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Bison Escape Take Over NY Freeway

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Four bison escaped from a farm Upstate and took to the New York State Thruway to evade their owner and police on Saturday.

The bison could be seen running on and along the sides of the heavily-traveled toll road. The animals were eventually captured and taken back to their farm in Saugerties.

Police said the bison's joy ride didn't result in any accidents or injuries.


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Alonso, Kemp Power Padres to 4th Straight Win

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The San Diego Padres bats picked up starter Andrew Cashner to secure a series win in Cincinnati. Cashner struggled again giving up 7-earned runs over five and two-third innings.

It was 7-3 Reds in the top of the 7th when Yonder Alonso stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs. Alonso, who has been a spark for the Friars offense since coming off the disabled list Tuesday, battled with Reds relief pitcher Tony Cingrani before sending his second homerun of the season over the right field wall tying the game at 7. That was the Padres Major League leading 4th grand slam of the season.

Two-innings later it was Matt Kemp with a bases loaded single off Jumbo Diaz to put the Padres up 9-7. Kemp finished the day with 5-RBI’s.

Padres win 9-7. This is the first time this season the Friars have won 4-games in a row.

Odrisamer Despaigne gets the start for the Padres tomorrow against Johnny Cueto as San Diego goes for a series sweep. First pitch is 10:10 a.m. local time.



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Men Rescued From Flaming Boat in NY

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Three men were rescued from the chilly waters off the Long Island coast Saturday after their boat caught fire, police said.

The 25-foot Chris-Craft boat was in Great South Bay, about two miles north of Cherry Grove, when the three men on board noticed smoke coming from the boat's engine compartment. They attempted to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher but the extinguisher wouldn't work.

Matthew Biagi, 41, of Forest Hills, and his two passengers put on life jackets, jumped overboard and called 911 just before 7 p.m., Suffolk County police said

They were pulled from the water by police about 15 minutes later and treated for hypothermia. The boat was extinguished by fire boats from the Blue Point and Bayport fire departments.

The boat was then turned over to an arson squad for examination.



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Planes Land on Ca., Nev. Highways

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A small single-engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing on southbound Highway 101 in Northern California late Saturday night — and the pilot managed to land it without any injuries to the four people inside, the California Highway Patrol confirmed to NBC News.

Engine troubles forced the pilot to attempt the landing near Coyote Creek Gulf Drive in Morgan Hill, south of San Jose, the CHP said. Officials with Cal Fire said crews were dissipated at 11:09 p.m. for the plane

The plane was towed off the road to the San Martin Airport at 12:39 a.m., the CHP said. The Federal Aviation Administration is set to investigate the cause of the engine trouble.

In an apparently unrelated incident, another small plane made an emergency landing on Interstate 80 in Churchill County, Nevada.

None of the passengers in that plane were injured, and the plane manged to get into the air again, the Nevada Highway Patrol said in a tweet Saturday night.



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How American Pharoah Stacks Up Against Triple Crown Winners

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A Triple Crown victory is a rare triumph. 

Since Sir Barton managed the feat in 1919, only 11 other horses have ever won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes in the same year.

On Saturday, American Pharoah won the 1½-mile Belmont in 2:26:65 minutes, capping his wins at the Derby and the Preakness and ending a record 37-year drought without a Triple Crown champion.

But how would the new champion of American horse racing stack up against his predecessors in the Belmont? Here's a look at all 12 Triple Crown winners to see who would win a best-of-the-best matchup in the so-called "Test of the Champion."

The Winner: Secretariat (2:24:00, 1973)

Secretariat not only took the Triple Crown after 25 years without a title winner, his 2:24 finish also set a Belmont record that to this day has never been broken. Secretariat utterly conquered the field, crossing the line 31 lengths ahead of runner-up Twice a Prince. Secretariat was honored as the Horse of the Year a year before his historic Triple Crown victory, which was a rarity for two-year-old horses. After the 1973 Triple Crown, Secretariat competed in nine more races, winning six, placing second twice, and coming third only once.

