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Holiday shopping season off to record start
NEW YORK (AP) - If you make holiday shopping convenient, Americans will come in droves. It's estimated that U.S. shoppers hit stores and websites at record numbers over the Thanksgiving weekend, according to a survey released by the National Retail Federation on Sunday. They were attracted by retailers' efforts to make shopping easier, including opening stores on Thanksgiving evening, updating mobile shopping applications for smartphones and tablets, and expanding shipping and layaway options. All told, ...
Small plane makes crash landing in Northridge
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a small plane has crashed landed near a California State University, Northridge soccer field leaving two people on board with minor injuries.
Tahoe snowboarder up for National Geographic award
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) - Jeremy Jones is one of the top snowboarders in the world. He's powered his career to new levels without the use of helicopters or snowmobiles in some of the gnarliest terrain on earth.
Casey Anthony detectives overlooked Google search
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The Florida sheriff's office that investigated the disappearance of Casey Anthony's 2-year-old daughter overlooked evidence that someone in their home did a Google search for "fool-proof" suffocation methods on the day the girl was last seen alive.
'Twilight,' Bond, 'Lincoln' lead record weekend
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bella Swan, James Bond and Abe Lincoln have combined to lift Hollywood to record Thanksgiving revenue at the box office.
Benefits fight brings lesbian couple to high court
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Like a lot of newlyweds, Karen Golinski was eager to enjoy the financial fruits of marriage. Within weeks of her wedding, she applied to add her spouse to her employer-sponsored health care plan, a move that would save the couple thousands of dollars a year.
Cyber Monday likely to be busiest online sales day
NEW YORK (AP) - Bye-bye Black Friday. So long Small Business Saturday. Now, it's Cyber Monday's turn.
42 people facing charges after San Jose party
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say 42 people are facing charges after a weekend party in San Jose got out of hand.
Independent candidates sparse despite voter gains
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Even as California voters increasingly turn away from political party labels, Democratic and Republican candidates dominate the state's elections.
Seats of long-serving California Democrats a coveted prize
LOS ANGELES (AP) - When it comes to politics, the state synonymous with perpetual youth has gone gray at the top.
Egypt's stock market tumbles after Morsi's decree
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's benchmark stock index plunged by nearly 10 percent Sunday in the first trading session since the country's Islamist president issued decrees to assume sweeping new powers, while police in central Cairo fired tear gas at protesters who accuse the Egyptian leader of a blatant power grab.
Will New York City act to block future surges?
Think Sandy was just a 100-year storm that devastated New York City? Imagine one just as bad, or worse, every three years.
Gaza cease-fire raises hopes for reconstruction
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Mohammed Falah Azzam has been through this before. His mother's home was bombed in the 2008-09 Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which left hundreds dead and thousands of homes destroyed. In renewed fighting last week, an entire block of buildings housing his extended family was badly damaged in an airstrike that Israel said was aimed at a militant. While none of his relatives was hurt, the 61-year-old ...
19 bodies found in northern Mexico border state
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - The slain bodies of 19 people have been discovered in Mexico's northern border state of Chihuahua, officials reported Sunday, including 11 apparently long-dead men found in mass graves and eight others who were apparently tortured and killed in recent days.
Driver hits pedestrian, drives with man on car
TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say an alleged drunken driver hit a pedestrian and drove with the dying man on her car's hood for two miles in Torrance before witnesses stopped her.
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N. Calif. wildfire brings evacuation of 150 homes
MARIPOSA (AP) - A wind-whipped wildfire near the main route into Yosemite National Park in the Sierra foothills forced the evacuation of at least 150 houses Monday and was threatening more, state fire officials said.
Chaos as gunfire erupts at Utah Father's day Mass
OGDEN, Utah (AP) - It was a quiet part of the Father's Day Mass as about 300 people stood up in preparation for communion. A parishioner, known by many at the church as Ricky Jennings, entered through the glass doors in back, holding his wife Cheryl's hand.
911 caller pleads guilty to making a false report
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A man who made a 911 call that ended with Pasadena police fatally shooting a college student has pleaded guilty to making a false report.
'Curb' actor Jeff Garlin won't face charges in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors won't be filing charges of vandalism against "Curb Your Enthusiasm" actor Jeff Garlin after he was accused of smashing a car window in a dispute over a parking space.
Netflix cuts original TV deal with DreamWorks
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Netflix announced a deal on Monday to air television programming from Dreamworks Animation in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run content.
Galaxy acquire midfielder Mastroeni from Rapids
CARSON, Calif. (AP) - The Los Angeles Galaxy have acquired six-time MLS All-Star midfielder Pablo Mastroeni in a trade with the Colorado Rapids.
LA stolen car chase turns into standoff
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A standoff between Los Angeles police and two suspects in a stolen car has ended.
Long-idle downtown LA lot sold to city for park
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thirty-seven years after a downtown Los Angeles state building was torn down due to earthquake damage, the 1.9-acre site has been purchased by the city for another civic center park.
Mohamed Lahna aims for 2016 Paralympic triathlon
SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) - Mohamed Lahna removes the prosthetic he uses for everyday activity, attaches another to his right leg worn specifically for running, then takes off around the bright blue track at the College of San Mateo among all the lunch-hour walkers and joggers.
Judge considers effect of fungus on Calif. inmates
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge in San Francisco is considering whether an airborne fungus that occurs naturally in the San Joaquin Valley presents enough of a public health danger that thousands of vulnerable state prison inmates should be moved to other locations.
Putin: US-Russia positions on Syria don't coincide
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO'-tihn) has told President Barack Obama that their positions on Syria do not coincide but both leaders agree on the need to push for negotiations in Syria's two-year-old civil war.
LA teacher arrested after wife's stabbing death
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Court documents allege that a Los Angeles teacher arrested in the fatal stabbing of his estranged wife had threatened to kill her using piano wire, an ice pick, guns or pipe bombs.
Food companies work to make it look natural
NEW YORK (AP) - Here's the latest goal for food makers: Perfect the art of imperfection.
Lawsuits filed against Calif.'s Delta Plan
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Environmental and fishing groups have filed a lawsuit against a broad, long-range plan to manage the ailing Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
LA doctor not guilty of secret video recording
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles plastic surgeon who appeared on TV's "The Doctors" has been found not guilty of secretly making video recordings of patients who undressed for examinations.
