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People Of Illinois Should Get The Facts From California About Recalling Governors

Byron Williams | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gray Davis, Illinois Governor, California, Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pat Quinn, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago News
Byron Williams

Take it from someone who remembers the last time a governor was recalled: Having the power to recall the governor might feel empowering, but that feeling is temporary at best.

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California Recycling Program Is On The Rocks

Sacramento Bee | Jim Sanders | Posted 11.22.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Recycling, California, Budget Crisis, California Budget Crisis, Los Angeles News

For years California has courted a reputation as an eco-friendly, green-minded leader, but the state now finds its most basic program of recycling bev...

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Sacramento Fisherman Arrested In Sea Lion Shooting

AP | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Animal Cruelty, California, Larry Legans, Crime, Verona, Larry Allen Legans, Shotgun, Sea Lions, Sea Lion Shot Sacramento, Sea Lion Shot, Sacramento River, Fisherman, Fishing, Overfishing, Rio Vista, Sea Lion, Green News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Authorities arrested a Sacramento fisherman Saturday in connection to shooting a sea lion in the head. California game war...

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California Faces $20B Deficits For Years To Come

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 11.20.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: California Budget, California, California Budget Crisis, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Despite multiple attempts to balance California's budget, the state can still expect to confront shortfalls approaching $20...

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Richmond Gang Rape Prompts City's Reflection

AP | TERRY COLLINS and EVELYN NIEVES | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Sexual Violence, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Rape, California, Homecoming, Crime, Homecoming Dance, Margarita Vargas, Richmond, Richmond Gang Rape, Richmond High School, Gang Rape, Alcohol, San Francisco, Home News

RICHMOND, Calif. — Not far from the pulsating music and dancing of the high school homecoming, young men were drinking in a dimly-lit courtyard ...

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Pew Center: TABOR's Restrictions Putting Colorado In Fiscal Peril

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Emily Anderson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: California, Colorado Fiscal Policy, State Govenrment, Tabor, Colorado Budget, Pew Research Center, Denver News

Colorado isn't in the top 10 states in "fiscal peril," according to a new report from Pew Center on the States. It's number 11. Along with Georg...

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Race to the Top Officially Starts: Will NY's "Data Firewall" Hurt Its Chances?

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Nevada, Merryl Tisch, Arne Duncan, Wisconsin, Education Reform, Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama, Race to the Top, California, New York News
Thomas W. Carroll

Given New York's fiscal troubles -- Governor David Paterson has warned that the state could run out of money as early as December -- this is not a competition the state can afford to lose.

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Voting on Equal Rights is a National Disgrace

Wayne Besen | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Glbt, Briggs Initiative, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Civil Rights, Lesbian, National Organization for Marriage, Maine Gay Marriage, Truth Wins Out, Referendum, Anita Bryant, Gay, Wayne Besen, California, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Wayne Besen

With a record of 0-31 in marriage initiatives, now may be a good opportunity to review our complicity in a process that doles out or strips away basic rights by majority vote.

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10 States Face Looming Budget Disasters: Pew Report

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: States Fiscal Crisis, Wisconsin, California, States Budgets, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, Arizona, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Michigan, Oregon, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings. In Michigan, state ...

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Loan Modification Plan Has Helped 20 Percent Of Eligible In California, Nevada And Arizona

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Loan Modification, California, Mortgage Modification, Making Home Affordable, Mortgage Servicers, Mortgage Crisis, Loan Mod, Nevada, Arizona, Home Loans, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's mortgage relief program has reached one in five eligible homeowners, a government report says, but most ...

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Porpoise Being Attacked By Dolphins (VIDEO)

Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Dolphins Attacking Porpoises, Calderon Dolphin, California, Porpoise vs Dolphin, Dolphins, Monterey Bay, Porpoise, Calderon Dolphins, Tortoise for Sale, Bottlenose Dolphin, Porpoises, Porpoises Dolphins Video, Home News

Bodies of dead porpoises off the coast of California have perplexed scientists for some time. Researchers now say they are most likely being killed by...

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Medical Malpractice Tort Reform - We Are Already Suffering and Don't Need More

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Nebraska, Medical Errors, California, Tort Reform, Congressional Budget Office, Indiana, Medical Malpractice, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

Tort "reform" is a doozy of a misnomer. There is certainly nothing positive or beneficial about it.

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Body Found At Hoover Pool: Gabriel Contreras Dead Beneath Pool Cover In Redwood City Public Pool

San Jose Mercury News | Posted 11.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Hoover Park Body, Hoover Park Pool, Redwood City, Palo Alto, California, Public Pool, Hoover Park Swimming Pool, Bay Area, Hoover Park Death, San Mateo County, Redwood City Pool, Redwood Pool, Gabriel Contreras, Home News

A maintenance worker found the body of Gabriel Contreras, 21, of Palo Alto after lifting part of the cover from the swimming pool at Hoover Park. The ...

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"Got MILF?" T-Shirt Makers Sued By "Got Milk?" Creators

Carlos Cagin | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: California, A.g. Kawamura, Milk, Food and Agriculture, Tagline, Got Milk Tagline, Milf, California Milk Processor Board, Got Milk, Trademark Infringement, Deez Design, Got Milf, Business News

Talk about a serious lack of sense of humor: The dairy producers behind the ubiquitous "Got Milk?" slogan are suing a small T-shirt company that switc...

