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Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51LOS ANGELES (AP) - HBO and James Gandolfini's managers say the actor famous for his role in "The Sopranos" has died in Italy.
June 19, 2013
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By The Associated Press
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Canyon Country man pleads not guilty in wrong-way crashA Canyon Country man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to four felony counts in Tuesday's wrong-way crash on Highway 14 that injured 13 people, four of them seriously.
June 19, 2013
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By Signal Staff
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Santa Clarita Valley News
Immigrant advocates sue gov't over detainersLOS ANGELES (AP) - Immigrant advocates have filed a lawsuit alleging that immigration agents are filing paperwork to keep arrestees in custody longer without investigating whether they're in the country illegally.
June 19, 2013
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By The Associated Press
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Los Angeles Metro ends free train ridesLOS ANGELES (AP) - As the whir of the subway echoed throughout Union Station and crowds of passengers trickled in for their morning commute, Los Angeles' transit officials unveiled a new development to deter riders from evading fares: locked turnstiles that can only be accessed using a TAP card.
June 19, 2013
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By The Associated Press
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Dog that killed 6-year-old Calif. boy euthanizedUNION CITY, Calif. (AP) - A pit bull mix that bit and killed a six-year-old boy in Northern California has been euthanized.
June 19, 2013
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By The Associated Press
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Teen charged in Calif. couple's slayings saved dadDAVIS, Calif. (AP) - A 16-year-old Northern California boy once praised as a hero for saving his dad's life has been charged with stabbing a couple to death at their home, a newspaper reported.
June 19, 2013
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By The Associated Press
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VALENCIA: Detectives arrest man for videotaping young girls in SCV storesSanta Clarita Detective Bureau investigated a report of a male following a young girl and videotaping her while she was walking around inside "Target" located on Magic Mountain Blvd., Valencia. Through proactive work by Target's loss prevention, detectives were able to identify the suspect as Yale Yurman. Suspect Yurman is a registered sex offender.
June 19, 2013
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source: SCV Sheriff's Station
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Santa Clarita Valley News
Woman stabbed, killed on Hollywood's Walk of FameLOS ANGELES (AP) - Police say they've arrested three panhandlers for investigation of the fatal stabbing of a young woman who was taking photographs on Hollywood's star-lined "Walk of Fame."
June 19, 2013
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By The Associated Press
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Car quality dinged, survey findsDETROIT (AP) - Car buyers increasingly want high-tech features like voice recognition and navigation. But they're not very forgiving of the car company when those systems fail.
June 19, 2013
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By The Associated Press
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Homes for Veterans in North Los Angeles CountyAre you a veteran making between $45,000 and $83,650 a year combined family income and dream of owning your own home? Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valley, the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate for North Los Angeles County, in collaboration with the California Department of Veterans Affairs, is building homes for veterans in Sylmar and Santa Clarita. The project in Santa Clarita will consist of an 87-home community and the one in Sylmar will ...
June 19, 2013
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Source: California Department of Veterans Affairs
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Santa Clarita Valley News
Feds in Calif. bust international gambling ringSAN DIEGO (AP) - Federal authorities have charged 18 people with involvement in an illegal gambling ring they say spanned from California to Peru and used violence against customers with outstanding debts.
June 19, 2013
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By The Associated Press
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As fires rage, feds cut funding on preventionCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.
June 19, 2013
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By The Associated Press
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County commission OKs Disney Golden Oak Ranch expansionLOS ANGELES - An ambitious expansion plan for Disney's Golden Oak movie ranch in Placerita Canyon received unanimous approval Wednesday from the Los Angeles Regional Planning Commission.
June 19, 2013
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By Luke Money
Signal Staff Writer
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Santa Clarita Valley News
Search suspended for missing Livermore kayakerLIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) - The search for a missing kayaker who disappeared in Lake Del Valle in Livermore is being suspended while crews seek more funding for additional resources.
June 19, 2013
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By The Associated Press
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Woman convicted in LA train platform deathLOS ANGELES (AP) - A homeless woman has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of an 84-year-old woman who was pushed off a Los Angeles train platform.
June 19, 2013
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By The Associated Press
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Archive site resultsKathryn Lopez: Much hope in PopeRome - "May God forgive you." That's Cardinal Timothy Dolan's translation of a joke that Pope Francis told the College of Cardinals a day after being elected the 267th pontiff.