2) Affirmed (2:26:48, 1978)

Affirmed's final time for the Belmont Stakes was the third-fastest in history. The horse was best known for his rivalry with Alydar, who matched strides with the Triple Crown hopeful from the mile pole at the top of the stretch in a tense 1978 Belmont race. The Belmont Park crowd held its collective breath as Alydar and Affirmed dueled over the homestretch, battling for supremacy until Affirmed did just that for a Triple Crown win.

3) American Pharoah (2:26:65, 2015)

American Pharoah delivered a victory for Egyptian-born owner Ahmed Zayat, who bred the colt and put him up for sale before buying him back for $300,000. His name came courtesy of the family's online contest, in which a woman from Missouri submitted the winning moniker. The misspelling — normally it's "pharaoh" — went unnoticed until the name was already official.

4, tie) War Admiral (2:28:12, 1937)

Son of the renowned purebred Man o' War, the mighty War Admiral made it to the finish line three lengths ahead of second-place Sceneshifter —  but his win came at a cost. "The Admiral" had been rowdy at the race's start, repeatedly crashing through the gate and delaying the race for nine minutes. He sliced off a piece of his right front heel after he stumbled at the break, leaving behind a trail of blood as he ran.

4, tie) Count Fleet (2:28:12, 1943)

Count Fleet's owner John D. Hertz, founder of the rental car company, disliked his horse's rambunctious nature, but Hertz was unsuccessful in his attempts to sell the thoroughbred. Hertz's opinion of his horse changed, however, when he watched Count Fleet win the Triple Crown by 25 lengths — a record that stood for 30 years until Secretariat's run.

4, tie) Citation (2:28:12, 1948)

On the day of the 1948 Belmont Stakes, Citation was a 2-5 favorite. The crowd watched in surprise as the bay stumbled at the beginning of the race — but Citation fought back, surging into the lead on the turn. He hit the wire five lengths in the lead, tying his time with War Admiral and Count Fleet. Citation became the first racing millionaire with a bankroll of $1,085,760 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1959.

7) Seattle Slew (2:29:36, 1977)

A breeding manager called Seattle Slew "ugly" when the colt was born because he had no white markings and big, floppy ears. The colt was rejected several times based on his appearance and unimpressive pedigree. Cast off, he was eventually bought by two young couples from Washington. Slew raced on a muddy track in the 1977 Belmont Stakes and proved his doubters wrong, becoming the first horse with an undefeated record to win the Triple Crown.

8) Omaha (2:30:36, 1935)

Omaha suffered a setback when the gates opened on a sloppy track in 1935. His jockey, Willie Saunders, was able to quickly calm down Omaha and get the racehorse back on track to become the third Triple Crown winner by a 1½-length margin.

9) Assault (2:30:48, 1946)

At first glance, Assault was not the pinnacle of a healthy, winning race horse: He suffered from kidney problems, had a misshapen hoof, weighed less than 1,000 pounds and was, overall, a petite contender in a field dominated by big horses. When the liver chestnut ran, however, it was described as flawless. While Lord Boswell was the favorite for that year's Belmont Stakes, Assault made it to the wire with three lengths to spare.

10) Whirlaway (2:31:00, 1941)

Whirlaway was no prize to his jockey, Eddie Arcaro, who called the chestnut "not the best, but the runningest". The chestnut's signature move was running off to the outside of the track to make wide turns. In fact, in 1940, Whirlaway hit an outer rail before winning the Saratoga Special. On the day of the Belmont Stakes, Arcaro let Whirlaway go to the front with a mile to go, allowing the team to win by a 1½ margin.

11) Gallant Fox (2:31:36, 1930) 

During practices, the affable horse loved to be with company and often set out with a team of horses — none of whom could never keep up with Gallant Fox. Jockey Earle Sande had come out of retirement to ride Gallant Fox, who gave Sande his third Derby victory and won the Belmont Stakes by three lengths. 

