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(Sacramento Bee) // Assembly and Senate Democrat leaders are attempting to block the governor’s proposed cuts to programs that benefit the poor. They met…

(Sacramento Bee) // Governor Jerry Brown is quietly moving to cut the number of retirees working for the state, but opponents of his plan say the cuts…

To those who closely follow the voter ID wars, Hans von Spakovsky is a household name, one of the nation's leading and controversial crusaders against voter fraud. So it was news that the Republican lawyer failed to get a second term on the electoral board of Virginia's largest county.

Fred De Cordova, is the former executive producer of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. In 1988 he wrote his autobiography, Johnny Came Lately, a behind-the-scenes tell-all about the workings of one of television's longest-running and highest rated shows. De Cordova credits include directing Ronald Reagan in Bedtime for Bonzo, directing The Jack Benny Show, The Burns and Allen Show, and My Three Sons. (REBROADCAST from 3

Mining - Susan talks with Bob Keeley who works for the United Nations in the former Yugoslavia as a de-miner...he helps rid the countryside of landmines. There are an estimated 3 million plus landmines in the former Yugoslavia and are a main source of concern for troops heading there now as part of the NATO mission to Bosnia.

SF Chronicle // Starbucks has bought the Bay Area based chain La Boulange Cafe and Bakery for $100 million. Starbucks plans to start to replace its…

Matthew Cordle confessed online to driving drunk. A man was killed in the accident he caused. Cordle's video went viral. On Wednesday, he received less than the maximum sentence of about eight years in prison.

The Lightning offense struggled, getting just 24 shots on goal. Tampa Bay also won half as many faceoffs as Chicago and had six penalty minutes to the Blackhawks' two.

(Sac Bee) // Support for the tobacco tax, Prop 29, is slowly going up in smoke – thanks in part to $38 million invested in advertising by tobacco…

Under California's new system, the top two finishers in the primary move on to the general election, regardless of party. Backers hope this system will favor moderates. It could be years before it's clear if that's true, but the system is already changing how political operatives work.

(Mercury News) // Chefs across California are squeezing in extra foie gras on their menus and drawing the ire of animal rights groups. A statewide ban on…

Associated Press // The popularity of California’s 280 state parks may be a factor in why California legislators are developing bi-partisan legislation to…