SACRAMENTO - A plan to sell $525 million in bonds to cover part of the state's pension obligation this year violates constitutional mandates that voters approve all large loans, a Sacramento County judge ruled Thursday. It is the second time in three years a court has thrown out the idea of selling bonds to pay for retirement costs. Finance officials in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration said they will appeal. "This decision is a victory for all Californians against spendthrift practices in the state legislature," said attorney Harold Johnson of the Pacific Legal Foundation. The Sacramento-based conservative nonprofit group filed the...