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    Worries that the state's evolving renewable energy requirements will translate into unbearable rate increases for consumers have been eased somewhat by recent government studies.

    The cost of buying renewable energy decreased 30 percent from 2009 to 2011, according to the most recent quarterly report issued by the California Public Utilities Commission.

    But renewable energy is still in many cases as much as twice as expensive as conventional power, in part the result of initial cost outlays for infrastructure.

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ATWATER — Jessica Silva stopped short of Tebowing, but she wasn’t afraid to ask for any help she could get.

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‘ Reporters Ameera Butt and Mike North are joined by Gateway Community Church Pastor Al Schaap and Prop. 8 opponent Jamie Shaw for a look at the most recent developments regarding California’s controversial gay marriage law.

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Cast and crew err on the side of silly in "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," the amusingly childish sequel to that unlikely 2008 hit "Journey to the Center of the Earth." They've rendered Jules Verne's novel into a jokey lark, with broad, corny wisecracks, comic sidekicks and everybody riffing on the ginormous lizards, humongous spiders and the like.

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