Bakersfield

Bakersfield

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  Merle Haggard honored by Cal State Bakersfield

  They call him "The Hag," but now Merle Haggard can answer to "doctor" as well. Haggard was presented an honorary doctorate Friday by California State ... 

• Marine's mom doesn't know what led to rampage

  The mother of a Marine killed after a shooting spree that left one dead in Texas said Tuesday that she doesn't know what prompted the attacks, ... 

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  Cancer, rape fraud case bowls over Mich. community

  Carol Connell remembers well the gift she gave Sara Ylen, a friend seemingly forced to bear too much misery. Ylen, a Michigan mother of two young ... 

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  Small airports irked by removal of body scanners

  Managers at dozens of small airports have expressed outrage at federal officials for hauling new full-body scanners away from their facilities and ... 

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  Family: Woman denied CPR wanted no intervention

  Relatives of an 87-year-old woman who died after a nurse at her retirement home refused a 911 dispatcher's pleas to perform CPR expressed satisfaction ... 

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  Calif. woman dies after nurse refuses to do CPR

  A nurse's refusal to give CPR to a dying 87-year-old woman at a California independent living home despite desperate pleas from a 911 dispatcher has ... 

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  Fewer bees in US a threat to world's almond supply

  In an almond orchard in California's Central Valley, bee inspector Neil Trent pried open a buzzing hive and pulled out a frame to see if it was at ... 

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  Sheriff: Calif. teen planned attack on classmates

  A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into a rural California high school on Thursday, shot one student and fired at others and missed ...