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2 children dead in West Point, older brother held

Brooke Donald

Facebook aims to help prevent suicide

Last updated Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 8:39am

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook is making it easier for people who express suicidal thoughts on the social networking site to get help.

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Authorities say a disgruntled employee opened fire at a meeting at a limestone quarry owned by the Lehigh Southwest Cement Company in Cupertino, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, killing two people and wounding at least four others. The man walked into a safety meeting about 4 a.m. with a handgun and rifle and opened fire, said Santa Clara County Sheriff's spokesman Jose Cardoza. The shooter then left the meeting and began walking around the quarry grounds. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Gunman at large after deadly Calif quarry shooting

Brooke Donald The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 1:15pm

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Authorities went door to door with guns drawn Wednesday in search of a disgruntled employee they say opened fire at a Northern California limestone quarry, killing two and wounding six, before possibly wounding another woman in an attempted carjacking.

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Worries about Calif. priest came early in career

Brooke Donald, Gillian Flaccus The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 9:07pm

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Even in his seminary days in the early 1970s, there were questions about California priest Stephen Kiesle: Colleagues said he had trouble relating to adults, lacked spirituality and didn't seem committed to anything but youth ministry.

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Parents of Pentagon shooter warned authorities

Brooke Donald, Tracie Cone The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 5, 2010 - 2:42pm

HOLLISTER, Calif. -- The Pentagon shooter had been behaving erratically, and his family feared in January that he had bought a gun, a law enforcement official said Friday.

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CA gay rights group: Wait for 2012 to attack ban

Brooke Donald The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 9:36pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- California gay rights activists are at odds over when to ask voters to repeal the state's same-sex marriage ban, with one of the largest groups saying it needs until 2012 to put together a winning campaign and two others saying they plan go to the polls next year.
For months, organizers have been weighing the best strategy for gaining back marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples following their devastating loss last fall, when voters passed Proposition 8 banning same-sex nuptials just months after the California Supreme Court ruled to allow them.
Outrage at the defeat caused gay rights activists to spill into the streets, their anger galvanizing supporters in California and elsewhere to push forward.
Yet at the same time, a rift developed among California activists, with critics claiming the failed "No on 8" campaign had focused too intensely on liberal enclaves along the coast and did not effectively reach more conservative areas of the state, or minorities.