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Lawsuit seeks to bankrupt Klan group
Teenager Jordan Gruver, an American citizen of Panamanian descent, took a beating at a county fair in Kentucky that left him with a broken jaw and left forearm, two cracked ribs and cuts and bruises. Now he and the Southern Poverty Law Center are suing the Imperial Klans of America and hope to win damages large enough to put the supremacist group out of business
CNN

Rancho Cordova police officer dies after traffic accident
By Kim Minugh - 4:56 pm Lawrence Canfield, a 43-year-old Sacramento County sheriff's deputy, has died from injuries sustained in a traffic accident today in Rancho Cordova, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff Department.
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LeBron's jaw-dropping dunk
LeBron James takes off from just inside the free-throw line, soars, and slams it home.
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Schwarzenegger calls for federal aid
By Kevin Yamamura - 4:49 pm
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday the federal government should give money to states as part of a financial stimulus package, and he insisted that such assistance would not be a bailout.
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Man believed to be sought in massive strip-mall search arrested
From Stan Oklobdzija:
Tony Morgan, the person believed to have evaded Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies during a massive search at a south Sacramento strip-mall weeks ago, was arrested Tuesday on unrelated charges, jail records indicate.
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Database: See who made donations in the Prop. 8 campaign
By Phillip Reese
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008:
More than 60,000 individuals and groups, including thousands of Sacramento residents, contributed a total of roughly $73 million to either side of the Proposition 8 debate.
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Treasury changes course on bailout, won't buy bad mortgages
Tom Abate, Chronicle Staff Writer
The Treasury Department reversed course on its massive bailout effort today, saying it would not use the $700 billion rescue fund approved by Congress to purchase bad mortgage securities but instead will continue pumping money into banks to boost their lending ability while it looks for ways to get more money flowing for school loans, credit cards and other consumer purchases.
SF Gate

California braces for massive earthquake drill
By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer
California will star in a mock earthquake disaster drill Thursday — considered the largest in U.S. history — with some 5 million people pledging to do everything from ducking for cover to rescuing faux victims.
SF Gate

Officials have a dead body, and a mystery, on their hands
Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer
The body of a middle-aged man was found floating in the surf off Ocean Beach in San Francisco, and city authorities want to know who he is.
SF Gate

Cheney, Biden to meet privately at VP residence
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
Vice President Dick Cheney, getting ready to hand off the job as the nation's second-in-command, will sit down with Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday at the Naval Observatory.
SF Gate

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