The man believed to have killed four homeless men in Orange County over the last month is now in custody, according to law enforcement officials.

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Anaheim, Calif., Police Make Arrest in Killing of Homeless Man

Investigators are “extremely confident” that a man in their custody is responsible for all four recent killings of homeless men in Orange County, Anaheim Police Chief John Welter said Saturday.

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Detained Man Suspect in 4 Calif. Homeless Killings

Eight people killed in Orange County hair salon.

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Cali. Shooting Came After Custody Fight

CORONA DEL MAR, Calif. — If Texas Gov. Rick Perry was looking for a sign that the United States was ready for the “provocative language” about Social Security he offered in Wednesday night’s debate , he quickly found one here. After praising his “inflammatory rhetoric,” the county supervisor who introduced Perry at a Thursday gathering of Orange County Republicans asked those in attendance what they would call Social Security. “Ponzi scheme!” the crowd of hundreds cried out in response, echoing Perry’s term for it. “Ponzi scheme!” Read full article > >

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Farewell, New Jersey. Now that we’ve been properly introduced to your fair state — the cake bosses, the hair salons, the Situations — reality television has decided we need another region to explore. What’s next? Texas is next. This summer, a trio of series hailing from Texas is on the prime-time schedule: CMT’s “Texas Women” and Style’s “Big Rich Texas,” both of which debuted last month, and Bravo’s “Most Eligible Dallas,” premiering Monday night. But if there’s a concept that reality TV has not succeeded at taking advantage of, it’s geography. Slapping city names in front of the names of shows doesn’t make them different from the ones before them. Alas, it turns out that a catty fight in Orange County is the same as a catty fight in Seaside Heights. Read full article > >

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TV review: Bravo’s ‘Most Eligible Dallas’ joins trio of Texas-based reality shows this summer

THERE MAY NEVER be a better spokesman for closing the gun show loophole than Adam Yahiye Gadahn. A 32-year-old American and convert to Islam, Mr. Gadahn referred to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, as “blessed raids” and called for additional “jihad against America.” He has been on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list and faces criminal charges for treason and for providing material support to al-Qaeda. Mr. Gadahn is believed to have left his native Orange County, Calif., for Pakistan, where he has become a multimedia front man for the terrorist organization. Read full article > >

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Closing the ‘terror gap’ and the gun show loophole

It’s a Festivus miracle! Or not. A convicted drug dealer serving time in Orange County, California, claimed to be a celebrant of Festivus, a holiday popularized on a famous episode of Seinfeld, and demanded kosher meals. Malcom Alarmo King reportedly…

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Convict Demands Festivus Meals

Veteran by veteran, Orange County, California, Superior Court Judge Wendy Lindley is dispensing justice with tough talk and a little cheerleading to the former servicemen who’ve returned from war in Iraq or Afghanistan. The vets are now convicted civilians in her court.

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Vet courts seek to rehab outside jail

Veteran by veteran, Orange County, California, Superior Court Judge Wendy Lindley is dispensing justice with tough talk and a little cheerleading to the former servicemen who’ve returned from war in Iraq or Afghanistan. The vets are now convicted civilians in her court.

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Iran has freed an Iranian-American detained for more than two years, his lawyer said Saturday. Reza Taghavi, from Orange County, California, was arrested in Iran on suspicion of supporting an anti-regime group.

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Iran frees Iranian-American held more than two years