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Facebook pulls poll about killing Obama
By Scott Duke Harris
sdharris@mercurynews.com
Posted: 09/28/2009 06:01:26 PM PDT
Updated: 09/28/2009 08:12:45 PM PDT

Facebook said Monday it is cooperating with the U.S. Secret Service in investigating a poll that recently appeared on the social networking site asking whether President Barack Obama should be killed.

MercuryNews

Rocklin teen dies after cliff jump into lake

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Authorities say a 16-year-old Rocklin boy died after jumping off a cliff into Lake Natoma.

San Jose Mercury News

Couple rescued after car slides off embankment
By Chelsea Phua cphua@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Sep. 28, 2009 - 9:15 pm Last Modified: Monday, Sep. 28, 2009 - 10:18 pm

Sacramento fire officials said that a couple became trapped after their car slid off an embankment Monday evening at Miller Park.

The Sacramento Bee

Philippine flood death toll rises

The Philippines government says 240 people are now know to have died in flooding caused by Tropical Storm Ketsana, the AFP news agency reports.

BBC News

FBI Releases New Video Of Aftermath Of Oklahoma City Bombing

The FBI has released long-secret security tapes that show the chaos in the aftermath of the deadly bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

KWTX

Yellowstone fire grows; park still open

(CNN) -- A wildfire in Yellowstone National Park has grown to 9,300 acres and closed a section of the main road through the park, but Yellowstone is still open and National Park Service officials said Monday there was no danger to travelers.

CNN

Placer plans to spray for mosquitoes
By Bill Lindelof blindelof@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Sep. 28, 2009 - 1:54 pm

Recent hot weather is prompting the Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District to target three areas for spraying.

The Sacramento Bee

From Science, Plenty of Cows but Little Profit
By WILLIAM NEUMAN
Published: September 28, 2009

HANFORD, Calif. — Three years ago, a technological breakthrough gave dairy farmers the chance to bend a basic rule of nature: no longer would their cows have to give birth to equal numbers of female and male offspring. Instead, using a high-technology method to sort the sperm of dairy bulls, they could produce mostly female calves to be raised into profitable milk producers.

The New York Times

Weight Loss Helps Sleep Apnea
Shedding Extra Pounds May Relieve or Even Cure Sleep Apnea Symptoms
By Jennifer WarnerWebMD Health News
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD

Sept. 28, 2009 -- Losing weight may help obese people as well as their partners sleep better by easing sleep apnea symptoms.

WebMD

Radio contest winner said water had her 'gagging'
By Andy Furillo afurillo@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Sep. 28, 2009 - 12:56 pm

The winning contestant in a radio station's fatal water drinking contest testified today that she found herself "gagging" over a toilet and "really hurting" in the aftermath of the event that took another woman's life.

The Sacramento Bee


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