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  Finding out what is in the air

  Temporary monitoring stations will take samples around the Nipomo Mesa in March, April and May looking for dust particles during the windy season

• Man quoted the Bible in wife’s killing

  Two psychologists in two days testify that Atascadero man who admitted killing his wife did not know right from wrong

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• Lewis, Kemp top Women's Australian Open

• Swiss police: car drives into crowd, 1 dead

• US kills al-Qaida-linked militant in Pakistan

• Gonzaga beats No. 16 Saint Mary's 73-59

• Tyreke Evans leads Kings past Thunder

• Gonzaga beats No. 16 Saint Mary's 73-59

• Ogwumikes lead No. 4 Stanford women past USC 69-52

• Tennessee State upsets No. 9 Murray State 72-68

• $25B settlement reached over foreclosure abuses

• Doan's PP goal lifts Coyotes over Flames 2-1 in OT

• Burke lifts Illinois women over No. 10 Ohio State

• Warriors hand Nuggets 5th straight loss, 109-101

• Scola helps Rockets top Suns 96-89

• BYU women use huge second half run to rout Gonzaga

• Ogwumikes lead No. 4 Stanford women past USC 69-52

• Vanderbilt upsets No. 11 Tennessee 93-79

• LA school in sex abuse case gets entire new staff

Weird news Weird news

Hundreds ask Vt. to keep prank pig on police decal

Remember the pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers?

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• Stolen car suspect tries to hide on LA rooftops

• Necklace flushed down toilet returned months later

• Pakistani man fights police over 40-foot shark

• Ex-CA mayor admits stealing mixer to make pizza

• Judge: Buy wife flowers, then take her to dinner

State news State news

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• OC hospital worker accused of sex assault

• UC Davis ends 18-game skid, beats Northridge 79-71

Politics Politics

Women at war: Pentagon is easing its job limits

New orders from the Pentagon: The military on Thursday formally opened thousands of jobs to women in units that are closer to the front lines than ever before, reflecting what's already been going on as female American soldiers fight and die next to their male comrades.

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• Banks to pay $25 billion to settle foreclosure abuses

• Miss. lawmaker: 'Gulf of America' bill was a joke

• Pentagon to open more combat to women

Election Election

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• Obama birth control policy divides Democrats

• Conservatives: Romney's OK if Obama is alternative

• Judge slams critics of Texas school prayer ruling

• A fourth defeat for Romney? Lack of ads could hurt

Environment Environment

• Cruise ships banned from releasing sewage along Calif. coast

• Try houseplants as gifts for Valentine's Day and beyond

• Edible landscaping takes food plants beyond bounds of vegetable patch

• Eric Sharp: dollars and sense over Asian carp

Health/Science Health/Science

• For pregnant women with cancer, chemo possible

• For pregnant women with cancer, chemo possible

• Hold the mystery meat: Military food gets upgrade

• Scientists say NASA cutting missions to Mars