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Fresno Bee News - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 01:19
One killed when vehicle overturns west of Tulare Read comments

Farmers urged to save water, shift emphasis

Fresno Bee News - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 00:59
SACRAMENTO -- California farmers can grow more food more profitably if they switch to water-saving crops and change their irrigation practices in response to the state's drought, according to a study released today. Read comments

Writer Peter Stekel became intrigued by 1942 Sierra plane crash

Fresno Bee News - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 00:56
For Peter Stekel, a mysterious 1942 plane crash on Mendel Glacier is more than just research material for his next book. Read comments

FCC golfers seventh

Fresno Bee Sports - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 00:43
The Fresno City College women's golf team finished seventh in the Desert Classic Tournament in Palm Springs over the weekend. Read comments

Business as usual for Fresno State

Fresno Bee Sports - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 00:34
Coach Pat Hill has no rah-rah speech to give his Fresno State Bulldogs this week, nor does he feel any need to give one. Read comments

Budget mess may mean another ballot

Fresno Bee News - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 00:33
SACRAMENTO -- Another election? Read comments

Mystery of the missing medals

Fresno Bee News - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 00:28
Socorro Duarte didn't know who Johnny Dominguez was, or even if he still was alive. But she knew they had something in common. Read comments

'Heretics Barbecue' gathers skeptics

Fresno Bee News - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 00:24
There was a time when Mark Boyd's truck sported a "Darwin fish," which is a parody of the Christian ichthys symbol. Then somebody ripped it off, broke it into four pieces and put it under one of the vehicle's windshield wipers. Read comments

Around the Valley

Fresno Bee News - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 00:24
Run for animal shelter Read comments

Fire district is told it owes pension fund

Fresno Bee News - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 00:24
A rural fire district with no firefighters is being told by a Fresno County retirement agency that it owes about $5.5 million in pension contributions on behalf of its former firefighters. Read comments

Denair bike shop owner backed Residents sign petition to free inmate facing array of felony charges.

Fresno Bee News - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 00:24
MODESTO -- Federal prosecutors cited a wiretapped phone conversation in which Lynette Petrie describes a backroom beating at Denair's Road Dog Cycle when a judge agreed that retired sheriff's deputy and shop owner Robert Holloway should remain in jail without bail pending trial on racketeering charges. Read comments

Lawmakers see effects of housing crisis in Stockton

Fresno Bee News - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 00:24
STOCKTON -- Boarded-up windows, dead lawns, yellow auction signs and abandoned houses gave silent testimony Saturday to the brutal impact the foreclosure crisis is having on central Stockton. Read comments

Gov. Schwarzenegger should veto these self-serving bills

Fresno Bee Opinion - Sun, 09/07/2008 - 23:29
We often criticize state legislators for their lack of vision on the big issues facing California. Actually, though, the vision of these lawmakers is very clear -- at least, when it comes to self-serving bills. Read comments

Vast Sierra frustrates even the most intensive searches

Fresno Bee News - Sun, 09/07/2008 - 03:21
Swashbuckling adventurer Steve Fossett vanished last September after taking off in a borrowed plane from a private airstrip in western Nevada. Read comments

The Fantasy Buzz: Fame quickly can turn sour

Fresno Bee Sports - Sun, 09/07/2008 - 02:12
Fantasy draft success, like fame, can be fleeting. Read comments

College roundup: 'Dogs drop a pair in volleyball

Fresno Bee Sports - Sun, 09/07/2008 - 01:53
Fresno State's volleyball team concluded play in the Green Bay Classic on Saturday with 3-2 losses to Wisconsin-Green Bay and Drake. Read comments

60 seconds with Bryan Robinson

Fresno Bee Sports - Sun, 09/07/2008 - 01:19
Getting to the NFL wasn't easy for former Fresno State standout Bryan Robinson. Read comments

Rams take a rare win out of Bakersfield

Fresno Bee Sports - Sun, 09/07/2008 - 01:14
So much for preseason rankings in California junior college football. Read comments

Fresno State in for some down-home fun

Fresno Bee Sports - Sun, 09/07/2008 - 01:14
Pat Hill is fired up on a level somewhere between Pentecostal minister and exercise-equipment salesman. Read comments

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Fresno Bee News - Sun, 09/07/2008 - 01:07
Relatives of man who died at hospital sought Read comments
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