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TV news crews robbed of cameras during live broadcasts

SAN FRANCISCO – News crews from two San Francisco Bay Area television stations were robbed at gunpoint and a cameraman was pistol whipped during live broadcasts on Thursday. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the robbery and assault occurred at about 6 a.m. Thursday along the city’s waterfront. Several camera …

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California man dies after being run over by WWII tank on Jelly Belly chairman's estate

Authorities say a man was accidentally crushed to death by a World War II-era tank driven by the husband of Jelly Belly’s chief executive over the weekend. The California Highway Patrol told the Los Angeles Times that 54-year-old Kevin Wright, of Suisun City, Calif., was run over Saturday by a …

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Melodee Buzzard disappearance: New surveillance photos show missing California girl, 9, in possible disguise

California authorities released new surveillance images Friday of a missing 9-year-old child who the FBI said may have been with her mother on a road trip “as far as the state of Nebraska” before vanishing. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said its investigation into the disappearance of Melodee Buzzard …

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