March 18, 2013
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West Ranch's Tanner Skabelund: Only one wayTanner Skabelund grew up in an environment that demanded a lot. The West Ranch High senior grew up in a devoutly Mormon family, which required him to spend several hours a week with church, volunteer work and various types of training and studying. When it comes to his religion, Skabelund says, there was never any option other than a highly devoted, head-on commitment. It sounds awfully similar to the way the senior has approached his ...
March 17, 2013
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By Dan Agnew
Signal Staff Writer
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Prep Sports
Foothill League 2013 boys volleyball preview: Teams have a lot to live up toIt's hard to figure out which team has more pressure on it. Is it the team with two unprecedented streaks to uphold in Foothill League play? Or is it the team everyone is picking to end those streaks? Valencia, winners of its last 112 league matches and the last 12 league crowns, comes into Thursday's Foothill openers as an underdog. That's according to a poll of the league's coaches, who picked West Ranch as the ...
March 17, 2013
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By Dan Agnew
Signal Staff Writer
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Prep Sports
LA Lakers beat Kings without KobeLOS ANGELES (AP) - Kobe Bryant never even emerged from the Los Angeles Lakers' locker room, slowed by his sprained ankle and leveled by an apparent case of the flu. The Lakers didn't seem to miss him much while they rolled to another win in what's turning into an awfully interesting second half of the season. Antawn Jamison scored 27 points, Metta World Peace added 22, and the Lakers beat the Sacramento Kings ...
March 17, 2013
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Lakers/Clippers
Nearly $20,000 in brass fixtures and copper piping stolen in SCVMetal thieves have ripped up - and ripped off - close to $20,000 worth of brass fixtures and copper piping from at least four local businesses so far this month, local sheriff's deputies report. In the latest series of metal thefts - following reports of thieves stealing brass vases from grave sites and snipping power lines for valuable copper - thieves have set their sights on water irrigation systems. "They're still investigating," said Lt. ...
March 17, 2013
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By Jim Holt
Signal Staff Writer
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Santa Clarita Valley News
Albert Einstein continues its quest for charter elementary schoolOn Tuesday, the Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences is scheduled to begin its fourth attempt to win a charter for an elementary school from the Saugus Union School District.
March 17, 2013
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By Luke Money
Signal Staff Writer
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Santa Clarita Valley News
Man charged in Castaic fightTwo men allegedly drinking, then fighting, ended up in the hospital with one of them charged with assault causing gross bodily injury, local sheriff's deputies reported.
March 17, 2013
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By Jim Holt
Signal Senior Staff Writer
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Santa Clarita Valley News
Woman injured in Highway 14 crashA woman was taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries Sunday afternoon following a traffic crash in the southbound lanes of Highway 14 at Escondido Canyon Road, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
March 17, 2013
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By Jim Holt
Signal Senior Staff Writer
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Santa Clarita Valley News
Pope wades into crowd, surprising onlookersVATICAN CITY (AP) - Walking up to crowds, shaking hands with surprised bystanders in the street, mixing his formal speeches with off-the-cuff remarks, Pope Francis stamped his own style on the papacy Sunday.
March 17, 2013
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By Associated Press
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2 killed when jet hits Indiana neighborhoodSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A private jet apparently experiencing mechanical trouble crashed Sunday in a northern Indiana neighborhood, hitting three homes and killing two people aboard the plane, authorities said.
March 17, 2013
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By Associated Press
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Racetrack victim was driver's cousinSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A California raceway crash killed a race car owner and the young cousin of the teenage driver whose vehicle careened off the track before it struck the two victims, authorities said Sunday.
March 17, 2013
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By Associated Press
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Signal Readers On The RoadHere are a couple photos of readers holding up The Signal in exotic locations.
March 17, 2013
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From Signal Readers
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Santa Clarita Valley News
Obsessed fan who shot player, inspired movie, diesCHICAGO (AP) - She inspired a novel and a movie starring Robert Redford when in 1949 she lured a major league ballplayer she'd never met into a hotel room with cryptic note and shot him, nearly killing him.
March 17, 2013
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By Associated Press
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NCAA Tournament bracket: UCLA (6) to face Minnesota (11)Regular season Pac-12 champion UCLA earned a No. 6 seed in the NCAA tournament bracket, which was revealed on Sunday with the rest of the bracket.
March 17, 2013
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Associated Press
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General
4 years later, Kim remains Olympic gold standardLONDON, Ontario (AP) - Kim Yu-na was in a class all her own ahead of the Vancouver Olympics, so far superior there was no way anyone was going to steal that gold medal from her.
March 17, 2013
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By Associated Press
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