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You can’t dwell on losses: Jeff Fisher

You can’t dwell on losses: Jeff Fisher

A team can not dwell on losses, it learns from them and moves on, St. Louis Rams' head coach Jeff Fisher said in a recent interview.

The football coach and former player touched a number of topics during the interview, including close losses, Tavon Austin, Austin Davis and Frank Gore.

When asked about the Rams' recent close losses, he said, "Well you have to put them behind you. You can't dwell on them. You learn from them and you move on. I was proud of the way they battled back last week. The game's important to them."

Captured ‘albino’ cobra in California isn’t albino

Captured ‘albino’ cobra in California isn’t albino

The community of Thousand Oaks in Southern California breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday when animal control workers managed to capture a deadly albino cobra that was on the loose for many days.

Animal control officer Fred Agoopi said that the cobra tried to attack them but they were able to handle it with proper equipment they had. Various TV reports showed animal control officers using a long-handled tong-like grabber to capture the snake from a pile of scrap in a backyard.

They put the snake in a long wooden box, which was later taken to an animal shelter.

Unemployment Declines Marginally in California

Unemployment Declines Marginally in California

Last month, California recovered to the level of jobs before the period of 2008 economic recession. Country's joblessness stood at 6.1% in the month of June. The state's unemployment rate reduced to 7.4% from 7.6% and from 9% a previous year.

On the whole, the state in June added 356,400 payroll jobs with each passing year. As compared to December 2007, the Los Angeles County's deficit stood at 89,100 jobs last month.

California couple faces fine for conserving water

California couple faces fine for conserving water

A Southern California couple who tried to conserve water by cutting unnecessary use of the natural resource faces a monetary penalty of $500 penalty for not watering their lawn.

While the state water board recently approved mandatory outdoor watering restrictions, and announced any violations would attract a fine of $500 per day; administrators of the city of Glendora warned Michael Korte and his wife, Laura Whitney, that they could be slapped with a fine of $500 for not watering their lawn.

Hypertension can protect the elderly from dementia: study

Hypertension can protect the elderly from dementia: study

High blood pressure, which is also known as hypertension, can save the life of brain cells and protect against dementia in old age, according to a new study discussed at the recently held Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The research conducted by researchers at the University of California suggested that hypertension could protect people over 90 years of age from dementia by saving the lives of their brain cells.

Meg Whitman is new Chairman of HP

Meg Whitman is new Chairman of HP

Hewlett-Packard Company usually separates the roles of CEO and chairman but to protect the shareholders interest, it has named Meg Whitman, Chief Executive officer of the company as its chairman. The responsibilities have been assigned to Whitman as activist investor Ralph Whitworth recently stepped down from the post on health grounds.

Breaking California into 6 states will be a very complex process

Breaking California into 6 states will be a very complex process

While billionaire venture capitalist Timothy Draper recently claimed he had garnered enough signatures to place his proposal to split California into six separate states on the ballot in November 2016; opponents of the plan don't believe that it would succeed.

Mr. Draper has proposed to split California into six states: Jefferson, Silicon Valley, North California, Central California, West California and South California. He claims that splitting the country's most populous state would bring better, more local governments for all Californians.

Three iconic Tillamook buses stolen overnight in California

Three iconic Tillamook buses stolen overnight in California

Three iconic Tillamook Cheese microbuses, worth nearly $100,000 each, were stolen from a parking lot of California overnight, local police confirmed.

Sgt. Rob Armosino of Manteca police reported that the three bright orange-colored Volkswagen buses were stolen along with a truck and trailer from a Hampton Inn parking lot between 12:30 a. m. and 6:30 a. m.

At the time of the stealing, the completely restored microbuses were inside the trailer that was attached to a Ford F350 truck.

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