By Blake Ellis, CNN.Money Hundreds of new ATMs capable of dispensing as little as $1 are popping up across the country. Chase and PNC have been launching ATMs that churn out exact change to the dollar, allowing customers to withdraw denominations as low as $1 and $5. Chase has rolled out between 350 and 400 […]
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By Torey Van Oot and Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee State legislators billed taxpayers more than $450,000 for on-the-job driving in the last legislative year, but officials won’t say where the lawmakers went. The Senate and the Assembly this week denied records requests from the Bee to review mileage logbooks legislators submitted when seeking 53-cents-a-mile reimbursements […]
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Great conditions. Enjoy Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the slopes. Here is the Jan. 21 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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• The Placer County Board of Supervisors will meet in Kings Beach on Jan. 22 at 10am. The Kings Beach Benefit Assessment District and Squaw Valley Specific Plan Phase 1 are on the agenda. • Temple Bat Yam in South Lake Tahoe celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. • The California Conservation Corps is looking […]
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By Kathryn Reed “Get Out of My Crotch.” This book title is exactly what many women want to tell lawmakers. With a cover of the Statue of Liberty holding a sheet of paper covering her crotch, there is little doubt about what this compilation of 21 essays is about. It will be released Jan. 22 […]
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Strider is a very sweet black Lab-German shepherd mix who is house trained and very quiet in the kennel. He likes to play with other dogs, and seems OK with cats. He was found as a stray and his people never looked for him. As a puppy, he would benefit from training classes. He will […]
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To the community, The Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra, an annual Adopt A Day of Nourishment sponsor, hosted the Jan. 14 Bread & Broth Mexican theme dinner at St. Theresa Church hall. “Kiwanis is about helping people and we are happy to be able to serve. It is unfortunate that these meals are needed but […]
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By Eli Saslow, Washington Post FREMONT, Ohio — On the same day, in the same county of northern Ohio, two new grandparents prepared to drive to the same factory for work. They had started their careers at Arm & Hammer the same year, and for more than two decades, they had stood together on a […]
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By USSA CORTINA, Italy — Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley) blasted through heavy snow Sunday to finish fifth and lead three U.S. Ski Team women into the top seven as Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg picked up the win. Leanne Smith (N. Conway, N.H.) was sixth and Lindsey Vonn (Vail) seventh. Vonn remains second in the Audi FIS […]
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By AP CONWAY, Ark. — A jury in Faulkner County has found a doctor guilty of killing two men at a Conway home in 2002. The panel deliberated about an hour on Friday before convicting Richard Conte, 63, of two counts of capital murder. Conte was accused in the shooting deaths of 49-year-old Carter Elliott […]
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