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Among those who attended the 62nd annual Berlin International Film Festival in Germany was Manteca High graduate Vincent Palo. ... Read More
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The 40-day season of Lent leading up to Easter begins today with area churches holding Ash Wednesday services. In Catholic churches in Manteca, Ripon and Lathrop, the services held at various times of the day will include the traditional imposition of ashes on the foreheads of the faithful. ... Read More
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David Marks is pleased with the response that the Manteca Tea Party Patriots has been getting from the public. ... Read More
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RIPON – Affordable housing was once part of the City of Ripon’s Redevelopment Agency. ... Read More
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RIPON — The Almond Blossom Carnival opens Thursday from 4:30 to 10 p.m. at Mistlin Sports Park on River Road between Jack Tone Road and North Ripon Road. ... Read More
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — With lots of smarts and long lives, parrots were once favored by Baby Boomers, but more of the former pets are now wild, passed from owner to owner or ignored altogether in cramped cages without the feathered mates they crave, rescuers said. ... Read More
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former teacher whose arrest sparked a scandal at an elementary school that led to the replacement of all of its teachers pleaded not guilty Tuesday to committing lewd acts with 23 children in his classroom. ... Read More
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LONG BEACH (AP) - The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent believed to have fatally shot a colleague who opened fire on a supervisor has won acclaim for investigating sex crimes against children. ... Read More
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CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio woman who compared animal-welfare work to the liberation of World War II concentration camps has been charged with soliciting a hit man to fatally shoot or slit the throat of a random fur-wearer, federal authorities said. ... Read More
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for country duo Sugarland said concertgoers were at least partly to blame for injuries suffered in a stage collapse, drawing a sharp reaction from fans Tuesday and prompting the band’s manager to issue a statement criticizing the finger-pointing. ... Read More
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Radioactive contamination from the Fukushima power plant disaster has been detected as far as almost 400 miles off Japan in the Pacific Ocean, with water showing readings of up to 1,000 times more than prior levels, scientists reported Tuesday. ... Read More
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Marine Corps has discharged the lone Marine convicted in the 2005 killings of unarmed Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha, a spokesman said Tuesday. ... Read More
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• EL PASO WOMAN IS FIRST CROSS-BORDER BULLETS VICTIM: EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A woman has become the first victim of bullets flying across the border from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, into El Paso, Texas. ... Read More
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SACRAMENTO (AP) — Two dozen city and county governments in California face a combined $135.7 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, according to a study released Tuesday that also found the problem is growing. ... Read More
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Prop. 8 backers seek review of gay marriage case ... Read More
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ONE-ARMED MAN SUES STARBUCKS FOR NOT HIRING HIM: SAN DIEGO (AP) — A man who was born with half a left arm is suing Starbucks for failing to hire him as a barista. ... Read More
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LINDEN (AP) — A convicted California serial killer whose maps led authorities to at least three burial locations, including an abandoned well holding hundreds of human bone fragments, has revealed the site of another well where more remains could be found, according to a bounty hunter working on the case. ... Read More
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MODESTO - The Modesto Symphony Orchestra (MSO) led by Principal Pops conductor Steven Reineke, will present the concert “Classic Crooning with Tony DeSare” featuring pianist and vocalist Tony DeSare performing jazz and lounge standards from Frank Sinatra, and more on Friday, March 9, at 8 p.m. at the Gallo Center for the Arts. ... Read More
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Stop by the Manteca Quilters’ 33rd Annual Quilt & Cloth Doll Show and you could go home with a “Courtyard Garden.” ... Read More
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STOCKTON – Stockton Civic Theatre will present the Broadway Musical, “I Do! I Do!” beginning Wednesday, March 7, and running through Sunday, April 1. ... Read More
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It’s the rainy season and there’s not a drop of the wet stuff expected to fall on Manteca for a week or more. ... Read More
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RIPON — The French government is expected to bestow the “Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honor” later this year upon five Ripon residents who took part in the Liberation of France in World War II. ... Read More
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RIPON — The City of Ripon is among the government agencies in support of the Delta Coalition and its “Resolution on Land Use, Water and other Delta Related Issues.” ... Read More
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Thousands of struggling Manteca residents ultimately will benefit from roughly $60,000 in federal funds that the City Council is expected to distribute tonight to qualifying non-profit agencies. ... Read More
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Edward Gudgell spent a portion of World War II fighting Japanese soldiers for the Aleutian Island of Attu following the attack on Alaska’s Dutch Harbor. ... Read More
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Ripon Christian is among the 10 high schools in San Joaquin County competing in the 2012 Mock Trial Competition to be held in Stockton starting today. ... Read More
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest protestant denomination will definitely remain “Baptist,” but leaders are thinking about whether it will be “Southern” for much longer. ... Read More
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CHICAGO (AP) — A sense of order and decorum prevails at Noble Street College Prep as students move quickly through a hallway adorned with banners from dozens of colleges. Everyone wears a school polo shirt neatly tucked into khaki trousers. There’s plenty of chatter but no jostling, no cellphones and no dawdling. ... Read More
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for a man who was declared dead and later charged in the kidnapping and killing of a Las Vegas girl have asked a judge to dismiss one of the indictments against him. ... Read More
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• PAUL TALKS HEMP, FEDERAL REGULATION IN ND VISIT: BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul praised hemp as an alternative crop and said a free-market approach would protect the nation’s environment Monday during North Dakota campaign stops that drew hundreds of cheering supporters. ... Read More
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Paula Symons joined the U.S. workforce in 1972, typewriters in her office clacked nonstop, people answered the telephones and the hot new technology revolutionizing communication was the fax machine. ... Read More
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CULVER CITY (AP) — YouTube is enlisting Hollywood’s help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes. ... Read More
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SACRAMENTO (AP) — A state lawmaker upset over details revealed in a recent emergency call involving actress Demi Moore is seeking to restrict the sort of information that can be publicly disclosed in 911 tapes. ... Read More
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OAKDALE (AP) — A city councilman was arrested Monday after police said he struck a car while driving under the influence then ran from the scene, leaving his injured young son behind. ... Read More
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SANTA ROSA (AP) — One of the oldest known survivors of the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake has died at age 109, family members said Monday. ... Read More
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