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From Child Hero to Murder Suspect The Fall of a Davis Teen

DAVIS-- Hard to imagine that Daniel Marsh - who at age 12 was hailed as a hero - would be charged as an adult four years later, suspected in the brutal stabbing death of an elderly couple. "All of a sudden, he passed out and sort of flew back into his seat. I grabbed onto the steering wheel, directed it off to the side of the road," Daniel told FOX40 over four years ago. The Red ...
Folsom Man Files Suit after Contracting Hepatitis from Berries

FOLSOM– Diego Durrell usually counts his smoothie routine as one of the healthiest parts of his day – but now he believes it almost killed him. ';I basically was staring death in the face with this illness. It was not fun. It was very, very scary,'; he said. Durrell is one of 118 people in eight states who, according to the Centers for Disease Control , contracted acute ...
New figures show boost in gun sales across Sacramento region

*These represent the number of background checks done, based on Dealer Record of Sales transactions from licensed gun dealers in California. Numbers provided by the Department of ...
22737 Pounds of Beef Recalled on E. Coli Fears

File photo. (CNN) — The United States Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Tuesday 22,737 pounds of ground beef products are being recalled on fears that they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The recall is categorized by the FSIS as ';Class I';: a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, ...
Fire Crews Douse Inferno at South Sacramento Home

Fire crews moping up hotspots. SOUTH SACRAMENTO - Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a home fire in South Sacramento Tuesday evening, preventing it from spreading to neighboring houses. Crews were sent to 8271 Olander Way after receiving a report of a structure fire at 5:49 p.m. When the units arrived, they discovered that the fire, which originally started in the garage of the ...

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Beyond the Sea

The nearly unavoidable first reaction to Kevin Spaceys Beyond the Sea, a musical biopic of pop crooner Bobby Darin, is that its little more than an ego project for its director/cowriter/producer/star. After all, with all the fascinating real-life subjects awaiting cinematic t ... ...

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Crews Hope for Low Temps to Help Fight Carstens Fire

Crews on their way to fight the Carstens Fire. MARIPOSA COUNTY– Cal Fire officials are saying that the Carstens Fire, burning near Yosemite, is up to 40% containment Tuesday night. Crews are continuing to forge a line around the north end of the fire. Firefighters are hoping for low overnight temperatures, as low temperatures helped crews make progress Monday night. While evacuations ...
Ex-mobster tells of Bulger gangs killings

"You killed friends?" Bulger attorney Hank Brennan shot. "Yes," replied prosecution witness John Martorano. "Families?" "Yes." "Strangers?" "Yes." "Innocent people?" "Yes," said Martorano, who has admitted to 20 murders and who earlier served 12 years in prison on a government deal for his cooperation in the case ...
Fast-moving grass fire threatens structures near Fairfield

The fire was reported shortly after 7 p.m. near the junction of Interstate Highway 80 and Suisun Valley Road. A three-alarm response has been called as the fire is moving quickly and threatening several structures in the ...
2 possible Hepatitis A cases investigated in Sac County

Costco and other retailers are facing an outbreak of Hepatitis A infections associated with Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend frozen berries, health officials said ...
Mother charged with DUI in crash that killed son 12

SACRAMENTO, CA - A mother accused of driving under the influence when she crashed her SUV Sunday morning, killing her 12-year-old son, was charged with five counts Tuesday. STORY: 12-year-old boy killed, mother accused of DUI The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office is seeking three counts of child endangerment on count of driving under the influence and one count of impaired ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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US immigration bill clears key senate hurdle

As a major immigration bill that would give over 11 million people, including some 260,000 Indians, living illegally in America a path to citizenship, it received a full endorsement from President Barack Obama.

"If you're serious about actually fixing the system, then this is the vehicle to do it," he said Tuesday at the White House, flanked by immigration reform supporters, hours before a strong Senate majority voted to open debate on it.

"If you're not serious about it, if you think that a broken system is the best America can do, then I guess it might make sense to try to block it," he said referring to the bill drafted by a bipartisan "gang of eight", four Democrats and four Republicans.

"But if you're actually serious and sincere about fixing a broken immigration system, this is the vehicle to do it," he said flanked among others by young undocumented students and the US Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, Tom Donohue.

"This bill isn't perfect, it's a compromise," Obama said. "And going forward, nobody is going to get everything they want. Not Democrats, not Republicans, not me. But this is a bill that's largely consistent with the principles that I and the people on this stage have laid out for common-sense reform. ...