If there was any question about the nature of Monday's wild storm, the sight of a truck trailer lying on its side, of roof debris piled on the ground and of metal garage doors buckled as if kicked by a giant left no doubt: Sacramento was hit by a tornado -- or two or three.
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Funnel-cloud photos by sacbee.com readers

Tired of the same old Oscar song and dance (Best actor, best actress, best film?) Yeah, us too. Yawn. As those fine folks in charge of the 77th annual Academy Awards rev up toward this year's telecast (at 5 p.m. Sunday on Channel 10), we spend some time pondering the shiny gold awards we'd like to see them give instead.

Chris Webber scored 30 points, Mike Bibby had 23 and the Kings beat the Atlanta Hawks 114-104 on Tuesday night for just their second victory in eight games.
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