U.S. Top News: Stockton, California: The town the housing boom broke

Click to View in Browser 03/19/2012 Stockton, California: The town the housing boom broke NEW YORK/STOCKTON, California (Reuters) - For decades, Stockton, California suffered a civic inferiority complex. Los Angeles had celebrities and sunny beaches. San Francisco was awash in tech futurism and post-pubescent billionaires. Stockton was the polyester, buy-generic cousin, a dingy commercial hub for Central Valley farms that was just far enough from the San Francisco Bay area to be an irrelevance for the state's coastal elites. Dozens arrested at Occupy's 6-month anniversary rally NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested during the weekend as police cleared New York's Zuccotti Park, where demonstrators had gathered for the struggling movement's six-month anniversary. New beginnings for split Crystal Cathedral flocks GARDEN GROVE, California (Reuters) - After taking a breakaway congregation out of Crystal Cathedral, a daughter of the retired televangelist who built the faltering California mega-church led services on Sunday at a movie theater and urged followers to drop the mudslinging. Fund for victims of Ohio school shooting swells to $500,000 CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A fund set up to aid victims of the February 27 attack on students in Chardon, Ohio has swelled to $500,000 in the three weeks since the rampage, the deadliest U.S. high school shooting in six years. Alaska skiers rescued after being stranded by avalanche ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Two back-country skiers who became stranded for hours by an avalanche were rescued by helicopter early Saturday morning, the Alaska Air National Guard said. "Friends" line up for Obamacare Supreme Court challenge (Reuters) - So many friends. So little love. Such is the state of the amicus, or "friend of the court," briefs that have piled up in the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case involving President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law. New Jersey (no kidding) is among best corruption fighters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite a well-deserved reputation for scandals, New Jersey is among the state leaders in the fight against official corruption, with most states doing a poor job, according to a wide-ranging study released on Monday. Colorado wildfire destroys homes, prompts town's evacuation DENVER (Reuters) - A mile-wide, wind-stoked wildfire destroyed two homes in rural northeastern Colorado on Sunday, injuring three firefighters battling the blaze and leading authorities to issue an evacuation order for a farming town. FBI monitoring fatal Florida shooting case, as police criticized (Reuters) - Federal authorities said on Sunday they were in contact with local police investigating the killing of a black teenager last month by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated Florida community, an incident that has raised alarm among civil rights leaders. More summer-like warmth in central U.S., though storms loom CHICAGO (Reuters) - Forecasters predicted another day of unseasonably warm weather east of the Rocky Mountains on Sunday as one of the mildest winters on record entered its final week. Related Video Breakingviews: U.S. Treasuries rout could be on the cards Police kill five suspected militants Great Debate A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend