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A car crashed through the front of the Langlois Music Company store at McHenry Village in Modesto, Calif.,Monday, July 21, 2014. A piano valued at $15,000 was pushed by the Mercedes opening a hole in the wall of the optometrist office next door.

Car crashes through front of Modesto music store

A car crashed through a McHenry Village music store Monday afternoon, sending a baby grand piano into the optometrist’s office next door.

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Modesto Nuts fall to Lancaster JetHawks in 12th inning of Cal League matchup

After taking a 6-5 lead in the top of the 12th inning, the Modesto Nuts gave up two runs in the bottom of the frame, resulting in a 7-6 loss to the Lancaster JetHawks on Monday night at The Hangar. Rayan Gonzalez replaced Shane Broyles to start the... 3 hours ago

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Assemblyman John A. Pérez

Our View: In aborted recount in state controller’s race, voters win

Assemblyman John A. Pérez deserves a thank-you from Californians for having the good sense to call off a recount Friday of the votes cast for state controller in the June primary. If it had gone on much longer, the spectacle could have had an...

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FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2013 file photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling gestures as the Clippers play the Sacramento Kings during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. The future of the Clippers is closer to decision as testimony resumes Monday, July 21, 2014, in a probate trial over whether a deal negotiated by Donald Sterling's estranged wife to sell the team for $2 billion is authorized under a Sterling family trust.

Witness: Sterling needs Clippers sale to pay debts

The chief financial officer of Donald Sterling's properties said Monday that the billionaire may be forced to sell a large portion of his real estate empire to cover $500 million in loans if he persists in refusing to sell the Los Angeles Clippers... 8 minutes ago

Living & Entertainment

Jeff Kahler: Dealing with an itchy problem

Skin problems, particularly itchy skin problems, can be quite frustrating to deal with, both as a caretaker trying to help our companion, and as a veterinarian with the same goal.

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A man speaks on a mobile phone in front of an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Asian shares rose Tuesday as tensions over the downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine eased after pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the aircraft's black boxes. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index added 0.8 percent to 15,343.28 as trading resumed after Monday's public holiday.

World stocks rise as Ukraine plane tensions ease

World stock markets rose Tuesday as tensions over the downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine eased after pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the aircraft's black boxes. 3 minutes ago

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A pro-Russian fighter walks past a piece of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine Monday, July 21, 2014. Four days after Flight 17 was shot out of the sky, international investigators still have had only limited access to the crash site, hindered by pro-Russia fighters who control the verdant territory in eastern Ukraine. Outrage over the delays and the possible tampering of evidence at the site was building worldwide, especially in the Netherlands, where most of the victims were from.

Ukraine Separatists agree to release bodies, black boxes

Pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine have agreed to hand over the black boxes from a downed Malaysian airliner, send the remains of victims by train to Kharkiv and give international investigators safe access to the crash site, Malaysian officials... 1 hour ago