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HOUSES OF BLUES

The Merced Sun-Star again partners with the California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting to bring you this two-day special report on the stress many people are feeling from Merced's foreclosure epidemic.

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Merced Assembly Center Memorial to be dedicated Feb. 20 09:07 AM

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Budget woes at Merced Union High School District could affect transportation

Ken Kesey, the famous '60s Merry Prankster, told his fellow hippies, "You're either on the bus or you're off the bus."
That slogan may come back to haunt students, parents and educators here facing some of the deepest budget cuts in history.

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Grocery store chain setting up shop in long-vacant building

ATWATER -- The pounding of nails and the staccato of jackhammers are welcome noises at the Atwater Plaza Shopping Center.
Merced County considers buying empty County Bank building

Will downtown's vacant County Bank building become the new home to Merced County government workers?

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Jurors must now decide if convicted murderer was sane

Jose Zavala killed his ex-girlfriend, shooting her to death in her Loughborough-area apartment -- but was he insane when he pulled the trigger?

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SPORTS

Fadeaway: Golden Valley falls to No. 17 in Power Ratings

The big game just took on added importance with the second release of the Sac-Joaquin Section's power ratings.

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SPORTS COLUMNISTS

James Burns: Merco pedaling along

Soon the paperwork, the planning, the staging and the coordinating will be over.

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COLUMNISTS

Herbert A. Opalek: What should we be doing?

Imagine if you will, the Western world is reeling with economic distress.

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MULTIMEDIA

Services held on West and East coasts for Congressman Radanovich's wife

WASHINGTON -- Memorial services for the late Ethie Weaver Radanovich have been set for Northern Virginia on Wednesday and the Sierra Nevada foothills on Sunday.

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LIFESTYLES

Roberts helps Marshall with 'Valentine's Day'

BEVERLY HILLS -- If history repeats itself, Julia Roberts and director Garry Marshall know what they'll be doing 10 years from now: making a movie together.