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Robert Crist gets a hug from teacher Lori Figueroa after he received his high school diploma during a commencement ceremony for the first graduating class from the Come Back Kids charter school at the Peterson Event Center in Modesto on Thursday December 19, 2013. The Come Back Kids charter school, run by the Stanislaus County Office of Education, gives dropouts a second chance to finish their work and receive a high school diploma.

Stanislaus County dropouts come back, take graduation walk

A second chance high school for dropouts celebrated its first graduation ceremony. The Stanislaus County Office of Education applauded the Come Back Kids school's 26 graduates Thursday night, as well as higher than expected growth in the program for...

Sports

Close to 100 Central Catholic enthusiastic supporters were there to cheer their football team as they left for Carson.

Central Catholic Raiders take off for CIF State Championship (with video)

The Central Catholic High School football players boarded their bus for Southern California Thursday morning en route to the CIF State Championship Bowl game.

Opinion

Should passengers be allowed to use cellphones to make voice calls during flights?

Our View: Continue voice call ban on airplanes

Getting ready to fly off for the holidays? Well, try not to let the ordeal get you down. You’ll likely have to squeeze into a cramped seat, compete for space in the overhead bin and pay extra for nearly every onboard perk – already including...

State

Omari Sealey, left, uncle of Jahi McMath, speaks with attorney Christopher Dolan prior to a media conference Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, in front of Children's Hospital in Oakland, Calif. Jahi McMath remains on life support at Children's Hospital Oakland nearly a week after doctors declared her brain dead, she had tonsil surgery on Dec. 9 to help her with sleep apnea but began bleeding and experienced cardiac arrest later that night. Doctors declared her brain dead on Dec. 12.

Family asks not to remove girl from life support

The family of a 13-year-old Northern California girl declared brain-dead after having surgery to remove her tonsils is asking a hospital not to take her off life support during the holidays.

Living & Entertainment

<span class="cutline_leadin">From left, </span>Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence in a scene from &#x201C;American Hustle.&#x201D;

Modesto’s Jeremy Renner talks film, fatherhood and franchises

Modesto native Jeremy Renner talks “American Hustle” and how fatherhood has changed his outlook on the movies.

Business

<span class="cutline_leadin">Mulberry Lane&#x2019;s shea butter </span>soap sells for $7.25 and comes in a variety of custom scents.

Stocking Stuffers: Sudsy, sweet-smelling soap from Mulberry Lane in Modesto

You might tend to consider bath items like soaps a gift for women. But the folks at Mulberry Lane suggest them for both men and women, and they make a good point.

Nation & World

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, file photo, a woman walks past a Christmas Nativity scene installed at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida state officials overseeing holiday displays at the Capitol have said yes to a Nativity scene, a Festivus pole and even a chair holding a fake pile of pasta with eyeballs and an accompanying proverb created by the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. But they are drawing the line with Satan. The Department of Management Services emailed The Satanic Temple on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, telling the group its proposed display of an angel falling from heaven into an open fire was &#x201C;grossly offensive.&#x201D; During this year's holiday season, several groups have been allowed to put up displays in the Statehouse rotunda because the area is considered to be a public forum.

Fla. rejects request to install Satanic display

Officials overseeing holiday displays at the Florida Capitol have allowed a Nativity scene, a Festivus pole and even a chair holding fake pasta with eyeballs and an accompanying "provHerb" from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

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