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Sheriff’s race seems focused on personalities

Scott Hadly @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

One’s running on integrity, the other on passion. But when it comes to making distinctions between the two veteran lawmen vying to replace retiring Sheriff Bob Brooks, the differences are harder to find.

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EPA to allow states address rising ocean acidity

Ventura County Star Stories @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

SEATTLE (AP) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a serious threat to shellfish and other marine life.

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Teachers in black history prank to be transferred

Ventura County Star Stories @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Three Los Angeles school teachers who were suspended for honoring O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul in a Black History Month parade will be transferred to new schools, the district superintendent said Thursday.

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Court upholds ‘under God’ in Pledge of Allegiance

Ventura County Star Stories @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

File – In this June 14, 2004 file photo, Michael Newdow looks down at the fax copy of the Supreme Court’s ruling preserving the phrase "one nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance outside his Sacramento, Calif., home. A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected arguments by Newdow that the phrase violates the separation between church and state. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,Ffile)

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Records: Convict charged in girl’s death could have returned to prison for violating parole

Ventura County Star Stories @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Records: Convict charged in girl’s death could have returned to prison for violating parole.

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APNewsBreak: Calif. murder suspect broke parole

Ventura County Star Stories @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Records obtained by The Associated Press show a convicted sex offender charged with killing a 17-year-old San Diego County girl could have been sent back to prison for violating his parole.

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Ga. man who called for Elton John’s death arrested

Ventura County Star Stories @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

A Georgia man who posted a video on YouTube of himself calling for Elton John’s death has been arrested for making terroristic threats.

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Democrats push for governmental reforms

Timm Herdt @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

Democratic leaders said today they will attempt to move through the Legislature a package of governmental reforms that the blue-chip reform group California Forward had been unable to place on the November ballot.

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Obama backing of immigration overhaul ‘unwavering’

Ventura County Star Stories @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

Clarissa Martinez de Castro, with the National Council of La Raza, center, talks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010, after meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Oregon Supreme Court punts on Klamath water claims

Ventura County Star Stories @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday kept alive claims by Klamath Basin farmers that the federal government should pay them for shutting off water to crops in 2001 to help protected fish survive a drought.

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