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Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Fresno
Just when you thought they were gone, medical marijuana dispensaries are back in the city of Fresno . The California Herbal Relief Center opened Saturday on Ashlan and Willow in a retail mall. It’s right next to Blackbeard’s Family Entertainment Center . “There have been a couple of appellate court decisions that have ruled that counties,
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Clovis Gearing Up for Amgen's Force
The Amgen Tour of California races through the City of Clovis Wednesday, but the wheels have been spinning in town all week as businesses gear up for a temporary boom in business. Kathy Hamlin of Clovis was pumped the night before the race. She ate at Michaelangelo’s in Clovis , watched the 3 rd leg of the tour on
State News
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Tip leads deputies to body, bloody home
CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — An anonymous tip has led Northern California investigators to a body in a garage and bloody party house. Alameda County sheriff's Sgt. J.D. Nelson says the dead man, believed to be in his 20s, was found in the garage of the home in the unincorporated Castro Valley area. The San Francisco Chronicle says deputies who
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UC regents weigh tuition hike to close budget gap
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Another tuition increase is on the table as University of California officials develop plans to deal with a major budget shortfall. The UC Board of Regents is scheduled to discuss a proposal to raise tuition by 6 percent this fall when it meets Wednesday in Sacramento. The board would not vote on a tuition increase until
National News
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Romney inches closer to clinching GOP nomination
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has won most of the delegates in the Oregon primary, leaving him 155 delegates shy of the number of delegates needed to win the Republican nomination for president. He should get there by the end of the month. Romney won at least 16 of the 25 delegates at stake in Oregon, with
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Defense mum on whether John Edwards will testify
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — John Edwards' attorneys won't say publicly whether the former presidential candidate or his one-time mistress will take the witness stand Wednesday. Defense lawyer Abbe Lowell has said the defense could close out its case by calling Edwards, his oldest daughter Cate and Rielle Hunter, the woman with whom he had an extramarital affair while running for
World News
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Greece sets new elections
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has scheduled new elections for June 17, after members of parliament couldn't agree on a coalition government following the last election earlier this month. Greek state TV says a court official will be appointed to head the interim government, but it won't make any internationally binding decisions. ©2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material
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Ratko Mladic's genocide trial gets under way
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Twenty years after the opening shots of the Bosnian War, former Bosnian Serb military commander Gen. Ratko Mladic has gone on trial at a UN tribunal on 11 charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ailing 70-year-old Mladic's appearance at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal marks the end of a long wait
Political News
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House votes on violence bill, draws veto threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is taking up a Republican-written bill to protect women from violence, but the Obama White House says it doesn't go far enough and is threatening a veto. The White House says the bill facing a Wednesday vote doesn't provide enough protection for battered illegal immigrants, gays or Native Americans, and an armada of interest groups
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Biden attacks Romney tenure as venture capitalist
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is pouncing on Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney in swing state Ohio, casting him as a corporate raider more interested in making profits than in the needs of workers. In a speech set for delivery Wednesday in Youngstown, Ohio, Biden strikes hard at Romney, picking up on an attack line set this week
Business News
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US housing starts rose in April
U.S. builders began work on more homes last month, evidence that the battered housing market is slowly healing.
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Facebook boosts size of IPO
Facebook's owners now plan to sell 25 percent more shares in the company as investors clamor for shares in the year's hottest stock offering.