Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Yield-hungry individual investors have snapped up nearly two-thirds of California’s $2-billion tax-free bond offering, which the state launched on Tuesday. As of 10 a.m.
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California Bond Sale Draws Heavy Demand
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Reporting from Sacramento – Meg Whitman is campaigning for governor as a political outsider, but behind the scenes she is playing classic political hardball in her quest for the Republican nomination.
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Meg Whitman’s Political Hardball: ‘Using Her Riches As A Club’
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Reporting from Sacramento – Meg Whitman is campaigning for governor as a political outsider, but behind the scenes she is playing classic political hardball in her quest for the Republican nomination.
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Meg Whitman’s Political Hardball: ‘Using Her Riches As A Club’
Friday, February 12th, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO — A group pushing for a constitutional convention to reform California government says it’s suspending its campaign.
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Group Suspends Push For California Constitution Reform
Friday, February 12th, 2010
Tim D’Annunzio, House GOP candidate for North Carolina’s 8th Congressional district, held an unusual fundraiser on Thursday night. A contribution of $25 came complete with a full North Carolina barbecue dinner, sweet tea, a semi-automatic machine gun magazine for use at Jim’s Guns Indoor Shooting Range in Fayetteville, NC, the site of the fundraiser, and a raffle ticket for a chance to win an AR-15 assault rifle. 52-year old D’Annuzio is one of at least five Republicans hoping to win the nomination for North Carolina’s 8th District
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North Carolina GOP Congressional Candidate Holds Machine Gun Social
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Last night’s matchup between the Sacramento Kings and New York Knicks may have featured two mediocre teams, but viewers who lasted until the third quarter were rewarded with a monster dunk. Leading by fifteen with just over seven minutes remaining in the quarter, Kings forward Donte Greene took the ball to the hoop for an intense jam.
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Donte Greene Dunks On New York (VIDEO)
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
DOWNEY, Calif.
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LA Suburb’s Rebirth Rides On Electric Car Plant
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Barack Obama first announced his love for sweet potato pie on the campaign trail, and this Thanksgiving we’re guessing a slice or two might find its way to his plate. In October of last year, the then-candidate gave a speech in Philadelphia in which he uttered the word “pie” 15 times (13 sweet potato, one coconut cream, one lemon meringue).
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Barack Obama’s Favorite Thanksgiving Dish? Sweet Potato Pie (VIDEO)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
The NBA posted a photograph of Sacramento Kings forward Omri Casspi and Memphis Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi. Casspi is the first Israeli player to play in NBA history and Haddadi is the first Iranian
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Omri Casspi, Hamed Haddadi Pose For Photo
Monday, May 25th, 2009
U.S. fraud investigators say they’re finding new schemes to improve bad credit histories so lenders will approve mortgages or lines of credit
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US Investigators New Twists On Credit Scams
Monday, February 16th, 2009
I vote for Vegas, Baby. And here’s why it will actually create jobs in both the short and long-term as opposed to the black hole that our U.S. auto industry has devolved into. I’m sick of Michigan whining about how we have to keep propping up the over-paid and over benefitted bloated auto industry.
I’m also sick of the 100 percent Republican bullshit that President Obama didn’t attempt a bipartisan approach to the stimulus bill and the on the air moronic remarks the Republicans have been making put it all on President Obama as if they’re incapable of crossing the aisle. Blah, blah, blah change is happening and President Obama inherited an economy in nothing but a downward spiral plus 8 years of putting everything and then some of Uncle Sam’s credit card. So, the Repulicans needs to shut the hell up and just stop. President Obama will include as much as they annoited leader Rush Limbaugh will allow.
President Obama actually walks his talk, he didn’t have months or even weeks to keep hashing this out while our economy and financial markets are tanking – the Republicans were listened to the proof is in the tax cut ideas section of the stimulus bill, there are ideas that come straight out of President Obama’s meeting with the Republicans on the Hill.
And jumping back to high-speed rail, we need to move in this direction and fast! It makes nothing but sense to put in a system that will take us from coast to coast, city-to-city and town-to-town in other words we have to build a high-speed rail system that covers the entire country. The money needs to be spent, I’d rather see the government sheparding and funding along with the private sector to put in a high-speed rail system that works together so the trains can go across the country. These trains are in use, yes we love our cars but we never should have killed off our passenger rail system and the time is here to build a modern rail system that helps the country in both the short and long term.
So, Republicans and big, mouth, moronic Rush Limbaugh need to encourage your people to support their President, you can’t whine for jobs, a better, robust economy and a strong, respected nation abroad without everyone being on board, Republicans, Democrats and Independents.
