Sheriff’s deputy accused of viciously punching 15-year-old girl, yanking her hair and using ‘excessive force’.

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• A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
• A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
• A billion hours ago our ancestors were
  living in the Stone Age.
• A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
• A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

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A woman faces child endangering charges after police said she admitted to breastfeeding her child and talking on a cell phone while driving, according to police.

When a police officer spoke to her, she admitted she breastfed her child and also told police that she does not deprive her child when the child is hungry.

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Following three consecutive years of below-average rainfall and the largest court-ordered water transfer restrictions in state history, the Governor proclaimed a statewide drought and issue an Executive Order directing immediate state action to deal with the crisis.

“This drought is having a devastating impact on our people, our communities, our economy and our environment, making today’s action absolutely necessary,” the Republican governor said in his statement.

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A 58-year-old Wal-Mart employee who said he “couldn’t take it anymore” lit himself on fire in a parking lot.

At least 10 people, including some teenagers, witnessed the suicide and several attempted to help the man by throwing their coats on top of him in an effort to put out the flames.

Wal-Mart suicide

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