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Galaxy devices are powered by Android operating software that Google makes available for free to gadget makers
Violet (right) and Julie Walters at their home in California in 2011
Urs Hoelzle, senior VP of technical Infrastructure and Google Fellow, talks about the technology behind Google
Urs Hoelzle, senior VP of technical Infrastructure and Google Fellow, talks about the technology behind Google
Rupert Murdoch will chair both companies after News Corp splits
Rupert Murdoch will chair both companies after News Corp splits
Along with the new hardware, Google said it is beefing up its Google Play store to offer more entertainment
Along with the new hardware, Google said it is beefing up its Google Play store to offer more entertainment
Along with the new hardware, Google said it is beefing up its Google Play store to offer more entertainment
Vandeweghe handed a 6-1, 6-3 victory to her opponent
Emissions-producing diesel trucks and cars pass non-polluting windmills
Microsoft's Surface tablet computer
Woody Allen attends the Los Angeles Film Festival premiere of 'To Rome With Love' on June 14
LA Film Festival Director Stephanie Allain, director/producer Woody Allen, Soon-Yi Previn and LAFF director David Ansen
Rare and endangered California condors gather on a ledge in Marble Gorge
Condor endangered
One of the two California Condors donated by the San Diego Zoo in California to the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City
A rare and endangered California condor flies through Marble Gorge
Michael Jackson fans left thousands of roses at his tomb, marking the third anniversary of the King of Pop's death
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
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Los Angeles drills response to 7.8 quake

By Staff Reporter  AFP American Edition
Mar 21, 2013 21:02 EDT
Emergency teams staged a mock operation to respond to a catastrophic 7.8-magnitude quake in Los Angeles, saying the West Coast megalopolis needs to be ready for an "overdue" Big One.
 

Trouble on the US farm: crops rot, growers seek workers

by Leila Macor  AFP Global Edition
Mar 21, 2013 02:22 EDT
Here's a mess with no easy fix: American crops going unpicked -- it's backbreaking work Americans won't touch -- and poor migrants in need of work shying from it for fear of being abused.
 

US offers $5 mn for rapping jihadist, Shebab leader

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 20, 2013 23:21 EDT
The United States offered bounties of $5 million each for the arrest of two Americans, including a man known as the rapping jihadist, said to have joined Islamic militants in Somalia.
 

NASA denies report that Voyager left solar system

by Kerry Sheridan  AFP Global Edition
Mar 20, 2013 16:06 EDT
The US space agency on Wednesday denied a claim made in a scientific study that its Voyager 1 spacecraft had left the solar system, describing the report as "premature."
 

Scientists claim new glasses-free 3D for cellphone

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 20, 2013 14:17 EDT
Fancy watching a movie on your mobile phone, where figures leap out from the screen in 3D, rather as Princess Leia did in that scene from "Star Wars"?
 

Yahoo! buys maker of personal recommendation app

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 20, 2013 12:21 EDT
Yahoo! on Wednesday announced that it has bought Jybe, the startup behind a smartphone application that makes local entertainment or dining recommendations based on what people like.
 

Britain tries to reassure bloggers on new press rules

by Robin Millard  AFP Global Edition
Mar 20, 2013 01:40 EDT
The British government has insisted that bloggers and posts on social media would not be caught by a new system of press regulation, but campaigners warned the new rules could be open to interpretation.
 

Govt tries to reassure bloggers on new press rules

by Robin Millard  AFP European Edition
Mar 20, 2013 01:37 EDT
The government has insisted that bloggers and posts on social media would not be caught by a new system of press regulation, but campaigners warned the new rules could be open to interpretation.
 

'Rockefeller' killer explained grave as 'plumbing'

by Michael Thurston  AFP Global Edition
Mar 19, 2013 22:44 EDT
The German who posed as a Rockefeller family member after allegedly killing a man in California explained the freshly-dug soil in his back yard as plumbing work, a witness said.
 

Yahoo! mulling major stake in video website Dailymotion

By Staff Reporter  AFP American Edition
Mar 19, 2013 22:25 EDT
The Wall Street Journal reported that Yahoo! may take a controlling interest in France-based online video-sharing website Dailymotion.
 

