SACRAMENTO — Barrels of excess water have been tumbling down the Sacramento River with nowhere to go except the San Francisco Bay and out to sea.To be precise, 58,000 cubic feet of water per second — think of one cubic foot as a basketball — have been rushing past California's capital en route to the Golden Gate.Normal winter flow when it's not storming...
Dec
08
Morsi Extends Compromise to Egyptian Opposition
Label: WorldTara Todras-Whitehill for The New York TimesProtesters against President Mohamed Morsi next to a destroyed barricade near the presidential palace in Cairo on Saturday. More Photos »CAIRO — Struggling to quell protests and violence that have threatened to derail a vote on an Islamist-backed draft constitution, President Mohamed Morsi moved Saturday to appease his opponents with a package of concessions...
Jason Aldean's Holiday Plans: Visiting Santa with His Kids
Label: Lifestyle By Eileen Finan 12/08/2012 at 06:30 PM EST Jessica Ussery and Jason Aldean Bauer-Griffin After a year of professional highs – and personal lows – Jason Aldean is looking forward to a quiet holiday with family."I'm on the road so much during the year, so what I...
Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes marijuana
Label: HealthSEATTLE (AP) — The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle's Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight bespoke the new reality: Marijuana is legal under Washington state law.Hundreds gathered at Seattle Center for a New Year's Eve-style countdown to 12 a.m., when the legalization measure passed by voters last month took effect. When the clock struck, they...
Dinosaur statue in San Juan Capistrano not loved by all
Label: Business Down the narrow corridor that runs through one of California's oldest neighborhoods, behind the perfectly preserved 200-year-old...
Dec
07
As Egypt’s Crisis Deepens, Morsi Turns to Muslim Brotherhood
Label: WorldCAIRO — Facing the most serious crisis of his presidency, Mohamed Morsi is leaning more closely than ever on his Islamist allies in the Muslim Brotherhood, betting on their political muscle to push through a decisive victory in the referendum on Egypt’s divisive draft constitution. As tens of thousands chanted for his downfall or even imprisonment in a fourth day of protests outside the presidential...
Susan Powell's Father-in-Law Secretly Took 4,500 Pictures of Her
Label: Lifestyle 12/07/2012 at 07:30 PM EST Wrapping up a year that has brought unimaginable frustration and heartbreak, Susan Powell's family marked the three-year anniversary of her disappearance at a ceremony this week near where her two sons are buried."It's a hard time of year," Susan's father, Chuck Cox, tells PEOPLE....
Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes marijuana
Label: HealthSEATTLE (AP) — The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle's Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight bespoke the new reality: Marijuana is legal under Washington state law.Hundreds gathered at Seattle Center for a New Year's Eve-style countdown to 12 a.m., when the legalization measure passed by voters last month took effect. When the clock struck, they...
Priest abuse files may be released without church officials' names
Label: Business In its landmark $660-million settlement with victims of sexual abuse five years ago, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to...
Dec
06
Morsi Defends Wide Authority in Egypt as Turmoil Rises
Label: WorldCAIRO — Egypt descended deeper into political turmoil on Thursday as the embattled president, Mohamed Morsi, blamed an outbreak of violence on a “fifth column” and vowed to proceed with a referendum on an Islamist-backed constitution that has prompted deadly street battles between his supporters and their secular opponents. As the tanks and armored vehicles of an elite military unit ringed...
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