| Pattinson keen to cut an album, may take a break from movies Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson is keen to venture into the music world, but says he will have to take a break from acting to pursue that because he can't do... | |
| Vision originated 600 mln yrs ago in sea-dwelling hydra A team of scientists at UC (University of California) Santa Barbara have discovered that vision originated in the hydra, a member of an ancient group of sea creatures, about 600 million years... |
| 'Aggressive' LA paparazzi disturbs Lohan's social life Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan says her social life has been wrecked by the 'aggressive' paparazzi of Los Angeles and as a result, she now ends up clubbing at... |
| Renee Zellweger gifts $100 coffee voucher to paparazzo Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger gifted a photographer a $100 coffee voucher after he saved her from getting a parking... |
| Drexel Plans To Expand Co-operative Education Program In Northern California Center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento in 2009, is now looking to expand its innovative co-operative education program in Northern... |
| Girlicious Band Member Charged With Having Drugs (AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock, File)FILE - Natalie Mejia attends the 2009 Teen Choice Awards in this Aug. 9, 2009 file photo taken in Universal City, California. Police say the member of the pop group... |
| Festivities Open Dodgers' Series In Taiwan TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Normal stretching, normal batting practice, normal game? Well, not quite. From the Little League clinic on the field with Major Leaguers Hong-Chih Kuo and Chin-lung Hu at Tianmu... |
| Brake, Driver Problems Cited In Fatal Ariz Crash An Arizona Department of Public Safety police officer looks through the wreckage of a tour bus including the dead bodies, covered in blue tarp, after a multi-vehicle crash on Friday, March 5, 2010,... |
| Michael Jackson's Custom-made Furniture For Sale LOS ANGELES The 22 pieces of custom-made furniture Michael Jackson commissioned for his London home are going on the auction block. Darren Julien of Julien's Auctions says a gilded red... |
| Jimmer Fredette Scored 45 In Byu's Win Over Tcu LAS VEGAS Jimmer Fredette wanted to be aggressive and get to the free throw line. "I know I could make it from there," the junior point guard said after sinking 23 of 24 foul shots and... |
| Arizona's Ncaa Run All But Over At 25 The Wildcats salvaged NCAA tournament appearances the last two years, extending their streak thanks mostly to the prestige built by the Pac-10. With a roster dominated by underclassmen, their chances... |
| Fed. Appeals Court Upholds 'under God' In Pledge (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,Ffile)File - In this June 14, 2004 file photo, Michael Newdow looks down at the fax copy of the Supreme Court's ruling preserving the phrase "one nation under God" in the... |
| 'american Idol' Pares Down To 12 Finalists (AP Photo/Fox, Patrick Ecclestein)In this publicity image released by Fox, the 12 male finalists for the ninth season of the reality singing competetion, "American Idol," front row from left, Andrew... |
| 2 Dead, 1 Wounded In Southern California Shooting Riverside County sheriff's deputies they are looking at all possible motives in a shooting that left two men dead and one wounded, including a possible link to immigrant... |
| Lawmakers Probe Lax Enforcement Of Animal Rules The knives at the slaughterhouse weren't properly sanitized, a government investigator said, and employees at the meatpacking plant didn't know how to test the carcasses of days-old veal calves for a... |
| Washington Rallies To Beat Oregon State 59-52 Oregon State , which meant the Huskies also were nearly out of chances to salvage their disappointing season.Although Thomas could feel the pressure, he wasn't surprised when his Huskies responded... |
| 'uncharted 2' Nabs 5 Trophies At Video Game Awards (AP Photo/Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., File)FILE - In this undated video game file image released by Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., a scene is shown from "Uncharted 2: Among... |
| Appeal Filed In Phil Spector Case Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.In an extremely detailed 148-page brief filed... |
| Soggy Commute For Entire Tampa Bay Area TAMPA, FL -- After a day of tornadoes and damaging winds, Mother Nature is going a little easier on the Tampa Bay area this morning.There are no severe weather warnings right now. But there is no... |
| Msi's Wind Top All-in-one Pcs A Home Run With The Los Angeles Dodgers MSI , a worldwide leading manufacturer of computer components and systems, today announced that MSI will be supplying the Dodgers with Wind Top All-in-One PCs and laptop computers for use by team... |
| Dodgers Getting Full Experience In Taiwan TAIPEI, Taiwan -- If there was a jet lag price to pay for the 15-hour flight from Phoenix, it wasn't apparent as the Dodgers scattered for a whirlwind of sightseeing before Friday night's exhibition... |
| Whitman's Funds Could Pose Conflicts Reporting from Sacramento - Billionaire GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has invested her vast wealth in firms that sought to profit from the country's credit crisis, in venture capital and... |
