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May 20, 2013

Ten-Year-Old Girl Shot and Killed
Monday, May 20, 2013The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says the shooting death on Sunday of a ten-year old North Highlands girl was not an accident and investigators need help finding the girl’s killers.

Discovery of Mystery Creature May Provide Clues to Clarity of Lake Tahoe
Monday, May 20, 2013An unidentified creature has been found near Lake Tahoe. Now scientists are trying to figure out if it should be eradicated or preserved and studied.

Capitol Roundup: Controversial Community College, Medical Marijuana Bills Advance
Monday, May 20, 2013The California Assembly has approved a bill that would allow community colleges to offer extra courses at higher costs.

Half Dome Cables Up On Friday
Monday, May 20, 2013In Yosemite National Park, the cables that hikers use to climb to the top of Half Dome will be in place on Friday - about a month earlier than usual.

Massive Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma City Suburbs
Monday, May 20, 2013A massive tornado nearly two-miles wide, with wind speeds up to 200 mph, ripped through the southern suburbs of Oklahoma City, Monday. The state medical examiner has confirmed 51 dead. Follow NPR and KFOR TV coverage: Update: 10:33 p.m. PT

Interest in Downtown Development Increases With Sale of Kings
Monday, May 20, 2013The sale of the Sacramento Kings will likely affect several development projects near a proposed arena in Downtown Sacramento.
Apple's 'Complex Web' Helped It Avoid Taxes, Panel Finds
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said the tech giant claimed that three key offshore companies were not tax residents of either Ireland or the U.S. One of those subsidiaries paid no taxes for the past five years while it reported income totaling $30 billion.
Tweets Capture 'Shock And Awe' At Tornado's Deadly Power
Twitter captures firsthand accounts and reaction from the massive tornado that swept through central Oklahoma.
Key Charge Against Ex-BP Official In Spill Case Dismissed
A federal judge ruled that prosecutors failed to prove the executive knew about a pending congressional investigation into oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The decision left in place a second charge against the executive, for allegedly making false statements to investigators about the oil flow rate.
A Brief History Of Oklahoma Tornadoes
The state straddles Tornado Alley and has had a number of especially strong twisters leave a path of death and destruction in their wake.
Latest Health Hurdle: Buying Insurance Without A Bank Account
Most health plans accept a credit card for the first month's premium and then require customers to pay monthly with a check or an electronic transfer from a bank account. For people without a banking relationship, these transactions can be tricky.
Business Owner Describes Major Destruction After Tornado
Melissa Block talks to Casey Mongold, owner of Casey's Tire and Auto in Moore, Okla., where a tornado caused widespread destruction on Monday.
Forecasters Had Chance To Warn Moore, Okla., Before Tornado
Melissa Block talks to Jon Hamilton about the science of tornadoes.
Tornado Ravages Oklahoma City Suburb
Melissa Block talks to Joe Wertz of the public radio initiative State Impact about the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City area on Monday.
The Low-Tech Way Guns Get Traced
There is one place in the country where a law enforcement agency can trace a gun found at a crime scene back to a buyer: the ATF's National Tracing Center in West Virginia. But the tracing process is usually tedious, involving multiple phone calls and searching, by hand, through paper records.
Boeing's Dreamliner Returns To U.S. Skies After Grounding
Boeing's Dreamliner 787 has made its first U.S. flight since being grounded back in January after problems with its batteries. Boeing has redesigned the battery and put it in a fire-proof box. The midday United Airlines flight flew from Houston to Chicago.

Insight: The Arts and Basketball / Stem Cell Cloning / Nicolas' Garden
Monday, May 20, 2013Will a new sports and entertainment complex in downtown Sacramento help or hurt the area's other arts orgnizations? UC Davis stem cell researcher on new developments in cell cloning. Eight-year-old releases new app for kids looking for healthy habits

Insight: Kings Sale / Capitol Chat / "Next Fall" / Susie Glaze and the Hilonesome Band
Friday, May 17, 2013A deal has been reached between the Maloofs and a new ownership group for the Kings. Katie Orr on budget revision reaction and Prop. 13. Resurrection Theatre takes on heavy themes. Bluegrass band performs in our studios and is in Winters tonight.

Ticket Sales Brisk For Sacramento Music Festival
Monday, May 20, 2013Recent changes to the long-standing festival are already yielding results.

Theatre Review: A Little Princess
Monday, May 6, 2013This show at the Sacramento Theatre Company is about the desperate poor and the moneyed elite living in London a century ago. It might sound somewhat Dickensian, but this show is actually a new musical getting its premiere production this month.









