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Afghan student, math teacher clash at Folsom Lake College

By Stephen Magagnini - Updated: 3:56 pm

Folsom Lake College has become a staging ground for a drama born of the 9/11 era that is playing out in an intersection of fear, misunderstanding and academic frustration.

Video depicts alleged abuse of Auburn teen at school

By ROXANA HEGEMAN - Published: 3:07 pm

The mother of a 14-year-old boy says a cellphone video depicting her son struggling to stand on two broken legs is proof that her son was harmed while attending a Kansas military school and supports claims in a federal lawsuit that the school encouraged a culture of abuse.

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Cosumnes River College baseball wins community college state championship

By Joe Davidson - Updated: 3:05 pm

When Cosumnes River College opens its new baseball complex next season, the Hawks of Sacramento will be able to decorate the place a bit with a spiffy, new banner and a reminder of a road well traveled.

California Democrats balk at deeper cuts for state's poorest residents

By Kevin Yamamura - Updated: 9:00 am

Legislative Democrats aren't organizing a bake sale just yet, but they say they will desperately search for cash in the coming weeks to avoid the most severe cuts proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Boomers' lives full of losses expected and unexpected

By Anita Creamer - Updated: 3:11 pm

In huge numbers, the nation's 70 million baby boomers find themselves coping with a numbing range of expected and unexpected midlife changes, including divorce, the death of parents, the diminishment of health and youth, and these days the loss of jobs and homes as well.

Female suspect in Friday Land Park shooting identified

By Hudson Sangree and Carlos Alcalá - Updated: 2:17 pm

Police have identified a female suspect arrested Friday during a shooting in the Land Park neighborhood that left a male suspect dead and a police dog badly wounded.

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Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, left, LeBron James (6) and Mario Chalmers celebrate during the second half of Game 4 of their NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Indianapolis. Miami won 101-93.
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Robert Gesink, center, of the Netherlands, celebrates winning the Tour of California cycling race with David Zabriskie, left, and Tom Danielson, who finished second and third respectively, Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Los Angeles.
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Members of a religious group sing as they hold candles during a protest against the upcoming concert of Lady Gaga near the venue in suburban Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday May 20, 2012. The group warned they will sue Lady Gaga and concert organizers if she sings "Judas" at her Manila concert. Lady Gaga will perform on May 21 and 22 in Manila as part of her Asian tour.
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Filipino boys use their faces to move a coin close to their mouth during a game as part of celebrations of the feast day of Saint Rita de Cascia in suburban Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines Sunday May 20, 2012. Philippine fiestas, a festive time for family and friendly reunions, are held in towns nationwide traditionally during the hot summer months to venerate patron saints and for thanksgiving in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation.
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Pakistanis swim in a canal to beat the heat in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 20, 2012.