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State appeals federal tribal gaming ruling
The state Attorney General's Office is appealing a federal ruling that barred the state from seeking payments from an American Indian tribe in exchange for allowing the tribe to add slot machines at its casino.
The state also asked U.S. Magistrate Judge William McCurine Jr. on Thursday to stay his decision pending the outcome of the appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
McCurine ruled last month that the state couldn't demand payments from tribes in exchange for new gambling deals unless it offered something in return. The right to offer slot machines was not enough, he said.
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Senate OKs real estate filing fee hike
The state Senate has approved a bill to let counties increase real estate filing fees by $1 to help fund prosecutions for housing fraud.
California has the second highest rate of home foreclosures in the country, behind Nevada.
As that problem continues to grow, prosecutors say a rising number of scam artists is trying to take advantage of residents who are at risk of losing their homes. They will promise them fraudulent refinancing schemes, for example.
State Sen. Dave Cox says the housing trouble is prompting so many real estate frauds that the cases are straining the budgets of district attorneys' offices throughout the state.
LA VERNE
Mountain lion dies after being sedated
A mountain lion found in a San Gabriel Valley neighborhood died after being tranquilized by wildlife authorities, officials said.
The big cat was spotted sitting on a sound wall next to Interstate 210 early Tuesday, said Harry Morse of the state Department of Fish and Game.
Wardens tranquilized the animal to transport it to a less populated area, but the animal died before being released.
"In this case the mountain lion did not make it through the capture," Morse said.
The animal was about a year old, an age when young males leave their mothers.
—From wire reports
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