National News
Conspiracy theories propel radio show into Top 10
By DELFIN VIGIL
Friday, November 17, 2006
There was a time when "Coast to Coast AM," the late-night syndicated talk radio show dedicated to paranormal activities and political conspiracies, didn't get much respect.
Draft tries to offer difficult Catholic teaching in upbeat manner
By ANN RODGERS
Friday, November 17, 2006
Persuading married Catholics to reject contraceptives, gay Catholics to refrain from sex and all Catholics to receive the Eucharist in a state of holiness are topics for the U.S.
Prescription drug benefit sign-up kicks in this week
By JOE FAHEY
Friday, November 17, 2006
Get ready for Part D, round two _ but be ready to act fast.
Beginning Wednesday, many Medicare recipients will again have the opportunity to enroll in the government's prescription drug program.
But unlike last year, when Medicare beneficiaries had until May 15 to join a private plan offering Part D benefits, this year's recipients will have only until Dec.
A 105-year-old vet honors a great general in Arlington cemetery
By LISA HOFFMAN
Friday, November 17, 2006
It was 86 years ago that Frank Buckles, then a young World War I corporal, crossed paths with the greatest general of the time.
At an Oklahoma City reception, Buckles, then 18 and newly back from two years at war in France, caught the eye of Gen.
Woman leaves husband's corpse on stairs
By MOUSTAFA AYAD
Friday, November 17, 2006
A woman charged with fatally stabbing her husband told police that she left him dead on a staircase in their home overnight and for most of the next day, walking past his body several times before she called a friend to say he was unresponsive.
A fantastic scenario on deficits
By DAN WALTERS
Monday, November 20, 2006
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, fresh off his landslide re-election victory, was in an upbeat mood this week as he laid out the broad themes of his second term during an address in Los Angeles.
Schwarzenegger didn't use the "fantastic" label he seemingly applied to everything during the first months of his up-and-down governorship, but as he described it, a new spirit of bipartisanship has infused Sacramento and would lead to agreements on just about everything.
When asked about the state's chronic budget deficits, however, Schwarzenegger did offer a fantastic scenario _ fantastic as in fantasy _ that the $42 billion in infrastructure bonds also approved by voters this month would generate so much economic activity that the state's coffers would overflow and the deficits would disappear.
"Now we have 42 billion dollars," Schwarzenegger said.
Hope on homelessness
Monday, November 20, 2006
The Democratic takeover of the House and Senate may force a new day of bipartisanship in Washington, but the one area where it was already thriving was the effort to end chronic homelessness.
New windmills in California fuel global warming fight
By DAVID R. BAKER
Monday, November 20, 2006
California's latest source of clean energy started spinning slowly in the wind above the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta last spring.
One hundred white windmills, their blades stretching 122 feet, line the hilltops west of Rio Vista.
Spending on needier areas of California deficient, reports say
By ILENE LELCHUK
Monday, November 20, 2006
Not enough federal or foundation dollars are going to California's and the country's neediest families, according to two new reports on government housing cutbacks and charitable donations.
