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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Around the Nation

San Francisco Youth Sanctuary Law Prompts Battle

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom walks at the main Zocalo square in Mexico City

November 4, 2009 San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is overturning a city policy that says undocumented youth accused of felonies must be handed over to federal authorities. The new law requires an actual felony conviction before someone is handed over to federal immigration authorities.

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Friday, October 30, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Law

Medical Marijuana Plan Draws Mixed Reviews in Calif.

Timeline: The Highs And Lows Of Marijuana

October 20, 2009 The Obama administration's new hands-off policy on medical marijuana is getting a broad spectrum of responses in California, parts of which feel overrun by medicinal pot. Los Angeles' district attorney says he's cracking down on those operating illegally. Residents say pot stores are a nuisance.

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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Saturday, October 03, 2009

Around the Nation

Sex Offender Escaped Notice During Girl's Captivity

Phillip Garrido

October 3, 2009 Speculation about Jaycee Dugard's 18 years in captivity seems endless. Mysteries surround her alleged abductor, Phillip Garrido, including why he served only 11 years of a 50-year term for an unrelated kidnapping and rape case in Nevada in 1977.

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Friday, September 18, 2009
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Tuesday, September 01, 2009

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Neighbors Describe Alleged Kidnapper As 'Creepy'

Phillip Garrido

September 1, 2009 Many who lived on his street in Antioch, Calif., are asking what took police so long to investigate Phillip Garrido, who is accused of kidnapping a little girl and holding her captive for 18 years. He was convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman in 1976 but served only 11 years of a 50-year sentence.

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Friday, August 28, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009

Around the Nation

Last California Auto Plant Awaits Its Fate

NUMMI workers protest Thursday across the plant in Fremont, Calif.

August 21, 2009 Toyota reportedly is on the verge of closing a plant it had jointly run with now-bankrupt GM in Fremont, Calif. The plant has turned out thousands of vehicles and supported about 5,000 factory jobs over the past two decades.

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Around the Nation

Pot-Friendly California: Amsterdam In America?

August 13, 2009 More than 12 years after California voters approved medical marijuana, the state is awash in pot dispensaries. And the bar isn't very high for getting a doctor to recommend pot for whatever ails you. Some say it amounts to a de facto legalization of marijuana.

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