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The Highway 50 westbound on- and offramps at Missouri Flat Road west of Placerville will be closed for approximately three nights beginning Friday to allow reconfiguration of the ramp alignments. |
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High winds fanned a fire in El Dorado County that has consumed more than 30 acres and has yet to be fully contained. Fire crews responded to the site near the city of Rescue |
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday said pressure from the auto industry will not deter California from attempting to impose strict emission rules for vehicles sold in the state. |
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Trout plants Recordnet.com |
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Catchable-sized trout will be stocked this week into the following waters, listed by county - El Dorado - Ice House Reservoir, Jenkinson Lake, Union Valley Reservoir... |
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An actor famous for his role on "Baywatch" was arrested in Placerville on charges of burglary and hit and run... |
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El Dorado County is to receive $500,000 annually for 20 years for law enforcement under a pact with the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. But the county sheriff said that won't cover... |
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South Tahoe Refuse Co. is not planning to take over the Clean Tahoe Program, one of the refuse company's owners said, even though a grand jury report said taxpayers could save $90,000 or more per year if they did. |
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Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics
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AP - In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.
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Scandal-plagued attorney general of Ohio resigns
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AP - Ohio's attorney general resigned Wednesday under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair.
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Court hears Utah man's claim to cut of Howard Hughes estate
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AP - It's the stuff movies are made of — literally: A delivery man says he rescued Howard Hughes after he found him face down and bloodied in the desert, so the reclusive billionaire left him $156 million in a hand-scrawled will as a reward.
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Colombian paramilitaries appear in US courts
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AP - Fourteen warlords from far-right paramilitary militias suspected in Colombia of thousands of atrocities began court appearances Wednesday around the United States on drug trafficking charges.
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Attys: Ohio man to plead guilty to writing threats
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AP - A man accused of writing racially hateful letters to prominent blacks, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is expected to plead guilty in federal court, attorneys said Wednesday.
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Woman pleads guilty in Spitzer prostitution probe
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AP - A woman accused of booking clients for a high-priced call girl ring pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering and promoting prostitution in the federal probe that brought down former Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
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Scientists are building database of bite marks
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AP - It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community. For a decade now, attorneys and even some forensic experts have ridiculed the use of bite marks to identify criminals as sham science and glorified guesswork.
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Canadian polygamist sect under pressure
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AP - Fluorescent lights cast a yellow-green pall on the posted student artwork. Children's voices recite lessons behind closed doors. A group of seventh-grade girls giggle and whisper as they wander back to class.
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Arrest made in string of Florida wildfires
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AP - Authorities arrested a man they say was seen throwing a Molotov cocktail into the woods Wednesday in this Atlantic coast town, where several homes have been gutted by wildfires this week.
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Tony Blair to address Yale seniors this month
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AP - Yale University says former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be its Class Day speaker this year.
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Mixed results for divisive ballot measures
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AP - Opponents of abortion and race-based affirmative action have had more setbacks than victories so far this political season as they try to place measures with a strong pull for conservative voters on the ballots of numerous states this November.
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10-year-old scholar takes Calif. college by storm
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AP - With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music. But Cavalin is only 10 years old. And at 4-foot-7, his shoes don't quite touch the floor as he puts down a schoolbook and swivels around in his chair to greet a visitor.
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Texas cops: Substitute teacher came to class drunk
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AP - A substitute teacher suspected of being drunk in a suburban Dallas middle school class was too intoxicated to complete a sobriety test and was arrested, authorities said.
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