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Cosmetics companies sued over 'organic' labels
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An environmental group is suing Kiss My Face and about two dozen other cosmetic companies on accusations that they falsely label products as organic. The Center for Environmental Health filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Alameda County (California), California, Alameda (Alameda, California)
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Gun at anti-violence film shoot leads to arrests
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police arrested an Oakland student, teacher and school counselor after finding a real gun among props that were being used to shoot a video in a public park about the dangers of gun violence. Oakland police said the group... -
Nearly 200 gather to dedicate Jonestown memorial in California
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A new memorial has been dedicated to the victims of the 1978 mass murder and suicide at Jonestown, Guyana.
The dedication came after a judge last week denied a motion seeking to block further use of the monument at the...Tags: Court Preliminary, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, California
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Some Christians ready for Judgment Day, others ready to party
For some, it's Judgment Day. For others, it's party time. A loosely organized Christian movement has spread the word around the globe that Jesus Christ will return to earth on Saturday to gather the faithful into heaven. While the Christian mainstream...Tags: Facebook, Radio, Science and Technology, U.S. Army, New Hampshire
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Christian movement preparing for End of Days today
Associated PressOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Some shut themselves inside to pray for mercy as they waited for the world's end. Others met for tearful last lunches with their children, and prepared to leave behind homes and pets as they were swept up to heaven. And across...Tags: Radio, San Francisco, Advertising, Alameda (Alameda, California), Entertainment
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Is Rapture really coming on Saturday? Area residents give their views
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — Judgment Day is coming. That's according to a loosely-organized Christian movement declaring Saturday the day of the Rapture.
A Christian author and radio broadcaster from Oakland, Calif., is preaching that God will destroy...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Facebook, Mass Media, Disasters and Accidents, Earthquakes
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Rapture Pastor Hospitalized After Suffering Stroke
KTLA NewsOAKLAND, Calif. (KTLA) -- The California-based radio preacher who predicted the end of the world has been hospitalized after suffering a mild stroke. 89-year-old preacher Harold Camping, president of Family Radio, was taken from his home to Highland...Tags: Harold Camping, Highland (San Bernardino, California), Celebrities and Health Issues, Radio, California
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Let's put the focus on living
So it looks like we're doomed. Again. Having found the world intact on May 21, the day he'd said the world would end, Harold Camping, an 89-year-old radio preacher from Oakland, Calif., has revised his estimate. Oct. 21, he says now. That's the last day...Tags: Demographics, Martin Luther King Jr., Maryland, Robert Frost, Religious Texts
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At least 2 killed when semi hits Amtrak train from Chicago
A semi-trailer plowed into an Amtrak train from Chicago Friday at a crossing on a rural northern Nevada highway, killing the truck driver and an Amtrak train crew member and injuring about 20 others who escaped the fiery crash, authorities said.
Most...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Nevada, Emergency Planning, Hospitals and Clinics, Entertainment
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Mayors outspoken on U.S. nuclear buildup, too
In a recent editorial ("Mayors for peace," June 22), The Sun addresses the resolution recently by the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) calling for an end to U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and redirection of funds to meet domestic needs....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Wars and Interventions, Weaponry, Ronald Reagan
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Sexual Assault Victim Records Attacker On Cell Phone
(CNN) -- Police are searching for a man who they say sexually assaulted a woman after she used her cell phone to record the suspect burglarizing her Oakland, California, home.
Police released the cell phone footage to the media Wednesday, hoping to...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, California, Cell Phones, CNN (tv network)
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