted milk scandal
Beijing-China's death minister said Wednesday that tainted milk formula has killed three chinese babies and sickened 6,200 in a spreading scandal that prompted three additional companies-including China's biggest dairy- to recall products.
By Tini Tran, Associated Press on September 16,2008.
16 dead in car bomb, ambush at US Embassy in Yemen
SAN'A, Yemen -- Attackers armed with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb assaulted the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday. Sixteen people were killed, including six assailants, officials said. By AHMED AL-HAJ AssoicatedPress
Hundreds of Sacramento State students were laid off due to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's executive order that cut more than 10,000 of the state's temporary and part-time employees.Issue date: 9/3/08 StateHornet
Schwarzenegger vows budget veto
Extending the state's longest budget fight, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Tuesday that he will veto a proposed state budget that "takes our problems and makes them even worse." By Jim Sanders. Wednesday, September 17, 2008 SacBee
Pot bust targets upscale homes in El Dorado Hills, Placerville
In a series of raids, federal agents and police targeted three indoor marijuana growing operations in El Dorado Hills and Placerville on Tuesday, serving eight search warrants and arresting six suspects in what was described as a "family-based" operation. By David Richie SacBee
River Cats Win Triple-A Championship
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Two days after claiming the Pacific Coast League title, the River Cats repeated as Triple-A champions. The River Cats defeated the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees to win the Bricktown Showdown 4-1. POSTED: 8:29 pm PDT September 16, 2008Associated Press
Oceans are ‘too noisy’ for whales
Levels of noise in the world's oceans are causing serious problems for
whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, a report warns. By RICHARD BLACK,
BBC NEWS
State Budget Deal? Not so fast..
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger threatened today to veto a state budget brokered by legislative leaders, arguing that fiscal reforms in the compromise spending plan do not go far enough. By MATTHEW YI San Francisco Chronicle
Advisor’s Claim: McCain invented the Blackberry
Sen. McCain’s advisor used the Blackberry as an example of McCain’s accomplishments on the Senate Commerce Committee. Obama campaign responds by saying “If John McCain hadn't said that 'the fundamentals of our economy are strong' on the day of one of our nation's worst financial crises, the claim that he invented the BlackBerry would have been the most preposterous thing said all week." By Chris Welch and Rebecca Sinderbrand, CNN. 9/16/08
CNN
GM Unveils Chevy Volt
GM’s electric Chevy Volt, expected to be available in 2010, was revealed to outsiders for the first time on Tuesday. By Peter Valdes-Dapena 9/16/08
CNN
China reports 3rd death in tainted milk scandal
Beijing-China's death minister said Wednesday that tainted milk formula has killed three chinese babies and sickened 6,200 in a spreading scandal that prompted three additional companies-including China's biggest dairy- to recall products.
By Tini Tran, Associated Press on September 16,2008.
16 dead in car bomb, ambush at US Embassy in Yemen
SAN'A, Yemen -- Attackers armed with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb assaulted the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday. Sixteen people were killed, including six assailants, officials said. By AHMED AL-HAJ AssoicatedPress
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
David Gutierrez Editor
j30-03
News Digest #1
Wall Street awakes to 2 storied firms falling
Monday, September 15, 2008
(09-15) 07:13 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) --
When Wall Street woke up Monday morning, two more of its storied firms had fallen.Lehman Brothers, burdened by $60 billion in soured real-estate holdings, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after attempts to rescue the 158-year-old firm failed. Bank of America Corp. said it is snapping up Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in a $50 billion all-stock transaction.
By JOE BEL BRUNO, CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Business Writers
Monday, September 15, 2008
Posted by dg597 at 7:25 AM 0 comments
Associated Press
Nearly 2,000 brought to safety in Texas
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
Sunday, September 14, 2008
The death toll from Hurricane Ike rose to 25 across nine states Sunday, as rescuers said they had saved nearly 2,000 people from waterlogged streets and splintered houses. Glass-strewn Houston was placed under a weeklong curfew, and millions of people in the storm's path remained in the dark.
