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Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies

Michael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to his employer and family.

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One of US FBI's most wanted nabbed in Mexico

Mexican authorities have arrested a former university professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen.
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Calif. city sues MLB over A's proposed move

Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Oakland Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark 40 miles south in San Jose, San Jose city officials said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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Girl says she was tortured while dad was in prison

A 14-year-old Northern California girl has told a jury that she was burned, brutalized and tortured by her father's fiancee while he was in prison.

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Sonoma County rejects state beach parking fees

Authorities in Sonoma County have turned down a bid to charge for parking at state beaches.

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Tesla Model S recall for rear seat latch issue

Tesla is recalling as many as 1,228 of its Model S vehicles, citing a problem with a rear seat latch in the electric sports sedan.

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Vandals sought at Tahoe's Glenbrook Golf Course

Douglas County sheriff's deputies are looking for suspects who drove onto a golf course at Lake Tahoe in the middle of the night and caused substantial damage.

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Authorities name casualties in Colorado fire

Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the air.
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N. Calif. campfire-turned-wildfire partly tamed

Hundreds of people were allowed to return home but hundreds more evacuees remained from a Northern California wildfire that began as a campfire before burning nearly 3 square miles.
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Flood plan would pile tons of rocks at Brannon Island park

California water officials are moving to store large piles of rock and sand in key locations throughout the Delta, including Brannan Island state park, as part of a broader effort to improve flood response.
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Budget bill would make it optional for California local governments to comply with public records laws

A budget bill awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown's signature would make it optional for local governments to comply with several key provisions of the California Public Records Act.