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• California governor calls for higher taxes, 4-day state workweek to fill $16 billion gap

  Updated at 4:55 p.m. ET: California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday asked state employees to work a four-day, 38-hour week as part of a package of massive spending cuts needed to help the state close an unexpected $15.7 billion budget deficit.

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• Mother's Day tragedy: Four women killed as Chicago crash rips car in two

  A speeding car hit a support beam of a Chicago elevated train track, crashing with enough force for the vehicle to split in two and killing four young mothers inside, authorities said Sunday. Family and friends grieving on Mother's Day said all four women were mothers who were o …

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• Woman, 21, dies in suspected road-rage incident

  A 21-year-old woman has died after a possible road rage incident in Virginia, NBC Washington reported late Friday. A woman got into a confrontation with someone in a black Chevrolet SUV and got out of her car in Hybla Valley, Fairfax County, Friday morning, police said.

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• Drunken grandparents use SUV to tow girl in toy car, deputies say

  Two drunken grandparents were arrested for using their vehicle to pull their 7-year-old granddaughter in a toy car, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said.

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• Unscreened baby leads to terminal evacuation, delays at Newark airport

  Who knew a baby could cause such a fuss at the airport? A baby who hadn’t been properly screened prompted authorities to shut down a section of a terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport for more than an hour Friday, Transportation Security Administration officials …

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