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Huntsman departs race, impact in SC unclear

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and KASIE HUNT - Updated: 5:40 pm

Days before the South Carolina primary, Jon Huntsman dropped out of the presidential race Monday and endorsed Mitt Romney for the party's nomination, becoming the latest Republican to call the GOP front-runner the strongest candidate to beat the Democratic incumbent.

Kings at Timberwolves: Five things to watch

By Jason Jones - Updated: 5:56 pm

Ricky Rubio has become popular around this city rather fast. His passing is one of the five things to watch tonight.

Hard-freeze warning tonight, rain to follow for Sacramento region

By Denny Walsh - Published: 12:30 pm

After two nights of below-freezing temperatures, rain is expected in the Sacramento region beginning late Wednesday.

For some, MLK holiday is a day off the job -- but not work

By Brad Branan - Updated: 6:13 pm

Martin Luther King Day festivities Kaiser Permanente employees and their family volunteered the day cleaning and painting the Firehouse Community Center in Del Paso Heights.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day meant a day off the job, but not free from work, for about 75 volunteers who painted and cleaned a community center in one of Sacramento's poorest neighborhoods.

Zappos says customer database hacked

The Associated Press - Published: 5:04 pm

Online shoe seller Zappos.com says a hacker may have accessed the personal information of up to 24 million customers.

El Dorado joins Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino in fish-friendly farm effort

By Carlos Alcalá - Updated: 12:42 am

El Dorado County farmers, the local resource conservation districts and a Napa-based nonprofit have banded together to establish a program in the foothills that – until now – had mostly been used near the wine-growing areas of Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino.

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A marcher's shadow passes an artist rendering of Martin Luther King that was on a float in the parade as he participates in the March for the Dream to celebrate Martin Luther King Day. View a photo gallery.
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Kaiser Permanente employees, physicians, nurses, staff members and their families honored the memory of Dr.King in Sacramento by volunteering their time and service to beautify the Firehouse Community Center in Del Paso Heights.View a photo gallery.
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Spain's King Juan Carlos, right tries to catch the attention of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, centre while Sarkozy talks with his wife, Spain's Queen Sofia at the Royal Palace in Madrid Monday Jan. 16, 2012.
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An anti-government protester waves a national flag after he climbed on a building in downtown Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. Dozens of demonstrators gathered in downtown Bucharest, Monday as Romania's prime minister warned that violent protests that left 59 injured over the weekend could jeopardize stability and economic growth. Police on Sunday clashed with a small contingent of around 1,000 protesters in the capital, after four days of demonstrations against austerity measures turned violent. Tear gas and flares were used to repel demonstrators hurling stones and firebombs.
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Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack outside the northern city of Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. A car bomb killed several people outside the northern city of Mosul on Monday, Iraq officials said, in the latest in a series of attacks to target the country's Shiites since the U.S. withdrawal.