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Local News

• Slain Vallejo woman's husband arraigned on explosives charges

The attorney for the husband of one of two women found dead earlier this week in a Vallejo house suggested Friday that the women's bodies may have been planted in the home while her client was at work.
• Gang link suspected in Fairfield shootings

Two of three shootings in Fairfield in the last week may have been gang related, police said Friday.Each remains under investigation.
• Will C. Wood High School's football team falls to Pioneer

Carlos Meraz shook his head, searching for positives from his first game as Will C. Wood High School's head football coach Friday night.
• Vacaville High School's football team runs over Rodriguez

The vaunted running attack of the Vacaville High School football team took time to get rolling, but once it found its momentum, it couldn't be stopped.
• Accomplice sentenced in Fairfield slaying

Locking eyes with the man convicted of being an accomplice in the murder of his son, a Vallejo father described the agony of his loss but also expressed his forgiveness Friday in Solano County Superior Court.
• Stranded boaters rescued in Suisun Bay

Seven people stranded on a 17-foot boat Thursday night in the shallow waters near Ryer Island in Suisun Bay had to be rescued Friday morning by the Coast Guard.

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Regional News

• Sac supervisors delay vote on deputies' proposed pact

A proposed deal with the Sacramento County law enforcement unions has been put off until Thursday.
• Inmate who held correctional officer hostage sentenced

A prison inmate who took a correctional officer hostage has been sentenced to a total of 50 years to life, plus 23 years, consecutive to the term he currently is serving for prior felony convictions for robbery, false imprisonment and sexual battery.

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National News

• Earl weakens as it heads north

Earl weakened to a tropical storm Friday night with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph hour. Residents of New York and New England, however, are still bracing for the storm.


• Girl, 4, weighed 15 pounds at death

The mother of a 4-year-old girl, found dead in her Brooklyn home Thursday morning, was charged Friday with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child, according to police.


• Six charged in Hawaii with trafficking Thai guest workers

Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States.


• Acid attack victim: Sunglasses -- and God's hand -- saved my vision

Bethany Storro doesn't usually wear sunglasses, but she got a surprise paycheck and bought a pair earlier this week. Those sunglasses, she is convinced, saved her eyesight when a woman threw a cup of acid in her face 20 minutes later.


• U.S. cartoonist went too far, Mexicans say

An American's cartoon showing the eagle in the Mexican flag dead in a pool of blood is drawing criticism.


• New Vietnam-era Medal of Honor recipient announced

President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor, the military's highest award for bravery, to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger for his valor in saving the lives of three wounded comrades in Laos in 1968, the White House announced Friday.

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