Angels, Iannetta agree on contract extension
The Angels have reached agreement on a three-year contract extension with catcher Chris Iannetta. Acquired from the Colorado Rockies for right-hander Tyler Chatwood in Jerry Dipoto's first personnel...
View ArticleWeek 5 NFL picks: Don't blame Sanchez, nor pick Jets
The New York Jets are doing a pretty good job on Sundays – revealing themselves as pretenders, that is.Intentionally, or ineptly, they've set Mark Sanchez up to fail. The team that reached two AFC...
View ArticleO.C. native hopes he’s right for ‘The Price is Right’
It's easy to spot Clint Brink in photos from the set of "The Price Is Right": He's a handsome bare-chested fellow among all the other good-looking shirtless guys, but he's the one wearing a nametag...
View ArticleLuscious fare in France's Upper Loire region
Traveling by barge isn't for everyone. The pace is luxuriously slow, so guests get a close-up gander at a relatively small geographic area, both canal-side and when touring on the barge's van. If...
View ArticleDebate judges: Technically, Biden was better
Joe Biden was the clear winner in the vice presidential debate, delivering better arguments, better analysis and clearer rhetoric than Rep. Paul Ryan, according to a panel of college debate coaches who...
View ArticleVigil on eve of shooting anniversary recalls victims
SEAL BEACH – One by one, nine balloons were released as nine names were read aloud. They were the names of those shot Oct. 12, 2011, in a busy beauty salon. And Thursday night, a day before the...
View ArticleLetters: 'Dreamers' aren't storming the country
SAN CLEMENTE, Richard Smith:I doubt whether Cindy Carcamo’s article, “Latino voters’ growing impact” [Front Page, Oct. 9], purposely intends to exacerbate racial tension, but the tendency of her...
View ArticleAfternoon letters: Sandusky case: a textbook child molester
NEWPORT BEACH, Erin Runnion, Founder of Joyful Child Foundation, which is dedicated to preventing crimes against children.: It is only because the man is 68 years old that I am satisfied Jerry Sandusky...
View Article'Seven Psychopaths' and one retro movie
With its blend of low-rent gangster cool, high-body-count hipster violence, smart-mouth dialogue, inspired casting, and a blissfully retro soundtrack at odds with the onscreen mayhem, "Seven...
View ArticleWhicker: Get there early to see the real battle
An interesting social experiment beckons at The Home Depot Center on Saturday night. Having sat through 12 (or fewer) rounds of Rage Against The Machine, will a crowd have any taste for 12 (and...
View ArticleTitans edge Steelers on last-second field goal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Rob Bironas kicked his fourth field goal, a 40-yarder as time expired, and the Tennessee Titans beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 26-23 on Thursday night to snap a two-game skid. Matt...
View ArticleOrioles top Yankees in 13 to force Game 5
NEW YORK - J.J. Hardy hit an RBI double in the 13th inning and the Baltimore Orioles bounced back from a demoralizing loss to outlast the New York Yankees, 2-1, Thursday night, forcing a deciding Game...
View ArticleTigers eliminate Athletics, will play in ALCS
OAKLAND - Justin Verlander struck out 11 in a four-hitter to send the Detroit Tigers back to the AL championship series, beating the Oakland Athletics, 6-0, in the decisive Game 5 of their division...
View ArticleOpinion's one-stop 2012 Election resource
The Register’s Opinion & Commentary team has created this one-stop resource page to help you with your voting decisions, Nov. 6. Below are links to our candidate endorsements in local races, our...
View ArticleOct. 11 celebrity birthdays
Author and screenwriter Elmore Leonard ("Get Shorty," "3:10 to Yuma") is 87. Hall of Fame college football coach Lavell Edwards is 82. Actor Ron Leibman ("The Sopranos," "Kaz") is 75. Tennis Hall of...
View ArticleAnnie Clark of St. Vincent talks about working with David Byrne
Annie Clark, the quirky talent who performs as St. Vincent, knows the exact time and place she first met David Byrne, the offbeat genius from Talking Heads and countless solo projects and...
View ArticleKaplan: Achieving a competitive transportation fuel market
Editor's note: Because of a technical glitch the full text of this column was not posted. This article has now been updated to include the entire article: Let’s play a serious game. It will remind some...
View Article'Argo' pulls off the impossible
A movie about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis probably doesn't sound like it would be a laugh riot – or should be – but that's just one of the many ways in which "Argo" is a glorious, gripping...
View ArticleMadonna at her most seriously playful at Staples dazzler
The last time Madonna played Staples Center, 9/11 happened. OK, that’s not entirely accurate, and though the Taliban might brand her an infidel, there certainly wasn’t any cause-and-effect between the...
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