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Section of Highway One Near Big Sur Crashes Into Pacific Ocean

Big Sur businesses will remain OPEN.

(BIG SUR, Calif.) - Big Sur residents and other travelers are fortunate today after a section of Highway 1 tumbled 200 feet straight down to the beach below.

New Report: Race Helps Drive Healthcare Debate

Blacks, Latinos Support Law; White Opposition Correlates With Racial Bias.

(BERKELEY, Calif.) - A new report finds a startling racial dimension to the ongoing debate about efforts to repeal or de-fund the national healthcare reform law enacted last year.

The analysis of national survey data by Greenlining Institute Research Director Daniel Byrd, Ph.D., finds strong support for the Affordable Care Act among racial minorities, while among white voters, racial bias correlated with opposition to the law.

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Files Brief in Support of Constitutionality of Health Care Reform

Other states joining California in this brief are Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Oregon and Vermont.

(SACRAMENTO) - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit strongly asserting the legality of federal health care reform and urging the court to uphold the law.

Can Erin Brockovich Rescue the Marines?

Brockovich has penned a fictional thriller about industrial contamination called, "Rock Bottom".

(SALEM, Ore.) - The old Marine air base at El Toro is a rotting toxic mess that politicians & businesses have tried in vain to manipulate into a park and subdivision.

Marines need the hand of a star player, and Erin Brockovich could really help.

Give Charlie Sheen a Break

He's one of if not the best male actor on television, and with the way sports personalities are paid such ridiculous salaries, why not let Hollywood's royalty have some room?

(LOS ANGELES) - Nobody is going to convince me that NBC didn't light Charlie Sheen poorly this week during his interview with Jeff Rossen; and one of the network shows this week put on the chump hat by using an ultra wide fisheye type filter to make Sheen appear distorted.

Downward camera angles; super wide shots to make Charlie Sheen look small with their (had to be) intentionally non-flattering lighting; baited questions for his girlfriends about whether or not they represent a "mother" figure to his twins; what a total set up that was.

White House Requests Meeting with Seattle Times to Bully Against Pro-Pot Editorials

The ex-Washingtonian is expected Friday to discuss pot with the paper.

(SEATTLE) - The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy director Gil Kerlikowske wanted to fly to Seattle to speak personally with the paper's full editorial board after they ran an editorial supporting a bill to tax and regulate marijuana.

Bruce Ramsey, the editorial writer, says the White House called “right after our editorial ran, so I drew the obvious conclusion... he didn’t like our editorial.”

Former MADD President Busted for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol

Police say former MADD chapter president had been driving erratically, swerving and crossing lanes.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A former president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Debra Oberlin, used to dedicate her life to keeping drunk drivers off the road and in many cases, behind bars.

Military Ethics: `Do the Right Thing`

The veteran who seeks medical care and disability compensation when there’s a delay in the onset of injuries is often met with open hostility by the DOD, the VA, and his own medical care providers.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.) - The Navy and Marine Corps are faced with the choice of ‘doing the right thing’ by supporting legislation to provide medical care and compensation to those injured from exposure to environmental hazards while on active duty.

If not the Corps will face the backlash of a public outcry for not doing so, including lawsuits from dependents and civilian workers that could run into the billions of dollars.

`We the Forgotten People of the United States...`

And so the voices cry in the wilderness the lies that have sustained them these many decades.

(LAVERNE Ca.) - Let’s admit it, the country has been stolen.

Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards Update

Entries from around the globe including Chile, Fiji, Western Australia, Tasmania, Mexico, Oregon, California and Hawaii.

(NEWPORT BEACH) - With the competition window of the 11th Annual Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards closing in just over a month, a stunning list of new developments have supercharged the event like never before.