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SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 52-year-old man jumped to his death from a Southern California courthouse balcony hours after being convicted of child molestation, authorities said. Carlos Edward Tello was facing more than 20 years in prison when he jumped from a ninth-floor balcony of the Central Justice Center in …

SEATTLE, Washington – Merle Brandell and his black lab Slapsey were beachcombing along the Bering Sea when he spied a plastic bottle among the Japanese glass floats he often finds along the shore of his tiny Alaskan fishing village. He walked over and saw an envelope tucked inside. After slicing …

SACRAMENTO – After six statewide elections in four years, California is beginning to seem like it’s in a perpetual election cycle. And 2006 will give voters no break. Through a June primary and a November general election, voters will choose a governor, decide races for seven other statewide offices and …