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  <title>California, Florida theme parks still draw biggest crowds</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:09 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Altogether, the top nine parks on the list of most-visited in the U.S.  were Disney parks and Universal parks in Florida and California.  SeaWorld parks in Orlando and San Diego were No. 10 and 11, followed by  Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, Calif.]]></description>
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  <title>A pay raise could be on the way for state lawmakers</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:20:24 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[An independent panel is set to decide if the governor, lawmakers and other elected officials will get a pay raise.]]></description>
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  <title>Medical problem possible in Hwy. 99 big rig crash</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:28:18 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A semitruck veered off Highway 99 and into some train tracks Tuesday morning. A witness reportedly found the driver behind the steering wheel afterward struggling the breathe.]]></description>
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  <title>'Reality is setting in' as search continues for man at lake</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:52:56 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A Bakersfield man went missing in Isabella Lake while on a Father's Day outing with his family.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T17:52:56-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Sheriff's unit announces arrests for stolen farm equipment</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:45:17 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The Rural Crime Investigation Unit of the Kern County Sheriff's Office announced a pair of recent arrests.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T17:45:17-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Kern County business, ag leaders warn against Medi-Cal bill</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:27:14 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Kern County business and agriculture leaders gathered Tuesday at the  Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce to speak against AB 880, the  &quot;Medi-Cal program costs: large employer responsibility&quot; bill working its  way through the statehouse.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T17:27:14-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>South Bakersfield market robbed</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:37:54 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A market on South H Street was hit Tuesday by an armed robber, according to police.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T16:37:54-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Juvenile justice: California locking up far fewer young people</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:54:17 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[California is a national leader in reducing the number of juvenile  offenders incarcerated in state and county lockups, according to a study  advocacy groups released Tuesday.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T15:54:17-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Farm record for Fresno County: Grapes exceed $1 billion in value</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:51:16 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Fresno County's annual crop and livestock report for 2012, released  Tuesday, found the total gross value for grapes was $1.1 billion, up 15  percent from 2011. Grapes have remained the county's No. 1 crop for more  than a decade.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T15:51:16-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>6-year-old boy killed by relative's dog</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:46:57 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A 6-year-old San Francisco Bay area boy died after he was attacked by a relative's dog, authorities said Tuesday.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T15:46:57-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>LA City Council votes to ban plastic bags</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:16:08 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The council voted 11-to-1 Tuesday for the law, which would also require stores to charge 10 cents apiece for paper bags.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T15:16:08-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Man charged with tossing wife off cruise ship</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:59:33 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he  strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in Italy.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T14:59:33-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Taft police nab man on warrant, suspect him of burglary</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:50:29 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Police arrested a man early Tuesday on an active warrant and on suspicion of committing a recent unrelated burglary.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T11:50:29-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>3 years in prison for hit-and-run driver in deadly motorcycle crash</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:31:43 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A man was sentenced Monday in Kern County court to three years in prison for a hit-and-run crash that killed a motorcycle rider last summer.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T11:31:43-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Problem properties: 'It's just making our neighborhood look bad'</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Residents are complaining about a batch of vacant properties creating an eyesore and hazards in their neighborhood. It's an area near Pacific and Virginia streets in east Bakersfield. Neighbors say they worry about who's supposed to be living in some houses and how to keep people out of others.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T11:12:00-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>73 Kern County firefighters help with Carstens Fire</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:47:20 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[More than 70 Kern County firefighters with five engines have headed north to help battle a wildfire near the main route into Yosemite National Park.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T10:47:20-07:00</atom:published>
                  <atom:updated>2013-06-18T10:59:24-07:00</atom:updated>
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  <title>'Good kid' dies in sheriff's department custody</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:01:02 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[For the second time in just over a month, a man has died in the custody of the Kern County Sheriff's Department. Officers report ambulance personnel found two baggies in the man's throat. That was the second time an ambulance was called out to respond.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T09:01:02-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Right to remain silent can be used against you in court</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:56:37 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Local defense attorneys reacted strongly to Monday's Supreme Court ruling in which the high court said that if you remain silent before police read you your Miranda rights, that silence can and will be used against you in court.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-17T23:56:37-07:00</atom:published>
                  <atom:updated>2013-06-18T13:06:31-07:00</atom:updated>
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  <title>Wal-Mart puts forward plans to build new store in Lamont</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:43:08 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has proposed to build a new store in Lamont at the southeast corner of Di Giorgio Road and Weedpatch Highway. The 130,000-square-foot store would open within the next two or three years on what is now a large farm.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-17T22:43:08-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Man goes missing in Isabella Lake</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:25:10 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A Bakersfield man went missing in Isabella Lake while on a Father's  Day  outing with his family. His wife is almost certain he drowned, as   sheriff's crews wrap up a second day of searching.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T00:25:10-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Video: Hay fire sends plumes of smoke into air</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:19:07 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The fire broke out around 9 a.m. Monday at a dairy farm off Old River Road near Interstate 5 south of Bakersfield. Officials haven't said what started the fire or how much damage was done.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-17T17:19:07-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Teens start summer internships</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:24:26 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Monday was the first day of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County’s teen summer internship.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-17T18:24:26-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Man convicted of killing estranged wife in 2011</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:26:20 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[An Orange County man has been convicted of shooting to death his estranged wife after following her from the preschool where she worked.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-17T16:26:20-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>California bill would let cities decide on restricting public information</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:40:04 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Cities and counties could dramatically restrict the information they release to the public without explanation under a bill approved by the state Legislature and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown.]]></description>
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  <title>Dramatic rescue in the Sierra Buttes caught on camera</title>
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