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Warner may face strict CA action for Twitter outburst
Australian Test batsmen David Warner is likely to be charged with detrimental public comment for his Twitter outburst under Cricket Australia's (CA) code of conduct, delivering a setback to his leadership aspirations. Condemning Warner, CA's high-performance chief Pat Howard had confirmed that Warner will be disciplined after using the social networking site to launch a savage attack on cricket ...
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Kelly Osbourne embarrassed after builder saw her naked
Kelly Osbourne, who is having renovations done at her Los Angeles home, was left red faced when a workman walked in to her bedroom and saw her naked. The 'Fashion Police' star, 28, later took to Twitter to express her dilemma. "DyingRightNow getting work done on my house and one of the builders just walked into my bedroom while i was half naked! my face is so red (sic)," she wrote. Osbourne, ...
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As eye momentum-building sweep vs. Royals
Perfect lineup construction may not statistically win too many games across a 162-game season, but Ned Yost's decision to move Alex Gordon to the three-hole and Billy Butler to cleanup has undoubtedly made an impact. Since making the move nine games ago, the Royals have scored 40 runs. Gordon is 14-for-35, while Butler is 12-for-37 with two homers and 11 RBIs. The two accounted for three ...
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Padres Continue Home Dominance
SAN DIEGO, CA - MAY 18: Yonder Alonso #23 of the San Diego Padres is congratulated by Jedd Gyorko #9 as he scores during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Petco Park on May 18, 2013 in San Diego, California. The Padres won 2-1. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty ...
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Inglewood officer shoots machete-wielding man
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -; An Inglewood police spokeswoman says an officer fatally shot a man who was using a sword or machete to damage police ...
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Bay Area firms idea to lift underwater homeowners to positive equity loses steam
A year ago, with the real estate market still in a deep slump, a San Francisco firm caught the attention of officials in California and elsewhere with its novel idea of using eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages in order to reduce the amount that borrowers owe.Now, with home prices rising again and facing fierce opposition from the financial industry, Mortgage Resolution Partners has ...
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$590 million Powerball jackpot 1 winning ticket sold in Florida
A Powerball Lottery ticket is dispensed from a machine in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, 2013. Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.(AP Photo/Sue ...
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Konig Wins 7th Stage Van Garderen Retains Tour Of California Lead
DANVILLE (CBS/AP) -- Leopold Konig of the Czech Republic won the seventh stage of the Tour of California in a mountaintop finish Saturday, and American Tejay van Garderen finished third to keep the overall lead for the third straight day. Konig, riding for the German team NetApp-Endura team, quickly moved ahead of Janier Acevedo of Colombia with about 400 yards left and completed the 91.4-mile ...
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Gwynn ejected for arguing about players ejection
SAN DIEGO -; Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn was ejected from San Diego State's game Saturday for arguing with the umpires following the ejection of one of his players that was then ...
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1 Winning Ticket Sold in Fla. on Powerball
A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida. Rich told The Associated Press by telephone that details were expected to be announced later by Florida lottery officials about the actual ticket ...
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2 Powerball tickets in CA have 5 of 6 numbers
Lottery officials said late Saturday that tickets sold in San Jose and Taft matched five of the six numbers in the near-record jackpot estimated at about $600 ...
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Chavez scores as Earthquakes draw with Rapids 1-1
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -; Marvin Chavez scored his first goal of the season to help the San Jose Earthquakes pull out a 1-1 tie against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday ...
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Lincecums wobbly start sinks Giants
SF@COL: Lincecum slips off mound resulting in a balk DENVER -- Pitching and defense, which turned the Giants into champions, continued to make them look like chumps. San Francisco's free fall continued with Saturday night's 10-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies. Tim Lincecum surrendered six runs in five innings and committed a third-inning throwing error that enabled the Rockies to ...
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Zito looking to rebound in finale vs. Rockies
The clock is ticking for Juan Nicasio. Despite a 3-1 record, the Rockies right-hander hasn't performed up to snuff through the first six weeks of the season, unable to pitch longer than six innings in any of his eight outings so far while his ERA has ballooned to 5.13. All the struggles have Nicasio's spot in the Colorado starting rotation hanging in jeopardy as Jeff Francis gets ...
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Cashner looks to force split against Nats in finale
Since moving to the starting rotation at the end of April, Padres right-hander Andrew Cashner has been on quite a roll. In five starts this season, Cashner is 2-2 with a 2.51 ERA, allowing four runs or less in four of the starts. He'll try for that same kind of success in Sunday's series finale against the Nationals at Petco Park. While the right-hander didn't factor into the ...
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Dognapped Yorkie Found Safe Near Home
A mini Yorkie, Walter, was reunited with his owner Tricia O'Kelley on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Walter was taken by dognappers who demanded $1,000 for his safe return. Someone in a white sports car dropped him off on his street in Los ...
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Bus strikes kills woman at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
A woman's airport visit to greet an arriving traveler turned deadly when she tripped in a roadway and a charter bus ran over her. It forced the normally hectic four-lane arrivals section ...
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NHL San Jose 2 Los Angeles 1
Logan Couture scored 1:29 into overtime Saturday and San Jose pulled out a 2-1 win over Los Angeles, taking Game 3 of their Western Conference series. The Sharks started overtime with a 5-on-3 advantage thanks to penalties late in regulation handed out to Robin Regehr and Trevor Lewis. Regehr had just gotten back on the ice ...
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MLB Colorado 10 San Francisco 2
Troy Tulowitzki went 4-for-5 with two RBI Saturday, sparking a 14-hit attack in Colorado's 10-2 win over San Francisco. Rosario cracked a two-run homer and added a run-scoring single ...
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Powerball drawing follows late ticket-buying rush
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki). Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, ...
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Report steel tendons left exposed on Bay Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO -; Thousands of steel tendons used to strengthen the skyway portion of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were exposed during construction to rainfall and salty bay mist, leading to rust and corrosion ...
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1 of 2 fires north of LA contained
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -; One of two wildfires burning in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles was fully contained Saturday and authorities were getting an upper hand on the second ...
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Wildfire season in Southern California JPL and Chapman monitor danger
satellites , scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena and Chapman University in Orange are gaining insight into factors that create ...
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6 Arrested-officer injured at San Francisco State University www.privateofficer.com
– Six people were arrested and one police officer was taken to the hospital Thursday after San Francisco State police tried to clear out a ...
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Sharp CEO California is what I know
May 14, 2013-SAN DIEGO, CA Sarah Cleary, right, a Sharp Rees-Stealy licensed vocational nurse at the Sorrento Mesa clinic takes measurements of 11-month-old Lili Ayson, center, during a visit with her father, Jeremy Ayson, left, of Mira ...
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California prison labor?
California has a famously large budget deficit, budget cuts are being made to a number of state programs and services, but what hasn’t been considered is the cost avoidance potential of the state’s over 40,000 minimum-security prisoner’s, many of whom are already saving the state money by providing labor in return for shorter sentences.
With California budget deficit expected to be somewhere between $12 billion or as high as $25 billion for 2010 alone, state legislators have been anxiously looking for ways to reduce state expenses, cutting budgets wherever possible, but already existing programs operated by the state may present an opportunity for cost-savings in the areas of construction, services and maintenance of buildings and amenities. Read more
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