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IID promotion offers energy-efficient appliances

IID was recognizing Public Power Week by initiating an Energy Efficiency Rebate Program. The promotion offered energy-efficient appliances like refrigerators, ACs, and dishwashers, where IID said customers could receive a double-the-usual rebate amounts. The program was set to last through the month of October. Customers could visit IID’s website at www.iid.com/rebates or contact IID’s Rebate

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Jury seated in trial of man accused of killing man at Cathedral City Applebee’s

A jury was seated Monday and opening statements were delivered in the trial of a man accused of gunning down a 31-year-old Cathedral City restaurant customer during an altercation. Willie Ramirez Bustamante, 34, of Cathedral City, is charged with murder and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations in the slaying last year of Ernesto

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Child sex crime investigation: 5-hour standoff ends with arrest of Yucca Valley man

A 27-year-old Yucca Valley man was arrested, accused of lewd acts with a minor and assault with a deadly weapon. Investigators said deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station received information the suspect had repeatedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old victim. The suspect was also accused of providing the victim with methamphetamine and marijuana. Investigators said

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Massive port strike begins across America’s East Coast, threatening shortages and rising prices

By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports, choking off the flow of many of America’s imports and exports in what could become the country’s most disruptive work stoppage in decades.

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