The California Lottery may be re-thinking its retailer lottery ticket displays after a serial burglar has stolen thousands of dollars worth of Scratcher tickets in the past month.

A local grower responded to the growing debate between California tangerine growers and its nearby beekeepers.

Four alleged Broderick Boys gangsters face 13 to 15 years at Friday's sentencing for beating a train engineer and conductor.

A federal appeals court has ordered the writings of Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski be sold online.

A 13-month criminal investigation has resulted with two men behind bars, suspected of defrauding a Modesto dairy out of millions of dollars worth of milk. 

Supporters of the November ballot measure that banned gay marriages in California are trying to have records of their campaign donations blocked from public view.

AP - Gov. Rod Blagojevich says the Illinois House's decision to impeach him was no surprise because he's been engaged in a struggle with lawmakers since his re-election in 2006. The governor spoke to reporters Friday in Chicago hours after members of the House voted 114-1 to impeach him.

AP - The Boston Fire Department says a ladder truck has crashed into a high-rise apartment building, injuring at least four firefighters.

AP - Mayor Sheila Dixon was indicted Friday on charges that she accepted illegal gifts during her time as mayor and City Council president, including travel, fur coats and gift cards intended for the poor that she allegedly used instead for a holiday shopping spree.

AP - An Alabama sheriff imprisoned after admitting he legally pocketed about $210,000 from his jail kitchen while providing skimpy meals to inmates agreed to give up future profits from the operation, a judge said Friday.

AP - The Illinois Supreme Court said Friday that Secretary of State Jesse White's signature isn't required to validate Roland Burris' appointment to the U.S. Senate, lobbing the question of seating him back to Democratic leaders in Washington.

AP - A waste pond at a coal-burning power plant in northeast Alabama ruptured Friday, but the spill was quickly contained, utility officials said. It was the second breach at a Tennessee Valley Authority facility in less than a month.

AP - Since Hurricane Katrina, the beer-soaked, urine-splashed, puke-puddled French Quarter of old has been scrubbed clean. But with the city facing tough financial times, it may no longer be able to afford to pay for all the services of an army of sanitation workers who pick up after the partying.

AP - A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it.

AP - The National Organization for Women is outraged over the swearing-in of a New York state senator facing charges of slashing his girlfriend's face with a piece of broken glass.

AP - Gov. Rod Blagojevich was out jogging in Chicago as lawmakers in Springfield voted to impeach him. Upon returning from his jog, he likened his situation to long-distance running.

AP - Congressional auditors say that NASA's in-house financial watchdog is doing little to unearth waste and abuse at the space agency.

AP - A federal appeals court has ordered the writings of Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski (KA-zin-SKEE) be sold online.

AP - There are so many parents in this free-spirited, unconventional small town who won't get their kids vaccinated that federal researchers are paying money just to hear their side of things. On Saturday, 80 locals will get $50 apiece to talk about their worries over the risks of childhood shots.