New Yahoo Site Targets Women

By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet WriterMon Mar 31, 10:57 AM ET

Yahoo Inc. on Monday launched a site for women between ages 25 and 54, calling it a key demographic underserved by current Yahoo properties.
The site, Shine, is aimed largely at giving the struggling Internet company additional opportunities to sell advertising targeted to the key decision-maker [...]

Embattled HUD Chief said to be Leaving

WASHINGTON (AP) – There’s word that an embattled member of the Bush cabinet is on his way out. A government official says Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson is resigning today. It was first reported by the Wall Street Journal’s Web site. The official offers no reason but Jackson is under criminal investigation.  Prominent [...]

Drug Bust in Sutter County

A weekend search at a Sutter County home turned up 50 pounds of pot.  According to the Appeal-Democrat, two people were arrested, including Cassie Davis of Oroville.  Drug agents reportedly seized dozens of marijuana plants, packaged pot, and guns from the Sawtelle Avenue home. The drugs have an estimated street value of 50 thousand dollars.
Davis [...]

Chico Chamber Grounds AirFest

A second air show is canceled because of financial reasons. Earlier this year Redding officials canceled its air show because of a sagging economy, and now the Chico AirFest has been grounded. The Chico Chamber Of Commerce announced it has lost money on the event the past two years, and things aren’t looking good financially [...]

Fire at Chico Dorm Causes Evacuation

Students evacuated from a Chico dorm Sunday night…after a fire erupted inside a lobby bathroom.  Chico Fire Inspector Marie Fickert says the blaze happened at Bradley Hall on West 3rd Street.
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Fickert is asking anyone with information to come forward.
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Fickert says Bradley Hall is a private college dorm.

Historic Final Four Set

(AP)-And then there were ones. Four No. 1s, that is. Kansas wore down Stephen Curry and plucky upstart Davidson with its size and strength, holding on for a 59-57 victory Sunday that put all four No. 1 seeds into the Final Four for the first time.
After Kansas’ Sherron Collins missed with 19 seconds left, the [...]

Should She Stay Or Go?

by FOXNews.com – As Hillary Clinton takes a day off from campaigning on Sunday, the big question surrounding the Democratic presidential candidate is whether she should stay in the race against Barack Obama. The answer depends on which Democratic official is asked.
Some Democratic Party loyalists have suggested that a long drawn-out nominating race will hurt [...]

Islam Overtakes Catholicism As World’s Largest Religion

By ALESSANDRA RIZZO, Associated Press Writer

Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world’s largest religion, the Vatican newspaper said Sunday.
“For the first time in history, we are no longer at the top: Muslims have overtaken us,” Monsignor Vittorio Formenti said in an interview with the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano. Formenti compiles the Vatican’s yearbook.
He said [...]

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Hit For Hire Suspect To Plead Guilty

     GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – A Michigan woman indicted on federal
charges that accuse her of placing an ad on Craigslist that
solicited the killing of her lover’s wife in Oroville, California plans to
plead guilty in the case.
     Court papers filed on behalf of Ann Marie Linscott of Rockford
state the 48-year-old wants to plead guilty in federal [...]