DENVER — Troy Tulowitzki and the Colorado Rockies are looking ahead with 2020 vision. The sides agreed Tuesday to a new contract that pays Tulowitzki an additional $132 million over seven seasons through 2020, a deal that means Colorado has guaranteed the All-Star shortstop $157.75 million in the next decade. “I’m really lucky,†Tulowitzki said. [...]
Associated Press CANCUN, Mexico — Cancun’s eroding white sand beaches are providing a note of urgency to the climate talks being held just south of this seaside resort famed for its postcard-perfect vistas. Rising sea levels and a series of unusually powerful hurricanes have aggravated the folly of building a tourist destination atop shifting sand [...]
Compiled by the Daily Republic PARADISE VALLEY WOMEN’S 18-HOLE GOLF GROUP REGISTRATION — Registration for the 2010 season is ongoing. The group meets for play every Monday at 8 a.m. For more information, call 864-0486. RANCHO SOLANO WOMEN’S GOLF CLUB REGISTRATION — Open to women 18 and older who would like to establish a handicap [...]
VACAVILLE — City officials on Tuesday named five safe surrender sites where those unwilling or unable to care for an infant can drop them off without fear of prosecution. This announcement comes a month after Solano County supervisors voted to allow cities to participate in the Safely Surrendered Baby Law. The sites are part of [...]
WASHINGTON — The government’s decisions about whether or how to bring criminal charges against participants in the WikiLeaks disclosures is complicated by the very newness of Julian Assange’s Internet-based outfit: Is it journalism or espionage or something in between? Justice, State and Defense Department lawyers are discussing whether it might be possible to prosecute the [...]
WASHINGTON — Heralding a new era of divided government, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans pledged warily to seek common ground on tax cuts and reduced spending Tuesday in their first meeting since tumultuous midterm elections. Obama also made a strong plea to Senate Republicans to permit ratification of a new arms control treaty with [...]
LOS ANGELES — Officials say a man and woman beat a Southern California school crossing guard and stole her stop sign and whistle while astonished kids looked on. Investigators say the 59-year-old female crossing guard was helping about 20 children across the street in the Florence area of south Los Angeles when she tried to [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — A tranquil day at a Northern California preschool was shattered when an escaped inmate burst through a door and pointed a gun at the head of a teacher caring for several infants, the preschool’s owner said Tuesday. The inmate, identified as 24-year-old Maurice Ainsworth, had just stolen the gun of a deputy [...]
FRESNO — A vast toxic waste dump at the center of a birth defects controversy in Central California has been fined more than $300,000 for allowing cancer-causing chemicals to leach into the soil, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. Residents near the Kettleman Hills landfill previously have expressed concerns that the largest hazardous waste [...]
The series features 12 delicious cookies, with each building on the skills mastered in the previous day’s cookie. By the end of the year, you will be a cookie pro. To ease you into the holiday cookie baking spirit, we decided to keep it easy and start the season with a no-bake cookie. Day 1 [...]
For Day 2, we decided to take a classic — yet simple — German pepper cookie and make it a bit more festive and a bit more peppery. Pfeffernusse are small, firm peppery balls often served with tea or cocoa. Traditional recipes call for black pepper — the name, after all, means “pepper nuts†— [...]
A mix-and-go approach was on order for Day 3. As in, dump the ingredients in the mixer and you’re already nearly done. Because these buttery rich vanilla shortbread cookies take just minutes to pull together. Once the dough is mixed, it’s just a matter of scooping it onto the baking sheet and pressing it flat [...]
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