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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Sept. 4

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1. Your weather report: Hope you had a great Labor Day Weekend! Today will be partly cloudy with a high of 79 degrees. Tonight will continue to be partly cloudy with an overnight low 64 degrees. Look out for scattered thunderstorms tomorrow.

2. West Nile spreading. USA Today reports that West Nile virus cases were up 40 percent nationally from last week, making 1,590 sick and killing 66 people. 

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3. Patch Fact: Did you know: Sergey Brin and Larry Page built Google while attending Stanford University. They kept the original servers in a friend's garage. 

4. Want to give the dog a treat? Sfist.com has a handy guide of what you SHOULD NOT feed your canine friend. This includes sugar, alcohol and anything caffeinated.

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5. Got a job opening? Email the Editor at Robert.Michaelson@patch.com and we will include in our weekly Get Yourself Hired feature, which posts each Wednesday.

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