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Former USC professor arrested in Mexico
LOS ANGELES -; A former University of Southern California professor indicted on child sexual abuse charges has been arrested in Mexico, a day after being added to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted ...
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Council committee OKs shorter Hollywood towers
LOS ANGELES -; A Los Angeles City Council committee has approved a developer's proposal to cut by 25 percent the height of two towers of a controversial skyscraper project in ...
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N. Calif. husband and wife charged with pimping
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -; Authorities say a South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to a circuit of brothels across Northern ...
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Milone hoping for some support vs. Rangers
There's a trend starting to develop. Once again, Oakland starter Tommy Milone deserved a better outcome in his last start. Rangers starter Justin Grimm expected more from his last appearance. Again. On Wednesday, the two will square off in a battle between the top two teams in the American League West, and there's a good chance only one of them will walk off the field feeling ...
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Boy 6 dies after being attacked by family dog in Union City
UNION CITY -- What may have begun as typical child's play ended in a "tragic accident" Monday morning, police said, as a 6-year-old boy died after being bitten by the family dog at a Union City home.The boy, identified as Nephi Selu, was playing in the backyard of his grandparents' home in the 32400 block of Elizabeth Way just after 11:30 a.m. when the dog -- a young pit bull ...
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Urban harvesting takes root in Bay Area
For years, Barbara Stackhouse would go out every spring with her husband, Richard, to pick oranges from three big trees in her backyard in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood. The couple would give the juicy navels and Valencias to friends, family members and neighbors.But as they got older, climbing ladders and hauling down all those oranges wasn't possible any more. "They fall. ...
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After court rules California gay marriage fight may go on
A man carries flags at a rally in support of same-sex marriage at the State of California Supreme Court in San Francisco, California March 26, ...
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South San Francisco Husband Wife Charged With Operating Brothels
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Authorities say a South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to ...
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$25000 reward offered in LA transgender attack
LOS ANGELES -; The Los Angeles Police Department has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of suspects responsible for a violent attack on a transgender woman in ...
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Chivas USA youth player Chaves dies
Chivas USA will honor the player's life by wearing a black armband with his name and number on it and hosting a moment of silence before the match against the LA Galaxy on ...
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AP PHOTOS Astrodome JFK terminal endangered
WASHINGTON -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing its listing of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It includes sites from Maine to ...
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Crawford exits early with two sprained fingers
Brandon Crawford reacts after the Padres' Logan Forsythe applied the tag Tuesday night. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford was taken out of Tuesday night's game against the Padres with sprained middle and index fingers on his right hand. Crawford incurred the injury in the second inning when he was caught stealing at second base. Nick Noonan ...
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Ryu Capuano get the call for doubleheader with Yanks
The Yankees' first meeting with the Dodgers since 1981 will have to wait another day. The two historic clubs will meet for a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium after Tuesday's series opener was rained out. Rookie left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu, 6-2 with a 2.85 ERA in 13 starts, will start Game 1 for the Dodgers. He is winless in two outings this month, and he said that ...
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Papini was one of California’s best ever
After a successful run at the high school and collegiate levels, Papini signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox and played several seasons in their farm ...
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Interest in Jack the Ripper inspires California writer’s novel
A long-time fascination with the infamous Jack the Ripper inspired a local author to write an historical thriller about the unidentified serial killer and his obsessive love ...
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Calif.-based burger chain Johnny Rockets sold
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -; Johnny Rockets, the Southern California-based burger chain with 1950s flair, has been sold to a private equity firm that targets underperforming and specialty ...
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UCLA defeats Wolfpack 2-1 at College World Series
UCLA outfielder Christoph Bono catches a fly ball hit by North Carolina State's Trea Turner to end the eighth inning of an NCAA College World Series baseball game in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric ...
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LA school board OKs $30 million for Apple iPads
http://lat.ms/16GWbCv ) under the contract approved Tuesday Apple will provide every student with a tablet computer in the nation's second-largest school ...
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Feds say Calif. hospice owes $112M for fake claims
Pacurar said internal audits had found that the organization sometimes requested, and received, Medicare's $172-per-day hospice reimbursement for patients who did not meet the government's technical requirement that hospice patients have six months or less to ...
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Netflix to expand to Netherlands later this year
LOS GATOS, Calif. -- Netflix is going Dutch.The online video giant says it will expand into the Netherlands, its 41st country, later this year.Subscribers will be able to stream Hollywood fare, local TV series and Netflix originals like "House of Cards" and "Arrested Development" on TVs, game consoles, computers and mobile devices. Netflix Inc. didn't offer details ...
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A look at Netflixs international expansion
Netflix Inc. got its start renting DVDs through the mail in the U.S. during the late 1990s and added Internet video streaming in 2007. It has been expanding globally with a streaming-only service. Here's a look at its international expansion so far.- Sept. 22, 2010: Service in Canada begins, first outside the U.S.- Sept. 5, 2011. Service in Latin America begins. - Jan. 9, 2012: Expands ...
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As roll in Texas behind dealing Parker
OAK@TEX: Moss smashes a solo homer to get A's going ARLINGTON -- The offensive binge continued for the A's on Tuesday off one of the best pitchers in the American League this season. Oakland capitalized on the Rangers' mistakes in a 6-2 win at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Yu Darvish received the loss, allowing five runs (four earned) on six hits in six innings. He struck out ...
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California senators want more information on oil well acid jobs
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California state legislators on Tuesday told regulators and oil industry lobbyists they wanted more information about the use of acid to increase flows in wells in a technique that is used more often in the state than the controversial fracking ...
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Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the general being relieved of command, died on Tuesday in a car wreck in Los Angeles, his employer ...
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Study LAX does not exceed air pollution standards
LOS ANGELES -; While Los Angeles International Airport is a significant source of air pollution for the region, a study finds efforts by the airport and airlines to reduce emissions have been ...
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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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