Also ran: Sir Barton (2:17:24*, 1919)

Sir Barton was the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes before "Triple Crown" was even coined. He was a notoriously cranky colt who disliked humans and had soft feet which caused him to lose shoes during races. When Sir Barton won the Triple Crown in 1919, the length of the race was shorter by an eighth of a mile.


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Girl Runs Away After SAT Test: Police

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A girl was dropped off at a Los Angeles-area high school to take the SAT test Saturday morning. When her parents returned to pick her up hours later, she was missing.

Mira Hu, 16, messaged her brother saying she was overwhelmed by school and the SAT test, and was running away, according to an Arcadia Police Department news release.

A San Marino native, Hu is 5-foot-3, 95 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, police said. She was last seen in a black jacket and black jeans, with a large navy backpack.

Hu's parents dropped her off at Arcadia High School at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, police said, where she was last seen.

Police believe she may be traveling to Central or Northern California.

Police ask anyone with information to call 626-574-5121.



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Protesters Camp at LA Mayor's Home

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Protesters who want police held accountable in the shooting death of unarmed, mentally ill Los Angeles man Ezell Ford arrived in front of the mayor's house Sunday morning and didn't plan to leave until Tuesday.

The dozen or so protesters, with the Black Lives Matter movement, were seeking a sit-down with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti before Tuesday, when the results of an investigation into Ford's August 11 shooting will be released. They demanded that Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck be fired.

"We are literally sick and tired of the excuses of the killings of young black folks in our communities and these cops getting away with it," said protester Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter movement.

Ford, 25, was shot in South LA during a scuffle with officers, according to the police account of the incident. The LAPD said Ford didn't comply with a request to stop, made suspicious movements and grabbed for an officer's gun after tackling them.

Ford's mother told NBC4 that she's heard the officers involved in the shooting will be cleared, following a Los Angeles Times report that the two shootings will be found justified.

"The mayor's house is intimate," Cullors said when asked why the protesters were demonstrating there, adding that.

"Ezell Ford was murdered on his block and we want to bring the stories of black folks and what we face on a daily basis to the front of Mayor Garcetti's house," she said.

Representatives from Garcetti's press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the protest and gave no comment to the Times.

Days after the shooting, the LAPD pledged that it would conduct an urgent and transparent investigation. The Los Angeles Police Commission will take up the two investigations, conducted by the LAPD and an independent watchdog, on Tuesday, commission President Steve Soboroff said.

Cullors said the protesters outside Garcetti's house said they wouldn't leave until the Tuesday meeting "unless he decides to get a hotel somewhere, and then we'll figure out where that is and we'll show up there as well.



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Coronado’s Free Summer Shuttle Revs Up

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A free shuttle service is returning to Coronado this summer, making it easier for visitors to cruise around the island and get to popular spots.

This year, Coronado’s Free Summer Shuttle service will run from June 7 through Sept. 13 – the peak summer tourist season.

Each bus begins and ends its round trip at the Coronado Shores, stopping along the way at hot spots like Hotel del Coronado, downtown, the Civic Center, shops and, of course, the beach.

The summer shuttle buses will run every 20 minutes, seven days a week. The service runs from 9:02 a.m. to 9:42 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 9:02 a.m. to 10:42 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

 

This year, a third bus has been added to increase the service frequency from 30-minute to 20-minute intervals at every stop. A ride schedule will be available at local hotels, businesses and in each shuttle.

The summer shuttle service is paid for by the Coronado Tourism Improvement District. It’s the Metropolitan Transit System’s highest performing route in terms of passengers carried per hour of operation. The service replaces the normal MTS 904 route, providing four more hours of daily service during its summer run.

This year, the shuttles will be adorned with a bright wrap featuring a red VW van topped with a surf board, so they will be easy to spot and board.



