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California Pot Shipment Traced to NFL Players: Feds

House was set up as part of a 'distribution' network: investigator

(Newser) - A 2.5-pound shipment of high-grade pot was traced from Northern California to the Kentucky home of a Cincinnati Bengals football player, according to investigators. Wide receiver Jerome Simpson and teammate/offensive lineman Anthony Collins were both at Simpson's home during the special delivery, said federal narcotics agents, who allegedly...

Killer Loses Bid for Prison-Paid Sex Change

San Francisco court throws out suit by Lyralisa Stevens

(Newser) - A transgender California prisoner has lost a bid to force the state to pay for a sex change operation. Lyralisa Stevens, who was born male but lives as a woman, sued the state, demanding that the public fund surgery to remove her male genitalia , at a cost of as much...

2 Marines Die in California Training Crash

Third major air accident this summer at Camp Pendleton

(Newser) - Two US Marines were killed when the Super Cobra attack helicopter they were flying in went down in flames during a training exercise at California's camp Pendleton. Firefighters were battling a 120-acre brush fire triggered by the afternoon crash late yesterday. It was the third major accident in the...

Beatles Refused to Play to Segregated Crowds
 Beatles Refused to Play 
 to Segregated Crowds 
says contract
Sep 19, 2011 8:02 AM CDT

Beatles Refused to Play to Segregated Crowds

Contract also calls for 150 police officers for Cow Palace show

(Newser) - When the Beatles toured the United States, the band had a few concert demands: at least 150 uniformed police officers, a $40,000 fee—and no segregated audiences, according to the contract for the Beatles' 1965 concert at Cow Palace in California, reports the BBC . The contract is set to...

Gun Rights Debate Shifts to California

Bill on governor's desk would make it illegal to openly carry firearms

(Newser) - The gun-control debate faces a California test: A bill on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk would make it illegal for residents to openly carry a gun. If Brown signs it, California would be the first state since 1987 to ban the practice, notes the Los Angeles Times . Brown is a...

Angry Bees Send 4 to Calif. Hospital

Man in wheelchair stung 60 times

(Newser) - Bees are on the warpath again. Thousands of the angry stingers swarmed four men in a Southern California storage yard yesterday, sending them all to the hospital. The attack began when a man in a wheelchair somehow disrupted a hive. He was stung more than 60 times and had tumbled...

California School Board Hopeful: I Kidnapped Girls

Former teacher Alvina Sheeley says she meant no harm

(Newser) - Former high school teacher Alvina Sheeley says she's the right person for a spot on a school board in northern California—despite her history of kidnapping children. The 70-year-old candidate, who is running for a spot on the Fairfield-Suisun board, was visiting relatives in Illinois in 1998 when she...

California Prisons Set to Release 4K Moms

But female inmates who don't have kids are out of luck

(Newser) - Thousands of mothers currently doing time will head home soon as California rushes to shrink prison populations . Moms with 2 years or less left to serve for “non-serious, non-sexual” crimes—possibly half of the state’s 9,500 female prisoners—may be released within days; once home, they’ll...

Feinstein Also Hit by 'Madoff of Campaign Treasurers'

Senator the highest profile victim yet for alleged fraudster Kinde Durkee

(Newser) - Dianne Feinstein's campaign was one of those ripped off by an allegedly fraudulent Democratic campaign treasurer, the senator tells the LA Times . Kinde Durkee was arrested on fraud charges two weeks ago, with California Reps. Loretta Sanchez and Susan Davis listed among her alleged victims; Davis dubbed her “...

Worker 'Moving Equipment' Plunged 6M Into Darkness

But probers wonder how simple screw-up spread so far, so fast

(Newser) - Power company officials believe a worker moving a piece of monitoring equipment in an Arizona utility substation likely turned off the lights yesterday for a massive 6 million customers stretching through southern California and Mexico. "This was not a deliberate act. The employee was just switching out a piece...

Huge Power Outage Hits California, Arizona

San Diego, parts of Mexico in the dark after grid failure

(Newser) - A massive power outage has left more than 1 million people in the dark in California, Arizona, and Mexico, reports AP . San Diego is especially hard hit. No definitive word yet on what triggered the problem about 4pm local time, but authorities made a point to rule out terrorism. "...

Amazon Agrees to Charge California Sales Tax

Online retailer makes a surprise concession

(Newser) - Amazon made a surprising move last night: It gave in and agreed to charge sales tax in California next year. The online retailer announced it had reached a deal with the state in which it would stop fighting a new law that would force it to collect sales tax in...

Reese Witherspoon HIt by Car
 Reese Witherspoon Hit by Car 
Sep 8, 2011 1:36 AM CDT

Reese Witherspoon Hit by Car

She suffers minor injuries while jogging

(Newser) - Reese Witherspoon suffered minor injuries yesterday afternoon when she was struck by a car as she jogged along a Santa Monica road. The car was traveling 20mph when it struck the 35-year-old actress, who was rushed to a local hospital, police told Radar. She was released later in the day...

2 USC Students Shot at Party

Thief opens fire near campus: cops

(Newser) - Two students from the University of Southern California were shot at a party near the USC campus yesterday. Several students confronted a man who appeared to be stealing items from an apartment complex where the party was taking place. He opened fire, shooting a male student in the chest and...

Calif. Lawmakers Serve Up Vote on Shark Fin Soup

Law unfairly targets Chinese community, critics say

(Newser) - California lawmakers may take shark fin soup off the menu of every restaurant in the state next week—or at least try, CNN reports. Fueled by a growing disgust of finning—in which fishermen cut off the fin and toss the shark back in the ocean—the California Shark Protection...

Amazon to California: Ditch Tax, Get 7K Jobs

State senate, local retailers hostile to offer

(Newser) - Amazon has got a tempting offer for California, which is battling the nation’s second-highest unemployment rate: If the state delays a new online sales tax for two years, the Internet retailer will bring 7,000 new jobs to the Golden State. Amazon would also halt its push for a...

Giant Waves Pound California Coast

Swimmer missing; smugglers' boat crashes

(Newser) - A high surf advisory is in effect until 5pm along the central California coast, as the damaging impact of the huge waves pounding the area comes to light: A body-boarder has gone missing, and a marijuana-smuggling boat crashed on shore, likely a victim of the powerful surf, the AP reports....

California Bill Would Require Benefits for Babysitters

...they'd get perks like lunch breaks

(Newser) - Ahh, babysitting: That rite of passage in which you get paid $3 an hour to take care of kids with no breaks, paid vacation, or worker’s comp. All that could soon change, however, if an Assembly bill quickly making its way through the California legislature becomes law. The measure,...

Yosemite Fire Scorches 5K Acres

Skies still blue over park despite huge blaze

(Newser) - After five days of hard work, firefighters are making good progress against a wildfire raging near Yosemite National Park. The fire—started when a propane tank on a motor home traveling on one the main roads into the park exploded—has burned more than 5,000 acres and forced the...

Sea Lion Bites Couple Off of Venice Beach

Lifeguards call it a first

(Newser) - A sea lion bit a pair of swimmers in Venice Beach last night, in what lifeguards say may be the first case of such an event occurring in the area. KTLA reports that a woman was bit on the leg around 6:30pm; her husband came to her aid, only...

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