Mission Accomplished for Penn St. WR Williams - ABC News
Win or lose at the Rose Bowl, senior Derrick Williams has accomplished what he set out to do when he arrived at Penn State. The Nittany Lions are winners again. Forty victories over his four seasons in Happy Valley. Four bowl games, including two BCS
Gasoline sales down despite lower prices - San Francisco Gate
Thursday, January 1, 2009 Gas sales dropped 6.1 percent in California during the third quarter of 2008 compared with the same three months of 2007, the state Board of Equalization reported. The board uses tax revenue to track gas sales. California
Placerville announces 24 event schedule for 2009 - The Auto Chanel
PLACERVILLE, CA January 1, 2009: The office of Handy Racing Promotions Incorporated has released an action-packed schedule for the 2009 racing season at Placerville Speedway. Located on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville , California
Rose Parade draws big crowd in sunny California - Houston Chronicle
PASADENA, Calif. Thousands of revelers packed the streets on New Year’s Day to watch the Rose Parade with its dancers swinging, bands marching and a 49-foot robot tipping a top hat. Parade-goers were wowed by the robot named Asimo on a float
Sunshine, big crowds greet Rose Parade - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
PASADENA, Calif. Thousands of revelers packed the streets on New Year’s Day to watch the Rose Parade with its dancers swinging, bands marching and a 49-foot robot tipping a top hat. Parade-goers were wowed by the robot named Asimo on a float
Clintons, revelers ring in 2009 in Times Square - Wave 3
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of New York City revelers have celebrated the end of a historic year that saw the election of the first black U.S. president and a catastrophic economic meltdown and have ushered in 2009 from Times Square. Former
Calif. Taxpayers Due Refunds May Get IOUs - MSNBC
If you expect you’ll be getting a refund from California when you file your 2008 state income tax return, be prepared: you may instead receive a “registered warrant.” Translation: an IOU. California is rapidly running out of money. Blame it on the
How a Radio Show Can Stop The World’s 7th Largest Economy - CNBC
Here’s the good news from California’s continuing budget impasse: Wage-earning, tax-paying residents are moving out! Okay, this is not good for California. But it’s great for the other states these Californians will now call home. Back here in
Santa gunman lost job, wife before gory attack - Times-Argus
MONTROSE, Calif. Bruce and Sylvia Pardo started the New Year in 2006 with all signs pointing to a bright future an upcoming marriage, a combined income of about $150,000, half-million-dollar home on a quiet cul-de-sac and a beloved dog, Saki
NCAA Football Game Log - West Virginia at North Carolina - Sports Network
West Virginia Touchdown - 18-yard run by Noel Devine. (Pat McAfee kick). 8:56 Remaining. North Carolina Touchdown - 73-yard pass from T.J. Yates to Hakeem Nicks. (Casey Barth kick). 7:22 Remaining. West Virginia Touchdown - 44-yard pass from Pat
Avalanche kills skier at Wyoming ski resort - Olympian
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort spokeswoman Anna Olson says David Nodine, of Wilson, was skiing down an expert trail with a companion Saturday when the avalanche buried him under 8 feet of snow. The companion was not injured. Olson says ski patrollers
Sculptor Robert Graham dead - Straits Times
LOS ANGELES - ROBERT Graham, a California sculptor whose works were incorporated into civic monuments including the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, DC, has died at the age of 70. Graham, who also created monuments to boxer Joe Louis
Sculptor Robert Graham Dies In California At 70 - Post Chronicle
Robert Graham, a California sculptor whose works were incorporated into civic monuments including the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C., has died at the age of 70. Graham, who also created monuments to boxer Joe Louis and jazz
