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Second death in solo I-680 accident

FAIRFIELD — A second person has died after a solo vehicle accident on northbound Interstate 680 south of Marshview Road Thursday. Manuel Sanchez, a passenger in the vehicle, was ejected and suffered major injuries in the crash that occurred about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, California Highway Patrol Officials said. The Hayward man died of those injuries [...]

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Second death after solo I-680 accident

FAIRFIELD — A second person has died after a solo vehicle accident on northbound Interstate 680 south of Marshview Road Thursday. Manuel Sanchez, a passenger in the vehicle, was ejected and suffered major injuries in the crash that occurred about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, California Highway Patrol Officials said. The Hayward man died of those injuries [...]

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NKorea warns war will bring “nuclear holocaust”

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Saturday welcomed the new year with a push for better ties with rival South Korea, warning that war “will bring nothing but a nuclear holocaust.” Despite calls in its annual New Year’s message for a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons, the North, which has conducted [...]

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Belarusian KGB raids journalists’ homes, offices

Associated Press MINSK, Belarus — The Belarusian KGB has been searching the homes and offices of independent journalists following an election that handed the authoritarian president a fourth term, journalists and a media watchdog group said. Reporters Without Borders condemned the systematic raids, which it said seem aimed at seizing all documents and files related [...]

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Plane, helicopter collide in Virginia, 2 killed

WEYERS CAVE, Va. — A small aircraft collided with a medical helicopter in the air Friday afternoon in rural western Virginia, killing two people on the plane, federal aviation officials said. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters said the collision occurred at about 2:30 p.m., a half-mile north of the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport in [...]

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Supreme Court to cut costs to fight deficit

Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will join Congress and the president next year in cutting costs to reduce the federal deficit, Chief Justice John Roberts said Friday in his year-end report. Roberts asked the court’s staff to cut unnecessary expenses and improve operations to save money. “As a result of those efforts, and [...]

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Miller says he’s ending legal fight, conceding

Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska — Republican Joe Miller is ending his fight over Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat, conceding the race to his bitter rival, incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Miller’s decision, announced Friday at a news conference in Anchorage, comes one day after the state certified Murkowski as the winner. He had the option of appealing [...]

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Second death after solo I-680 accident

FAIRFIELD — A second person has died after a solo vehicle accident on northbound Interstate 680 south of Marshview Road Thursday. Manuel Sanchez, a passenger in the vehicle, was ejected and suffered major injuries in the crash that occurred about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, California Highway Patrol Officials said. The Hayward man died of those injuries [...]

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Ode to sports year: Lots of rhyme, less reason

The Associated Press Come closer, just listen: What do you hear? It’s loud and it seems we’ve heard it all year. Is it roars for the Saints echoing still, After Katrina before the big spill? Or shrieks for Nadal? The World Cup for Spain? There’s nothing quite like a strong summer reign. Or gasps for [...]

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Second death in solo I-680 accident

FAIRFIELD — A second person has died after a solo vehicle accident on northbound Interstate 680 south of Marshview Road Thursday. Manuel Sanchez, a passenger in the vehicle, was ejected and suffered major injuries in the crash that occurred about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, California Highway Patrol Officials said. The Hayward man died of those injuries [...]

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Flagstaff, Ariz., home to new year pine cone drop

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — New York City may have its Waterford Crystal Ball dropping down in Times Square to welcome in the new year, but an Arizona mountain town has something more unique — a 6-foot-tall, 70-pound pine cone. The oversized LED-lighted aluminum creation hangs from the roof of a downtown hotel as the glamorous high-tech [...]

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Warriors beat Bobcats to close out year

The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Monta Ellis scored 25 points and the Golden State Warriors held off a late rally to beat the Charlotte Bobcats 96-95 on Friday. Stephen Curry added 24 points and Dorell Wright 17 for the Warriors, who led by as many as 11 points midway through the third quarter and [...]

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