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
Posted by dg597 at 7:23 AM 0 comments
San Francisco Chronical
Fed moves to deal with financial crisis
(09-14) 22:01 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --
The Federal Reserve announced late Sunday several steps to cope with the worst credit crisis in decades, including broadening the types of assets that investment banks can put up to get emergency loans from the Fed.
The action came as U.S. and foreign commercial banks were hashing out a plan to inoculate the global financial system against the possible failure of Lehman Brothers.
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer Sunday, September 14, 2008
Posted by dg597 at 7:21 AM 0 comments
San Francisco Chronicle
Ike's aftermath: The return of $4 gas Gas prices poised to climb towards record levels again as hurricane hits center of nation's oil refining base;
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Gas prices are poised to shoot back toward record highs after Hurricane Ike's direct hit to the heart of the nation's oil refineries, analysts said.
The average price of gasoline nationwide has already shot up 12 cents in the past two days to $3.795 a gallon, according to figures released by the AAA Sunday. And the average price of gas is now at or above $4 in Alaska, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and South Carolina.
By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com senior writer
Posted by dg597 at 7:19 AM 0 comments
CNN
Petraeus: more than troops needed in Afghanistan
BAGHDAD - U.S. Gen. David Petraeus said Sunday that experience in Iraq shows it will take political and economic progress as well as military action to tackle increased violence in Afghanistan.
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
Posted by dg597 at 7:18 AM 0 comments
Associated Press
Leaders say they have a budget deal
Published 3:57 pm PDT Sunday, September 14, 2008
Legislative leaders said today they at last have a compromise deal on an 11-week-late state budget that calls for no tax increases, no borrowing from local governments or other state special funds -- and which makes no one happy.
Emerging from a weekend meeting in the office of Senate GOP leader Dave Cogdill, the quartet declined to give specific details of their compromise plan, saying they wanted to talk to their respective caucuses first.
By Steve Wiegand - swiegand@sacbee.com
Posted by dg597 at 7:17 AM 0 comments
Sacramento Bee
Fire destroys UEI building: A fire that engulfed a University Enterprise Inc. building this morning is suspected of arson
An alarm went out at 2:30 a.m. at the facility near Folsom Boulevard today. Firefighters had to cut through barbed wire to reach the fire which destroyed the building and affected several of the surrounding buildings.
"The whole property is secure," said Sacramento Fire Department Captain Jim Doucette. He said the building has been vacant for five years with no power, which means there may have been suspicious activity.
Chloe Daley Issue date: 9/13/08 Section
Posted by dg597 at 7:16 AM 0 comments
State Hornet
Widow's suit to keep husband's frozen sperm denied
Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, September 14, 2008
Story appeared in OUR REGION section, Page B4
A state appellate court has decided that frozen sperm left behind by a deceased Sacramento County sheriff's deputy cannot be used by his widow to become pregnant.
Justices in the 3rd District Court of Appeal were asked to decide whether the widow, Iris Kievernagel, had the right to conceive a child from her late husband's frozen sperm.
By Bill Lindelof - blindelof@sacbee.com
Posted by dg597 at 7:13 AM 0 comments
Sacramento Bee
Feds: Audio sheds light on deadly LA train wreck
September 14, 2008
(09-14) 22:14 PDT LOS ANGELES, (AP) --
Federal investigators say audio recordings from a commuter train are missing required verbal safety checks between the engineer and the conductor in the seconds before the train collided with a freight engine, killing more than two dozen.
Kitty Higgins, a board member for the National Transportation Safety Board, says the recordings show the engineer and conductor called out and confirmed light signals along the route, but the tapes are missing calls for the last two lights the train passed just before the fiery wreck.
By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press Writer Sunday,
Posted by dg597 at 6:58 AM 0 comments
San Francisco Chronical
One person suspected in multiple Natomas robberies
Published 2:42 pm PDT Sunday, September 14, 2008
Four home invasions in the Natomas area have been linked to the same person, Sacramento law enforcement officials say.
