Train car severs man's arm, leg
Daily Breeze - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-14, 08:14 GMT
A transient sleeping under a Union Pacific train in Hawthorne was seriously injured Tuesday when workers moved the car.

California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban
Santa Barbara Independent - 0 KB- Found: 8 hours ago
Santa Barbaras Pacific Pride Foundation to rally at courthouse tonight.

Farmworkers union complains about Mathison orchard
The Wenatchee World - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 23:12 GMT
WENATCHEE - United Farm Workers of America is alleging poor treatment of some 100 cherry pickers it says were recruited from Washington and Oregon to a non-union Kyle Mathison cherry orchard near Bakersfield, Calif.

Dave PonTell remembered as pioneer in Big Bear Valley
Big Bear Grizzly - 0 KB- Found: 5 hours ago
David F. PonTell, a 38-year resident of Big Bear Lake, died Sunday, May 4, 2008, of natural causes. Born Nov. 28, 1923, in Monterey, Calif., he grew up on the Monterey Peninsula in Pacific Grove, finishing high school as class president.

Union Advances Five to Sectional Track
The Missourian - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 23:26 GMT
Union qualified for five sectional spots at a unique Class 3 District 2 event it hosted. It was a two-part meet for Union, which had part of the meet on Saturday. Bad weather forced the remainder of the meet to be postponed until Monday.

Army investigates damage to Boeing copters
Seattle Times - 0 KB- Found: 20 hours ago
Pacific Northwest U.S. Army criminal investigators are looking into damage to two military helicopters on a production line at a Boeing...

Dollar Financial Corp to Present at Seventh Annual JMP Securities Research Conference
Centre Daily Times - 0 KB- Found: 12 hours ago
Dollar Financial Corp (NASDAQ:DLLR), a leading international financial services company serving under-banked consumers, today announced that Jeff Weiss, Chairman and CEO, and Jeff Wheatley, Managing Director - Global Strategy and Development, will present at the Seventh Annual JMP Securities Research Conference on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific time / 3:00 p.m. Eastern time at the ...

Yukon police target railroad violators
News On 6 Tulsa - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-14, 01:18 GMT
Associated Press - May 13, 2008 8:15 PM ET YUKON, Okla. (AP) - Police in Yukon rode along with a Union Pacific train today and wrote nine tickets and two warnings for failure to stop at a...

Track conditions signal railroad intent to abandon
The World - 0 KB- Found: 14 hours ago
The Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad has given notice its ready to abandon the Coos Bay Rail Line.

Silicon Valley News Notes
MetroActive - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-14, 04:43 GMT
South County narrowly missed earning itself a Darwin Award on April 27, when a Gilroy teenager survived being hit by a northbound Union Pacific freight train . The 19-year-old, who had been sitting on a railroad tie near Leavesly Road while listening to his earphones, apparently didn't hear the locomotive approaching him on the tracks.