Thursday January 15, 2009 Updated10:03 PM PST
Of which crime do you think Johannes Mehserle should be convicted?
An Airbus 320 jetliner crashed into the Hudson River after a flock of birds apparently disabled both engines, but rescuers pulled the 155 people aboard into boats before the plane sank. 9:19 PM
Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer who shot an unarmed man to death on an Oakland train platform early New Year's Day pleaded not guilty today to murder charges.
The Senate approved a major expansion of wilderness areas nationwide Thursday, protecting more than 2 million acres of public land from drilling, logging and mining, including 735,000 acres across California.
Californians lead the pack among big donors underwriting President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, with a roster of Golden State movie stars, film execs and businesses (including Google) putting up $6.4 million so far.
As House leaders unveiled legislation for an unprecedented $825 billion economic stimulus, UC Berkeley economist Christina Romer said she never dreamed that her scholarship on the Great Depression would be useful in formulating current economic policy
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