In a statement by police today, officials said the home invasions that happened during a one-year period have been linked by physical evidence. Victims at two of the crimes were sexually assaulted.
By Jennifer Garza - jgarza@sacbee.com
Posted by dg597 at 6:57 AM 0 comments
Sacramento Bee
Editor:
1.David Gutierrez
2. Tiarra Earls
3. Georgeann Shoptaw
4. Kim Reyes
5. Jasmine Cannady
6. Amanda Bonzani
News Digest #1
Wall Street awakes to 2 storied firms falling
Monday, September 15, 2008
(09-15) 07:13 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) --
When Wall Street woke up Monday morning, two more of its storied firms had fallen.Lehman Brothers, burdened by $60 billion in soured real-estate holdings, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after attempts to rescue the 158-year-old firm failed. Bank of America Corp. said it is snapping up Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in a $50 billion all-stock transaction.
By JOE BEL BRUNO, CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Business Writers
Monday, September 15, 2008
Posted by dg597 at 7:25 AM 0 comments
Associated Press
Nearly 2,000 brought to safety in Texas
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
Sunday, September 14, 2008
The death toll from Hurricane Ike rose to 25 across nine states Sunday, as rescuers said they had saved nearly 2,000 people from waterlogged streets and splintered houses. Glass-strewn Houston was placed under a weeklong curfew, and millions of people in the storm's path remained in the dark.
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
Posted by dg597 at 7:23 AM 0 comments
San Francisco Chronical
Fed moves to deal with financial crisis
(09-14) 22:01 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --
The Federal Reserve announced late Sunday several steps to cope with the worst credit crisis in decades, including broadening the types of assets that investment banks can put up to get emergency loans from the Fed.
The action came as U.S. and foreign commercial banks were hashing out a plan to inoculate the global financial system against the possible failure of Lehman Brothers.
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer Sunday, September 14, 2008
Posted by dg597 at 7:21 AM 0 comments
San Francisco Chronicle
Ike's aftermath: The return of $4 gas Gas prices poised to climb towards record levels again as hurricane hits center of nation's oil refining base;
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Gas prices are poised to shoot back toward record highs after Hurricane Ike's direct hit to the heart of the nation's oil refineries, analysts said.
The average price of gasoline nationwide has already shot up 12 cents in the past two days to $3.795 a gallon, according to figures released by the AAA Sunday. And the average price of gas is now at or above $4 in Alaska, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and South Carolina.
By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com senior writer
Posted by dg597 at 7:19 AM 0 comments
CNN
Petraeus: more than troops needed in Afghanistan
BAGHDAD - U.S. Gen. David Petraeus said Sunday that experience in Iraq shows it will take political and economic progress as well as military action to tackle increased violence in Afghanistan.
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
Posted by dg597 at 7:18 AM 0 comments
Associated Press
Leaders say they have a budget deal
Published 3:57 pm PDT Sunday, September 14, 2008
Legislative leaders said today they at last have a compromise deal on an 11-week-late state budget that calls for no tax increases, no borrowing from local governments or other state special funds -- and which makes no one happy.
Emerging from a weekend meeting in the office of Senate GOP leader Dave Cogdill, the quartet declined to give specific details of their compromise plan, saying they wanted to talk to their respective caucuses first.
By Steve Wiegand - swiegand@sacbee.com
Posted by dg597 at 7:17 AM 0 comments
Sacramento Bee
Fire destroys UEI building: A fire that engulfed a University Enterprise Inc. building this morning is suspected of arson
An alarm went out at 2:30 a.m. at the facility near Folsom Boulevard today. Firefighters had to cut through barbed wire to reach the fire which destroyed the building and affected several of the surrounding buildings.
"The whole property is secure," said Sacramento Fire Department Captain Jim Doucette. He said the building has been vacant for five years with no power, which means there may have been suspicious activity.
