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Belfast Telegraph, 30.11.08 20:31 UTC

Man fights off knife-wielding attacker with giant candy cane

A man in the US used a candy cane lawn ornament to fight off a knife-wielding neighbour who had been attacking holiday guests at a Sacramento home. Police spokesman Sgt Norm Leong said the man used ...

Los Angeles Times, 30.11.08 05:01 UTC

A quarter-century marriage to a man behind bars

A thoughtful, successful Omaha woman leads what seems a normal life. But long ago she forged a lasting bond in California with a man from a different universe: the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang.

Los Angeles Times, 30.11.08 02:34 UTC

Bishop Jaime Soto named head of Sacramento Diocese

Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop William K. Weigand and appointed Soto as his replacement.

CNN Top Stories, 26.11.08 18:03 UTC

Food banks struggle with more people, less food

(CNN) -- Long lines, empty shelves and Thanksgiving chickens are just a few symptoms of the economic downturn's effect on food banks and community pantries across the country.

San Francisco Chronicle, 26.11.08 05:38 UTC

Partisan votes keep state budget in limbo

(11-25) 20:56 PST Sacramento -- A legislative special session that needed bipartisan cooperation to solve California's growing budget mess ended today in a flurry of partisan votes and ...

USA Today, 25.11.08 18:33 UTC

N.J. church shooting suspect appears in Ga. court

MONROE, Ga. (AP) — A California man accused of killing his estranged wife and another man in a New Jersey church has appeared in court in Georgia, where he was arrested Monday night.

San Francisco Chronicle, 25.11.08 16:02 UTC

State lawmakers gloomy on cutting deficit

(11-25) 04:00 PST Sacramento -- The state Legislature will make a last-ditch effort this afternoon to deal with California's looming two-year deficit, estimated to be as high as $28 billion, but ...

New York Post, 24.11.08 19:03 UTC

CHURCH SHOOTING VICTIM'S FATHER'S PLEA

Posted: 1:34 pm November 24, 2008 CLIFTON, N.J. - The father of the man accused of killing two people, including his 24-year-old wife, as they worshipped at a New Jersey church Sunday called upon ...