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$540M Mega Millions jackpot sets record
SAN DIEGO -- The gambler's clock was ticking on Thursday as Mega Millions broke a new record of $540 million, the biggest jackpot for any lottery. The drawing is scheduled for 11 p.m. on Friday, ET. Tickets will be on sale, for $1 each, until 15...
Tags: Powerball Lottery, ConAgra Foods Incorporated, Lifestyle and Leisure, Mega Millions Lottery, Lotteries
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Local home prices continue falling
SAN DIEGO -- San Diego's home prices dropped 0.6 percent between September and October, and fell by 4.5 percent from October 2010, according to the latest Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Indices released Tuesday.
In the monthly index, 19 of the...Tags: Concerts, Entertainment, Music
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Sanders joins gay-marriage coalition of mayors
City News ServiceSAN DIEGO -- Mayor Jerry Sanders will serve as a co-chair of "Mayors for the Freedom to Marry," a brand new initiative backed by 80 mayors aimed at changing the federal definition of marriage to include same-sex couples and forcing states to recognize...Tags: Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Republican Party, Marriage
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San Diego celebrates MLK's legacy
Fox 5 News StaffSAN DIEGO -- San Diegans began celebrating Martin Luther King Day Monday morning with the 24th annual All People's Breakfast at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. The slain civil rights leader would have turned 83 on Sunday. The keynote speaker is...Tags: Justice and Rights, Nobel Prize Awards, The Happiest News!, Martin Luther King Day, Civil Rights
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Mix-up prompts district-wide school lockdown
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- All 15 Carlsbad Unified campuses briefly went into lockdown Friday because a parent misunderstood an alert on their mobile device, police said.
The unidentified parent apparently read an alert about a possible gunman on campus that...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Georgetown University
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Walter Morris - Reporter
Walter first joined the Fox 5 news team as an Associate Producer in April 2011. He loved writing for the evening broadcasts, but he wanted to do more. Lucky for him, the guys in charge decided to give him a shot and now he’s living the dream as a...Tags: Chris Rock, Calvin Harris, Journalism, Correspondents (music group), Apple iPod
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Peters to challenge Bilbray for Congress
SAN DIEGO -- Scott Peters, the port commissioner and former San Diego councilman, announced Monday that he will run for Congress and challenge incumbent Republican Brian Bilbray.
"Some of our representatives have worked within the Washington, D.C.,...Tags: Brian P. Bilbray, Politics, Elections
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Obama pushes for payroll tax cut
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterWASHINGTON, D.C. - Before a crowd of about 1300 people in the battle ground state of New Hampshire, the President attacked Republicans on Capitol Hill for supporting tax breaks for the wealthy but not the middle class. "The Republicans voted no on my...Tags: White House, Politics, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama
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Local home prices down 5%
SAN DIEGO -- San Diego's home prices were 5 percent lower in May than during the same month last year, according to the Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Indices released Tuesday.
The index also showed that local home prices climbed 0.2 percent...Tags: New York, Prices, Real Estate
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Local economists glum after market dive
City News ServiceSAN DIEGO -- A University of San Diego business professor said Monday that the stock market dive is a result of the failure of the nation's political leaders to act cohesively when solving the debt ceiling issue in recent weeks. Alan Gin, known for his...Tags: Colleges and Universities, News Media, Marketing, National Government, Government
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Local emergency aid groups monitor Hurricane Irene
SAN DIEGO -- Emergency officials and aid groups in San Diego plan to monitor the impact of Hurricane Irene to see if any local help is needed on the East Coast, officials said Friday.
The hurricane is expected to make landfall in North Carolina...Tags: Foreign Aid, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Maine, Social Issues, Weather Warnings
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Supervisors recall being in D.C. on 9/11
City News ServiceSAN DIEGO -- Two San Diego County supervisors who were in Washington, D.C., when the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks took place said they feared for their daughters' safety for several hours, and were then amazed by how the nation's capital completely...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Health, U.S. Department of State, Southwest Airlines Co.
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