Author: Brian Melley
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Prince Harry gets OK to use key evidence in phone hacking case against Daily Mail publisher
Prince Harry has scored a tactical victory in his battles with British tabloids
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Got back! Paul McCartney’s stolen bass is found and returned to the Beatle after more than 50 years
A bass stolen from Paul McCartney more than 50 years ago has been found and returned to the Beatle
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In this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’
For centuries, women in one English town have run a pancake race to mark the day before the start of Lent
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A computer scientist says he’s the mystery creator of bitcoin. A London judge aims to find the truth
An Australian computer scientist who says he’s the mystery creator behind bitcoin has testified in a London court about the cryptocurrency’s origins
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A computer scientist says he’s the mystery creator of bitcoin. A London judge aims to find the truth
An Australian computer scientist who says he’s the mystery creator behind bitcoin has testified in a London court about the cryptocurrency’s origins
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Court: California’s under-21 gun sales ban unconstitutional
LOS ANGELES • A U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday that California’s ban on the sale of semi-automatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday the law violates the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms and a San…
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Police: At least 5 gunmen involved in Sacramento shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. • The mass killing that left six people dead and 12 wounded outside bars just a block from California’s Capitol last weekend was a gunfight involving at least five shooters from rival gangs, Sacramento police said Wednesday. Police said they identified at least five gunmen but there may have been more. Only two…
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Pristine Lake Tahoe shrouded in smoke from threatening fire
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. • Ash rained down on Lake Tahoe on Tuesday and thick yellow smoke blotted out views of the mountains rimming its pristine blue waters as a massive wildfire threatened the alpine vacation spot on the California-Nevada state line. Tourists ducked into cafes, outdoor gear shops and casinos on Lake Tahoe Boulevard…
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California endures more wildfires, 1 sparked by a hot car
JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. • A stolen car sparked a wildfire in a bone-dry field Thursday as two of Southern California’s quintessential themes — car chases and gusty Santa Ana winds — collided with potentially devastating consequences. The hot car ignited dry grass in a field in the city of Jurupa Valley east of Los Angeles…
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Wildfires outside L.A. threaten homes, spare Reagan library
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. • A wind-whipped outbreak of wildfires outside Los Angeles on Wednesday threatened thousands of homes and horse ranches, forced the smoky evacuation of elderly patients in wheelchairs and narrowly bypassed the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, protected in part by a buffer zone chewed by goats. With California tinder dry and fires burning…