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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:56:41 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>AG shuts down illegal gaming &apos;cafe&apos;s&apos; in Stockton, San Diego</title>				
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				California Attorney General Jerry Brown/ AP File.California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced that agents from his office this week raided Internet cafes in Stockton and San Diego that illegally operated &amp;quot;Las Vegas-style games&amp;quot; includi...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:42:45 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The Contenders: Brown&apos;s classic rock back in fashion in 2010</title>				
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				California Attorney General Jerry Brown, overlooks Oakland where he was mayor for two terms./ AP file.Despite his 71 years, California Attorney General Jerry Brown has never been caught behind the times. Over a political career that has had out-survi...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:50:45 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>California soon to be writing IOUs again, controller tells lawmakers</title>				
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				Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger again has his hands full with stalled budget talksand his state on the brink of failing to pay its bills again./AP FileOh, remember fondly those days of sunny optimism, promises of lasting reform and bold talk of a quick bu...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:06:32 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>TJ Maxx, Marshall&apos;s cut deal after &apos;massive breach,&apos; California AG says</title>				
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				California Attorney General Jerry Brown/AP fileCalifornia Attorney General Jerry Brown today joined attorneys general from 40 other states in requiring TJX--the parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshall&apos;s, HomeGoods, and A.J. Wright-- to bolster the securi...
				
				
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				<category>Attorney General</category>
				
				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:34:24 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Villaraigosa&apos;s withdrawal could open door for 2010 California governor&apos;s race</title>				
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				Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Monday&amp;nbsp;he would not run for governor in 2010.(AP/File).California political pundits decisively declared California Attorney General Jerry Brown the winner or round 1 in&amp;nbsp;the so-called&amp;nbsp;hea...
				
				
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				<category>Election 2010</category>
				
				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:47:22 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Villariagosa officially drops from 2010 race for governor on CNN</title>				
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				Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa&amp;nbsp;speaks a news conference to announce plans for the Los Angeles Lakers&apos; NBA championship victory parade on June 16. The mayor said he won&apos;t run for governor during a call to CNN on Monday. (AP Photo/Reed Sax...
				
				
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				<category>Election 2010</category>
				
				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:21:30 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Michelle Obama, Maria Shriver and governor in San Francisco today to tout volunteerism</title>				
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				First Lady Michelle Obama works with fifth graders from Bancroft Elementary School as they harvestsome of the vegetables that they planted in the garden on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:14:26 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>California AG wins suit over Liberty Tax Service to block deceptive advertising</title>				
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				Attorney General Jerry Brown/APAttorney General Jerry Brown won a lawsuit this week that bars Liberty Tax Service from advertising high-cost loans disguised as free&amp;nbsp;tax refunds.&amp;quot;Liberty Tax Service lured cash-strapped Californians into payi...
				
				
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				<category>Attorney General</category>
				
				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:27:15 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The Contenders: Newsom starts campaign with optimism despite critics</title>				
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				San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, with wife Jennifer Siebel, on the campaign trail./APFor a while there it seemed like San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was the only one in California that took his exploratory committee for governor in 2010 seriously....
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:44:41 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Call to cut high-school grad exam is headliner screamer of the day</title>				
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				State Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, voted to cut the graduation exam for California high schools./Sabatini photoVisiting with my retired parents this past weekend, I asked them about their volunteer work as docents in a state historical park. It&amp;r...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:50:18 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Governor rejects Democrats budget due to tax increases</title>				
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				Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he won&apos;t approve additional tax increases./APDemocratic leaders talked boldly about getting a budget done quickly this time around. But under the typical pressure for powerful lobbies and special interest groups to...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:17:46 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Obama to reach out to frustrated gay and lesbian supporters</title>				
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				President Barack Obama on the grounds of the White House. /APPresident Barack Obama built a vast online network to raise money and volunteers during his landmark campaign in 2008. He wasn&amp;rsquo;t the first campaigner to tap into the vast power of the...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:28:20 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Target new target for California attorney general lawsuit</title>				
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				Attorney General Jerry BrownFollowing news that California Attorney General Jerry Brown reached a settlement with CVS last week, the chain of drug store&apos;s competition is now also feeling the heat.Brown joined&amp;nbsp;20 district attorneys and the Los An...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:07:16 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>AG targets CVS pharmacy for expired products</title>				
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				Attorney General Jerry BrownAttorney General Jerry Brown&amp;nbsp;forged a settlement with CVS Pharmacy requiring the company to make sure expired products are not sold in its stores.CVS agreed to&amp;nbsp;provide customers a $2 coupon if they identify produ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:21:56 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Ammiano calls proposed closure of Office of AIDS a &apos;death sentence&apos; at time when HIV might be rising</title>				
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				Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco./APJust as a new study from Emory University links the rise in the anti-gay marriage movement to the rise in HIV rates, Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) presented a letter that was sent to Gov. ...
				
				
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				<category>Disaters and crisis</category>
				
				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:37:23 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>SEIU flushes a million in new taxes ad campaign</title>				
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				Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is urged by a powerful labor union to try raising taxes again./APNo wonder everywhere else in the country keeps referring to California as some exotic wasteland of non-reality.A Sacramento Bee breaking news story today repo...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:33:40 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Hard-headed lobbies still don&apos;t think voters are serious about no new taxes</title>				
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				See the red line... see the yellow line... see the problem? One wonders what it will take to get throughto lobby groups currently buzzing around the state Capitol./APIf there was ever a non-starter, one would think it would be any special interest gr...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:31:43 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Gore, Richardson volunteer to help win release of jailed journalists from North Korea</title>				
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				Current TV in San Francisco remains under a forced silence regarding the fate of their colleaguesLaura Ling and Euna Lee, sentenced to 12 years hard labor in North Korea./ APConservative commentators have wasted no time in taking pot-shots at former ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:09:31 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Medical Marijuana bill in New Jersey gains momentum with push to avoid California&#39;s mistakes</title>				
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				San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano authored legislation to legalizemarijuana in California./APNew Jersey with its rolling forested hills and close proximity to the populous New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore is a budding grow spot for marijuana ...
				
				
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				<category>Legal Marijuana</category>
				
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:30:56 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Fruit fly threat targeted in state&#39;s settlement with Bombino Express of India</title>				
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				California Attorney General Jerry Brown/APCalifornia Attorney General&amp;rsquo;s office and the California Department of Food and Agriculture last week forged an agreement requiring Bombino Express Worldwide to immediately stop importing produce that ha...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:18:18 -0700</pubDate>
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