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Couple Held After Tortured Boy Flees

Missing teen runs
into Calif. gym
chained, bruised

San Jose Mercury News San Jose Mercury News 7 hours, 39 minutes ago
(Newser) - A California couple was arrested yesterday, the San Jose Mercury News reports, after a teen they’re accused of kidnapping stumbled into a gym, bloodied and burned, and asked employees to hide him. The 16-year-old also said he’d been tortured; police say he went missing from a Sacramento foster home last year. More »

More about:  California • torture • missing child • Sacramento • foster homes

Sacramento GOP Site Takes Down Obama Hate Images

Officials voice disgust over local party linking Dem to bin Laden

Sacramento Bee Sacramento Bee Oct 15, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sacramento Republicans yesterday removed images from their website urging voters to “Waterboard Barack Obama” and declaring “The Only Difference Between Obama and Osama is a Little BS.” State party leaders condemned the content, with a spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calling it “completely and totally inappropriate,” the Sacramento Bee reports, but the county’s GOP chairman was unapologetic. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • Internet • California • Republican Party • Sacramento • hate speech • offensive

Bounty Hunter: I Don't Think Caylee Is Alive 

Padilla unable to get Anthony to talk

CBS13 Aug 28, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The bounty hunter who confidently posted Casey Anthony's bail because he believed her 3-year-old daughter was alive says he no longer thinks that's the case, reports CBS13. Leonard Padilla touted that he could uncover Caylee's whereabouts in 5 days, but said Casey "didn't talk"; he's considering revoking her bail and sending her back to jail. An air test yesterday confirmed the presence of human decomposition in Anthony's trunk. More »

More about:  Florida • missing child • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • Sacramento • bounty hunter

Some Calif. Workers Rake In 6-Figure OT

Paper reveals $1.1B in overtime pay as state debates shortfall

San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle Jun 30, 08 7:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - As California kicks off the fiscal year with a $17.2 billion deficit and no budget, the San Francisco Chronicle reports that state workers are raking in big overtime bucks—some as high as six figures. Including a nurse who collected $198,000 and an official who banked $403,000 in overtime, the state paid out more than $1.1 billion in OT payments last year. More »

More about:  California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • budget • Sacramento • nurses

 America's Top 10 Cities 

Combination of good jobs, good housing, and good times has Houston atop list

Kiplinger Jun 8, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The best cities are those where you can not only find work and affordable housing, but are also infused with culture and creativity, Kiplinger's Personal Finance writes. Its (somewhat surprising) top 10: Houston: Flush with museums, nightlife, and a teeming job market. More »

More about:  Houston • Austin • Omaha • Sacramento • cities • Colorado Springs • Raleigh • Des Moines • Boise

 5.2 Quake Again Rattles West 

Spate of temblors raising jitters

CNN CNN Apr 30, 08 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest in a series of shakers to rattle the West was a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that struck a rural area 190 miles northwest of Sacramento last night. No injuries or damage were immediately reported. Quakes have recently rattled Los Angeles, Lake Tahoe, and Reno, where a swarm of hundreds of tremors building in strength the past six weeks are making scientists—and residents—jittery. More »

More about:  California • earthquake • Sacramento • Reno • Lake Tahoe

Jet-Setting Governor Irks Californians

Critics question Schwarzenegger's daily polluting commute

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Mar 7, 08 7:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Californians are complaining about a governor who rarely spends a night in the state capital and dirties the air with almost daily commuter flights on a private jet, reports the Los Angeles Times . Arnold Schwarzenegger spends most nights at the family home in Brentwood in southern California. Critics say spending all that time in the air—some three hours a day—undercuts his tough stance on pollution, and suspect it's hurting his focus on politics in Sacramento. More »

More about:  California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • pollution • governor • Sacramento • private jet • commuting

America's 10 Underrated Cities

Smaller US locales are undiscovered and packed with ambience

MSNBC MSNBC Mar 5, 08 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Already done the all-star US cities like New York and LA? Try one of these underappreciated destinations from MSNBC: Baltimore: Bag some blue crab in the Inner Harbor and check out 300 years of history. Fort Lauderdale: Take advantage of great shopping and awesome upscale beaches. Houston: No problem, just vibrant performing arts and NASA’s space center. Kansas City: Just jazz, blues, and great barbecue. Louisville: Check out the Derby, the Slugger, and don't forget the mint juleps More »

More about:  Minneapolis • Houston • Baltimore • Pittsburgh • Sacramento • Louisville • Kansas City • Portland • Providence • Fort Lauderdale

10 Arrested in Laos Takeover Scheme

Plotters led by former Laotian general and US military officer 

Associated Press Associated Press Jun 5, 07 4:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten suspects were arrested in six Californian cities today for conspiring to overthrow the government of Laos. The plotters included a former general in the Laotian army and a former US military officer who was a covert operative during the Vietnam War, the AP reports. Most of the group were Hmong, an ethnic minority who supported the US during the war. More »

More about:  California • Los Angeles • United States • Vietnam • US attorney • mine • missile • Sacramento • explosives • Laos

Artest Could Face Jail Time in Domestic dispute

Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest was charged with four misdemeanors Tuesday.

ESPN ESPN Mar 21, 07 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest was charged Tuesday, March 20, with four misdemeanors stemming from an altercation with his wife earlier this month. The famously temperamental NBA player could spend time behind bars if found guilty on any of the four charges, which include battery and corporal injury to a spouse. More »

More about:  basketball • NBA • sports • prison • Detroit Pistons • Indiana Pacers • Sacramento Kings • jail • Ron Artest • battery • domestic violence • Sacramento

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