201901.09
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Impasse continues as Trump walks out of shutdown talks with Democrats

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By CATHERINE LUCEY, LISA MASCARO and LAURIE KELLMAN WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump walked out of his negotiating meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday — “I said bye-bye,” he tweeted— as efforts to end the 19-day partial government shutdown fell into deeper disarray over his demand for billions of dollars to build a wall on the…

201901.09
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Video surveillance from neighbor of McStay family reviewed in court

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A former Fallbrook neighbor of the slain McStay family testified Wednesday, Jan. 9, that she reviewed hours of video from her front-yard surveillance cameras after the McStays disappeared in February 2010, looking for anything that might help investigators. Jennifer Mitchley, who has since moved out of state, took the stand in the trial of Charles “Chase” Merritt,…

201901.09
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Sewage spill closes stretch of Laguna Beach

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A sewage spill has closed down a portion of Laguna Beach Wednesday, Jan. 9. The 300-gallon sewage spill prompted the closure of 250 feet up coast and 250 down coast from Upland Road. The spill was caused by a blockage at a sewer main in Laguna Beach. A sewage spill has closed a stretch of…

201901.09
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DNA clears accused Golden State Killer of 1975 murder

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The man accused of being California’s Golden State Killer has been cleared of involvement in the 1975 murder of a 14-year-old girl in the Central Valley, prosecutors say. DNA testing excluded Joseph DeAngelo as a suspect in the murder of Donna Jo Richmond and — along with other evidence — indicates…

201901.09
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Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein expected to leave Justice in weeks

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By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON  — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed special counsel Robert Mueller and remains his most visible Justice Department protector, is expected to leave his position soon after William Barr is confirmed as attorney general, a person familiar with the plans said Wednesday. Barr, who served in the…

201901.09
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Trump pleads on TV for wall money; Dems say he stokes ‘fear’

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By CATHERINE LUCEY, JILL COLVIN and LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump urged congressional Democrats to fund his long-promised border wall in a somber televised address that was heavy with dark immigration rhetoric but offered little in the way of concessions or new ideas to break the standoff that has left large swaths of…