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By David Siders - Published: 10:30 am

Gov. Jerry Brown said this morning he does not know if the state will open the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as scheduled on Labor Day weekend, as officials respond to reports of cracked bolts on the structure.

FBI turns away many applicants who fail lie-detector tests

By Marisa Taylor - Published: 10:30 am

Job applicants turned down because of polygraph tests

Thousands of job applicants come to FBI offices every year, eager to work for the top law enforcement agency in the U.S. But many of them have their hopes dashed, and it’s not because of their work experience or education or criminal records. They’re turned down because they’ve failed their polygraph tests.

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L.A. poised to go after Las Vegas hospital in patient-dumping cases

By Phillip Reese and Cynthia Hubert - Updated: 8:21 am

Years before a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital bused a homeless, schizophrenic man to Sacramento without arranging contacts or a plan for care, a different hospital ditched Gabino Olvera on Skid Row in Los Angeles.

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10-year-old North Highlands girl gunned down watching TV with family

By Stephen Magagnini - Updated: 6:13 am

A 10-year-old girl was shot to death Saturday night while watching TV in the living room of her North Highlands home, Sacramento county sheriff's investigators said Sunday.

State of the art stadium centerpiece of Bay Area's bid for Super Bowl L

By Matthew Barrows - Updated: 8:55 am

South Florida's pitch to host Super Bowl L was mailed in a three-inch-thick plastic binder to NFL owners two weeks ago. The Bay Area's bid arrived in a more modern package.

Kings' Petrie works amid uncertainty

By Jason Jones - Updated: 7:14 am

Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie is interviewing prospects for next month's NBA draft while questions about how decisions will be made going forward remain unanswered.

California oil tax push would direct new funds to schools

By Jeremy B. White - Updated: 7:56 am

Just months after California voters passed Proposition 30 to stave off education cuts, a push is under way to ensure that the next stream of higher education funding flows out of the ground.

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Alli Christian, left, helps Jessica Wilkinson as she looks for her dog Bella after Wilkinson returned to find her home near 156th street and Franklin Road destroyed by a tornado, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Norman, Okla.
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Stray dogs sleep in the premises of a railway station to escape the heat in Allahabad, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Severe heat conditions are prevailing across northern India with temperatures soaring past 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) at several places.
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Tracy Hopper comforts her daughter, Maci Hopper, 13, as they remember Hailey Dunn during a memorial service Sunday, May 19, 2013 at Colorado Middle School in Colorado City, Texas. Through prayers, songs, pictures and shared memories, Hailey's friends, family and schoolteachers gathered Sunday at Colorado Middle School Ñ where she was a student Ñ to remember a young girl whose remains were found in March.
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Beachgoers fish from a concrete platform next to the popular beach of Paleo Faliro in southern Athens on Monday, May 20, 2013. Greece is in the grip of an early heat wave, with temperatures exceeding 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) on Monday.
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Pittsburgh Pirates' Travis Snider, bottom, rolls into Houston Astros catcher Carlos Corporan after being tagged out trying to score from second on a single by Gaby Sanchez in the sixth inning of a baseball game on Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Pittsburgh.