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  • Tornado touches down in Kansas

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, on Sunday, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...

  • Girl 10 killed in North Highlands shooting

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, on Sunday, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service said. The service did not mince words. "You could be killed if ...

  • NorCal AIDS Cycle raises $330000 for 11 Northern California organizations

    A group of 225 bicycle riders and crew raised a record $330,000 for AIDS research and related organizations during a four-day trip through Northern California.The NorCal AIDS Cycle event will benefit 11 different regional AIDS organizations, according to spokeswoman Bonnie Osborn.The cycling event was the only AIDS fund-raising event of this year as two other events Oscar night and the Capitol ...

  • Obama to give promised speech on terrorism drones

    President Barack Obama will deliver long-promised remarks Thursday explaining the legal framework behind the decisions he makes to use drones against terrorist threats and further detail the administration's counterterrorism policy, according to a White House ...

  • Sacto 911 Two killed in plane crash near Auburn Airport officials say

    Bee staff Two people in a single engine airplane died early today when their aircraft crashed near Auburn Airport, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Department. At 12:30 a.m. today, the sheriff's office received a call from the California Office of Emergency Services to help search for a downed aircraft. Commercial airliners had confirmed a distress signal from the ...


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The Evening Star [DVD]

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Terms of Endearment, the 1983 Oscar-winner for Best Picture, was an unabashedly heartbreaking movie that lifted itself above its TV movie plot by paying attention to the idiosyncrasies of personality and taking the time to understand the truths of human frailty. It had an utterly sweet charm, and the performances by Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, Debra Winger, and Jeff Daniels breat ... ...

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  • Warm and breezy today winds gusting to 32 mph

    This afternoon, temperatures will hit 86 degrees, but be prepared for breezy conditions including gusts up to 32 mph, according to the National Weather Service.It forecasts a high of 91 degrees Monday with winds dropping to 9 mph.The rest of the week will see the weather cool off slightly, with a high of 84 degrees forecast for Wednesday, and temperatures in the low 70s on Thursday and ...

  • Sacto 911 Shots fired into North Highlands house kill girl 10 wound two others

    magagnini@sacbee.com A 10-year-old girl was shot to death and a man and a woman also were wounded inside the North Highlands house Saturday night, the Sacramento Sheriff's Department reports today. According to the department, multiple gunshots were fired through the walls and windows of the home at abut 10:30 p.m. The bullets hit the girl and the two adults in their 40s. Deputies said ...

  • 9 still hospitalized after trains crash

    Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured, some of them critically, authorities ...

  • 2 Killed In Placer County Plane Crash

    AUBURN (CBS13) – Two people have died in a plane crash near the Auburn Airport. The Placer County Sheriff's Office received a call shortly after midnight from the California Office of Emergency Services to help search for a single-engine plane that had reportedly gone down near the ...

  • 2 people killed in plane crash

    The Placer County Sheriff's Department confirms two people were killed near the Auburn Airport when their single-engine plane went down at 12:30 a.m. on ...

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