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Brown to start advertising Monday, says, 'We start our battle tomorrow'

By David Siders - Updated: 9:15 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown said this afternoon that after months of dormancy he will start advertising on TV tomorrow, Labor Day, with the first ads of his campaign airing "up and down the state."

Suspect in deadly drugstore shooting surrenders in North Sacramento

By Matt Kawahara - Updated: 11:45 am

A suspect in a fatal pharmacy shooting surrendered to Sacramento police Saturday evening after holing up for several hours in a North Sacramento apartment.

Short sales can be great deals, nightmarish ordeals

By Jim Wasserman - Published: 12:00 am

A phenomenon that reappears like clockwork when real estate sours, short sales now make up almost one in four home sales across ailing segments of the Sacramento market.

The path of a short sale

California doctors run afoul of state board but keep working

By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg - Updated: 2:49 pm

For the people who police California's 100,000 doctors, little is black and white.

Prayer, politics share stage at Capitol rally

By Dale Kasler and Gina Kim - Updated: 3:53 pm

It was a religious revival meeting with a political bent.

Once a prisoner of his 750 pounds, man's trying to regain his life

By Matt Kawahara - Updated: 4:29 pm

Donald Derwin is on the brink of what he calls his "second life" as a man not burdened by the physical and mental tolls of morbid obesity.

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Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba, the black cube seen at center, inside the Grand Mosque during the last week of Ramadan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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A young Palestinian Muslim girl sits with other women during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power, in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City.
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Garia Mohammed Bayoumi, right, walks along the decorated streets of old Cairo, Egypt. Bayoumi is a "Mesaharati" who wakes faithful Muslims for their prayers and pre-dawn meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Quiche indigenous children sit with their parents at a funeral mass for mudslide victims in Santa Maria Ixtahuacan, Guatemala.
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A visitor to Sydney, Australia's Powerhouse Museum admires the work of the late Australian fashion photographer Bruno Benini in the 'Creating the Look: Benini and Fashion Photography' exhibition.

Inside the Bee

PERSONAL FINANCE

Woes of 1914 ring a bell

We ran across some bits of local history that help cast perspective on this relentless, seemingly endless recession we've been enduring.

ENTERTAINMENT

Shows set for loud, proud Mime Troupe

The San Francisco Mime Troupe has a storied history that dates back to its founding in 1959, yet, many people still believe that the group is made up of mimes.

BEE STATE NEWS

Bid for WWII ship hits rough waters

Since the USS Iowa was commissioned in 1943, the famous battleship that President Franklin D. Roosevelt dubbed "The Big Stick" has seen more than its share of action over the years.

DAN MORAIN

Does China offer state a model for jobs?

China, all that it symbolizes, is perhaps the the most relevant issue in the U.S. Senate race. Not China the military power, but China the economic giant and jobs magnet.