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Homeless using ambulance service as a taxi

Last updated Monday, February 13, 2012 - 6:12pm

FRESNO, Calif. -- Two homeless men in Fresno, Calif., have called for an ambulance an average of nearly twice a day for more than a year, racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs and even more when they get to a hospital.

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A jet prepares for landing at Lemoore Naval Air Station, Wednesday, April 6, 2011, in Lemoore, California. A Navy pilot and a weapons systems operator from Strike Fighter Squadron 122 were killed when their F/A-18F Super Hornet jet crashed during a routine training flight. (Craig Kohlruss/Fresno Bee/MCT)

Investigators study wreckage to determine cause of Navy jet crash

Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee

Last updated Friday, April 8, 2011 - 10:30am

LEMOORE, Calif. -- Investigators were combing through the wreckage Thursday of an F/A-18F Super Hornet for clues to the crash that killed two Navy aviators the day before.

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Student body president who is illegal immigrant injured in crash

Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee

Last updated Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 10:46am

FRESNO, Calif. -- Fresno State University's controversial student body president apparently broke traffic laws in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday but likely will not be prosecuted on criminal charges.

Pedro Ramirez, 22, who became nationally known two months ago after announcing that he is an illegal immigrant, was driving a pickup that crashed into a tree and brick base around the tree, causing "substantial damage," said Fresno Police Capt. Andy Hall.

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