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Too many American River visitors make 9-1-1 calls for wrong reason; calls taxing rescue crews

Sac Metro Fire District says too many people out along the American River have been calling 9-1-1 for the wrong reasons and that’s taxed rescue crews and tied up critical resources. Authorities say this past weekend, it happened four times.

10 Arrested During Bizarre DUI Checkpoint In Lodi

A DUI checkpoint for the ages. Police say it started off normally enough then turned just plain bizarre. Lodi Police saw everything from underwear to a pursuit to a driver four times the legal limit

Some ER doctors call for end to LA Coliseum raves

Emergency room doctors called for an end to raves at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Park after more than 100 young people were taken to hospitals during a weekend event, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. At least two people were in intensive care for drug intoxication at California Hospital Medical Center, including one minor

Report: Whitman pushed eBay employee, reached agreement

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman allegedly pushed an eBay employee and later paid about $200,000 to resolve a possible legal matter, according to a New York Times report Monday.

Report: Child abuse deaths increase in Sacramento County

There were four times as many child abuse and neglect deaths in Sacramento County in 2008 than 2007, according to a report prepared for the Child Abuse Prevention Council.

Prep blog: Nation’s top-ranked team has poor playoff history against St. Francis soccer

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Abandoned water cooler causes Times Square scare

This image from video made available by EarthCam.com shows a view of Times Square in New York on May 7, 2010, after it was evacuated due to a suspicious package. (AP Photo/EarthCam.com) NO SALES Police cleared streets around Times Square on Friday and called in the bomb squad after finding a cooler and a shopping bag left on a sidewalk about a block from where a failed car bomb was found over the weekend. They opened streets to traffic after finding out the cooler contained only water bottles

Source: NY bomb suspect gained citizenship last year

A federal law enforcement official says the suspect arrested in the Times Square bombing attempt became a naturalized U.S. citizen last year shortly before traveling to his native Pakistan. The official, speaking speaking Tuesday on condition of anonymity amid the ongoing investigation, says the man, Faisal Shahzad, was not known to the U.S

Times Square suspect due in court

After his arrest at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the suspect in the Times Square bomb plot heads to federal court in Manhattan Tuesday.

Time Square bomb suspect arrested trying to leave the country

Attorney General Eric Holder said in a late night press conference that customs agents have arrested Faisal Shahzad in connection with the failed plot to detonate a car bomb in New York’s Times Square. SLIDESHOW: Car bomb scare clears Times Square