NEWS
IN A FEW
State:
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MODESTO (AP) -- A hearing to determine whether
Scott Peterson must stand trial in the slaying
of his pregnant wife opened Wednesday with
an expert testifying about a disputed type
of DNA analysis used to match a
hair found on a pair of pliers on Peterson's
boat with strands from Laci Peterson.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Blocked by the state
Coastal Commission from building an oceanfront
golf-course in Santa Barbara County, a Newport
Beach development firm and major contributor
to Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign
for governor now wants the state to help
bail out its troubled investment.
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LAKE ARROWHEAD (AP) -- Fierce winds fanned
walls of flames that shot through thick
stands of dying trees as firefighters scrambled
Wednesday to save San Bernardino mountain
towns sitting directly in the path of the
state's deadly wildfires.
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BARSTOW (AP) -- A small earthquake shook
eastern San Bernardino County as raging
wild fires knocked 66 of the region's earthquake
monitoring stations out of service.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A 27-year-old man pleaded
guilty to second-degree murder in the arson
deaths of a rival motel owner's family,
agreeing to help prosecutors convict his
friends and escaping a possible death sentence,
authorities said.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Candy bars and fried
chips will disappear from vending machines
in the city's schools next July, joining
a ban on sodas in a push to fight childhood
obesity, officials said.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A San Francisco police
officer has been ordered to stand trial
on four charges of sexual assault after
a secretly recorded conversation showed
that he asked the alleged victim not to
discuss the incident.
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SAN JOSE (AP) -- The statewide search for
a fugitive nanny accused of killing two
young children in a hit-and-run crash in
Danville ended Tuesday evening when police
arrested the woman in downtown San Jose.
National:
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- A wildfire roaring
through tinder-dry forests in the Colorado
mountains exploded to more than 400 acres
Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to
flee the foothills northwest of Boulder.
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- The Bush administration
favors continued experimental floods to
restore the Grand Canyon's ecology, a senior
official said.
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