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DA Wants Own SWAT Team

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 7:32 AM EST (Press Enterprise)

Riverside County district attorney investigators are boycotting Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center after nine of their members were turned away from a county sheriff-run SWAT training class.

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Clunker Pickups Traded for New Pickups

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:16 AM EST (The New York Times)

The most common deals under the government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data …

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'Change has come' ... or has it?

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 12:55 PM EST (Politico)

In the year since he was elected president, Barack Obama has revealed himself as one of the boldest leaders to occupy the Oval Office in the modern era.

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Ford US Auto Sales Rise 3 Percent in October

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:50 PM EST (ABC News)

Fords sales rose again

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PR consultant earned $295 an hour to champion doomed labor contract

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 11:24 AM EST (Orange County Register)

It may be worth noting that the fee paid to attorneys working death penalty cases is some $150 per hour.

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Save the planet: eat a dog?

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 3:12 AM EST (Stuff.co.nz)

"If you have a German shepherd or similar-sized dog, for example, its impact every year is exactly the same as driving a large car around," Brenda Vale said.

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Marijuana growers upend hard-luck California town

Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 8:59 AM EST (The L.A. Times)

Education has long been preached as a way to keep kids away from drugs. It's the walk to school that has Supt. Tom Barnett worried.

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Jerry Brown spokesman on leave for secret tapes

Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:55 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

A spokesman for Attorney General Jerry Brown who admitted this week he had secretly recorded telephone conversations with journalists, including a reporter for The Chronicle, was put on administrative leave Friday.

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White House touts 1 million jobs from stimulus

Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:13 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

With nationwide unemployment approaching 10%, the White House data provoked some skepticism. The Obama administration is basing its estimates partly on a concept that is difficult to measure: jobs saved.

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Nine U.S. banks seized in largest one-day haul

Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:24 AM EDT (Reuters)

U.S. authorities seized nine failed banks on Friday, the most in a single day since the financial crisis began and the latest stark sign that substantial parts of the nation's banking industry are being crippled by bad loans.

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Boeing handing out layoff notices to 500 workers today

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:52 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)

Boeing will hand out 60-day layoff notices today to about 500 employees companywide, including about 60 in Washington. About 40 of the 500 are with the Commercial Airplanes unit.

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In Aceh, stranded ships a reminder of the 2004 tsunami

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:21 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Reporting from Banda Aceh, Indonesia - They are the ships that fell from the sky; two immovable objects, their very presence defying reason.

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Energy-savings project leaves Army in the cold

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:13 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Under a federal program to transform government facilities into models of energy efficiency, Honeywell International Inc. came calling on Army commanders here with a deal to replace the base's decades-old steam power plant.

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Chicagoans taxes up 9 percent, Obama's taxes up 1 percent

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:53 PM EDT (Chicago Sun-Times)

Many Chicago homeowners will see their property taxes rise sharply in the tax bills going out this week. But not President Obama. His taxes on his Kenwood mansion are up just 1 percent, records show.

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L.A. homelessness declines despite economic crisis

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:25 AM EDT (Reuters)

According to the latest census performed every two years by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, an estimated 43,000 people are living on the streets, in cars, in abandoned buildings or in shelters and government-funded "transitional housing" facilities on any given night …

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A visit to the medical marijuana doctor

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:44 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Neighborhood groups began complaining about proliferation, proximity to schools and rising crime. So now we've got a city attorney who wants to shut them down and a City Council that will take another whack at this thing in a week or two.

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New home sales fall a surprising 3.6 percent

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:16 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)

Sales of new homes dropped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a temporary tax credit for first-time owners started to wane.

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Former acting sheriff recommends jail overhaul

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:55 AM EDT (Orange County Register)

Here's his argument: Taxpayers pay to train deputies for patrol, but they end up spending eight years in the jails before they're eligible to leave.

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NFL fines more for wardrobe than dangerous tackle

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:13 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

The fine for wrong collar chin strap - $10,000 The fine for dangerous play - $7,500

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Teen tasered after car break-in

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:43 PM EDT (WSAU)

Police say three people were going through the car that was parked in a garage. Two escaped when police arrived. A third was immobilized with a taser and taken into custody.

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Novato police use Taser to nab alleged gas thief

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:23 PM EDT (Mercury News)

A man fleeing police was stopped with an electric shock by a Taser gun Saturday after he allegedly gassed up his vehicle without paying at a Novato car wash, police said.

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San Jose police to investigate brutality claim

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:18 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

In the grainy video, one officer can be seen swinging a baton, while another appears to bend down and jolt Ho with a Taser. A sound like handcuffs closing can be heard, and then the officer with the baton hits Ho again.

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Chicago cops told to Taser suspects in the back

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:10 PM EDT (Chicago Sun-Times)

The instructions follow an Oct. 12 advisory by Taser International that shooting someone in the chest with the 50,000-volt weapon could pose a low risk of an "adverse cardiac event."

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Bank failures hit 106 for year; many more are weak

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:51 PM EDT (apnews.myway.com)

It's a big number that only tells part of the story. The number of banks that have failed so far this year topped 100 on Friday - hitting 106 by the end of the day - the most in nearly two decades.

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SB police examining video of suspect being beaten

Seeded on Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:44 PM EDT (San Bernardino Sun)

The video, filmed by 38-year-old Brandon Piddington, appears to show one San Bernardino officer holding a man down on the ground and another striking the man in the legs about nine times with a baton.

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