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...keep in mind that the housing market hasn't hit bottom. Looking at the gap between how much it costs to rent a place or to buy one, Deutsche Bank research analyst Lou Taylor concludes that in the bubbliest markets, renting is still the better short-term deal. Consider Sacramento, Calif., where rent runs about 40% of the monthly cost of buying, half of what it did a decade ago. Of course, not everyone can wait for the trough to become a homeowner. "If you just got married and your wife is pregnant with twins, you've not got much...
...bill that reflect deeper problems with the Corps and its enablers in Congress. The Corps is funded almost entirely by "earmarks,? specific projects requested by specific Congressmen, so there's no way to prioritize between national emergencies (such as stronger levees to prevent a Katrina-style catastrophe in Sacramento) and preposterous pork (such as a notorious $459 million flood-control scheme for Dallas, a study of a $3 billion dam on the Susitna River that Representative Don Young wants in Alaska, or the seven water and sewage treatment projects that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tucked into the bill...
...highest jump at the prestigious Penn Relays. Christensen had an off day at NCAA Regionals, finishing ninth and also narrowly missing the automatic cut for nationals. However, based on the strength of her previous performances, Christensen earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships, to be held in Sacramento, Calif. from June 6-9. The pole vault was also an area of strength for the Crimson, with three strong junior vaulters. Clara Blattler took first at indoor Heptagonals, while co-captain Sally Stanton and Jitka Tomas were competitive all season. Tomas showed some versatility by also placing second...
Karen M. Campbell, SACRAMENTO, CALIF...
...proposal would be a bad idea. "If you give the same sentence for molesting a little girl as for molesting and killing a little girl, it seems an incentive to go ahead and kill her," said Michael Rushford, head of the pro-death penalty Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Sacramento, Calif...