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Home - Enrique Marquez, 24, a friend of Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, who launched the Islamic State-inspired attack on Dec. 2 with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 29, also told investigators he and Farook plotted earlier mass casualty attacks, prosecutors said. U.S. Attorney Eileen Decker said the two men conspired to commit "vicious" assaults on targets including a California community college and a state highway during rush hour. "Even though these plans were not carried out, Mr. Marquez's criminal conduct deeply affected San Bernardino ... and the entire United States when the guns purchased by Marquez were used to kill 14 innocent people and wound many others," Decker said in a written statement. Decker said there was no evidence that Marquez took part in Dec. 2 attack or had prior knowledge of it. He was arrested on Thursday, authorities said, and was expected to make an initial appearance in federal court later on Thursday. Read the full story here. 

Home - Democrat  Loretta Sanchez  suggested in an interview with  Larry King  last week that as many as two of 10 Muslims want to establish a strict Islamic state in any way possible and are "willing to use ... terrorism." The comments were condemned by Muslim-American and immigrant-rights groups. Speaking Monday in the Southern California city of Buena Park, Sanchez said estimates show up to 20 percent of Muslims worldwide support, or are sympathetic to, the use of terrorism by the Islamic State or other radical groups. She says she didn't say up to 20 percent of Muslims are personally willing to engage in terrorism. Sanchez says her estimates came from mainstream academic and research sources. Read the full story here. 

Home   - Just before 7 p.m. Thursday the Skylife H-4 helicopter left Porterville Airport with a critical patient who was being transferred to San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield. Ten minutes into the flight when a routine safety call from the Fresno County EMS dispatch center was unable to make radio contact with Skylife, they immediately contacted both airport towers. Dispatch then contacted the local fire department and sheriff’s office. The helicopter has one pilot, a flight nurse, flight paramedic and the patient. An Air Ambulance spokesperson told the media at a press conference they were thankful for the support they’ve been receiving from officials and they do know the identities of the deceased and are in the process of contacting the families.” http://abcnews.go.com/US/people-killed-medevac-helicopter-crash-california/story?id=35709660 Home 

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