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  • Anti-gay church hints it will protest at funerals of slain guardsmen in Carson IHOP shooting

    09/07/2011 4:29:20 PM PDT · by runningbear · 38 replies
    Reno Gazette Journal | September 7, 2011
    click article link to read storyA member of an anti-gay church that pickets at military funerals said via Twitter that church members will come to Carson City in the wake of the shooting deaths of three Nevada National Guard soldiershttp://www.rgj.com/article/20110907/NEWS/110907005/Anti-gay-church-hints-will-protest-funerals-slain-guardsmen-Carson-IHOP-shooting?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s
  • Thieves caught on camera to steal camera Thieves caught on camera trying to steal camera

    06/08/2010 6:02:37 AM PDT · by runningbear · 19 replies · 46+ views
    The Modesto Bee ^ | June 7, 2010 | Merrill Balassone
    "Picture this: A hammer-wielding man pries a security camera from the side of a Modesto law office. It takes him a couple of minutes. And all the while, the camera is rolling, perfectly capturing his grimacing face as he works."
  • S. Bay Students Wearing U.S. Flag Shirts Sent Home

    05/06/2010 6:04:12 AM PDT · by runningbear · 75 replies · 2,008+ views
    CBS5 news ^ | May 5, 2010 | CBS5
    MORGAN HILL (CBS 5) ― Click to enlarge1 of 1 CBS numSlides of totalImages On Cinco de Mayo, five Morgan Hill high school students came to school in red, white and blue, and got a very public lesson in school politics and free speech. The boys came to Live Oak High School on the Mexican holiday, wearing t-shirts, shorts and shoes emblazoned with American flags. Around 10 a.m., the assistant principal told sophomore Matthew Dariano he had to remove his bandana, which is against school policy.
  • The Obama network - Organizing for America - heads up

    11/17/2009 5:45:38 PM PST · by runningbear · 6 replies · 369+ views
    11/17/2009
    Watch this youtube video, and we have to fight back. They are out to lie to the american people trying to force down our throats more taxation and universal health care. Check it out!Organizing American
  • BREAKING NEWS: Missing explosives sought near Truckee Sun staff reports

    09/19/2008 6:17:44 AM PDT · by runningbear · 5 replies · 274+ views
    Sierra Sun ^ | 09/19/2008
    "Authorities are sweeping the Truckee area looking for explosives that were reported stolen from near Interstate 80 early Wednesday morning. The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the theft of the explosives, or for the recovery of the material. “Anytime explosives are stolen there is a concern,” said Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal, explaining the federal agency’s response and reward offer. Royal said the vault containing the explosives was “forcibly entered.”
  • California voters beware of AB 118

    08/22/2007 6:28:24 AM PDT · by runningbear · 3 replies · 270+ views
    paritial excerpt: "Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program , to be administered by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to provide, upon appropriation by the Legislature, competitive grants , loans, loan guarantees, and revolving loans to public agencies, California-based businesses and projects, public-private partnerships, vehicle and technology consortia, workforce training partnerships, fleet owners, consumers, recreational boaters, and academic institutions to develop and deploy innovative technologies that will transform California's fuel and vehicle types to help attain the state's climate change policies"
  • The Patriot Post

    09/22/2006 7:26:28 PM PDT · by runningbear · 2 replies · 278+ views
    Patriotpostus ^ | September 15, 2006
    The Patriot Post Patriot Vol. 06 No. 37 Digest | 15 September 2006 THE FOUNDATION “In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will now and then peek out and show itself.” —Benjamin Franklin PATRIOT PERSPECTIVE It depends on what the meaning of the word “path” is Let us revisit, for a moment, Bill Clinton’s contortive definition of the word “is.” This, of course, was the tiny two-letter term...
  • VANITY: DREAMWEAVER 2004MX?CONTRIBUTE 3 HELP IDEAS

