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Arrest After Chinese Consulate Fire

Five days after the Chinese Consulate was torched by a person seen pouring two buckets of gasoline on the San Francisco building, the FBI announced the arrest of a 39-year-old Daly City Chinese...

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Boaters Save Plane Vics Off Calif.

Four miles from Catalina Island, Michael Anthony Naffziger was on a boat with his brother and his brother’s wife when they spotted a small two-seat plane above them with engine problems. Naffziger...

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Girl's Cause of Death Complicated

The three-week battle to keep a brain-dead Oakland girl on a ventilator could complicate efforts to determine Jahi McMath's precise cause of death, some experts say. The Alameda County Coroner issued a...

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Researchers at Stanford Get $90M

The war on cancer rages on. And $90 million worth of reinforcements have been sent to the front lines at Stanford University. Researchers there are beneficiaries of $90 million from the Ludwing Fund,...

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Calif. Enacts Transgender Law

On Jan. 1, California became the first state in the country to enact a law protecting the rights of transgender students. Students who identify as the opposite sex can now choose which restroom to use,...

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Baby Left Alone on Sidewalk

A mother is facing charges of child cruelty after allegedly abandoning her 2-year-old baby girl on a Los Angeles sidewalk early Monday, officials said. A man working at a bakery called 911 around 2:30...

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Extension Cord Caused Fire: FDNY

The fire in a high-rise building that killed a man and critically injured his new husband in a Manhattan high-rise building was electrical, caused by an extension cord, the FDNY said. Daniel McClung,...

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8 Cold Weather Tips and Tricks

You sent in your craziest cold weather tricks. Take a look at those, plus tips to stay warm and safe during the extreme cold of the polar vortex. Photo Credit: AP

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L.A. County Sheriff to Step Down

Embattled Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca announced Tuesday that he will not run for a fifth term as the county's top cop and step down from his post by the end of the month. Baca made the...

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Manager Fired Over Daring Act

A Florida Walmart assistant manager who jumped into the back of a beer thief's pickup truck and went on a 15-mile ride has been fired from his job. Mike Dawson, a manager at a Titusville store, was...

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Who Will Fill Vonn's Void?

The nagging knee injury keeping ski star Lindsey Vonn from competing in Sochi next month is sidelining not only a top contender for a gold medal at the Winter Games, but one of the most famous faces on...

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Man Found Dead in Brooklyn Store

A Brooklyn businessman and father of three was found nearly decapitated in the basement of a Brooklyn building early Tuesday. Police say Mahuddin Mahumd, 57, had deep cuts to his throat, with his head...

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Dogs Poop Along Magnetic Field

When your dog decides to relieve itself, it’s a good bet that they’ll be positioned along Earth’s magnetic field, a new study says. A team of biologists spent two years measuring the direction of the...

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Awesome Lake Michigan Ice Photos

Chicago hit a record low of -16 degree Fahrenheit Monday as a polar air mass brought the coldest temperatures in about two decades into the city. Here's are some stellar pictures of the cold's impacts...

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Man Intentionally Killed Dog: Cops

A Southern California man was arrested after surveillance video showed him apparently intentionally running over his Chihuahua in an alley, then leaving the dog to die, police said. More: Caught on...

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Jewelers Offering Snow Promo Robbed

A suburban jewelry store that offered thousands of dollars in refunds if it snowed three inches or more New Year’s Day was robbed Tuesday. "We will not be open today, burglars broke into our store this...

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Teacher Tells 1st-Grader: No Jesus

A Southern California school district is under fire for preventing a first grader from handing out to his classmates candy canes with religious messages, a lawyer for the student said. Caught on...

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Rodman Has Meltdown on CNN

Flamboyant basketball star Dennis Rodman became angry and lashed out at CNN's Chris Cuomo Tuesday morning when the host raised the subject of U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae, who's been detained in North...

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Defendant in Bad Butt Injections Case Heads to Prison

A South Florida woman accused of injecting people’s buttocks with Fix-a-Flat and other substances in an alleged black market business turned herself in to authorities Tuesday to begin serving her...

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Philly Unemployment Lowest in Years

The new year is bringing good news for the city of Philadelphia. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in Philly dropped to 9.5 percent in November of 2013, the lowest...

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