Chloe Daley Issue date: 9/13/08 Section
Posted by dg597 at 7:16 AM 0 comments
State Hornet
Widow's suit to keep husband's frozen sperm denied
Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, September 14, 2008
Story appeared in OUR REGION section, Page B4
A state appellate court has decided that frozen sperm left behind by a deceased Sacramento County sheriff's deputy cannot be used by his widow to become pregnant.
Justices in the 3rd District Court of Appeal were asked to decide whether the widow, Iris Kievernagel, had the right to conceive a child from her late husband's frozen sperm.
By Bill Lindelof - blindelof@sacbee.com
Posted by dg597 at 7:13 AM 0 comments
Sacramento Bee
Feds: Audio sheds light on deadly LA train wreck
September 14, 2008
(09-14) 22:14 PDT LOS ANGELES, (AP) --
Federal investigators say audio recordings from a commuter train are missing required verbal safety checks between the engineer and the conductor in the seconds before the train collided with a freight engine, killing more than two dozen.
Kitty Higgins, a board member for the National Transportation Safety Board, says the recordings show the engineer and conductor called out and confirmed light signals along the route, but the tapes are missing calls for the last two lights the train passed just before the fiery wreck.
By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press Writer Sunday,
Posted by dg597 at 6:58 AM 0 comments
San Francisco Chronical
One person suspected in multiple Natomas robberies
Published 2:42 pm PDT Sunday, September 14, 2008
Four home invasions in the Natomas area have been linked to the same person, Sacramento law enforcement officials say.
In a statement by police today, officials said the home invasions that happened during a one-year period have been linked by physical evidence. Victims at two of the crimes were sexually assaulted.
By Jennifer Garza - jgarza@sacbee.com
Posted by dg597 at 6:57 AM 0 comments
Sacramento Bee
Editor:
1.David Gutierrez
2. Tiarra Earls
3. Georgeann Shoptaw
4. Kim Reyes
5. Jasmine Cannady
6. Amanda Bonzani
Group 2 - Editor, Leidhra Johnson
House to vote on offshore drilling Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives is expected to vote on Tuesday on a comprehensive energy package that would open most of the U.S. coastline to offshore drilling, a Democratic aide said on Monday. By Ayesha Rasco. Tue Sep 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1533340920080916
Bush to visit Texas as Ike relief rolls in
HOUSTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will view storm-struck areas of Texas on Tuesday as the energy hub of Houston and other areas struggle to recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ike. By Ed Stoddard. Tue Sep 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN9645380320080916
Obama, McCain blame economic woes on greed, policy
WASHINGTON - With chaos rocking financial markets, John McCain assailed "greed and corruption" on Wall Street and promised to clean it up, while Barack Obama blamed White House policies and said his opponent would only deliver more of the same. By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer. Mon Sep 15, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080916/ap_on_el_pr/candidates_economy;_ylt=AgPdukdP8k0ayipI4FrpcOKs0NUE
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives is expected to vote on Tuesday on a comprehensive energy package that would open most of the U.S. coastline to offshore drilling, a Democratic aide said on Monday. By Ayesha Rasco. Tue Sep 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1533340920080916
Bush to visit Texas as Ike relief rolls in
HOUSTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will view storm-struck areas of Texas on Tuesday as the energy hub of Houston and other areas struggle to recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ike. By Ed Stoddard. Tue Sep 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN9645380320080916
Obama, McCain blame economic woes on greed, policy
WASHINGTON - With chaos rocking financial markets, John McCain assailed "greed and corruption" on Wall Street and promised to clean it up, while Barack Obama blamed White House policies and said his opponent would only deliver more of the same. By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer. Mon Sep 15, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080916/ap_on_el_pr/candidates_economy;_ylt=AgPdukdP8k0ayipI4FrpcOKs0NUE
Wall Street's dive hurts Sacramento, too
SACRAMENTO - Wall Street's meltdown is fast becoming Sacramento's problem, too. By Dale Kasler, Jim Wasserman and Jon Ortiz. Tuesday, September 16, 2008
