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Californians deal with freezing, snow
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Oddly enough, even polar bears at the San Diego Zoo are getting a helping hand with the unseasonable freezing temperatures sweeping across California.
LA deputy alleges sexual misconduct in department
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating allegations by a deputy who says she was the victim of sexual coercion by three current and former officials.
NRA: Congress won't pass gun law
WASHINGTON (AP) - The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers to make such a measure a reality.
Geothermal takes a technological step forward
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Geothermal energy developers working on the flanks of an ancient Oregon volcano say they have taken an important technological step toward expanding geothermal energy from a small niche into a potential major source of homegrown power, but more work needs to be done.
Golden Globes tonight
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Hollywood's junior prom for film honors features quite a different cast than the senior prom at next month's Academy Awards.
Famous San Francisco twin Vivian Brown dies
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco residents are mourning the passing of Vivian Brown, who became a local celebrity along with her twin sister after the two regularly walked through the city's streets in matching high-end outfits, identical hairdos and cheerful smiles.
Miss America handles tough issues
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A woman who grew up in Alabama and moved to New York City is the new Miss America, winning the title after tap dancing to a James Brown tune, deftly dealing with a question about guns, and raising the issue of child sexual abuse in her contestant platform.
Golden Globe nominees celebrate at tea party
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jon Bon Jovi, Sally Field, Hugh Jackman and other Golden Globe nominees celebrated their good fortune with a cup of tea.
Family quarrels add intrigue to lotto winner death
CHICAGO (AP) - In the week since news surfaced that a Chicago man was poisoned to death with cyanide just before he was to collect a lottery payout, surprising details about his convoluted family saga have trickled out daily.
French jets bomb major Malian city in north
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - French fighter jets bombed rebel targets in a major city in Mali's north Sunday, pounding the airport as well as training camps, warehouses and buildings used by the al-Qaida-linked Islamists controlling the area, officials and residents said.
Officer shoots suspect in San Diego movie theater
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Police shot and critically wounded a man Saturday suspected of chasing his girlfriend with a handgun across a shopping mall parking lot before ducking into a movie theater where officers confronted him.
Obama's 2nd inauguration smaller, yet still grand
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's second inauguration is shaping up as a high-energy celebration smaller than his first milestone swearing-in, yet still designed to mark his unprecedented role in American history with plenty of eye-catching glamour.
Critics complain Sandy aid tied to other projects
WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week.
Mississippi rock blasting puts river in ship shape
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Crews have completed the most critical phase of removing bedrock that threatened barges along a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River, staving off the shipping industry's fears that the treacherous channel could close to traffic, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Saturday.
Miss DC falls short after raising cancer awareness
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Miss District of Columbia Allyn Rose has fallen short in her bid to become Miss America, despite successfully conveying a message about breast cancer prevention.
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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.
U.S. construction up 1.2 percent in February
WASHINGTON (AP) - Spending on U.S. construction projects rebounded in February, helped by a surge in home construction, which rose to the highest level in more than four years.
Police suspect drug use in Calif. Wal-Mart crash
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Police said Monday they suspect a man was on drugs when he rammed his car through the front of a Wal-Mart in California and began assaulting customers, injuring four people.
Fontana police dog injured in 2-story fall
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) - A police dog sent into a home in search of a man who violated parole was thrown out a second-story window and injured, authorities said Monday.
Arrest made in kidnapping of Los Angeles girl
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man was arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a 10-year-old girl who was snatched from her San Fernando Valley home in the middle of the night and abandoned hours later, police said Monday.
