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2 hrs ago | Edmonton Journal

Alberta announces major expansion of trade offices in U.S., India, Brazil

Premier Alison Redford announced Friday the government will open six new international offices in the next two years.

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Related Topix: Canada, California

6 hrs ago | Daily Political

Brown's Outlook on Budget Disputed by Analyst

According to a top budget advisor for the California legislature, the financial picture in California is much better that what Governor Jerry Brown has suggested.

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Related Topix: California, US Governors, Jerry Brown

10 hrs ago | CBS Local

California Unemployment Rate Drops To 9 Percent

California was among three states in April that experienced the sharpest drops in unemployment, with its rate falling to 9 percent.

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11 hrs ago | Reuters

Tesoro wins antitrust OK to buy California BP refinery

Tesoro will not have to sell any of the assets anti-trust regulators said, but California officials demanded the company upgrade the refinery it was buying.

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Related Topix: California, Irvine, CA

15 hrs ago | Coast Reporter

Calif. heavy metal singer accused of murder-for-hire was changed by steroids, lawyer says

The lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer's mind has been ravaged by steroid use.

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Related Topix: California, Metal, As I Lay Dying

16 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Autism insurance mandate renewed by California State Senate

The California State Senate approved bill SB 126 Friday which renews the autism insurance mandate established by SB 946 through 2019.

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Related Topix: California, US Governors, Jerry Brown

Fri May 17, 2013

Fox News

Calif. doctor who promised 'cancer cure' gets prison

A California doctor has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for bilking her patients out of more than $1 million by promising that an herbal supplement could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases.

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Related Topix: California, Federal Prisons, Prison

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Condoms for prisoners and porn stars debated by Legislature

Two bills are pending in the state Legislature that promote and expand the use of condoms by two very different groups of people - porn stars and prisoners - each based on programs that are already in place in Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: California, State Prisons, Prison

KESQ-TV Palm Desert

Analyst pegs CA revenue $3.2B higher than governor

The state's independent budget analyst says California will take in $3.2 billion more than Gov.

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Related Topix: California, US Governors, Jerry Brown

Deseret News

Congress divided over domestic food aid

The House and Senate Agriculture Committees have laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink the food aid and alter the way people qualify for it.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, California

WTEN-TV Albany

California fuels $550 million Powerball jackpot

28, 2012, file photo shows a customer at a 7-Eleven convenience store with a Powerball ticket in Tampa, Fla.

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Related Topix: Lottery, California, Immigration Reform

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

California's health exchange to serve as voter registration hub

Millions of Californians who contact the state's new health exchange to buy insurance will be given the opportunity to register to vote, too, a move that some Republicans fear could benefit Democrats.

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Related Topix: California, US News, Health Insurance, Health, UC Davis

SanLuisObispo.com

Hoe, hoe, hoe! Christmas trees are back, in new farm bill

Tree farmers in California, North Carolina and other states secured the industry-funded promotion program through one of many amendments to the farm bill that the House Agriculture Committee approved late Wednesday night.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Jeff Denham, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jim Costa, Democrat, Representative Doug LaMalfa, California, Agriculture, Science, Representative Kurt Schrader

Thu May 16, 2013

Times-Standard

Ready to walk; college graduation fees leave graduates grumbling

After scrimping, borrowing and sacrificing for years to pay for college, graduating seniors are finally preparing to celebrate.

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Related Topix: California

Indybay.org

Three fracking moratorium bills pass Assembly Committee

Kristin Lynch, Pacific region director for Food and Water Watch, said the Natural Resources Committee "sided with the people of California" when it voted to advance legislation that places a moratorium on fracking.

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WLNE-TV Providence

Famed 'hatchet hitchhiker' wanted in NJ homicide

The three-decade fight for freedom by a Montana man convicted of the 1979 slaying of a teenage classmate appeared to slam shut this week, when the Montana Supreme Court ordered him back to prison and took away his... The three-decade fight for freedom by a Montana man convicted of the 1979 slaying of a teenage classmate entered what could be its ... (more)

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Related Topix: California, Texas, State Prisons, Prison

Business Wire

California Physician Groups Congratulate Marilyn Tavenner on Her Confirmation

"We continue to pursue policies that promote coordinated care, including changes to the ways Medicare pays physicians, implementation of health insurance exchanges and other changes to the healthcare marketplace.

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Related Topix: California, Medicare, Health, Health Insurance

Reno Gazette-Journal

Gov. Jerry Brown's California budget includes major infusion for education

Gov. Jerry Brown's latest budget proposes a $17 billion infusion for California's K-12 schools over the next four years, a dramatic turn-around after years of teacher layoffs and program cuts that were common during the recession.

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Related Topix: California, US Governors, Jerry Brown, Education Etc.

StreetsBlog.org

Brown's Budget Sends Cap and Trade Funds to Black Hole of General Fund

When California passed it's land-mark Greenhouse Gas reduction laws in 2006, residents and businesses were assured that funds raised through the controversial "cap and trade" program would be invested in programs and projects that would further reduce emissions.

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Related Topix: California, US Governors, Jerry Brown

Wed May 15, 2013

Roll Call

Ghosts of the Once-Mighty California GOP

Playing through May 26 at Arena Stage, Baitz's 'Other Desert Cities' is a production for those who enjoy wit and political maneuvering, and for those who understand just how critical political identity is.

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Related Topix: California, Theater, Other Desert Cities