| Fight Splits Backers Of Ballot Initiative To Suspend State's Global Warming Law Ted Costa says his group, People's Advocate, has been shut out of efforts to suspend AB 32, which would force oil companies to slash emissions of greenhouse... |
| Capitol Democrats' Reform Plan Unlikely To Get Past Republicans Key to the plan is to ask voters to allow a simple majority to pass a state budget. But a two-thirds vote in Sacramento is needed just to put the proposal on the... |
| Gavin Newsom To Enter California Lieutenant Governor Race Reporting from Sacramento - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will announce Friday that he is running for California lieutenant governor, according to people who were contacted by him. Newsom, a... |
| Pacific Vs. Long Beach State Skinny: The Tigers received two byes into the semifinals, while the 49ers defeated Cal Poly 79-69 on Thursday in the quarterfinals. ... Pacific twice beat Long Beach State in the regular season:... |
| California May Tackle Marijuana Legalization A bill pending before the California State Assembly would remove marijuana from the state's controlled substances statutes and establish a regulatory scheme making it accessible to adults over... |
| Starving Sea Lion Pups Wash Up On Calif. Beaches Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue... |
| Preservation Bid Lags For Hollywood Landmark LOS ANGELES — It’s a Hollywood cliffhanger, in more ways than one. The Trust for Public Land said yesterday that it is about $3 million short of the $12.5 million it needs to buy and... |
| California Global Warming Law Expected To Cause Losses: Report LOS ANGELES, March 10 (Xinhua) -- California global warming law may lead to short-term job losses instead of creating jobs, a newly released report said. The 2008 economic modeling by the California... |
| 5 Bay Area Schools Off Worst-in-state List Two San Francisco high schools were removed from the list of the 5 percent lowest-performing schools in the state Thursday - a welcome reprieve, but one that will cost them up to $6 million... |
| New, National Amnesty International Report Finds Appalling U.s. Death Rate For Women Having Babies, Systemic Failures And Shocking Disparities In Maternal Health Care System; California 35th Among All States In Maternal Mortality 49 Percent of Women Live in a Medically Underserved Area NEW YORK, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In releasing a new report on maternal health nationwide, Amnesty International today revealed... |
| Robert Pattinson Autographs Guitar For Ebay Auction Benefiting The Midnight Mission In Los Angeles Robert Pattinson walked into Norman's Rare Guitars in Tarzana, CA, and started playing a new guitar when spotted by storeowner Norman Harris. Harris, a longtime advocate of The Midnight Mission,... |
| Blazers Rally To Beat Warriors 110-105 Golden State Warriors 110-105 on Thursday night."This was almost like a must-win for us," said Roy after helping Portland snap a nine-game road losing streak to the Warriors. "This is one of the... |
| Fish Advances To Second Round At Indian Wells Germany , 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 in a first-round match Thursday at the Tennis Garden.Fish, 28, sidelined most of the second half of last season due to a fractured rib and left knee surgery, will face No.... |
| 2 Dead, 1 Wounded In Moreno Valley Shooting Deputy Melissa Nieburger says two men were found shot at the home Thursday night. One man died at the scene and the other was taken to a hospital where he later died.Authorities say the third wounded... |
| Harden Leads Uc Davis By Cal State Fullerton 68-65 Titans (16-15). Jer'Vaughn Johnson added 15 points.UC Davis recovered from a 10-point deficit to take a 64-63 lead on Harden's layup with 3:41 to play. Anderson had a chance to... |
| Harden Paces Uc Davis By Cal State Fullerton 68-65 (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)Cal State Fullerton forward Aaron Thompson, left, and UC Davis guard Ryan Sypkens (32) grapple for the ball in the first half of an NCAA Big West tournament basketball game in... |
| Sharks Rally To Beat Predators 8-5 Todd McLellan wanted to talk about was the listless play the first two periods that put the Sharks in the hole."We were clearly outworked, outplayed, outhustled for two periods and that's very... |
| Stanford Upsets Arizona State 70-61 In Pac-10 Landry Fields added 17 for the seventh-seeded Cardinal, who dominated against a team that swept them in the regular season.Now, the Sun Devils have to hope the NCAA tournament committee is feeling... |
| Oregon State Defeats Washington, 52-42 Julie Futch 's 17 points, Oregon State rallied to upset Washington, 52-42, six days after the brutal loss."I felt like my team showed a lot of resilience," Oregon State... |
| Sacramento Tax Law Firm Donates Winter Clothing To Local Family Resource Center NORTH HIGHLANDS, CA, March 12, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Roni Deutch - known across the nation as The Tax Lady - and the staff of her California law firm donated seven bags of winter clothing to a... |
| Two Hayward Schools Escape Drastic Interventions Two of Hayward's high schools were removed Thursday from the state's "persistently lowest-achieving schools" list, meaning they will avoid drastic interventions prescribed by the federal government... |
