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Warner expected to plead guilty for Twitter rant during CA hearing
Australian Test batsman David Warner is expected to plead guilty during Cricket Australia hearing over his recent Twitter rant with two prominent journalists. Senior Code of Behaviour Commissioner, Justice Gordon Lewis, will hear the case via teleconference. According to news.com.au, Warner faces sanction ranging from a fine, suspension, reprimand or counseling after being reported under CA's ...
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Love scenes are judged Michael Douglas
Hollywood actor Michael Douglas says it is tough filming love scenes for any movie because everybody judges them. He has shot a gay love scene with actor Matt Damon in his forthcoming film Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra". The 68-year-old believes that the cast, crew and eventually moviegoers are more critical of love scenes because everyone can relate to the acts, as opposed to ...
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Los Angeles picking mayor after low-drama campaign
File-This file combo shows a Feb. 20, 2013 file photo of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaking to media in Los Angeles, left, and undated image provided by the Wendy Greuel Campaign of mayoral candidate Greuel meeting with voters. Despite the high stakes, the race has been a mostly low-drama affair between two government regulars. In a city known to yawn at local politics, turnout ...
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Protest begins at UC San Diego hospitals
Union President Kathryn Lybarger is scheduled to attend the 6 p.m. demonstration at UC San Diego's Thornton Hospital campus, 9300 Campus Point ...
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Earnings Preview Gap 1Q results due Thursday
NEW YORK -; Gap Inc. is expected to report first-quarter results after the markets close on Thursday as the clothing chain's turnaround ...
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BP Agent Dies Trying to Rescue Swimmer
The local NBC television station reported that Gungon’s wife Denise was swimming near the waterfall when she ran into trouble just before 4:15 p.m. The U.S. Border Patrol agent went to help her and also had ...
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Medical Workers Strike UCSD Cancels Surgeries
Workers walked out after a judge approved the two day strike at the five largest University of California medical centers, including the centers in La Jolla and ...
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Teen Shot Multiple Times Outside Bakery
Emergency crews found the 19-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds outside the Denis’s Bakery on the corner of E. 18th Street and Highland Avenue ...
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El Cerito man stabbed during brawl involving up to 50 people outside Alameda sports bar
ALAMEDA -- An El Cerrito man remains hospitalized after he was stabbed multiple times in the back during a melee involving up to 50 people early Sunday morning outside a sports bar, police said.Investigators are still piecing together what led up to the altercation outside Scobies Sports Bar & Grill at 2431 Central Ave. But the incident apparently began after an argument among about six ...
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Emeryville man goes missing after Bay to Breakers race
SAN FRANCISCO -- An Emeryville man was reported missing Monday after he walked away from his friends at the finish line of the Bay to Breakers race Sunday and never returned to his work or his home, police said.Beau Rasmussen, 27, said goodbye to his friends after finishing the 7.46-mile run about 12 p.m., and said he was headed to the beach, according to San Francisco police. Later that night, ...
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California Tea Party group files lawsuit against the IRS
The John Weld Peckshown Federal Building in Cincinnati, houses the main offices for the Internal Revenue Service in the city. Tea party groups are planning a demonstration at the site Tuesday ...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Maria Shriver to Reconcile Theres Still A Chance
Arnold Schwarzenegger and estranged wife Maria Shriver reunite for their daughter Christina's graduation Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver are said to be considering a reconciliation more than two years after the estranged couple announced their separation.The pair, who recently reunited for their daughter Christina's graduation, has reportedly finalized custody arrangements and ...
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Carol Burnett to win top U.S. humor prize in DC
Comedian Carol Burnett presents the Legacy of Laughter Award for the late Lucille Ball during the 5th Annual TV Land Awards held at Barker Hangar on April 14, 2007, in Santa Monica, ...
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With high-tech guns users could disable remotely
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it ...
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UCSF Laurel Heights campus may become senior housing
The Laurel Heights UCSF campus at 3333 California St. could be redeveloped as upscale senior housing under plans being submitted by several groups vying to take over the property. On May 17th five teams submitted proposals to take on the 10.3-acre property which consists of 447,000 square feet of building space -- a 350,000-square-foot main building, a 13,000-square-foot annex, and 543 parking ...
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San Francisco’s Oldest Restaurant Opening Washington D.C. Location
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- The owner of the famed Tadich Grill restaurant, San Francisco’s oldest continuously running restaurant, is set to open a new locale in Washington, D.C. You don’t have to look far in the city to find someone with sentimental feelings toward Tadich Grill, located on 240 California in the Financial District.The original version of the seafood restaurant opened in ...
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Bill Ensures Paid Family Leave For California Workers
California businesses would be prohibited from firing or retaliating against employees who take advantage of the state’s paid family leave program under a job-protection bill moving through the Legislature. The legislation would protect workers who use the California Paid Family Leave insurance program, which allows qualified employees to take up to six weeks off with partial pay. ...
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Vallette Joins Barney Barney in San Francisco
Barney & Barney LLC has hired insurance executive Sarah Vallette for its office in San Francisco. Vallette will work with a team of professionals offering commercial property/casualty insurance, employee benefits, workers' compensation, compensation consulting, executive liability, personal lines and surety. She has 12 years of insurance industry experience. Prior to Barney & ...
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LA mans murder conviction reduced to manslaughter
LOS ANGELES -; Prosecutors say they are considering appealing a judge's decision to reduce a jury's verdict of second-degree murder against a man who killed a houseguest and buried him in his Southern California ...
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UC hospitals say patients safe despite strike
LOS ANGELES -; Both sides say a two-day strike by several thousand University of California medical workers hasn't affected patient ...
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San Diego agrees to pay boy hit by trash truck
Luke Acuna was 9 when his left leg was amputated after a November 2011 accident. Authorities say he was skateboarding through an intersection when he was hit by a trash truck that was making a three-point ...
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Huge wind turbine blade falls in So. Cal
OCOTILLO, Calif. -; Hundreds of wind farms around the world have slowed operations after huge turbine blades fell in Southern California and ...
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Beach volleyball tour back after 10-year absence
The World Series of Beach Volleyball will be played in Long Beach, Calif., from July 22-28. It will be a stop on the FIVB world tour, which hasn't visited the U.S. since ...
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Las Vegas casino hosts fundraiser for California senator on eve of key vote
Senate President Pro Temp Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento speaks with Senator Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens during session in the Senate chambers in Sacramento, Calif. on Monday, March 11, ...
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Dolphin finds 130-year-old torpedo off San Diego
U-T San Diego says the 19th-century Howell torpedo was found in March near Hotel del Coronado as the dolphin was being trained to find and mark the location of underwater ...
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Sacramento vulnerable to massive disaster
If a major earthquake were to occur tomorrow, Sacramento could potentially be devastated by massive flooding on-par with that seen in New Orleans during Katrina. The state’s major fresh water systems would be destroyed and 25 million would be without fresh water, while millions would lose their homes, but for all this, funding to upgrade the city’s levees is hard to come by.
When Hurricane Katrina barreled into US states along the Gulf Coast in 2005 it caused chaos and devastation in a part of the world considered among the most developed and stable. Read more
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