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Olympic Training Center’s 20th Anniversary

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The Chula Vista U.S. Olympic Training Center (CVOTC) marked its 20th anniversary Sunday with a community celebration featuring lots of fun, heart-pumping Olympic activities.

The 20th anniversary party is being held through 5 p.m. at the center located at 2800 Olympic Pkwy. The event is free and open to the public.

There, guests will have a chance to try their hand at Olympic and Paralympic sports including BMX, archery, field hockey, rugby, beach volleyball, soccer and wheelchair tennis. Guests can also experience running with a blindfold and guide runner like some of the CVOTC’s visually-impaired athletes.

In order to participate in the sporty activities, guests will need to wear closed-toe shoes and sign a waiver, organizers said. That waiver can be downloaded here.

For those more comfortable as spectators, CVOTC resident athletes will take part in Olympic and Paralympic sports demonstrations beginning at 11 a.m. The full demo schedule can be seen here.

Food and refreshments will be available for purchase at the event and the on-site Team USA Shop will also be open to shoppers.

Attendees can also enter an NBC 7 contest to win two passes for an exclusive VIP breakfast at the anniversary celebration.

The CVOTC first opened in June 1995. The facility rests on a 155-acre complex adjacent to Lower Otay Reservoir in San Diego County. It serves as a year-round, warm-weather training center dedicated to the development and performance of America’s future Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

The center has sport venues and facilities for archery, beach volleyball, BMX, canoe/kayak, cycling, field hockey, rowing, rugby, soccer, tennis, track & field, triathlon and cross-training abilities for various winter sports.

The center supports athletes chosen to train at the facility by providing housing, dining, local transportation, recreational facilities, athlete services and professional development programs.
 



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"Rager" Busted by SDPD, Teen's Dad Could Face Charges

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From beer cans to medicine bottles, trash was scattered Saturday along a dirt road south of San Diego. They were the remnants of a so-called "rager" Friday night.

A South Bay father could be facing charges after a party that was planned to celebrate the end of the school year was broken up by San Diego Police.

“It was fun, it was really hyped up."

That's how one teenager described the party hosted by a high school student and his father at a ranch along Sunset Avenue and Saturn Boulevard, just a few miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

According to a few attendees, nearly 300 teens packed the property.

San Diego police estimated the guests at more than 100 high school students from several different schools. Officials said alcohol and ecstasy were being used.

Four minors who, police say, appeared to be inebriated were rushed to nearby hospitals.

So with flyers in hand and a heavy heart, Saturday morning Julie Alcala searched for her daughter Samantha.

"After the neighbor told me here that he saw four girls here laid out, passed out unconscious and they were around my daughter's age,” Alcala told NBC 7. “ I don't want to leave."

Alcala searched the area for the 14-year-old San Ysidro High School student after hearing about what happened at the party in a news article.

"I just want her home and if anybody can help putting flyers, making copies, I do need help making copies and just anywhere we can get her face out there."

Another parent spoke to NBC 7 and explained that he gave his son permission to go to the party.

He didn’t want to be identified but he did want to say it's hard to cast blame on the parent who told police he hosted the party.

"The drugs and the alcohol is everywhere. So it's one person's actions, you have to be responsible for yourself," the father said.

San Diego Police said there was an adult at the party who identified himself as the host and admitted he supplied his son with alcohol.

Under the city’s social liability host law, that could mean, he's legally responsible.

Ed. Note: The 14-year-old San Ysidro HS student was located Saturday in San Ysidro. 



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"Stop Snitching:" Woman Warned After Posting Vid of Theft

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San Diego Police will investigate online threats received from an East County woman who says she’s being retaliated after posting surveillance video of a man stealing items from inside her car.

The Lemon Grove woman, who asked to be identified only as Shariny, said the response from her post was overwhelmingly positive but for a few very concerning comments.

“It’s scary to know that he's out there,” she told NBC 7 Saturday.

She’s referring to the man captured on surveillance video getting into Shariny’s unlocked car, stealing a stroller and several other small items and walking off camera.

