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RENO, Nev. The Nevada Highway Patrol says a drunken driving suspect in Reno was gassed in more ways than one.

PALM DESERT, Calif. Shoppers can be heard screaming as a woman calls 911 for help during a shootout between two men who killed each other at a Toys 'R' Us store, according to a tape released by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

MEDFORD, Ore. A 23-year-old California man is awaiting extradition after Oregon authorities arrested him in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy.

MODESTO, Calif. Cemetery maintenance volunteers say it will take 160 hours and cost at least $50,000 to repair 80 headstones, many historic, that vandals destroyed over the weekend.

FRESNO, Calif. Officials at Sequoia National Park fear an abandoned campsite could mean a hiker is missing and are asking the public for help.

HENDERSON, Nev. Henderson city officials are being asked to approve a 40-acre mixed-use project that would include the tallest building in the city.

DAVIS, Calif. A 56-year-old veterinary professor from the University of California, Davis who had been missing since the weekend has been found dead.

LAS VEGAS A judge rejected a new trial for a convicted murderer who got sexually explicit letters and visits from a woman who was on the jury that found him guilty.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. A former Santa Rosa soccer coach will have to resister as a sex offender for the rest of his life after pleading no contest to a charge of having sex with a 16-year-old girl.

CARSON CITY, Nev. The Nevada Tax Commission has rejected Southern California Edison's bid for a $70.2 million rebate of sales taxes paid on out-of-state coal slurry purchased for its now-closed Laughlin power plant.

LAS VEGAS A court hearing is set Dec. 29 in Las Vegas for a man sought in California after the body of his daughter was found in his impounded motor home.

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court took aim at one of its favorite targets Tuesday, criticizing a California-based federal appeals court for its ruling in favor of a criminal defendant.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. An ex-Marine acquitted of Iraq war crimes wants his job back with the Riverside Police Department.

SANTA ANA, Calif. An Orange County jailer has been charged with punching an inmate in the face while holding a fistful of keys.

SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco police and Cal/OSHA inspectors are investigating the discovery of a man's body in the bottom of a high-rise elevator shaft.

ORANGE, Calif. A Montecito couple seriously burned in a wind-driven wildfire last month are improving at an Orange County burn center.

SAN JOSE, Calif. Police investigators think bad feelings over a business deal led to the fatal shooting of a woman on a San Jose freeway last month.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. An Oceano man charged with trading drugs for sex with 12-year-old and 14-year-old girls has pleaded no contest to felony charges.

TRONA, Calif. A swarm of earthquakes - the largest a magnitude-4.1 - jolted the remote desert near Death Valley on Tuesday but there were no reports of damage or injuries.

SAN DIEGO A group of bank robbers in San Diego left behind a trail of dirty money.