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Obama names ex-energy CEO to Commerce
The crisis, which led to blackouts in the state, pushed Edison International to the brink of bankruptcy before the state helped save the company. He hit the company's mandatory retirement age of 65 and retired in 2008, stepping down after 24 years with
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:08A
Driver in fatal pedestrian crash to get weekends in jail
Ahern also refused to submit to a breath test after the crash, so his blood-alcohol level couldn't be measured. Because Allen's injuries initially didn't appear to be serious, Fairport police lacked reasonable cause to ask a judge to order a blood test
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:08A
Driver in fatal pedestrian crash to get weekends in jail
Ahern also refused to submit to a breath test after the crash, so his blood-alcohol level couldn't be measured. Because Allen's injuries initially didn't appear to be serious, Fairport police lacked reasonable cause to ask a judge to order a blood test
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:08A
Elderly woman crashes car into bank building
Bob Pennell / Mail TribuneBob Pennell By MANDY VALENCIA TALENT — An elderly woman driver mistaking the accelerator for the brake crashed her car into the Umpqua Bank building Tuesday morning, the second such accident in Talent in less than six weeks.
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:07A
New, old MPs lurking in the shadows
Would the activist party that had never placed better than third in an election stick to its roots? Or would it adopt a different persona to reflect its newfound size and responsibility? The verdict came out May 26, and while some newly elected MPs
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:06A
Caroli's disease is rare, congenital
I found out I had it by accident when I had a CT scan for some pain on my left side. The technician did a full scan of my abdomen and then over to my right side and told me to see a specialist. I went through a series of blood tests and then an MRI
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:06A
Former PEC Attorney Convicted, Senteced to Jail and Probabtion
His attorneys say they plan to appeal the verdict and the sentence. Former Pedernales Electric Cooperative attorney Walter Demond was convicted and sentenced yesterday for theft, money laundering, and misapplication of fiduciary duty.
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:05A
Ask Dr. Gott: Patient has rare liver disorder
I found out I had it by accident when I had a CT scan for some pain on my left side. The technician did a full scan of my abdomen and then over to my right side and told me to see a specialist. I went through a series of blood tests and then an MRI
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:05A
Dan Walters: Cities pay price for overspending
The B-word — bankruptcy — is being bandied about in Stockton these days as the city faces a $37 million budget deficit with no light at the end of the fiscal tunnel. Mayor Ann Johnston uttered it this month, telling local civic leaders,
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:05A
San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.comOne dead after
The fatal accident just west of Black Mountain Road was reported shortly before 6:30 pm, according to the California Highway Patrol. The bicyclist died at the scene. Medics took at least one other person to a trauma center for treatment of serious
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:05A