It's not just the Capitol: Billions in red ink drowning California's - San Jose Mercury News
SACRAMENTO — With even well-managed counties, cities and schools finding themselves in the same budget hole that has swallowed state government, California now confronts a financial crisis that may be unrivaled — though it is also maddeningly

Carlos Silva Should Be Shown the Door By Cubs, Fat Contract or Not - Bleacherreport.com
This is not some knee-jerk reaction to what happened in yesterday's 15-3 blowout loss to the Sox. Sure, the right-hander gave up seven hits and six runs in two innings of work, including a pair of home runs. But Carlos Silva has got to go. Now this

Inconsistencies, 'botched' procedures forged verdict for Tioga mom who - Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Plumm, 10, and Jessica Gutweiler, 3, died in a fire that destroyed their Tioga home put a final dollar amount on what the state spent in its investigation and prosecution, but that it was in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Dot-com bust ripples still felt 10 years later - San Francisco Chronicle
Silicon Valley is a state of mind," said Oliver Muoto, 41, who co-founded a $94 million Internet absorb a certain number of dollars," Yang said, before too much money starts chasing the finite number of ideas with the home run potential that VCs

Guilty of killing 3 kids, Tioga mom says: 'Children were my world' - Alexandria Daily Town Talk
I've asked several people, 'If a woman had ran an errand and was gone for 25 or so minutes and came home and her house was on fire and her three children -- almost But who in a million years would think the house would catch on fire?

Video Chat Is Where It's at -- but How Do Brands Fit in? - Advertising Age
YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- When Jackie Huba and David Armano got into a heated Twitter debate about Skittles' social-media home page switch last year -- she called it a "stunt," he said it was "remarkable" -- she invited him onto OoVoo to hash it out