“¢bull; New York Gov. David Paterson appointed Kirsten Gillibrand to Hillary Clinton’s vacant Senate seat on Friday.
“¢bull; The average price of gas increased 7.6 cents across the United States. Fresno has the highest California city gas price of $2.10 per gallon.
“¢bull; A fire tore through a block of houses and damaged 15 homes in Pennsylvania late on Saturday, adding to a string of suspicious Pennsylvania fires and prompting city officials to declare a state of emergency.
“¢bull; The Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned a U.S. operation that he said killed 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday, while villagers partook in an angry demonstration to denounce the American military.
“¢bull; The last whale among 45 sperm whales stranded just off of the island state of Tasmania’s northwest coast died on Sunday after a long rescue effort.
“¢bull; Police shot a shoplifting suspect after she hit an office with her getaway car in Torrance on Sunday.
“¢bull; Miss Indiana Kaite Stam, 22, was crowned miss America in Las Vegas on Saturday.