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January jobs report sizzles, shows a strong start for 2012

Kevin G. Hall - Published: 5:50 pm

Friday's surprisingly strong January jobs report prompted hope that the economy's recovery is finally kicking into high gear. Employers added a better than expected 243,000 non-farm payroll jobs in January and the unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent.

Sacramento sheriff: Woman left baby on side of busy Watt Avenue

By Kim Minugh and Cathy Locke - Published: 4:12 pm

Sacramento County sheriff's deputies have taken a woman into custody after she allegedly left her infant grandson in a carseat on the side of busy Watt Avenue.

No charges against Armstrong

By GREG RISLING - Updated: 7:00 pm

The case against Lance Armstrong is closed. His legacy as a seven-time Tour de France champion endures.

No capital punishment in baby's microwave death

By Andy Furillo - Published: 1:56 pm

Sacramento prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty against a woman charged with murdering her 6-week-old daughter by putting her in a microwave oven.

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Sacramento utilities commission OKs water, sewer rate hikes

By Ryan Lillis - Updated: 1:34 pm

The city's Utilities Rates Advisory Commission has recommended raising water and sewer rates for the average bill by a combined total of $19 a month over the next three years.

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UC study says hybrid pensions would hurt lowest-paid workers

By Jon Ortiz - Published: 11:35 am

Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to put future state and local government employees into hybrid pension plans and push back the full retirement age for new hires would hit low-paid workers the hardest, according to a recent academic analysis.

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Muhammed Muheisen / AP

An Egyptian protestor throws away a tear gas canister fired by security forces during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Friday. A volunteer doctor says police and protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot have clashed for the second day in the Egyptian capital, and that one man died in the latest violence.
Anupam Nath / AP

Indian disaster response personnel search as onlookers gather around derailed cars of a passenger train following an accident at Sathi Sarapa village near Gauhati, India, Friday. A railway official said the train hit a bulldozer and derailed at an unmanned crossing in the north-eastern Indian state.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio talk about jobs, Friday, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Alexander F. Yuan / AP

Performers dance in celebration of the upcoming Lantern Festival outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Friday. The Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb. 6, 2012, marks the 15th and final day of the Spring Festival, the annual celebration of the beginning of the Lunar New Year.
Petr David Josek / AP

Young couple enjoys a cold afternoon ice skating on a frozen pond in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Temperatures in Prague are around 19 degrees Fahrenheit.