Seven US Marines killed in training exercise

By Staff Reporter  AFP American Edition
Mar 19, 2013 18:45 EDT
Seven US Marines were killed and seven more wounded when a mortar round exploded while still in its launch tube during a training exercise in Nevada, the military said Tuesday.
 

US porn filmmaker sued over condom rule

By Staff Reporter  AFP American Edition
Mar 19, 2013 18:03 EDT
An AIDS support group announced legal action Tuesday against a US porn film company for allegedly failing to enforce a new Los Angeles law requiring actors to wear condoms while on set.
 

Del Potro commits to Queen's

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 19, 2013 13:42 EDT
Indian Wells finalist Juan Martin del Potro has become the latest leading player to announce he will take part in the traditional Wimbledon grasscourt warm-up event at London's Queen's Club in June.
 

US flies B-52 bombers over S. Korea

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 19, 2013 05:43 EDT
The United States said it was flying training missions of nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over South Korea, in a clear signal to North Korea at a time of escalating military tensions.
 

US flies B-52 bombers over S. Korea

By Staff Reporter  AFP Asian Edition
Mar 18, 2013 22:32 EDT
The United States said it was flying training missions of nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over South Korea, in a clear signal to North Korea at a time of escalating military tensions.
 

US 'Rockefeller' con-man murder trial starts

by Michael Thurston  AFP American Edition
Mar 18, 2013 19:10 EDT
A German man managed to pass himself off as a member of the storied Rockefeller family, "hiding in plain sight" for years after killing a young husband in California, US prosecutors said Monday.
 

Electronic Arts chief out as earnings ebb

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 18, 2013 17:42 EDT
Electronic Arts on Monday announced that chief executive John Riccitiello is stepping down and that the US videogame giant would make less money than initially expected this quarter.
 

Resurgent Nadal sets sights on clay-court season

by Rebecca Bryan  AFP Global Edition
Mar 18, 2013 15:17 EDT
Rafael Nadal appears poised to reign again on the clay courts of Europe, now that his balky knee has stood the test of the world's best on the punishing hard courts of Indian Wells.
 

US promises S. Korea all military resources

By Staff Reporter  AFP American Edition
Mar 18, 2013 14:19 EDT
US Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Monday promised to provide South Korea with every military resource under the US nuclear umbrella at a time of heightened tensions with North Korea.
 

California wine maker who beat French dies at 86

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 18, 2013 13:23 EDT
Jim Barrett, the American vintner whose chardonnay famously defeated the might of France in 1976 and helped put California's Napa Valley on the map, has died at the age of 86.
 
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Facts from the Wikipedia page:

State of California
Flag of CaliforniaState seal of California
FlagSeal
Nickname(s): The Golden State
Motto(s): Eureka[1]
before statehood, known as
the California Republic
Map of the United States with California highlighted
Official language(s)English
DemonymCalifornian
CapitalSacramento
Largest cityLos Angeles
Largest metro areaGreater Los Angeles
Area Ranked 3rd in the US
 - Total163,696 sq mi
(423,970 km2)
 - Width250 miles (400 km)
 - Length770 miles (1,240 km)
 - % water4.7
 - Latitude32° 32′ N to 42° N
 - Longitude114° 8′ W to 124° 26′ W
Population Ranked 1st in the US
 - Total36,961,664 (2009 est.)[2]
33,871,648 (2000)
 - Density234.4/sq mi  (90.49/km2)
Ranked 11th in the US
 - Median income US$54,385 (11th)
Elevation 
 - Highest pointMount Whitney[3]
14,494 ft  (4,418 m)
 - Mean2,900[citation needed] ft  (884 m)
 - Lowest pointDeath Valley[3]
-282 ft  (-86-282 feet (−86.0 m) m)
Admission to Union September 9, 1850 (31st)
GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger (R)
Lieutenant Governorvacant
U.S. SenatorsDianne Feinstein (D)
Barbara Boxer (D)
U.S. House delegation34 Democrats, 19 Republicans (list)
Time zonePacific: UTC-8/-7
AbbreviationsCA Calif. US-CA
Websitehttp://ca.gov