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MARCI STENBERG/mstenberg@mercedsunstar.com Jason Cross the new Advertising Director and Publisher of the Merced Sun-Star was announced Monday 10-22-2012- afternoon.

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Elias Funez/efunez@modbee.com Blue Diamond board members and officials cut off the lower portion of a large blue ribbon draped over the front entrance of the almond processor's newest facility located in Turlock Tuesday morning (06-18-13).

Blue Diamond almond plant opens in Turlock

About 300 people turned out this morning for the grand opening of the Blue Diamond Growers almond processing plant in Turlock, a welcome boost for the job market. The plant has about 50 employees now, could reach 100 by year's end and might have as... 33 minutes ago

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Former bowling alley owner Otto Ashbacher of Merced. He is 95 years old and still bowling.

SURDICH: Bowling pins last forever

In the early years of bowling in Merced, there was bowling alley on 17 Street in downtown Merced in the middle of the block across from the Merced Theatre. 2 hours ago

Opinion

Jim Morin / Miami Herald (June 18, 2013)

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The State Worker: California bill adds fine for child porn on public computers

State workers convicted of possessing or transmitting child pornography would have to pay an extra $2,000 fine if they used work computers to commit the crime, under terms of a bill breezing through the Legislature.

Living & Entertainment

See me: Acknowledge the person first, not the disability

In the seven years since a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the neck down, Ben Trockman has stopped paying attention to stares from strangers, or at least he's stopped being bothered by them. 1 hour ago

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This undated photo provided by Blue Rider Press/Penguin shows award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings. Hastings, an award-winning journalist and war correspondent, died early Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said.

Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies

Michael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general, has died in... 42 minutes ago

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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 17, 2009 file photo, children salvage the remains of a failed potato field at a farm in the Laikipia District, of Kenya, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of the capital Nairobi, in the wake of a prolonged drought which wiped out harvests throughout the country. While sea level rise threatens some coastal communities in Africa, the continent faces even bigger climate-related problems inland. Climate scientists have projected shifts in rainfall patterns leading to extended droughts in some areas and increased flooding in other parts.

World Bank highlights climate-poverty link

The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens." 8 minutes ago

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