The Associated Press -
Published: 8:30 am
Judi Ann Mason, who wrote for the TV sitcom "Good Times" and other shows, has died at 54.
The Associated Press -
Published: 8:20 am
The Reno City Council has approved an agreement to buy the downtown post office, but the $5.1 million deal is far from certain.
The Associated Press -
Published: 8:20 am
Patients at a San Diego medical center have been warned that a hacker breached the center's computers and gained access to patients' personal information.
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Published: 8:10 am
A Texas woman who formerly followed evangelist Tony Alamo told a federal jury Thursday that the minister often joked about taking an underage girl with him on the road as a wife and sex partner.
The Associated Press -
Published: 8:00 am
Washoe County health officials say 21 new cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the past week, bringing the county's total to 177.
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Published: 7:20 am
San Diego police have shot to death a woman they say held a knife to the neck of another woman in a Mira Mesa home.
By JEFF BARNARD -
Published: 5:10 am
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is announcing a "major decision" concerning management of Northwest forests.
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM -
Published: 3:50 am
During his year as a foreign exchange student in the United States, 18-year-old Carlos Villarreal lived not with a welcoming family, but with two ex-convicts in a seedy house that smelled of dog feces where the food was labeled "DO NOT TOUCH." He left 14 pounds lighter.
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Published: 1:40 am
Old-style parking meters, reviled over the decades by coin-starved drivers, are currently getting plenty of love from bicyclists worried about their possible demise.
The Associated Press -
Published: 12:20 am
A Chinese-born engineer accused of passing critical trade secrets on the U.S. space program to China in the nation's first economic espionage trial will soon learn his fate.
The Associated Press -
Published: 11:21 pm
San Diego prosecutors have charged a teenage girl with beating and seriously injuring her 60-year-old mother when she refused to take her surfing.
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Published: 10:50 pm
The Marine Corps has charged a reserve major at Camp Pendleton with mishandling classified documents between 2004 and 2006.
The Associated Press -
Published: 10:10 pm
Raspy-voiced bass flutist and baritone saxophonist Hart McNee, a longtime musical fixture in New Orleans, San Francisco and his native Chicago, has died at age 66.
By PAUL ELIAS -
Published: 9:50 pm
The Department of Homeland Security has opened the door to the possibility that immigrants who have been victims of domestic violence could qualify for asylum.
The Associated Press -
Published: 9:50 pm
A former Orange County woman accused of arranging her husband's murder wanted him dead because she was afraid his cancer treatment would eat up their retirement savings, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.
The Associated Press -
Published: 9:45 pm
Alameda fire officials are putting out an appeal to the public for help in finding a fire engine bell they believe was stolen from a fire station.
The Associated Press -
Published: 9:10 pm
Half Moon Bay officials are hoping a bond offering will raise enough money to pay off most of a legal settlement.
The Associated Press -
Published: 8:50 pm
A Southern California distributor is recalling about 7,000 hooded children's sweatshirts that pose a strangulation risk.
The Associated Press -
Published: 7:45 pm
A list of factories listed in a Bureau of Prisons memo, which states that the government-run Federal Prison Industries Inc. is restructuring factories that employ inmates:
By CATHERINE TSAI -
Published: 7:30 pm
The government-owned company that employs federal prison inmates is closing some factory operations at 14 prisons and downsizing operations at four more amid multimillion-dollar losses, according to a copy of a memo provided by a prison union official.
By MICHELLE RINDELS -
Updated: 8:41 pm
Episcopal bishops authorized the church Wednesday to start drafting an official prayer for same-sex couples, another step toward acceptance of gay relationships that will deepen the rift between the denomination and its fellow Anglicans overseas.
The Associated Press -
Published: 6:50 pm
An 11-year-old junior lifeguard was fatally slashed by the propeller of a lifeguard boat piloted by a veteran marine safety officer during training outside the surfline of this famed beach, authorities said Wednesday.
The Associated Press -
Published: 6:50 pm
Los Angeles City Hall is struggling to explain the on-and-off attempt to collect donations to help pay for police and other services for Michael Jackson's memorial service.
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD -
Published: 6:50 pm
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was not in the country on the day of Michael Jackson's memorial service, but his grinning face popped up on his Twitter site with a message urging fans to help the financially desperate city pay the tab for police and services.
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY -
Updated: 8:41 pm
Us Weekly magazine has obtained video it says shows never-before-seen footage of Michael Jackson's head catching on fire during filming of his 1984 Pepsi commercial.
The Associated Press -
Published: 6:30 pm
California will not place Bisphenol A, a chemical used in the manufacture of plastic baby bottles and toys, on the state's list of chemicals that are believed to cause reproductive harm.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 7:50 pm
Attorneys for Barry Bonds are asking an appeals court to bar the jury considering his perjury charges from hearing the same evidence a trial court judge tossed from the case.
The Associated Press -
Published: 6:20 pm
Oakland police have shot and killed a man after officers say he opened fire on them.
The Associated Press -
Published: 6:05 pm
Dozens of firefighters were battling a pair of brush fires Wednesday on the edge of the Sierra north of Reno along U.S. Highway 395.
The Associated Press -
Published: 6:00 pm
Casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. has promoted longtime executive Robert Goldstein to executive vice president and extended his contract two and a half years.