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Let's List Governor of California On eBay

Terry Gardner | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meg Whitman, Warren Buffett Berkshire, Ebay, Governor of California, California, Jerry Brown, Politics News
Terry Gardner

For months (if not years) we've been reading that the State of California is broke. Here are two possible solutions.

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Timing For Newsom in Governor Race, All Wrong

Mira Veda | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, California, Gavin Newsom, San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Jerry Brown, Politics News
Mira Veda

Perhaps, in a few years when he's proven he has the character everyone admired in him in the first place he can jump into another race in politics.

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Heidi DeJong Barsuglia Denies Mike Duvall Affair: Energy Lobbyist Reinstated After Recorded Sex Talk

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Mike Duvall Affair, On Tape, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Audio, Mike Duvall, Recorded, Duvall, Barsuglia, Lobbyist, Sex Chat, Microphone, Video, Sex Talk, Sex Conversation, Sempra Energy, Yorba Linda, Gop, Heidi Dejong Barsuglia, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An energy lobbyist who was the subject of an investigation after a former California lawmaker was caught on tape bragging a...

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Two Percent Ain't Good Enough

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Education, California, Children, Usc, Public Education, Foster Care, Los Angeles, Relationships, Living News
Daniel Heimpel

Within 18 months of leaving the system, 1/4 of children in foster care will have been incarcerated, 1/5 will have experienced homelessness and 1/3 will suffer major depression.

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Job Losses? Not in North Dakota. A Stimulus Plan That Really Works

Ellen Brown | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: State Deficits, Banking Crisis, Fractional-Reserve-System, Job Loss, Unemployment, Farid Khavari, Bank of North Dakota, President Obama, North Dakota, Florida, Montana, State-Owned Banks, Job Creation, California, Business News
Ellen Brown

Why is North Dakota doing so well, when other states are suffering the ravages of a deepening credit crisis? Its secret may be that it has its own credit machine.

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A Sad Day for Californians: Gavin Newsom's Withdrawl from the Race for Governor

Sarah Granger | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, California, Governor, Politics News
Sarah Granger

While I'm saddened he will not be continuing his run for Governor of California at this time, I feel lucky we still have Mayor Newsom in San Francisco to continue fighting the good fight.

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Schwarzenegger: F-Bomb In Veto Letter Was "Wild Coincidence"

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger Fuck You, California, Schwarzenegger Wild Coincidence, Schwarzenegger Acrostic, Acrostic Poem, Schwarzenegger Secret Message, Lawmakers, Schwarzenegger Coded Poem, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger Veto, Schwarzenegger Coincidence, Schwarzenegger F-Bomb, Arnold Schwarzenegger Letter Fuck You, Arnold Schwarzenegger "Fuck You" Veto, Schwarzenegger Fuck You, Schwarzenegger Veto Fuck You, Fuck You Wild Coincidence, Politics News

It's just one of those wild coincidences, like Thomas Jefferson and John Adams dying the same day, exactly 50 years after they signed the Declaration ...

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Henry Miller and a Sunday in Big Sur

Alex Henry | Posted 11.01.2009 | Style

Read More: Hieronymus Bosch, Tropic of Cancer, Carmel, California, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, Big Sur, Henry Miller, Tropic-of-Capricorn, Dumas, Emil White, Voltaire, Gombrowicz, Montaigne, Style News
Alex Henry

I was not far into Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch by Henry Miller, but I was sufficiently delighted by what I had read that I decided I must visit this place.

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Costco: Food Stamps Will Be Accepted

Seattle Times | Melissa Allison | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Harlem, Welfare, Big Box Retail, California, Food Stamps, Economy, Jim Sinegal, Washington State, Recession, New York, New York City, Big Box Retailer, Groceries, Costco, Food, Michigan, Business News

Costco Wholesale plans to accept food stamps at its warehouse stores nationwide, a major shift for a company that earlier this year said it doubted th...

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Push To Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground In California

nytimes.com | JESSE McKINLEY | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Legalized Marijuana, California, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Pot, Marijuana Legalization, California-Marijuana, Pot Legalization, Legalize Marijuana, Politics News

These are heady times for advocates of legalized marijuana in California -- and only in small part because of the newly relaxed approach of the federa...

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Schwarzenegger "F*** You": Did Gov Send Lawmaker Obscene Message Through Acrostic Poem? (PHOTO): UPDATE

AP/ The Huffington Post | JUDY LIN | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger Fuck You, California, Acrostic Poem, Schwarzenegger Acrostic, Schwarzenegger Secret Message, Schwarzenegger Coded Poem, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lawmakers, Schwarzenegger Veto, Schwarzenegger F-Bomb, Arnold Schwarzenegger Letter Fuck You, Arnold Schwarzenegger "Fuck You" Veto, Schwarzenegger Fuck You, Schwarzenegger Veto Fuck You, Politics News

UPDATE: Gov. Schwarzenegger has denied that he intentionally sent an obscene message to lawmakers. The Governor claimed it was one of those "wild coin...

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