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Governor's budget calls for cuts and borrowing, pins hope on economy Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was "pumped up" to take on the state budget as he released a $1028 billion plan Thursday to restore California's financial health with across-the-board spending cuts but backing away from deeper reductions he proposed in January.
Murder suspect told many he killed Xiana As far back as January 2001, convicted child molester Curtis Dean Anderson told reporters, his brother and another convicted felon that he did it. Earlier this year, Anderson told detectives in a prison interview that he had kidnapped 7-year-old Xiana Fairchild in 1999.
Intentional walks Giants' fault Fans boo opposing pitchers when they walk Barry Bonds. The "Chicken Dance" blares from the sound system at SBC Park when Bonds draws an intentional walk. Fans are encouraged to flap their arms and make clucking noises.
Lab, grapes, bulb light Livermore's way It's midnight, but security lights and the windows of some research rooms still glow. Even at this hour, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory shows signs of life on the "owl shift."
East Bay soldiers back up rationale In interviews with dozens of soldiers who returned home from Iraq last month, a portrait emerges of a prison environment where the strain of almost daily mortar fire, 12-hour shifts, unruly prisoners and shaky leadership stirred anger, depression and, occasionally, excessive force.
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