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Pelosi: House Will Pass COBRA Subsidies, State Aid

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Tuesday that the House would return to the debate over COBRA subsidies and aid to state governments when Congress returns, and may package both of them together. The spending was cut from a jobs bill the House passed Friday in order to mollify Democrats concerned about the deficit. The House returns next week.

“There’s a changed climate in terms of the size of the spending/investment packages that we’re putting forth,” said Pelosi in a conference call with progressive media, explaining why she scuttled COBRA and state aid. “If I had all the votes I needed in a non-Blue Dog world, I would not have had to make some of the changes I made to get some Blue Dog support.”

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Trujillo Family Serves Homeless In Honor Of Deceased Daughter

When 28-year-old Wendy Trujillo was killed in a car crash in 2005, students and teachers at the Costa Mesa, Calif. school where she taught raised $3,000 to give to her family. The money was a gift to help her family continue to serve as their daughter had done. The young woman had a passion for helping local homeless and spent weekends serving underprivileged children in Mexico.

The Orange County Register reports, the Trujillo family used the funds to start a nonprofit organization called Los NiƱos de la Calle con Wendy (The Children of the Street with Wendy). The Trujillos planned trips to Tijuana, helping poor children by giving them shoes. The family also used the fund to benefit their community by donating backpacks full of school supplies to local schoolchildren and setting up a college scholarship fund at Anaheim High School.

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Arkansas Cop Killer Linked to ‘Patriot’ Movement

Jerry Ralph Kane Jr., the man who was killed with his son Thursday after apparently gunning down two West Memphis, Ark., police officers, traveled the country before the encounter giving classes in “redemption foreclosure mortgage fraud” — an apparent variation on a scheme common among antigovernment “Patriots.”

According to a blurb on a website called Pro Blog: Blog for Professionals, that was the title that Kane gave to an all-day class he gave on Aug. 29, 2009, in Fontana, Calif. In several YouTube videos of the Fontana class, Kane can be heard discussing such Patriot theories as the idea that only gold and silver are real money.

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Janet Napolitano Protested At Pomona College Commencement

Immigration activists headed to Pomona College in Claremont, Calif. this weekend to protest during Department of Homeland Security Chair Janet Napolitano’s commencement speech.

The Los Angeles Times reports:

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Nancy Salas FOUND: Missing Former UCLA Student Located In Merced

Missing former UCLA student Nancy Salas has been found alive and well at a friend’s house in Merced, Calif.

The Associated Press reports:

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Lost iPhone Investigation: Gizmodo Editor Jason Chen’s Home Searched And Computers Seized

SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities seized computers, digital cameras, a cell phone and other items from a technology blog editor who posted pictures and details of a lost iPhone prototype.

A computer-crime task force made up of multiple law enforcement agencies searched Gizmodo editor and blogger Jason Chen’s house and car in Fremont, Calif., on Friday, according to a statement and search warrant documents provided by Gizmodo.

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Tito Ortiz ARRESTED, Jenna Jameson Has ‘Visible Injuries’: TMZ

Tito Ortiz has been arrested and charged with felony domestic violence, according to TMZ. The mixed martial arts fighter was detained at a home in Huntington Beach, Calif., where he lives with porn actress Jenna Jameson.

A source tells TMZ Jameson had “visible injuries.”

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The History Of Earth Day Plus How You Can Get Involved

On April 22, the 40th anniversary of Earth Day will be celebrated from coast-to-coast; a day which was first realized by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson who wanted to find a way to increase environmental awareness and to promote urgently needed federal legislation to deal with an alarming ecological crisis.

It wasn’t until visiting Santa Barbara Calif in August, 1969, and reading about the popularity of “teach-ins” at college campuses as way of educating students about the Vietnam War that an idea caught hold in Nelson’s head to hold a similar “teach-in” only with a focus on environmental awareness.

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7-Eleven Beer: ‘Premium Brew At Budget Price’

From the Associated Press:

BERKELEY, Calif. — Quick, what’s the third-largest beer retailer in the U.S.? Chances are you didn’t know it’s 7-Eleven. Now, the convenience chain is getting a step closer to the suds it sells, rolling out a store-brand beer billed as a premium brew at a budget price.

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Karl Rove Slams Fox News Hosts For Bringing Up Anti-Rove Protesters (VIDEO)

Fox News contributor Karl Rove directed some unfriendly fire at the hosts of “Fox and Friends” this weekend when the show’s anchors decided to ask Rove to respond to protesters who disrupted the former top Bush adviser’s book tour.

“This is sad, you people are recycling stuff that happened three to four weeks ago, this is a small blemish on what was a great trip,” Rove said when asked about members of the group Code Pink who showed up at a March 30 book signing in Beverly Hills, Calif., called Rove a “war criminal” and brandished handcuffs.

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