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Crowd voices anger over Vernon battery recycler

By Jessica Garrison

At a meeting called by lawmakers, the crowd calls for officials to shut down Exide Technologies over dangerously high emissions of lead and arsenic.

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Brown vetoes bill giving sex abuse victims more time to file lawsuits

By Ashley Powers and Melanie Mason

His veto comes after a heated opposition campaign led by the Catholic Church. Groups representing victims condemn the decision.

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Nobel Prize in physics awarded to pair who theorized Higgs boson

Last year’s confirmation of the existence of the Higgs boson, or ‘God‘ particle, leads to the Nobel for Belgium’s Francois Englert and Britain’s Peter Higgs, who theorized it nearly 50 years ago.

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California limits workers’ comp sports injury claims

Gov. Brown signs a law sought by the NFL to close the door on out-of-state athletes’ workers’ comp filings.

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Arizona officials say rule may keep thousands from voting

Activists argue that people eligible to vote will opt out under the newly announced two-tiered system, which creates a class of voters who get only federal ballots.