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MURRIETA, Calif. – A self-proclaimed polygamist was sentenced Friday to seven consecutive life prison terms for torturing seven of his 19 children, abusing four others and imprisoning two of his three wives. Mansa Musa Muhummed, 55, also was sentenced to additional terms totaling 16 years and eight months by Riverside County Superior Court Judge F. Paul Dickerson III, who said Muhummed's treatment of his family amounted to "a reign of terror over defenseless children." "If his appeals are exhausted and he does not prevail, he will die in prison," said Peter Morreale, Muhummed's attorney. Muhummed was convicted in June of...

Michelle Winslow, a stay-at-home mother of three who home-schools her kids in Temecula, strongly opposes abortion and gay marriage, and said she'll vote accordingly in November. Dan Ault, a recently retired human resources administrator from Corona, couldn't care less about those issues. For Ault, 60, the most important issues at stake in this year's presidential election include runaway fuel prices and the housing foreclosure crisis. Despite their differences, Winslow and Ault both intend to vote for Republican John McCain in November. So, likely, will most voters in Inland Southern California, a longtime conservative stronghold where Republicans hold four of five...

Adam Gadahn was just another Riverside County devotee of death metal, but then he turned up on an FBI terror list If the radical right wanted to paint a portrait of a terrorist, they couldn’t do much better than Yahiye Adam Gadahn. In fact, the FBI’s announcement last May that it was actively seeking Gadahn for questioning regarding his possible ties to Al Qaeda energized conservatives in ways they could not have imagined – helping to not only whip up fears of Islamic radicalism but also to fuel the deepening “culture war.” The 25-year-old former Orange County resident had a...

Garner Valley, Califonia Riverside District Attorney per Fox News

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Three desert cattle ranches and some former railroad property in San Bernardino County have been purchased by the U.S. Army as part of a deal that will allow it to expand its tank-training center onto land set aside as endangered-species habitat. As part of the plan, free-ranging cattle - which compete with desert tortoises for food - will be eliminated from 250,000 acres in the western Mojave Desert. It clears the way for the Army to train tank brigades in Superior Valley, an area considered crucial to survival of the reptile. "It's got the healthiest, most...

Assemblyman Todd Spencer on the John and Ken show stated that the Board of Supervisors in Riverside County voted today to sue the state for the car tax backfill money, and will not be forwarding their property tax monies. The battle has started against Schwartznegger!