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Police Seek Bomb-Maker in California Driveway Blast

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VACAVILLE, Ca.- State and federal authorities are investigating an explosion that left an elderly Northern California man seriously wounded after police say a Sunday newspaper blew up when he retrieved it.

Investigators evacuated the Vacaville neighborhood for hours after the blast as they collected evidence and searched for other possible devices. They found none, but neighbors remain on edge.

The victim, a man in his 80s whom police would not identify, was being treated Monday at a Sacramento hospital with injuries to one hand, arm and side. His injuries were considered serious but not life-threatening.

Police say the blast was an "isolated incident."

Assisting Vacaville police with the case are the bomb squad from Travis Air Force Base and investigators from the California Highway Patrol, FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

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New York Jail Serves Up Culinary Punishment

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jail-loafLAKE GEORGE, NY - Jails aren't typically known for their fine dining. New York's Warren County Jail may be an exception. Inmates who behave are being served chicken tettrazini, rolls, butter, an orange and milk for lunch.

Those who misbehave get "the loaf."  It's real name is Nutri-Loaf.

"You start with Great Northern Beans, mashed up to get the juice to flow out of them," says the jail's kitchen manager. Then they add canned spinach, tomato paste, carrots, soy cheese, potato flakes, powdered milk oil, raisins, and wheat bread crumbs.

They form into a loaf with their hands and bake it for 45 minutes. It's served by the pound, on a tray, with a cup of water. Nothing else.

"It's meant to let the inmates know they're going to behave, and if not, they're going to be served this, three meals a day for seven days," says Sheriff Bud York.

The sheriff says the loaf has been an effective deterrent, attacks on officers are way down since they started serving it. Word has spread and new inmates are saying they don't want it.

York is also using TV as a deterrent. He's cut back on the channels inmates can watch. "I've given them what I call the BBC, Bud's Basic Cable. And that's the weather channel, the 24-hour news networks, the food channel and the religious network."

Inmates are left praying they don't get served the loaf. The sheriff says it's perfectly legal, but it's awful.

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Georgia Man Dies After Rollover Accident in South Dakota

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BELVIDERE, SD - The Highway Patrol says a Georgia man was killed in a rollover crash on Interstate 90 near the southwest South Dakota city of Belvidere.

Troopers say 54-year-old Paul Edwin Pierce III, of Snellville, Ga., lost control of his vehicle Saturday morning after attempting to pass a snowplow on the slushy highway. The patrol says the vehicle went into the median and rolled.

Troopers say Pierce was able to walk away from the crash and was talking on his cell phone at the crash site when he became unresponsive. The patrol says he was taken to a nearby hospital where he died.

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