Archive for April, 2009

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L.A. man called city’s most prolific serial killer

Associated Press 8:31 PM April 30, 2009

John Floyd Thomas Jr. suspected in the rape and strangulation of up to 30 women over two decades.


Reports: Supreme Court Justice Souter to retire

Associated Press 8:22 PM April 30, 2009

George W. Bush appointee took the bench in 1990.


Five jailed in black market pharm scheme

Wire Services 8:04 PM April 30, 2009

Suspects accused of illegally obtaining 2,500 pills worth more than $70,000.


Arrest made in San Diego tax scam

Wire Services 7:49 PM April 30, 2009

Funds totaling $105,000 siphoned from tax returns.


Althea Technologies opens new facility

By Staff 6:12 PM April 30, 2009

New campus will serve outsourcing needs of biopharmaceutical client companies.


Len Simon: Poker — a novice story

By Len Simon 5:54 PM April 30, 2009

Follow Len — a rookie — in his quest to make the final table.


Swine flu tests pending for 13 San Diegans

Wire Services 5:03 PM April 30, 2009

There were no new confirmed cases of swine flu in San Diego County Thursday, but health officials said tests are pending for 13 people who probably have the disease. Eight people have so far tested positive for the disease in San Diego, none of whom required hospitalization, according to Dr. Wilma Wooten, [...]


Customs to install new screening devices at border

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz 4:59 PM April 30, 2009

Mexican customs will install new devices at all ports of entry that will ensure drugs and weapons aren’t being brought into the country.


Scaffolding accident in downtown San Diego

Wire Services 4:57 PM April 30, 2009

Two window washers found themselves precariously suspended about 100 feet above downtown San Diego Thursday after the rigging on their scaffolding failed.
The accident at the intersection of West Broadway and Kettner Boulevard occurred about 1:30 p.m., leaving the platform hanging vertically against the high-rise office building on which the men were working, according to police [...]


Man’s body found stabbed in Ocean Beach

Wire Services 4:55 PM April 30, 2009

The body of a man who apparently had been stabbed to death was found this morning in Ocean Beach, police said.
The slaying was reported shortly before 6 a.m. by someone who ran into a service station and told a clerk that an injured man was lying in front of the nearby Ocean Beach Library, according [...]

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