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Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine has decided to stick with quarterback Brian Hoyer for Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts instead of replacing him with rookie Johnny Manziel. Pettine said his decision derived from Hoyer leading the Browns to a

Sen. Barbara Boxer, desperate to implement harsher standards for greenhouse gas emissions before she loses control of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, is attempting to pass the Super Pollutants Act, a bill that would force cuts in emissions

Politicians weighed in heavily after a grand jury decision was announced Wednesday not to indict a New York police officer over the death of Eric Garner in July.  Barack Obama: [The incident] speaks to the larger issues that we’ve been

After a grand jury announced on Wednesday its decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner in New York City, protests mounted around the country. They included:  Washington D.C.: Protesters marched around DuPont Circle, chanting, “I

Tuesday, December 2, is the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1964, on December 2, a simmering dispute between campus activists and the UC-Berkeley administration boiled over as over 1,000 took over the

Sacramento’s first Pet Expo, scheduled for December 6, has been cancelled because the St. Louis-based company that organized it said workers who had been frightened by the events in Ferguson, Missouri did not want to leave their homes, which were

Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli, condemned for a “racist” post on his Instgram page, apologized on Twitter Tuesday morning. He wrote: I apologize if I’ve offended anyone. The post was meant to be anti-racist with humor. I now understand that out

Activists using the pretext of the grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri attacked police in San Francisco’s Union Square on Black Friday while frightening shoppers. New video of

Janay Rice, who was knocked unconscious by her then-fiance Ray Rice in February, appeared on the Today show to issue a public statement that Rice, now her husband, had never abused her before the February incident and has not abused

Even those battle-hardened UC Berkeley students who gallantly put their bodies at risk, occupying Wheeler Commons day and night for a whole week to protest tuition hikes, decided Thanksgiving weekend was too tempting to pass up: they abandoned their protest

In the new movie, Exodus, director Ridley Scott decided to directly contravene possibly the most basic tenet of Judaism: that God is One and cannot be anthropomorphized. In the famous scene in which Moses stands near the burning bush and hears

A proposal before the North Dakota state legislature would require high school students to take the same test that immigrants take to become U.S. citizens in order to graduate from high school.  The proposal, which has bipartisan support, was displayed

The attorneys for Michael Brown’s family not only say they may sue Officer Darren Wilson, but are also asserting that he appears cold and without a conscience.  One attorney, Daryl Parks, stated that the family would either file a lawsuit against Brown

The NAACP–disappointed Officer Darren Wilson was not indicted for the death of Michael Brown despite the evidence exonerating him–has organized and initiated a seven-day, 120-mile march called the “Journey for Justice” from Ferguson, Missouri to the state capital, Jefferson City.  Roughly

John Podesta, former chief of staff to Bill Clinton and now a chief advisor to Barack Obama to implement Obama’s climate change agenda, is hurrying as fast as he can to get Obama’s programs in place before he may be

On December 7, 1914, Pope Benedict XV asked both sides in WW I to stop the war to observe Christmas. Although the countries refused to halt their hostilities, soldiers on both sides observed the truce, even singing to each other

The tragic death of an Australian cricketer has prompted new calls for harsher safety measures for the sport. Phillip Hughes, 25, who was batting for South Australia on Tuesday against his former team, New South Wales, attempted a pull shot

Rioters protesting the non-indictment of Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri ravaged Oakland, California for the third successive night Wednesday as outgoing mayor Jean Quan struggled to contain the second major outbreak of riots

On CNN Wednesday, leftist Professor Cornel West, given the chance to bloviate about the non-indictment of Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown, decided to impart his perspective with a vengeance, even targeting President Barack Obama and blurting

Ferguson rioters ran over an elderly man when they stole his car Wednesday night. The man, who uses an oxygen tank, was talking to Jaye Perry, 52, of Ferguson in the parking lot of the Faraci Pizza as they watched

The University of California will see a slew of new anti-Israel resolutions on campus before the year is through. The United Automobile Workers (UAW) Local 2865 is considering whether to join the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and

The owner of the Boston Red Sox, John Henry, determined to recapture the glory of 2013 and forget the dismal season of 2014, wants to pay the luxury tax if he has to in order to sign Jon Lester. Speaking

Harbor Breeze Cruises posted a video on their Facebook page Tuesday showing a pod of six to nine killer whales prowling the water near Palos Verdes around 3 p.m. Tuesday, chasing sea lions out of the water and onto rocks. 

Dustin Smith, head of the Sacramento Police Officers Association, fired back at Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s ill-considered comments regarding the non-indictment of Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown by a grand jury. Smith said

The Huffington Post has published a piece lamenting the ignorance of Native American history among students in America. HuffPo tells the story of Sarah Shear, an assistant professor of social studies education at Pennsylvania State University in Altoona, and her

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America will have their hands full in little over a month as they vote on candidates for the Baseball Hall of Fame.  The list of eligible players, announced on Tuesday, boasts numerous new candidates. Last

Over 100 students from UC Santa Cruz decided to horn in on the protests around the nation after the non-indictment of Officer Darren Wilson for shooting Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The students held a peaceful march through downtown Santa

On Monday, the Mexican Consulate in San Diego made clear its intent to help illegal immigrants targeted by Barack Obama’s recently announced reforms on immigration. Remedios Gomez Arnau, the Mexican Consul General in San Diego, told local public radio station

So much for global warming. An underwater robot sent by a British and Australian ship near the Antarctic Peninsula returned with data confirming that Antarctic ice is thicker and deeper than previously believed. The robot, called SeaBED, can plunge to

The President of Sacramento’s NAACP branch has stated that he hopes there will not be violence once the decision in the case of Officer Darren Wilson is handed down, but also asserted that he understands that members of the NAACP community

The latest protest against the Washington Redskins’ team name occurred Sunday in San Francisco, with roughly 300 protesters assembled near Levi’s Stadium, where the Redskins played the San Francisco 49ers.  The protesters gathered drums, bullhorns and protest signs, then made

Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola, infuriated by the New England Patriots’ decision to go for a touchdown when they were up 18 points and could have run out the clock, lunged for Patriots’ defensive tackle Zach Moore’s knees on the

Oakland, following the lead of San Francisco, will require private developers to include funds for public art in their projects. The City Council passed legislation proposed by former Councilwoman Libby Schaaf, who was elected the mayor of Oakland in November’s

A Sacramento church hosted an early Thanksgiving dinner for dozens of refugees who fled Iraq from fear of ISIS. One refugee, Bassil Mahid, said he is still afraid. He told a local news reporter, “[It’s] very hard to live.”  

Sacramento citizens had widely disparate reactions to Barack Obama’s granting of amnesty to illegal immigrants on Thursday night. Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones, who has reacted in highly critical fashion to Obama’s purported immigration moves after two of his deputies

In the last week, Buffalo has been hit by record amounts of snow catalyzed by lake-effect snowfall. In the Buffalo area, 55 to 88 inches of snow has triggered 13 deaths and stranded thousands of cars as highways have been