Rodeo, Grand Prix expected to draw weekend crowds to Salinas

07/19/11 SALINAS - Whether in a cowboy hat or a motorcycle helmet, there's plenty of head-to-head competition coming to Monterey County this week as the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca overlaps with the California Salinas Rodeo.

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Court reverses conviction in online rant against Obama

07/19/11 A Southern California man's racist post in 2008 suggesting that the then-presidential candidate should be shot is lawful online speech, not a crime, according to a divided federal appeals court. A Southern California man who posted an online racist rant that suggested Barack Obama should be shot during the 2008 presidential campaign was engaged in constitutionally protected free speech and ...

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Record marijuana seizure reported in Calif.

07/18/11 Nearly 68,500 pot plants valued at $205.46 million were eradicated after the discovery last week in the rugged mountains north of Ojai in Southern California, according to a sheriff's statement. No suspects were arrested.

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