Moondays

Shelter a safe haven for Asian and Pacific Islander women

By Chelsea Phua

Where Lakshmi comes from in India, calling authorities for help is an alien concept.

Sac Bee

Job Front: Small businesses slow to hire

By Darrell Smith

Small businesses, pessimistic about the economy and frustrated by a lack of access to credit, are holding off on hiring, according to a new nationwide poll of small firms.

Sac Bee

Leonid meteor shower set to punctuate night skies, including Sacramento's

By Robert D. Davila

A cosmic light show is expected this week with the return of the annual Leonid meteor shower in the night sky.

Sac Bee

State recovers $27M for San Diego fire victims

The Associated Press

SAN DIEGO -- The state has recovered more than $27 million from insurance companies for victims of the wildfires that ravaged San Diego County in October 2007.

Sac Bee

Intelligence Officials Deny Sitting on Information About Fort Hood Shooter

Rep. Pete Hoekstra, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, announced Monday that he's asked the heads of the FBI, NSA and CIA to "preserve" all documents and material connected to the attack at Fort Hood last week that killed 13 and injured 29.

Fox News

Supreme Court won't halt D.C. sniper's execution

By Bill Mears
The Supreme Court refused Monday to block the execution of John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the sniper team that terrified the suburbs of the nation's capital in October 2002.

CNN

Tropical Storm Ida aims at Gulf Coast

By MELISSA NELSON (AP)

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Some Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday while others ventured outside to watch the approach of a rare late-season tropical storm that brought the potential for high winds, flooding and up to 8 inches of rain in some places.

Google News

Fort Hood: How the Injured Are Coping and Recovering

Bob Woodruff's Exclusive Access to the Injured Soldiers at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood

By Christine Romo, James Hill and Stephanie Wash
For many of the 43 people wounded when an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, the scene was unreal -- it seemed like something out of a movie. Maybe it was a drill.

ABC News

Open front door report yields pot-growing operation find in El Dorado Hills

From Cathy Locke

A report of an open front door at an El Dorado Hills residence led to the discovery of a large indoor marijuana-growing operation.

Sac Bee

Midtown's young and restless make the most of 'Funlough Friday'

By Anna Tong

From the painful pay cuts to extra minutes in the DMV queue, the toxic side effects of "Furlough Fridays" on California state employees have been thoroughly quantified.

Sac Bee