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Troubled Calif. nuke plant inches toward restart

Troubled Calif. nuke plant inches toward restart
By MICHAEL R. BLOODAssociated Press SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) - After a year of gathering dust and negative headlines, the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant shows stirrings toward a possible restart, though big barriers remain, officials said. Nuclear Regulatory Commission senior

Troubled Calif. nuke plant inches toward restart

Troubled Calif. nuke plant inches toward restart
By MICHAEL R. BLOODAssociated Press SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) - After a year of gathering dust and negative headlines, the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant shows stirrings toward a possible restart, though big barriers remain, officials said. Nuclear Regulatory Commission senior

Troubled Calif. nuke plant inches toward restart

Troubled Calif. nuke plant inches toward restart
By MICHAEL R. BLOODAssociated Press SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) - After a year of gathering dust and negative headlines, the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant shows stirrings toward a possible restart, though big barriers remain, officials said. Nuclear Regulatory Commission senior

Cold snap continues in Calif., but no crop damage

Cold snap continues in Calif., but no crop damage
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California residents worked to stay warm and growers in the Central Valley fought to protect citrus crops from overnight lows as a regional cold snap entered another day Monday. Alerts predicting freezing temperatures and frost that started late last week were becoming

Bitter cold grips West; citrus and lettuce damaged

Bitter cold grips West; citrus and lettuce damaged
By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - As an unusual cold spell gripped parts of the West for a fifth day, some California citrus growers reported damage to crops and an agriculture official said national prices on lettuce have started to rise because of lost produce in Arizona.

Will longer school year help or hurt US students?

Will longer school year help or hurt US students?
By JULIE CARR SMYTHAssociated Press Did your kids moan that winter break was way too short as you got them ready for the first day back in school? They might get their wish of more holiday time off under proposals catching on around the country to lengthen the school year. But there's a catch:

Calif. chills, but dodges crop damage in cold snap

Calif. chills, but dodges crop damage in cold snap
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Residents remained bundled up and growers in the Central Valley again took measures to protect their citrus crops Sunday, as California's cold snap entered its fourth night. Alerts predicting freezing temperatures and frost were becoming familiar in much of the state, with

Will longer school year help or hurt US students?

Will longer school year help or hurt US students?
By JULIE CARR SMYTHAssociated Press Did your kids moan that winter break was way too short as you got them ready for the first day back in school? They might get their wish of more holiday time off under proposals catching on around the country to lengthen the school year. But there's a catch:

Hindus now have a fellow believer in Congress

Hindus now have a fellow believer in Congress
By DEEPTI HAJELAAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - When Dr. Uma Mysorekar looks at the members of the new Congress, the Indian immigrant and practicing Hindu can see that, for the first time, there's someone who shares her ethnicity and someone who shares her faith. To her surprise, they're

Police shoot armed man in Calif. movie theater

Police shoot armed man in Calif. movie theater
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Moviegoers at a San Diego theater ducked for cover as police stormed in during a movie and shot and wounded an armed domestic violence suspect pretending to be a patron. The lights came on suddenly during a Saturday matinee screening of "Les Miserables" at Reading Cinemas Carmel