Monday, October 12, 2009

The Moondays

Storm packing big rains for Sacramento Valley

The remnants of super typhoon Melor, which socked Japan last week, will land in Northern California tonight and bring up to 2 inches of rain in the Sacramento Valley by Wednesday evening.

Schwarzenegger signs gay rights bill


Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two gay rights bills, one honoring late activist Harvey Milk and another recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states.

The Sacramento Bee



It's a fork, It's a spoon, It's a ... Weapon?

NEWARK, Del. - Finding character witnesses when you are 6 years old is not that easy.


Hornets football defeats Idaho State 38-17 in Homecoming game

On the strength of a career best 178 yards rushing from RB Terrance Dailey, The Sacramento State football team was victorious for the second week in a row on Saturday.

State Hornet


Soldier dies after receiving smoker's lungs in transplant

LONDON, England (CNN) -- A leading UK hospital has defended its practice of using organs donated by smokers after the death of a soldier who received the cancerous lungs of a heavy smoker.

CNN


Police: New York man beaten for being gay

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A man brutally beaten in New York City was targeted because he is openly gay, the New York Police Department said Monday.

CNN


California Tries to Confront Its Water Woes

LOS ANGELES -- In a sign that a deal addressing California's longstanding water supply problems may be near, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger convened a special session of the Legislature on Monday to revisit a package of water bills.

The New York Times


PC prices should stay low even with the release of Windows 7

With Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system due Oct. 22, PC prices have never been lower.

USA Today


College cutbacks make it harder to earn degrees

SAN FRANCISCO -- It isn't just tuition increases that are driving up the cost of college. Around the country, deep budget cuts are forcing colleges to lay off instructors and eliminate some classes, making it harder for students to get into the courses they need to earn their degree.

Yahoo NEWS


Sacramento mayor was robbed doing a good deed

Noting this morning that "no good deed goes unpunished," Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said he was robbed on the streets of San Francisco over the weekend as he was helping "an elderly gentleman I met on the BART train."

The Sacramento Bee


Dan Walters: California 'murder-suicide' of 1998 could repeat itself

The 1998 campaign for governor in California was one of the oddest in the state's history, centering on what came to be known in political circles as the "murder-suicide pact."

The Sacramento Bee


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