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The City of Modesto and SuperKarts USA held a preview event Tuesday (07-29-14) at Vintage Faire Mall. A sneak peek of the upcoming Modesto Grand Prix.

Vintage Faire Mall gets preview of Modesto Grand Prix

Vintage Faire Mall shoppers got a sneak peek Tuesday of this weekend’s Modesto Grand Prix. 14 minutes ago

Sports

It’s early in training camp, but Matt Schaub of the Raiders is showing signs of returning to being the quarterback who led the NFL in passing yards, completions and attempts and made two Pro Bowls in seven seasons with Houston.

Schaub getting mojo back

NAPA – The anointed starting quarterback for the Raiders is strengthening his hold on the position in this training camp instead of losing it.

Opinion

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice walks on the field during a training camp practice, Thursday, July 24, 2014, at the team’s practice facility in Owings Mills, Md.

Editorial: NFL punishment for Ray Rice does not fit the crime

NFL to fans – hitting your girlfriend is not as bad as smoking pot.

State

Attorney Steve Berman speaks at a news conference Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in Chicago after the NCAA agreed Tuesday to settle a class-action head-injury lawsuit by creating a $70 million fund to diagnose thousands of current and former college athletes to determine if they suffered brain trauma playing football, hockey, soccer and other contact sports.

NCAA settles head-injury suit, will change rules

The NCAA agreed on Tuesday to help athletes with head injuries in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit that college sports' governing body touted as a major step forward but that critics say doesn't go nearly far enough. 9 minutes ago

Living & Entertainment

After teen pilot’s crash, how young is too young?

The deadly crash of a teenager on an around-the-world flight brought new attention to the dangers of record-setting youth adventures, and questions about how young is too young to fly a plane.

Business

Cars move through the drive-thru at a McDonald’s in a 2011 photo. McDonald’s was told Tuesday that it can be named a “joint employer” for workers.

McDonald’s jointly liable for workers, ruling says

The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Tuesday that McDonald’s could be held jointly liable for labor and wage violations by its franchise operators – a decision that, if upheld, would disrupt longtime practices...

Nation & World

A Palestinian man carries a wounded girl at the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya after receiving treatment for her wounds caused by an Israeli strike at a U.N. school in Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday.

Shelling of UN school kills 15; Israel calls for 4-hour cease-fire

Israeli Israeli tank shells slammed into a crowded U.N. school sheltering Gazans displaced by fighting on Wednesday, killing 15 and wounding 90 after tearing through the walls of two classrooms, a spokesman for a U.N. aid agency and a health official... 6 minutes ago