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Long Beach Press-Telegram
- Motorcylist killed in collision after pursuit
February 22, 2012, 7:45 pm
A motorcylist involved in a pursuit with Seal Beach police died after colliding with a vehicle on Pacific Coast Highway near Channel Drive, police said Wednesday.
- Nini Horn, wife of late Long Beach Congressman Steve Horn, dies at 80
February 22, 2012, 7:45 pm
Nini Horn, the wife of late Congressman Steve Horn, died Tuesday after a 16-year battle with breast cancer, her family said Wednesday.
- Woman who died in Pier G accident seen driving erractically
February 22, 2012, 7:45 pm
A woman who died after being found in her car submerged in 30 feet of water at the end of Pier G had been seen driving erractically just prior to the incident, police said Wednesday.
- Two Downey men fatally struck by vehicles in separate collisions
February 22, 2012, 6:15 pm
DOWNEY - Two men were killed, just blocks apart from each other, by vehicles on Tuesday night as they tried crossing streets, police said.
- Man's body found floating in marina identified
February 22, 2012, 5:45 pm
LONG BEACH ? Officials identified the dead man found floating on Feb. 17 in the marina near Alamitos Bay.
Los Angeles Times
- Defense of Marriage Act ruled unconstitutional by judge
February 22, 2012, 8:56 pm
The ruling by a U.S. district judge was the first since the Obama administration announced a year ago that it would no longer defend a law it considers discriminatory. A judge on Wednesday declared the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and ordered the federal government to ignore the statute and provide health benefits to the wife of a lesbian federal court employee.
- Supreme Court lets providers continue suing to stop Medi-Cal cuts
February 22, 2012, 7:57 pm
The high court does not, however, affirm an appellate court's decision to block the lowering of doctor reimbursement rates. California will keep paying the higher rate for now, an official says. A years-long legal fight over cuts in California's multibillion-dollar healthcare program for the poor took another twist Wednesday as the U.S. Supreme Court kicked the case back to a lower court.
- UC Davis officials sued over pepper spraying
February 22, 2012, 7:57 pm
Nineteen students and alumni file a federal lawsuit alleging that their free speech and assembly rights were violated in the Occupy-related incident. Three months after being pepper sprayed or allegedly roughed up by UC Davis campus police during an Occupy demonstration, 19 students and alumni Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit claiming that their free speech and assembly rights were violated in ...
- Federal raids a 'serious blow' to rhino trade
February 22, 2012, 7:28 pm
Wildlife investigators in California and other states crack down on an international smuggling ring that trafficked for years in sawed-off rhinoceros horns. Federal wildlife investigators in California and other states say they have cracked an international smuggling ring that trafficked for years in sawed-off rhinoceros horns, which fetch stratospheric prices in Vietnam and China for their ...
- Woman gave newborn away to keep birth news from partner, police say
February 22, 2012, 7:27 pm
The girl was handed off to the Long Beach woman's mother, who filed a false report that she found the baby abandoned at a gas station, police say. There have been no arrests, but an inquiry continues. A woman gave away her newborn baby because she wanted to conceal the birth from her female romantic partner, Long Beach police said.
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