http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/1239182.html
SACRAMENTO - Wall Street's meltdown is fast becoming Sacramento's problem, too. By Dale Kasler, Jim Wasserman and Jon Ortiz. Tuesday, September 16, 2008
http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/1239182.html
Text messaging figures in L.A. train wreck probe
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Investigators of a Los Angeles train wreck that killed 25 people are looking into reports that an engineer blamed for missing a stop signal light may have been distracted by text messaging moments before the crash, officials said on Monday. By Steve Gorman Mon Sep 15, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080916/us_nm/train_crash_dc;_ylt=Ap6Wew.O5KLOX5MrCRmqEF2s0NUE
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Investigators of a Los Angeles train wreck that killed 25 people are looking into reports that an engineer blamed for missing a stop signal light may have been distracted by text messaging moments before the crash, officials said on Monday. By Steve Gorman Mon Sep 15, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080916/us_nm/train_crash_dc;_ylt=Ap6Wew.O5KLOX5MrCRmqEF2s0NUE
Mugging in Parking Structure III in Broad Daylight
Sac State- A young female student, walking to her vehicle at 2:30pm on the 6th floor of CSUS Parking Structure III, had her notebook computer forcibly taken from her by two male subjects on bicycles. CSUS.edu Mon Sept 8, 4:46pm
Hells Angels fondly remember S.F. leader
Mark "Papa" Guardado's final ride was a Viking funeral, his body borne to his final resting place by a river of chrome and thunder. By Matthew B. Stannard, Chronicle Staff Writer. Monday, September 15, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/15/BAVG12UGSR.DTL&hw=hells+angels&sn=001&sc=1000
Sac State- A young female student, walking to her vehicle at 2:30pm on the 6th floor of CSUS Parking Structure III, had her notebook computer forcibly taken from her by two male subjects on bicycles. CSUS.edu Mon Sept 8, 4:46pm
The Army's Totally Serious Mind-Control Project
WASHINGTON (Times) -- Army scientists want to cram this array of brain-wave reading sensors into a helmet. By Mark Thompson Sunday, Sep. 14, 2008
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1841108,00.html
WASHINGTON (Times) -- Army scientists want to cram this array of brain-wave reading sensors into a helmet. By Mark Thompson Sunday, Sep. 14, 2008
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1841108,00.html
An Autistic Student's Journey To College
Sending your child off to college can be an anxious time for many parents. But for parents of children with a mental illness or learning disability, the transition is especially challenging. One worry is that parents of adult children have no legal standing in their medical care. In Nashville, Tenn., the Diehl family has worked hard to prepare their son for the move from home to college. By Michelle Trudeau, Morning Edition. September 11, 2008
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94429083
Sending your child off to college can be an anxious time for many parents. But for parents of children with a mental illness or learning disability, the transition is especially challenging. One worry is that parents of adult children have no legal standing in their medical care. In Nashville, Tenn., the Diehl family has worked hard to prepare their son for the move from home to college. By Michelle Trudeau, Morning Edition. September 11, 2008
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94429083
Hells Angels fondly remember S.F. leader
Mark "Papa" Guardado's final ride was a Viking funeral, his body borne to his final resting place by a river of chrome and thunder. By Matthew B. Stannard, Chronicle Staff Writer. Monday, September 15, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/15/BAVG12UGSR.DTL&hw=hells+angels&sn=001&sc=1000
Hallucinogenic chocolates doom Berlin sweet shop
BERLIN (Reuters) - Police closed down a Berlin sweet shop after discovering the owner was selling chocolates and lollipops laced with hallucinogenic mushrooms and marijuana. Writing by Josie Cox, editing by Peter Millership. Fri Sep 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSLC48222220080912
BERLIN (Reuters) - Police closed down a Berlin sweet shop after discovering the owner was selling chocolates and lollipops laced with hallucinogenic mushrooms and marijuana. Writing by Josie Cox, editing by Peter Millership. Fri Sep 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSLC48222220080912
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