Thank God Its Tuesday

Pilots of wayward jet lose licenses

By Mike M. Ahlers, CNN
October 27, 2009 10:03 p.m. EDT

Washington (CNN) -- The Federal Aviation Administration revoked the licenses of two Northwest Airlines pilots Tuesday in an extraordinary letter in which the agency chastised the pair, saying they endangered the public by flying an hour and half without contacting controllers "while you were on a frolic of your own."

CNN


Sacramento County offers free seasonal flu vaccine Thursday

By Anna Tong

Published: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 - 2:37 pm
Last Modified: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 - 3:20 pm

Sacramento County is giving the seasonal flu vaccine for free this Thursday.
The public health department will be providing them from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Robertson Community Center, 3525 Norwood Ave. in Sacramento. The seasonal flu vaccine typically costs around $30 at a drugstore or pharmacy.

The Sacramento Bee


October deadliest month for US in Afghan war

By ASHLEY M. HEHER
Tue Oct 27, 4:36 pm ET

KABUL – Roadside bombs — the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers — claimed eight more American lives Tuesday, driving the U.S. death toll to a record level for the third time in four months as President Barack Obama nears a decision on a new strategy for the troubled war.

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Census: 'Brain gains' for high-tech cities

By HOPE YEN
Tue Oct 27, 8:03 pm ET

WASHINGTON – Many college graduates are passing up industrial centers and former hotspots in the Southwest, which have been hit hard by the recession, in favor of life in urban, high-tech meccas. Their moves are fueling a resurgence of brainiacs in parts of California, North Carolina and Texas.

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Couple alive after car pins them to bed for almost an hour

October 27, 2009 9:48 p.m. EDT

(CNN) -- With motor fluid spraying their faces and the weight of a car numbing their bodies, two Nevada college students struggled to stay calm after a drunk driver allegedly tore into their home, ripping them from their slumber.

CNN


Police: As many as 20 present at gang rape outside school dance

October 27, 2009 9:57 p.m. EDT

Richmond, California (CNN) -- Investigators say as many as 20 people were involved in or stood and watched the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a California high school homecoming dance Saturday night.

CNN


Mystery lingers over trash-can killings

By Kim Minugh

Published: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 - 12:00 am Page 2B
Last Modified: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 - 11:00 am

Homicide detectives are still working to piece together answers in a gruesome mystery surrounding the discovery of two badly decomposed bodies in garbage cans in a south Sacramento neighborhood.

Sacramento Bee


CSUS schedules memorial for student slain in dorm

By Laurel Rosenhall

Published: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 - 12:00 am Page 2B
Last Modified: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 - 9:49 am

California State University, Sacramento, is planning a memorial Wednesday for Scott Hawkins, the 23-year-old student who was killed in his dorm room last week.

Sacramento Bee


Some profs want Cal to stop subsidizing sports

Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

When UC Berkeley lends its Department of Intercollegiate Athletics millions of dollars to pay its bills each year - and even forgives that debt at times - it's helping a top-tier college sports program beloved by thousands of fans.

San Francisco Chronicle


Facebook to keep profiles of the dead

By Barbara Ortutay

updated 8:06 a.m. PT, Tues., Oct . 27, 2009

NEW YORK - Death doesn't erase the online footprints that people leave in life and Facebook won't either, though it will make some changes.

MSN