“It's a violation to hardworking people,” she said.

So Shariny posted the video to an East County group page on Facebook and got a huge response. She says several people turned over valuable information to investigating officers.

But among the posts were some disturbing comments including a picture demanding she “stop snitching.”

“It's scary because you never know when you're in danger,” Shariny said.

Cameras are still up and running around Shariny's home with added motion sensor lights.

She has also spent time away from home and gotten rid of the car.

She said she’s been told by San Diego Police that they will pick up their investigation on Monday.

Those comments posted have since been deleted from the East County group’s Facebook page.

Nearly 100 Arrested Outside Brad Paisley Concert

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Nearly 100 people were arrested or cited by Chula Vista police outside the concert for a Grammy-winning country music artist Saturday.

Most of those arrested or cited were minors, accused of alcohol violations in the parking lot outside Sleep Train Amphitheater.

California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control joined Chula Vista police in the sweep of those tailgating before the Brad Paisley concert.

They say 85 individuals ranging in age from 17 to 20 years old were arrested on charges of minors in possession of alcohol.

Four adults were arrested for giving alcohol to minors. Two minors were arrested for having false IDs.

All of those arrested were released with a misdemeanor citation or released to their parent/guardian with a pending court date, police said.

The minors face a minimum of a $250 fine and 24 hours of community service. The adults face a minimum fine of $1,000 and 24 hours of community service.



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Man Shoots, Kills Wife in Parking Lot: Police

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A man shot and killed his wife in the parking lot of a business complex in Scripps Ranch Saturday afternoon and then fled, the San Diego Police Department confirmed.

Police said suspect Jeremy Green got into a verbal altercation with his wife at around 2:10 p.m. in the 9600 block of Business Park Avenue near Old Grove Road. He then allegedly shot her multiple times in the upper torso and fled the scene.

When officers arrived, they found a 37-year-old woman lying in a parking lot suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The woman died from her injuries at the scene, police said.

After the shooting, investigators said Green left the area in his silver 2007 Chevrolet Corvette with the California license plate 5YGE642.

As of 8 p.m., he remained at large.

Police described Green as a 40-year-old white man with brown hair and brown eyes. He's 5-foot-8 and weighs 185 pounds.

Police said Green is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone who spots him should not approach him, and instead should immediately call authorities. Anyone with information on this shooting or Green's whereabouts should call the SDPD Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

The victim's name was not immediately released by police, pending family notifications.

The deadly shooting is under investigation. Police have not released details of the domestic dispute between the couple or on the motive.

The shooting took place near the Scripps Montessori School owned by M.K. Newton. She said she rushed down to the school after hearing shots had been fired in the area. She said two of her employees were inside the school at the time of the incident.

Local Bikers Rally in Texas

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Among the thousands of bikers who attended a rally in Waco on Sunday were several dozen from North Texas who gathered in Arlington for the drive down.

They arrived in groups and on their own, with American flags and specially made signs for the event.

Skee Dodson, out of Texoma, duct taped a sign to his windshield that read "I am not a gang member."

"We're doctors, lawyers and brokers, but we're not gang members and I just want to make sure nobody mistakes me for a gang member," Dodson said.

Many of in the group belonged to biker clubs, but the majority felt they've been mischaracterized in the wake of a Waco shootout that involved at least five different motorcycle clubs.

Mel Robins, vice president of the Sons of Liberty Riders and a McKinney resident, helped organize the Arlington meeting spot. He said a vast majority of those in motorcycle clubs are in them to do good, not cause problems and are certainly not gang members.

"Our club, we're about to do our 3rd annual 9/11 Memorial ride," Robins said. "We enjoy to ride, we're in a club because we like to get involved in political things."

Robins says they are particularly involved with motorcycle safety and other groups do charity work year round. On Sunday, the motorcycle enthusiasts exercised their First Amendment rights as they spoke out for those still in jail in Waco following the shootout.

