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Paris Hilton repeatedly fussed with her hair and makeup in a federal courtroom Friday, sported six-inch stiletto heels and a black dress and amused the judge with a little wave on the way to the witness stand.
Furloughed and fired up, California's largest state employee union announced on Friday it would ask its 95,000 members to authorize a potential strike.
Toyota Motor Co. says it is considering dissolving its stake in a California manufacturing plant after General Motors Corp. pulled out of the joint venture.