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| 08/20/2008
06:47 AM |
| Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies |
LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.
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| 08/20/2008
06:32 AM |
| Researcher: Bigfoot a rubber gorilla suit |
Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice - handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it - was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.
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| 08/20/2008
12:36 AM |
| More valley dwellers can buy houses |
Nearly half of the Coachella Valley's households can afford to buy an entry-level home here, new figures released Tuesday show. The 48 percent who could afford a home during the second quarter is a marked improvement from just a year ago.
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| 08/20/2008
10:37 AM |
| Reports of truck fire on Interstate 10 |
Motorists along westbound Interstate 10 this morning are reporting that a truck that transports cars is on fire.
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| 08/20/2008
09:28 AM |
| Would-be robber flees store after employee shoots him |
A man was shot Tuesday morning as he tried to rob a Coachella convenience store, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department
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| 08/20/2008
08:47 AM |
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| 08/20/2008
06:52 AM |
| Burned tortoise found in Joshua Tree grate |
A desert tortoise found dead at a Joshua Tree National Park campground has officials investigating to see what led to the death of the endangered species.
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| 08/20/2008
06:40 AM |
| Toddler shot in the legs in Coachella |
A 3-year-old girl is being treated for nonlife-threatening injuries after being shot in her legs Monday night, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
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| 08/20/2008
01:15 AM |
| Fun facts about the old Pacific Coast League |
In the first half of the 20th Century, the PCL was THE baseball league in the West. It was really a third major league, with AAAA status (in 1952).
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| 08/20/2008
12:17 AM |
| Indio City Council to discuss tax reduction at meeting today |
The Indio City Council will meet at 5 p.m. today in City Council chambers, 150 Civic Center Mall.
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