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Santa Cruz Fire: 250 Evacuated from Bonny Doon Wildfires

Lockheed fire: At least 250 people have been evacuated from Bonny Doon near Santa Cruz as wildfires continue to burn out of control. Over 300 firefighters are fighting the Lockheed fire, which began at around...

Clyde Persley Wins Lottery Gold: $39 Million Jackpot

Clyde Persley, a man from Santa Cruz, California, who works three jobs, has won the $39 million jackpot in the SuperLotto Plus. Persley is married with a four-year-old daughter, and he will be receiving his first check for $16 million in the next four to six weeks; he plans...

Santa Cruz City Council Girl Video Goes Viral

A video of a Santa Cruz city council meeting has gone viral thanks to loopy testimony made by a local woman. In a speech reminiscent of Miss Teen South Carolina, the Santa Cruz City Council girl, as some have...

Azharuddin Ismail, Slumdog Millionare Star, Moves Out of the Slum

Azharuddin Ismail, one of the child star's of slumdog millionaire whose family's shanty house was demolished earlier this year, is moving out of the slum and into an expensive suburb of Mumbai. It seems that life...

Tevez Prefers City

Argentine soccer star Carlos Tevez has chosen Manchester City as his preferred choice above Chelsea or Liverpool as his "Greener Pastures" next big kickoff.Tevez,25,will transfer for 25.5 million British pounds...

Alien Sightings at Mystery Spot - Scam?

TiVo Shanan here in the hills above Santa Cruz, California and I am here to solve one of the biggest mysteries of these mountains--The Mystery Spot. (I'll show you my Sherlock Holmes costume and Sherlock Holmes hat at the end of this article.) First opened in 1939, this...

Bolivians vote on a Constitutional Referendum today

After weeks of poitical turmoil at separatist provinces and the expulsion of both USAID and the American Ambassador to La Paz, Bolivians ready to vote a draft Constitution on a...

Bolivian Evo Morales: UNASUR stops US domineering ambitions in Latin America

" New York, Sep 24 (ABI).- President Evo Morales declared on Wednesday, thanks to consolidation of UNASUR (Union of South American Nations), United States won’t lead politically to Latin America.   On...

Heavy rains kill 14 people in Venezuela (Updated)

UPDATES: Local authorities have informed that fourteen people died during the torrential rains last night in Venezuela. 53 houses collapsed in the DF Municipality while 93 were affected at Baruta. Five people died...

UNASUR to probe Bolivia unrest

" Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:25:26 GMT The Union of South American Nations will send a commission to Bolivia to investigate the recent anti-government violence.  Meeting at the UN summit in New York, South American...

Federal Court Rules Against Federal Subversion of State Medical Marijuana Laws

"Federal Court Rules Against Federal Subversion of State Medical Marijuana Laws by ACLU Blog of Rights (03 Sept, 2008) The court battles over medical marijuana and state versus federal laws continues For the first time, a court has recognized that a concerted effort...

Bolivian demonstators continue to block Santa Cruz roads

"Vice-President Garcia: Pacification and reestablishment of roads are up to CONALDE. La Paz, Sep 22 (ABI).- Dissolution of blocking roads in Santa Cruz and peace to "media luna" are in charge of Prefects met in...

Bolivian opposition delays signature of peace deal for a month

"Government asks to sign the agreement to pacify the country but CONALDE delays a month. Cochabamba, sept 21(ABI).- The Executive Power posed this Sunday to sign the agreement that permit pacify the country and to...

Bolivian President Evo Morales urges separatist to sign peace deal today

Caracas, Venezuela, 21 September 2008. Just few hours ago, the Bolivian President Evo Morales urged all separtatist prefects (Conalde) that participated in the peace talks, to sign the agreed deal today. Pro government groups have gathered at Santa Cruz and Cochabamba a...

Bolivia leader to meet opponents on Thursday

"  Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, is set to hold talks with rebel governors after they agreed to suspend violent protests that have already left several dead. The governors pledged to end the...

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