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Powerball Winner in California Will Pay NO Taxes

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The California winner who will share Wednesday night’s record-smashing Powerball jackpot will be exempt from state taxes on the winnings. At least three winning tickets for the record breaking $1.586 billion Powerball lottery were sold, and the California one has been tied

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Author Defends James Deen: Rape ‘Witch Hunt’

Porn star James Deen, accused of rape or sexual assault by nearly a dozen women, has backup in the form of renowned author and columnist Bret Easton Ellis, who likened the damning allegations against porn’s “boy next door” to a “ridiculous witch hunt.”

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Terrorists Rejected San Bernardino Jihadis as ‘Informants’

An interesting bit of information from the ongoing investigation into the backgrounds of San Bernardino jihadis Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik comes from Reuters, which was told by U.S. government sources that Malik “tried in vain to contact multiple Islamic militant groups in the months before she and Farook staged their attack, but her overtures were ignored” because the terrorists were concerned she might be a government informant.

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No-Fly Zone over Part of L.A.–for 3 Months

On Thursday, the FAA temporarily banned flights below 2000 feet over the northwest San Fernando Valley. The no-fly zone was imposed because of a fear that flights could ignite a gas leak initially discovered in October over Porter Ranch.

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Counterpoint: California Best for New Business?

Beacon Economics just published a report concluding that California is the best place for new business in America, despite high taxes, burdensome regulations, and high living costs. “Next 10,” founded and funded by F. Noel Perry, retained Beacon Economics to

FBI Seccombe Lake (Ringo Chiu / AFP / Getty)

FBI Searches Underwater in San Bernardino

FBI divers were searching Seccombe Lake in San Bernardino, California on Thursday for potential evidence that could help their efforts to gather information for what is being described by the FBI’s Assistant Director in Los Angeles David Bowdich as a “massive investigation.”

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GOP Registration Hits Record Low in Orange County

In Orange County, long considered one of the few bastions of conservatism in California, voter registration trends have been decidedly poor for the Republican Party, with GOP registration dropping below 40% of registered voters for the first time ever.

Enrique Marquez property (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)

The Strange Lives of the Farook-In-Laws

New light is being shed on the “quiet” life of Islamic terrorists Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik with new information about his neighbor Enrique Marquez, the man who purchased the two guns used by the duo to kill 14 people and injure 21 during last week’s deadly San Bernardino massacre.