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  • Indian American Vivek Ranadive buys US basketball team

    Indian American software magnate Vivek Ranadive, who has become the first person of Indian descent to become the owner of a major US basketball team, plans to build the Sacramento Kings into a global brand. "It's going to be exciting," he told the USA Today after securing an agreement to buy 65 percent of the Kings from the Maloof family for a National Basketball Association (NBA) ...

  • Indian-headed group buys Sacramento Kings NBA team

    A day after NBA owners rejected Sacramento Kings' move to Seattle, the Maloof brothers, owners of the franchise, have agreed to sell the basketball side to a Sacramento-based group headed by Indian Vivek Ranadive. Ranadive, who is a software billionaire, will purchase 65 percent of the Kings from the Maloof family in a deal that is expected to be announced later Friday, reports ESPN. The 65 ...

  • Feds to probe Connecticut train crash

    Federal transportation investigators will work to determine what caused two passenger trains to collide during rush hour in Connecticut, sending dozens to the ...

  • Californias First Lady comfortable with role not title

    to the one she was given by virtue of a marriage license: first lady. Gust Brown, 55, serves as an unpaid staffer in her husband's administration but an investor in something much larger: his expansive political and policy agenda. To do that successfully, she admits, means to keep her famously undisciplined but intellectually rigorous spouse on track. "I do try to bring a little ...

  • What numbers are the most least picked in Powerball history

    The Powerball Jackpot is up to $600 million! People have their own methods of picking their lucky numbers - birthdays, fortune cookies, etc. - but no one can really guarantee which numbers will be picked. Looking back at past lottery drawings, here's a look at the most drawn numbers: 3 was drawn 16 times 5 was drawn 16 times 7 was drawn 16 times 8 was drawn 17 times 23 was drawn 19 ...


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Dark Water

Dark Water

Those approaching Dark Water as a straight horror movie are bound to be disappointed. The ad campaign has emphasized the films association with the Japanese horror hit Ringu (1997) and its 2001 American remake (they were both based on a source novel by Kji Suzuki), but Dark ... ...

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  • Helping Victims of Human Trafficking Escape Cycle of Abuse

    SACRAMENTO- It's a life that no girl dreams of when she grows up, life as a prostitute. "I've been robbed, shot at, stabbed, and thrown out of cars when they are still moving," said Amber. She started prostituting before she was old enough to drink. We are using the name Amber to protect her identity. It's her reality and she says it pays her well, $1,000 a day. It ...

  • My Sister’s House Helps Save Lives

    SACRAMENTO- Stopping sex trafficking and domestic violence are the top priorities of one local organization. That's their mission because our area is a hot spot for sex trafficking. We also live in a very diverse area, where women who are abused face language and cultural barriers. But they have a place to turn to that can turn their lives around. Jasmine says My Sister’s House ...

  • Top 10 weird foreign laws

    Ignorance may be bliss, but it can cause innocents abroad to unknowingly run afoul of local laws. And there are plenty of legal oddities to run afoul of. Witness this list of top 10 unusual foreign laws compiled ...

  • Video The End of the Maloof Era

    The majority owners of the Sacramento Kings, the Maloof family, announced their intent to sell the team. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and other city leaders are created a counteroffer to present to the NBA after a Seattle investor group made a bid for the team. The NBA officially announced on Jan. 21 that an ownership group in Seattle made a $525 million offer to buy the Kings, something that ...

  • Coroner 17 Bodies Removed from Modesto Funeral Business

    Dusty hearses sit behind McGuire Cremation and Funeral Service in Modesto. MODESTO- The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Coroner said Friday that 17 bodies were removed from a funeral and cremation business. The Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that McGuire Cremation and Funeral Service had been at the center of an investigation into ';potential criminal and civil ...

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