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The Sacramento Bee fired award-winning photographer Bryan Patrick on Friday after finding three cases, going back to 2009, in which he digitally manipulated photographs. Patrick was suspended earlier this week when a reader raised questions about his published photo that showed a great egret catching a frog, with a snowy egret reaching to grab it.

The day her house burned, police took her away finally, neighbors said. Jamie Atwater needed help, neighbors and a relative said Wednesday afternoon as they watched Modesto firefighters spray the burned out home on Waring Way.

PC World, Wired, and other media outlets have reported that the new iPhone 3G S models have been running a little hot-hot enough to turn their white plastic cases brown, according to Wired ..Apple Support has acknowledged an overheating problem with both the 3G S and 3G phones, when they "run certain applications in hot conditions or direct sunlight for long periods of time, such as GPS tracking in a car on a sunny day or listening to music while in direct sunlight."

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Florcita Valdez, 34, of Ceres called police after her 2-year-old boy went missing for about 30 minutes from their family home. The Ceres Police Department has opened a criminal investigation into the drowning of the boy, Aurelianao Valez, 2, who was discovered by rescue workers in the family's algae-tainted backyard pool minutes after authorities were called.

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The travels of the first wild wolf documented in California in nearly 90 years can now be viewed online. The California Department of Fish and Game on Friday published a map of the route taken by the wolf, dubbed OR7 by Oregon officials before it crossed into California on Dec.

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The final movement of Mahler's Ninth Symphony is a slow rumination on mortality, with quiet sections played by strings alone. During the New York Philharmonic's performance Tuesday night, it was interrupted by an iPhone. The jarring ringtone-the device's "Marimba" sound, which simulates the mallet instrument-intruded in the middle of the movement, emanating from the first row at Avery Fisher Hall.

While the job of social media editor seems fairly new at most news organizations, it's been around long enough for some people to outgrow it. After guiding Facebook pages, Twitter accounts and more since 2008 at the Cincinnati Enquirer, TBD (where we worked together) and The Huffington Post, Mandy Jenkins is moving on.

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