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Subway 'crisis': Is footlong sub really 11 inches?
NEW YORK (AP) - What's in an inch? Apparently, enough missing meat, cheese and tomatoes to cause an uproar.
Amtrak, California team up on high speed rail
WASHINGTON (AP) - The two biggest players in the nation's pursuit of high-speed rail said Thursday they'll work together to search for trains that will operate at up to 220 miles per hour along both coasts of the United States.
Group warns of loss of farmland
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Despite written policies protecting farmland across Central California's agricultural heartland, the state's most productive region is on track to lose 570,000 acres of prime, irrigated land to development by 2050, according to a new report. The American Farmland Trust says the loss could drain between $100 billion and $190 billion from the regional economy, based on crop values and related expenses. The land represents a more than doubling of the ...
Head on collision kills three
REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) - A head-on collision on a Southern California road has killed three people and seriously injured six others.
Ryan Leaf kicked out of drug treatment center
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been moved from a drug treatment center to the Montana State Prison for threatening a staff member and other unspecified behavioral problems at the center, a corrections official said Thursday.
Original 'Dear Abby' dead at 94
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Pauline Friedman Phillips, who as Dear Abby dispensed snappy, sometimes saucy advice on love, marriage and meddling mothers-in-law to millions of newspaper readers around the world and opened the way for the likes of Dr. Ruth, Dr. Phil and Oprah, has died. She was 94.
Monaco's royals miffed over Grace film
PARIS (AP) - Monaco's royal family has criticized a feature film about the late Princess Grace, saying it presents a glamorized and inaccurate view of her life.
Sheriffs, state lawmakers push back on gun control
From Oregon to Mississippi, President Barack Obama's proposed ban on new assault weapons and large-capacity magazines struck a nerve among rural lawmen and lawmakers, many of whom vowed to ignore any restrictions - and even try to stop federal officials from enforcing gun policy in their jurisdictions.
Militants say hostages die in Algerian raid
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algerian forces launched a military assault Thursday at a natural gas plant in the Sahara Desert, trying to free dozens of foreign hostages held by militants who have ties to Mali's rebel Islamists, diplomats and an Algerian security official said.
Charities worry new tax law will reduce donations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Charities and nonprofit organizations are worried that new limits on tax deductions for high earners will hurt donations just as charitable giving is starting to rebound from the depths of the recession.
Sniping, then singing as 'American Idol' returns
LOS ANGELES (AP) - There was no hair-pulling between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj on the season debut of "American Idol," although some viewers may have been reduced to it.
University of California wants more classes online
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - University of California leaders on Wednesday called for an expansion of online courses to help the 10-campus system contain costs, broaden access and hold down tuition rates.
Obama gun plan faces uncertain future
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's sweeping gun-control package faces an uncertain future on Capitol Hill, where majority House Republicans are rejecting his proposals while the president's allies in the Democratic-controlled Senate are stopping well short of pledging immediate action.
Hometown backs Te'o after hoax
LAIE, Hawaii (AP) - People in the small Hawaii hometown of Manti Te'o are offering support for the Notre Dame linebacker, after the story of his girlfriend and her death from leukemia were revealed as a hoax.
GPS tracker in iPad leads to parolee
MORGAN HILL, Calif. (AP) - A GPS tracker in an Apple iPad has led police to a California parolee with a booty of stolen electronics in his home.
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Jane Henson of Muppet family fame dies at 78
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Jim Henson Co. says Henson's partner in marriage and Muppets has died.
LA trial witness links defendant to victim's truck
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A notorious Rockefeller impostor on trial for murder was linked by a key witness Tuesday to a truck bought by the man he is charged with killing in California more than a quarter-century ago.
Stones returning to stage: Why should we care?
NEW YORK (AP) - Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones.
Suspect in Calif. gold heist turns himself in
YREKA, Calif. (AP) - A San Francisco Bay area man named as a suspect in the theft of more than $1 million of gold and other items from a far Northern California county courthouse has turned himself in.
Police: Man admits drugs in Vegas restaurant crash
LAS VEGAS (AP) - An 18-year-old driver who plowed into a Las Vegas restaurant during lunchtime in a crash that seriously injured 10 people appeared disoriented afterward, didn't know what day it was, and later admitted to using drugs without a prescription, police said.
Washington man ID'd in California high-rise death
SACRAMENTO (AP) - A Northern California coroner has identified the body found hanging by a rope off an 18-story Sacramento office tower as a 30-year-old Washington state man.
California college instructor on leave after fight
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - An instructor at Fresno City College is on paid administrative leave after getting into a fight with a female student who was allegedly slammed to the ground during the brawl.
South Africa: Mandela still in hospital
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela remains in a hospital, where he is being treated for pneumonia for a sixth day.
North Korea vows to restart nuclear facilities
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Tuesday it will restart its long-shuttered plutonium reactor and increase production of nuclear weapons material, in what outsiders see as its latest attempt to extract U.S. concessions by raising fears of war.
Obamacare credits could trigger surprise tax bills
WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they don't accurately project their income.
LA county home fire kills woman, injures officers
LA HABRA (AP) - Officials say a woman was killed and two police officers were injured in a fire at a Los Angeles County mobile home
Suspected Colo. shooter out of jail early
DENVER (AP) - Because of a paperwork error, the suspect in last month's killing of Colorado's corrections chief was freed from prison in January - four years earlier than authorities intended.
Conn. reaches deal on tough gun laws after Newtown
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the December mass shooting in the state, including a ban on new high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the massacre that left 20 children and six educators dead.
Judge rules Stockton, Calif., to enter bankruptcy
SACRAMENTO (AP) - The people of Stockton will feel financial fallout for years after a federal judge ruled Monday to let the city become the most populous in the nation to enter bankruptcy.
Suspicion in D.A. death shifts to white supremacists
KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) - Suspicion in the slayings of a Texas district attorney and his wife shifted Monday to a violent white supremacist prison gang that was the focus of a December law enforcement bulletin warning that its members might try to attack police or prosecutors.