"It is our intent to do a peaceful, silent protest," Robins said. Riders were asked to bring signs and some made theirs before departing.

"I think we're here in solidarity to support innocent people who have gone to jail who were in the wrong spot at the wrong time," Dodson said.

More than 100 of the more than 170 arrested were charged with organized crime and remain in jail on a $1 million bond. It's a bond figure the riders feel is excessive and illegal.

Those assembled in Arlington on Sunday do recognize some of those in jail are indeed bad actors.

"But the other people who were there innocently, they're the ones that need to get out, they should have been out yesterday," Dodson said.

Their efforts led the group on a ride of over 100 miles from Arlington to Waco where they felt their voices could be heard. The group felt it was a chance for the Sons of Liberty to live up to their mission.

"For the safe keeping of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights," said Robins.

Arlington Police were present at the gathering but only served to escort the large group of riders safely through high-traffic areas between Six Flags Mall and Interstate 20.



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Baby's Remains Found, Mom Arrested

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A woman suspected of killing her infant child and hiding the remains in a storage shed, where they were found Thursday, was arrested this weekend in the Inland Empire, authorities said.

Maria Esthela Torres, 31, was booked into jail on suspicion of murder on Saturday, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in a news release. The Bloomington resident allegedly hid the body of her 8-month-old boy in the storage shed more than a year ago and didn't reveal its location to her family.

Deputies haven't released the infant's cause of death. The boy's body was discovered Thursday afternoon in a storage shed at a business in the 10100 block of Linden Avenue in Bloomington, deputies said.

Torres was arrested two days later, and is being investigated for allegedly accepting donations from members of a local church and the community for burial fees for the death of the child that were not apparently used for that purpose, deputies said.

Homicide detectives determined that the infant was killed more than a year before his remains were discovered. Family and friends did not know that the infant's remains were in the shed.

"She's where were she needs to be, because nobody does that to a kid," said neighbor Andrea Magana, adding that Torres has three children and is pregnant.

Neighbors said Torres turned to a community group at Saint George Catholic Church to care for the infant they called "Baby Joel" after she lost her home.

Caretakers at the church said Torres claimed the baby had "thin blood." They said she appeared "fine" and "looked like nothing was going on" after her son had died.

Torres is being held without bail at the West Valley Detention Center. Deputies ask anyone with information about the case to call 909-387-3589 or anonymously at 1-800-782-7463.



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New Docs Told What They Know Will Soon Be "Just Plain Wrong"

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One of the world’s leading experts in biochemistry and genetics told graduating medical students that medicine is changing so rapidly, most of what they had just learned will soon be viewed as “just plain wrong.”

J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., one of the first scientists to map the human genome, addressed 115 graduates of UC San Diego School of Medicine Sunday.

It is the first of several commencements over the next two weekends at the university.

Venter told the graduates this may be the most dynamic period in medicine.

“There's going to be such a major transformation over the next 40 years, that most of what you just learned will be viewed historically as naive, overly simplistic and just plain wrong," Venter said.

He then turned and apologized for that remark to school administrators.

He predicted that, within a decade, these new doctors will find it hard to believe they practiced medicine without knowing the genome of their patient first.

He also said the cost of identifying a patient's genome could drop from its current price tag of $1,000 per genome to a few hundred dollars within 10 years.

Venter earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Physiology and Pharmacology from the University of California at San Diego.
 

3 Fast Food Restaurants Robbed

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Police are looking for a man who robbed three fast food restaurants Sunday.

The unidentified man, armed with a handgun, held up employees at three Jack-in-the-Box locations within two hours.

At just after 5 a.m., San Diego police were called to the restaurant at 5155 College Avenue, near the campus of San Diego State University.

Three miles away, the Jack-in-the-Box at Mission Gorge Road and San Diego Mission Road was robbed at 6:25 a.m., police said.