    09/07/2005 7:10:46 PM PDT · by runningbear · 5 replies · 245+ views
    09/07/05 | me
    Looking for help. I am developing a personal website, and am using Macromedia Dreamweaver 2004 MX and Contribute 3. I am going to have affiliated sponsers to my website to help pay for it. I also am seeking to figure out how to add these links, href to these programs, and create a web counter. Wonder if there are some quick, and easy steps a freeper can explain to me in how to link and create these. I have signed up with linkshare.com for several companies and can't seem to get them to link from these programs. Also, trying to...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Anti-American "Art" Display

    07/22/2005 5:49:17 AM PDT · by runningbear · 42 replies · 1,305+ views
    Move Americaforward.org ^ | Melanie Morgan
    Your tax dollars at work! To view more images, click the link. This is a disgusting!
  • Misconduct by professor found

    01/25/2005 6:09:30 AM PST · by runningbear · 32 replies · 1,270+ views
    Modesto Bee ^ | 01/25/2005 | Melanie Turner
    Misconduct by professor foundStan State panel recommends discipline over Peterson survey
  • Police Seek Clues After Fetus Cut From Slain Woman's Body

    12/17/2004 7:29:32 AM PST · by runningbear · 101 replies · 2,137+ views
    KCRA TV ^ | 12/17/04
    Police Seek Clues After Fetus Cut From Slain Woman's BodyAmber Alert Issued For Missing Fetus POSTED: 7:05 am EST December 17, 2004 UPDATED: 10:19 am EST December 17, 2004 SKIDMORE, Mo. -- A 23-year-old woman who was eight months pregnant was killed Thursday and the fetus was taken from her body, authorities said. Stinnett home in Skidmore, Mo. Sheriff's deputies were investigating the afternoon killing of the woman and they were searching for the baby, who they believed could have survived. Nodaway County Sheriff Bill Espey said, "Someone was wanting a baby awful bad." The sheriff issued an Amber Alert...
  • Jurors reach verdict in penalty phase of Scott Peterson's trial

    12/14/2004 5:35:08 AM PST · by runningbear · 140 replies · 1,694+ views
    Courttv.com ^ | 12/13/04 | Harriet Ryan
    Yes, by now, the world knows finality of Scott Peterson murder trial!:Jurors reach verdict in penalty phase of Scott Peterson's trial REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A jury announced Monday it has reached a verdict in the penalty phase of Scott Peterson's murder trial. The panel is expected to deliver the verdict at 1:30 p.m. PT at the San Mateo County Courthouse. Peterson, 31, faces either the death penalty or life in prison without parole for the murders of his wife and unborn son. The six men and six women reached their verdict after deliberating for about 12 hours over three...
  • Life or Death Scott Peterson Courttv blog

    12/13/2004 6:03:33 AM PST · by runningbear · 1,077 replies · 9,278+ views
    Courttv.com ^ | 12/10/04
    START OF THE MONDAY QUARTERBACKING DECISION:Courttv Blog4:00 p.m. PT In an apparent move to avoid the crowd of reporters and citizens outside the courthouse, the jurors are taken out of court through an underground parking garage instead of their usual exit on the sidewalk. Beth Karas and I are standing outside the garage when the two sheriff's vans pull out. I can see the Teamster seated in the front passenger seat of the first van. A photographer from the Modesto Bee is standing with us and he begins taking photos. The court officer driving the first van slams on the...
  • Jurors begin deliberating possible death sentence for Scott Peterson

    12/10/2004 5:47:29 AM PST · by runningbear · 414 replies · 4,990+ views
    Courttv.com ^ | 12/09/04 | Harriet Ryan
    Jurors begin deliberating possible death sentence for Scott Peterson REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Jurors began deliberating Thursday whether Scott Peterson should be put to death for the murders of his pregnant wife and unborn child. The six men and six women spent two hours weighing evidence before retiring for the night to the hotel where they will be sequestered until reaching a verdict. They are to resume deliberations at 9 a.m. Friday. The jurors started their work after listening to impassioned closing arguments in which a prosecutor described Peterson as "the worst of the worst" and deserving of the ultimate...
  • Life or Death Blog trial of Scott Peterson

