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Odor in D.C.

The pork-laden federal budgets include such things as taxpayers spending millions of dollars on such things as quelling pig manure and odor in Iowa.

March 17, 2009 | By Betty Arenson Valencia | Read Letters to Editor


No phone enforcement

On Wednesday, March 4, on my trip to the doctor from Valencia to Burbank, I observed 67 cars that had either no headlights on or the driver was talking on a hand-held cell phone.

March 17, 2009 | By Jim Avery Valencia | Read Letters to Editor


Adult stem-cell research

Embryonic stem-cell research has not cured anything and has no current human trials, simply because the method so far has only produced tumors in animals. Yet, President Barack Obama has, by executive order, fulfilled his campaign promise to lift the ban on federally funded embryonic stem-cell research.

March 17, 2009 | By Gary Curtis Valencia | Read Letters to Editor


Shrink government

I hope you politicians that approved the tax hike never receive another vote from an honest member of the Society of California Voters.

March 17, 2009 | By Scott Ebeling Canyon Country | Read Letters to Editor


Cemex, take six?

I read in Tuesday's paper (March 10) that "everything is right on track" (on the Cemex legislation front), according to Lindsey Mask, spokeswoman for Congressman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon.

March 17, 2009 | By Kevin Eliason Santa Clarita | Read Letters to Editor


What would you invent?

First place If I were a scientist, I would invent one thing and one thing only. I would invent a fast cloning device that could clone anything, and it would have the same everything as the first one. Say it was a person - once you cloned it, it would have the same personality, the same brain, and everything else. I would invent it so I could be at more than one place at a ...

March 17, 2009 | Signal Staff | Kid Zone


Locks of love

I am currently an eighth-grade student at Rio Norte Junior High School. Last September, I heard on the morning announcements during homeroom that the Resourceful River Hawks Community Service Club was having their first meeting of the year at lunch time. I decided since I was not in the club last year that maybe I could be in it this year.

March 17, 2009 | By Kristen Solano For The Signal | SCV Kids


Students connect with parents

"I love to read," said Luis Sebastion, a third-grader at Canyon Springs Elementary School.

March 17, 2009 | By Alicia Dukov For The Signal | SCV Kids


Zonta offers free LifeForward workshop

How does one create a menu of balanced meals on a budget? What are some simple steps to incorporate exercise into your life? Managing stress with some simple, effective techniques. Getting out of the "overwhelmed" move by calming mind and body?

March 16, 2009 | Source: Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley | SCV Raw


National Poison Prevention Week runs from March 15-22

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - More than 2 million poisonings are reported each year to poison control centers across the country. In California, the California Poison Control System (CPCS) is dedicated to providing residents with the most up-to-date information and 24-hour assistance relating to poisoning.

March 16, 2009 | Source: California Poison Control System | SCV Raw


Saugus High celebrates 'Women in History'

Famous women in history from Cleopatra to Sally Ride will tell their stories "in person" when the American Association of University Women (AAUW) brings its "Women in History" program to Saugus High School.

March 16, 2009 | Source: William S. Hart Union High School District | SCV Raw


Consumer Watchdog: AIG bonuses should be delivered by FBI

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Consumer advocates said that federal law enforcement agencies should create a special investigative unit dedicated to unearthing any fraud or misconduct attributable to AIG employees paid bonuses since taxpayers bailed out the company.

March 16, 2009 | Source: Consumer Watchdog | SCV Raw


Team GSA helps spearhead economic stimulus

What a time to be part of the federal work force! Thanks to President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Congress, government workers will play a central role in helping America through the most turbulent economic times since the Great Depression. Employees at the U.S. General Services Administration have seized on this amazing challenge and opportunity. GSA is the central management arm of the government, responsible since 1949 for providing goods, services and workspace ...

March 16, 2009 | Source: U.S. General Services Administration | SCV Raw


It's a big world out there: Pico Canyon students celebrate diversity

Pico Canyon Elementary School students celebrate cultural diversity throughout the month of March.

March 16, 2009 | By Signal Staff | Santa Clarita Valley News


City to host 'Kids Night Out'

The city of Santa Clarita is giving parents a break this month with "Kids Night Out" on March 28.

March 16, 2009 | By Signal Staff | Santa Clarita Valley News


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Maserati driver in Vegas shooting-crash was rapper

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Police searched Friday for a Range Rover with dark tinted windows and custom rims that set off a fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip when someone in the luxury SUV opened fire on a Maserati driven by an aspiring rapper.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Valencia crime report: 10 residential burglaries reported last week

Valencia, Zone 5, Public Safety and Crime Prevention Information. Snapshot for 02/11/2013 through 02/17/2013.

February 22, 2013 | Source: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station | Crime Reports


Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, Feb. 22, 2013

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February 22, 2013 | Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Crime Reports


Prosecutor questions woman in Arizona murder case

PHOENIX (AP) - A woman charged in the stabbing and shooting death of her Arizona lover traded barbs with a prosecutor under a withering cross-examination as she struggled to explain why she can recall precise details of her life from years earlier, yet can't remember crucial aspects of the murder case against her.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Car bomb kills at least 53 in Syrian capital

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A car bomb exploded Thursday near Syria's ruling party headquarters in Damascus, killing at least 53 people and scattering mangled bodies among the blazing wreckage in one of the bloodiest days in the capital since the uprising began almost two years ago.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Haiti's 'Baby Doc' summoned to court after no-show

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A Haitian judge on Thursday summoned Jean-Claude Duvalier to appear in court after the former dictator defied an order to attend a hearing to determine whether he should again face charges for human rights abuses committed during the nearly 15 years of his brutal regime.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Oscar guy MacFarlane aims to perk up stodgy awards

LOS ANGELES (AP) - You think the Academy Awards are boring? Try the nominations. They only last a few minutes, but it's generally a sleepy academy suit and a sleepy starlet droning a list of names at 5:30 in the morning.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Georgia plane aborted landing, hit utility pole

THOMSON, Ga. (AP) - A small private jet carrying a surgeon and members of his clinic staff aborted its landing at a Georgia airport before it hit a 60-foot utility pole and crashed in a flaming wreck, killing five people onboard and injuring two, federal authorities said Thursday.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Pistorius granted bail pending murder trial

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - In an agonizingly slow announcement, a magistrate allowed Oscar Pistorius to go free on bail Friday, nine days after the Paralympian was arrested in the Valentine's Day killing of his girlfriend.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Police: Hotel altercation sparked Vegas shooting

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Bullets were flying from a black Range Rover at a gray Maserati as the vehicles raced toward a red light on the Las Vegas Strip.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


4 stabbed outside downtown LA nightspot

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Four young adults have been stabbed after a feud spilled out of a downtown Los Angeles nightspot.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


More tests needed in LA hotel water tank death

LOS ANGELES (AP) - More testing must be done to determine the cause of death of a 21-year-old Canadian tourist whose body was found wedged in a water tank atop a downtown Los Angeles hotel, authorities said Thursday.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Letters: A socialist by any other name is... a socialist

Leftists of late have become very defensive about being called socialist in their ideology, as typified by Kevin Buck's column (Feb. 19, "Straw men live in glass houses").

February 22, 2013 | Brian Baker Saugus | Read Letters to Editor


Alice Khosravy: California is at bottom for business

Just a few short days ago the lanterns fell, bringing an end to Chinese New Year season for 2013.

February 22, 2013 | Alice Khosravy Right Here, Right Now | Columnists


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