Several minutes after that, the restaurant at Mission Gorge Road and Princess View Drive approximately two miles away was robbed, according to police.

In each incident, a man entered the restaurant, showed employees a gun in his waistband and demanded money.

Officials say he was seen running to a white sedan after one of the robberies.

No one was injured. No information was given on the amounts of cash stolen.



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Boy, 11, Found Walking on OC Highway; Mother Located

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Authorities were interviewing a woman believed to be the mother of an 11-year-old boy found wandering on a highway in Orange County early Monday morning.

The boy appears to be autistic, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. A deputy with the department found the boy walking on the Crown Valley Parkway just north of the 5 Freeway in Mission Viejo at about 1:45 a.m.

The boy was having trouble verbalizing his name and where he is from, officials said. But investigators located the boy's mother, the department's Twitter account said.

Deputies later clarified that they received a tip about a woman presumed to be the boy's mother,

"The biggest concern is how somebody htat we beleive to be 10-12 years oldl could be msising and nobody be msising him," Lt. Jeff Hallock said.

The brown-haired, blue-eyed boy was not hurt and may be named Jabriel, the department said on Twitter. He was wearing a yellow shirt and black shorts that have the letters "WPMS" on it.

The boy was placed in the care of Child Protective Services while investigators interviewed the woman believed to be his mother.



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Shotgun Found in Park May Be Tied to Scripps Ranch Shooting

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A shotgun found in Marian Bear Memorial Park Sunday is now part of the search for a Rancho Bernardo man accused of shooting and killing his wife in a Scripps Ranch parking lot.

A 37-year-old woman was found shot multiple times in the upper torso at an office complex on Business Park Avenue Saturday afternoon. She died from her injuries at the scene, police said. 

A statewide alert has been launched for Jeremy Green, 40, of Rancho Bernardo, a prime suspect in the shooting.

San Diego Police homicide investigators say Green got into a verbal altercation with his wife in the parking lot around 2:10 p.m. and drove away from the scene. 

He's believed to be driving in his silver 2007 Chevrolet Corvette with the California license plate 5YGE642.

As of 3 p.m. Sunday, police said they found a shotgun in Marian Bear Park which is approximately 30 miles south of the shooting scene, along State Route 52 just west of Interstate 805.

There was no confirmation that the firearm found was the gun used in the shooting, police said. However, officers told NBC 7 they are adding the gun into the evidence of the homicide investigation. 

Court records indicate Green's wife filed for divorce in April.

Green's online profile notes he used to be in the Air Force but currently works in sales.

He has three children ages 7 to 17. San Diego Police told the media late Saturday that the children were "fine."

Green has brown hair and brown eyes. He's 5-foot 8-inches tall and weighs 185 pounds.

Police said Green is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone who spots him should not approach him, and instead should immediately call authorities. Anyone with information on this shooting or Green's whereabouts should call the SDPD Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
 

Paper Woman Fights Off Carjacker

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A 62-year-old newspaper deliverywoman refused to relinquish her vehicle to a would-be carjacker, telling the suspect, "No one is taking my car again," authorities say.

The woman, who works for The Jersey Journal, was delivering papers near Lexington and West Side avenues in Jersey City Saturday when she noticed a black car following her, police said.

She got out of her 2011 Hyundai at one point to drop off some papers and waved for the car to drive around her, but the car moved up in front of her vehicle, blocking it. A man jumped out of the black car and told her to step away from her Hyundai, authorities said.

The suspect shoved the woman, but she shoved him back and told him no one was taking her car.

The woman told police a woman wearing a traffic vest who had been sitting on the passenger side of the black car during the confrontation then slid to the driver's side; the man got back into the car and they drove off.

The woman followed the would-be robbers, saw them make a U-turn in front of a Hyundia dealership and flee west across the Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge, she told police.

The woman couldn't get the make or model of the vehicle; she said it had tinted windows, a gold shield badge on the windshield and green laundry bins in the backseat. She told police no weapon was shown.



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