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    Sitting on a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle, Brian Bullis smiled as he looked around the Mariposa Fairgrounds.

    The grounds, set on the side of a hill just outside of town, were crawling with carnies setting up carnival rides, while inside a small building, junior exhibits, including a fair representation of Mission San Juan Baptista, were being put up.

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  • Illegal immigration into the United States has slowed considerably in the last several years, a new study concludes.

  • A five-year ordeal came to an end Wednesday morning when a judge sentenced 33-year-old Luis Flores to 16-years-to-life in prison.

    In November 2005, Flores, who also goes by the nickname "Alex," killed his girlfriend, Jacqueline Lua, 20, with a paring knife. He said she'd made fun of his penis while she was drunk.

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The prep football season began with a stutter for four of the six area teams who opened the season last week.

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RIVERBANK -- Stanislaus County sheriff's detectives are investigating a homicide following the discovery of a body in the backyard of a Dobbins Lane home.

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A California court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban.

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