State bans alcohol sales from automated checkout counters

Alcohol sales will no longer be allowed at automated checkout counters after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law Sunday to ban the practice.

October 10, 2011

LA Times

Qwikster fiasco spurs doubts about Netflix's brass

Netflix on Monday abruptly backtracked from its plan to split the firm into two parts - including a separate DVD-rental service and website under the name Qwikster - because the Los Gatos company badly underestimated how much customers would hate the idea.

October 11, 2011

San Francisco Chronicle

Apple's iPhone 4S breaks early order record

(Reuters) - People who want the new $200 Apple iPhone 4S may have to get in line on Friday because U.S. wireless phone carriers appear to have sold out.

October 10, 2011

Yahoo! News

Wis. woman accused of abduction, cutting out fetus

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A woman who faked a pregnancy and panicked as her supposed due date grew near attacked a pregnant mother with a baseball bat and cut her full-term fetus from her womb with an X-Acto knife, killing the mother and baby, according to court documents filed Monday.

October 10, 2011

Yahoo! News

N.B.A. Cancels First 2 Weeks of Play

The N.B.A. canceled the first two weeks of the season Monday night after another marathon bargaining session between league and union leaders ended in frustration and despair.

October 10, 2011

New York Times

Al Davis, the Controversial and Combative Raiders Owner, Dies at 82

Al Davis, the irascible owner of the Oakland Raiders whose feuds with the National Football League reshaped professional football over the last half century and helped spur its rise to pre-eminence in the landscape of American sports, died Saturday morning. He was 82.

October 8, 2011

New York Times

Remembering Steve Jobs: Your Pictures

Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple, died Wednesday in Palo Alto, Calif., at age 56. The New York Times is asking readers to share a picture that illustrates the impact of his life and legacy. How did Mr. Jobs’s life affect you? View selected submissions in this slideshow.

October 11, 2011

New York Times


Governor OKs college aid for undocumented immigrants in California

Jerry Brown signed legislation Saturday allowing undocumented immigrant college students access to public financial aid, marking California's relatively liberal ground in a bitter row over immigration nationwide.

October 9, 2011

Sac Bee

Ukraine ex-prime minister convicted of abuse of power

Yulia Tymoshenko, a popular figure from Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution, is found guilty of exceeding her powers when she signed a gas deal with Russia in 2009 and is sentenced to seven years in prison.

October 11, 2011

LA Times

Jerry Brown signs ban on open-carry of handguns

Gov. Jerry Brown has outlawed the open carrying of unloaded handguns in California, signing a bill late Sunday night that makes the practice that had been popular with some gun rights advocates a misdemeanor in the state.

October 11, 2011

San Francisco Chronicle

Obama goads Republicans to present alternative jobs plan

Reporting from Washington—
As the Senate prepares for a vote on President Obama's jobs proposal Tuesday, the president is calling on his Republican opponents not just to explain their no votes but to offer a better alternative.

October 11, 2011

LA Times

Fliers’ vs. Airlines’ Rights

Airlines have long been able to remove disruptive passengers from their airplanes. But while in the past only fellow travelers knew what had happened, now social media exposes these disputes to a worldwide audience.

October 10, 2011

New York Times

Jerry Brown lets young people seek STD prevention, bars their use of tanning beds

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation allowing children 12 and older to seek medical care for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases without parental consent, including vaccinations against human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer.

October 10, 2011

Sac Bee

Remainder of Jackson doctor interview to be played

LOS ANGELES -- The jury hearing the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's personal physician is expected Tuesday to listen to the conclusion of the doctor's police interview that occurred two days after the singer's death.

October 11, 2011

Sac Bee