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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