    12/09/2004 5:59:09 AM PST · by runningbear · 805 replies · 8,556+ views
    Courttv.com ^ | 12/08/04
    Life or death Blog trial of scott petersonWEDNESDAY, DEC. 8, 2004 2:19 p.m. PT The Court TV team covering the Peterson case may be missing this year's company party in New York tomorrow, but we did get some holiday cheer here in Redwood City courtesy of a dedicated fan. An Escalon, Calif., man who would only identify himself as Jeff came out to meet our very own Nancy Grace — but he didn't come alone. He brought his pet goat named Butthead, who was dressed up in full reindeer regalia. Man and beast were all smiles when they left.—Bryan Lavietes...
  • On the Sidelines: Greta

    12/08/2004 5:37:03 AM PST · by runningbear · 273 replies · 4,455+ views
    FOXNEWS.com ^ | 12/08/04 | Greta Van Susteren
    Want Greta's blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! It If you heard my "tease" out of the first segment Monday night, you expected at some point during the show to hear from the lawyer in the Peterson (search) case who represented the bartender who was "accused" of having a discussion about the trial with a sitting juror.
  • Coach, principal and others recall Scott Peterson fondly

    12/07/2004 5:32:12 AM PST · by runningbear · 212 replies · 1,957+ views
    Courttv.com ^ | 12/06/04 | Harriet Ryan
    Coach, principal and others recall Scott Peterson fondly REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson's high school golf coach and his sixth-grade principal were among 14 witnesses to testify Monday as his defense team continued its effort to persuade a jury the convicted killer does not deserve the death penalty. "He was one of the finest young men that I coached," David Thoennes told the six men and six women who are expected to begin deliberating Peterson's fate later this week. "I never saw Scott lose his temper," said Thoennes, who coached the golf team at Peterson's Catholic high school in...
  • Family, friends plead with jurors to spare Scott Peterson from execution

    12/06/2004 5:45:11 AM PST · by runningbear · 120 replies · 1,705+ views
    Courttv.com ^ | 12/03/04 | Harriet Ryan
    Family, friends plead with jurors to spare Scott Peterson from executionREDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson's brother, sisters-in-law and former schoolmates took the stand in the penalty phase of his capital trial Thursday and urged jurors not to sentence him to death for the murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son. "I would be devastated. I can't even imagine. I'd be wrecked," said his half-brother, John. Staring toward the defense table, he added, "My little brother, I love him." Another witness, Aaron Fritz, a friend of Peterson since high school, said a verdict of death "would be a horrendous...
  • Peterson Family's Plea To Jury

    12/02/2004 5:44:44 AM PST · by runningbear · 441 replies · 6,839+ views
    CBSnews ^ | 12/02/04
    Peterson Family's Plea To JuryCBS/AP) Friends and family began fighting for Scott Peterson's life today, telling jurors about a loving man they know as a do-gooder not a cold blooded killer. A day after the mother of Peterson's dead wife Laci attacked the man from the witness stand, defense lawyers presented a much calmer, detailed effort to spare the former fertilizer salesman from a death sentence. They worked to humanize Peterson and the family that has supported him. He was a good boy, a great student and a fine golfer, they said. He was generous, thoughtful and, very simply, did...
  • Prosecutor: Scott Peterson deserves death for killing his wife, unborn son

    12/01/2004 5:34:02 AM PST · by runningbear · 288 replies · 5,340+ views
    CourtTV ^ | 11/30/04 | Harriet Ryan
    Prosecutor: Scott Peterson deserves death for killing his wife, unborn son REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — The penalty phase in Scott Peterson's capital trial began Tuesday morning with a prosecutor telling jurors the fertilizer salesman deserves the ultimate punishment for the murders of his wife and unborn son. "Based on the circumstances of this crime, the only appropriate, just punishment is death," prosecutor Dave Harris told the panel. The six men and six women convicted the 32-year-old of first-degree murder in the slaying of his wife, Laci, and of second-degree murder for the death of the child they planned to name...