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DEBBIE NODA/dnoda@modbee.com Nan Austin, Education reporter at the Modesto Bee(01-12-11)

Nan Austin's On Campus blog

The Bee's education writer follows the latest issues dealing with education in Stanislaus County...

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An inmate talks with his lawyer inside the Stanislaus County Jail in Modesto on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014.

Stanislaus County makes progress in appeal for $40 million in jail construction funds

Stanislaus County is persuading state officials that its request for $40 million in jail construction funds should be reconsidered and granted. Tuesday, an appeals panel of the Board of State and Community Corrections recommended overturning a January...

Sports

<span class="cutline_leadin">Fewer than 195 commercial lobster operator </span>permits exist in California, compared to 37,000 recreational lobster report cards this season.

Wilson on Outdoors: No survival exceptions to fishing, wildlife rules

Question: If a person in California found himself in an emergency survival situation and had to take California wildlife in an otherwise illegal manner in order to survive, do the various California Department of Fish and Wildlife or other laws specifically...

Opinion

<span class="cutline_leadin">Stephan Brown, left, of Gold River test drives a Tesla </span>during the third annual Plug In Day last September at the Folsom Premium Outlet Mall that featured a charging station.

Our View: Despite tax breaks, Tesla looks elsewhere to open new battery factory

Manufacturing jobs are golden, providing workers living wages and decent benefits. They’re also disappearing.

State

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. talks to reporters as she leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, after saying that the CIA's improper search of a stand-alone computer network established for Congress has been referred to the Justice Department. The issue stems from the investigation into allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program.

Senator: CIA improperly searched computer network

The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee accused the CIA Tuesday of criminal activity in improperly searching a computer network set up for lawmakers investigating allegations that the agency used torture in terror investigations during the Bush...

Living & Entertainment

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Teen Hall of Fame: Reilly O’Brien

Reilly O’Brien, a graduate of Central Catholic High School, accomplished many things during her high school career. Graduating with a 4.6 cumulative GPA, Reilly was valedictorian of her 2013 class. She now attends Lehigh University in Bethlehem... 3 hours ago

Business

CVS Caremark Corp. could face as much as $29 million in fines for allegedly losing track of prescription painkillers at stores in Modesto and Turlock and two other locations. Authorities said thousands of the pills may have been sold on the black market.

Authorities investigating missing painkillers from CVS locations, including Modesto and Turlock

CVS Caremark Corp. could face as much as $29 million in fines in connection with losing track of prescription painkillers at stores in Modesto and Turlock and two other locations. Authorities said thousands of the pills may have been sold on the black...

Nation & World

In this March 2, 2014 photo, a man gives money to a beggar after Mass outside the San Felipe Cathedral in the Arecibo Diocese in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Prosecutors are pursuing more than a dozen sex abuse cases in Puerto Rico, including those of six priests defrocked by the Diocese of Arecibo.

Abuse charges roil heavily Catholic Puerto Rico

First, the Catholic Church announced it had defrocked six priests accused of sex abuse in the Puerto Rican town of Arecibo. Then, local prosecutors disclosed that at least 11 other priests on the island were under investigation for similar accusations... 9 minutes ago