Watch this video of an animation showing how the high-speed rail will interface via the Sacramento, CA station. I lived in CA for over 20 years and I loved taking the train from L.A. down to visit my friend in San Diego, so I’m even more in love with the idea of being able to take a high-speed train between Los Angeles and San Francisco; this is a brilliant idea and our entire country should benefit from California’s lead here. Watch this really cool animation. If the high-speed rail goes in between L.A. and Las Vegas I can fly into L.A. to see friends and take the rail to Las Vegas, at least until our whole nation’s webbed with high-speed rail that is.
Here’s a link to the routes and more information about the California High-speed rail system.
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As Sacramento squabbles over the state’s $42 billion deficit, Californians are getting a bitter taste of what’s to come after the steep budget cuts that are inevitable when legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger finally hammer out a deal.
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California Nightmare: Major Budget Cuts Ahead To Roads, Parks, Schools Under
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has rejected a Bush administration plan to open vast waters off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts to oil and gas drilling, promising “a new way forward” in offshore energy development including new wind projects. Salazar at a news conference Tuesday criticized “the midnight timetable” for new oil and gas development on the country’s Outer Continental Shelf proposed by the Bush administration four days before President Barack Obama took office Jan. 20. The secretary said the previous administration’s plan did not take into consideration the views of states and coastal communities, nor a need to better understand what energy resources are at stake, especially off the Atlantic coast where oil and gas estimates are more than three decades old. “We need to … restore an orderly process to our offshore energy planning program,” declared Salazar, criticizing “foot dragging” by the Bush administration in pushing for renewable energy development in coastal waters. Salazar did not rule out expanded offshore drilling, but criticized “the enormous sweep” of the Bush proposal, which envisioned energy development from New England to Alaska including lease sales in areas off California and in the North Atlantic that have been off-limits for a quarter century. Congress last fall ended the broad drilling ban, dating back to 1981, that has kept energy companies from even exploring or conducting seismic studies across 85 percent of the offshore federal waters. But it remains up to the Interior Department to issue specific plans for drilling leases. And Salazar indicated Tuesday he is in no rush to open vast expanses of long-protected waters, promising “to create our own timetable.” Salazar directed Interior Department scientists to produce new reports on how much oil and gas might be found off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and extended the public comment period on a new five-year leasing plan to September. He said he will hold regional meetings to get comments from the public before continuing with an offshore energy plan. Offshore drilling became a contentious issue during the presidential campaign as Republican John McCain made it a pivotal part of his energy agenda. Obama has said he’s not opposed to drilling in some waters that have been off limits, but insisted it should be part of a broader energy plan. Salazar said any offshore energy plan must include a push for more renewable energy, principally wind power. “The Bush administration was so intent on opening new areas for oil and gas offshore that it torpedoed offshore renewable energy efforts,” maintained Salazar. “It was not their priority.” He promised to move aggressively to complete a new regulation on offshore renewable energy programs including wind, solar and wave energy projects. But Salazar did not rule out an expansion off offshore oil and gas drilling. Some issues such as revenue sharing from offshore energy development must still be worked out in Congress, which also is likely to have a say on what specific waters might again be put off limits. Salazar, however, has not abandoned a proposal for oil and gas leasing off Virginia, which is included in the current drilling plan scheduled to expire in 2012, nor has he indicated a desire to cancel leasing plans off Alaska including in the Chukchi Sea and Bristol Bay where drilling leases are facing court challenges. Nevertheless, Salazar’s announcement was hailed by environmentalists and some drilling opponents in Congress as a new direction in U.S. offshore energy development. It’s “a new way of doing business” at the Interior Department, said Wesley Warren at the Natural Resources Defense Council, citing Salazar’s emphasis on renewable energy development. Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said Salazar was “bringing … regulatory sanity back into our energy policy. But Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, which represents the large oil companies, said Salazar’s announcement “means that development of our offshore resources could be stalled indefinitely.” At an energy conference in Houston on Tuesday, BP chief executive Tony Hayward and Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer urged the government to open more offshore regions to exploration and production. “We have the know-how and technology to tap these resources safely and with minimal impact to the environment,” Hayward said. The Interior Department estimates _ using 30-year-old studies _ that offshore waters recently lifted from drilling bans contain at least 18 billion barrels of oil, about half of it off California. ___ AP reporter John Porretto in Houston contributed to this story. ___ Interior Department: . http://www.doi.gov (This version CORRECTS spelling of Porretto in contributing line.)
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Obama Administration Halts Bush Expansion Of Offshore Drilling
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
States from Rhode Island to California are being forced to curtail Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor, as they struggle to cope with the deteriorating economy.
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