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Congressional candidate gets national attention

By Rob Hotakainen - Published: 12:00 am

Anthony Woods says he grew up without health insurance, struggled to get an education and fought in Iraq, a war he didn't believe in.

Schwarzenegger praises state's diverse economy

By Susan Ferriss - Published: 12:00 am

California is issuing IOUs and still doesn't have a balanced budget, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that it's far from the worst state in the nation for business.

UC Merced commencement cost more than $1 million

Published: 12:00 am

MERCED – The total cost for May's commencement ceremony at UC Merced – with a keynote address by first lady Michelle Obama – has finally been tallied: $1,047,338.82.

State prisons official to plead guilty to drunken driving charges

By Chelsea Phua - Published: 12:00 am

A high-ranking state prisons official said Friday he will plead guilty to charges of drunken driving.

The Buzz

Published: 12:00 am

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." That, as any alert schoolchild knows, is one of the more famous lines in the Declaration of Independence, signed back in 1776. They just don't write 'em like they used to.

CAPITOL ALERT

AM Alert: That crazy California

Posted by Micaela Massimino at 6:00 AM

California's such an easy target these days that even The Gray Lady is drawing a bead on the eighth-largest economy in the world. The New York Times is running a ...