Group 4: Editor Eyragon Eidam

Senate passes $700B 'sweetened' rescue package

WASHINGTON -- After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened.

http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/708483.html

Melamine-Tainted Candy Found In CT

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The Department of Consumer Protection warned consumers Wednesday not to eat "White Rabbit Creamy Candy," imported from China and distributed by Queensway Foods Company Inc. of Burlingame, Calif.

http://www.wfsb.com/health/17599817/detail.html#-

Parents of  habitually truant students in area served warrants

Parents of habitually truant kids were hauled off to jail Wednesday because they couldn't get their kids to school.

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/015793.html

U.S. in Nuclear Talks With N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — The chief American negotiator for North Korea arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday to try to keep the North from reactivating its nuclear weapons program, while a news report said the government may have been restoring a test site.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/world/asia/02korea.html?ref=world

Two Koreas end brief military talks

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Officials say the first military talks between North and South Korea in eight months ended in just an hour and a half Thursday, casting doubts over the prospect of any progress from the meeting.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/01/koreas.talks.ap/index.html

Governor vetoes job security for medical marijuana users

(10-01) 18:02 PDT SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill sponsored by medical marijuana advocates that would have protected most employees from being fired for testing positive for pot that they used outside the workplace with their doctor's approval.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/01/BA7Q139LQU.DTL&tsp=1

DUI arrest nets chief spokesman for prison guards

The chief spokesman for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association has been arrested in San Joaquin County on suspicion of drunken driving.

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/015782.html

Mars Craft Detects Falling Snow

Icy snow falls from high in Mars's atmosphere and may even reach the planet's surface, scientists working with NASA's Phoenix lander reported yesterday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/29/AR2008092903068.html

Engineer sent text 22 seconds before fatal train crash

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A Metrolink engineer driving a commuter train sent a text message about 22 seconds before the train collided with a Union Pacific freight train last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/01/train.crash.probe/index.html

UC Davis Health System opens outpatient clinic

UC Davis Health System opened a new 66,000-square-foot outpatient clinic Monday, offering Placer County residents local access to primary-care physicians, specialists, cancer care and endoscopy services.

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1279260.html

Editor: Eyragon Eidam

Group members:

Manny Miramontes

Megan Sanders

Pat Patitucci

Julie Gabert