Really? Experts bullish on housing
Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, "Really?" Is the Real-Estate Rebound for Real? — Wall Street Journal HOW TO PLAY IT-Bottom feeding on real estate — Reuters Another...
View ArticleWhicker: Basketball in Britain a royal revelation
LONDON – Maybe the British don't like it because everyone else in Europe does. Maybe the British don't like it because there's no challenge to understanding it. Remember, these people know cricket. And...
View ArticleAug. 6 celebrity birthdays
Beginning today, celebrity birthdays are presented in a new format. Jazz bassist Charlie Haden is 75. Actor-director Peter Bonerz is 74. Actress Louise Sorel ("Days of Our Lives") is 72. Actor Dorian...
View ArticleSmith: Angels fan with cerebral palsy speaks baseball
ANAHEIM – After a few minutes with Kodey Flaxington, you start to understand his language. He's a chatterbox. "Can't shut him up," his father, Chris, says. He could put on a head switch and type out a...
View ArticleBanks, financial sector leads in July layoffs
The financial industry continues to shed jobs with banks and financial services companies leading the country with 6,156 announced jobs cuts in July, the most of any sector, reports Challenger, Gray...
View ArticleOlympics Schedule: Tuesday, Aug. 7
TUESDAY HIGHLIGHTS Beach volleyball: April Ross and Jen Kessy face Brazil at 10 a.m. and Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings face China at 2 p.m. in the women's semifinals. Track: U.S. track...
View ArticleU.S. men win, claim top seed in volleyball
LONDON – Huntington Beach's David McKienzie scored 17 points and the defending champion U.S. men's volleyball team clinched a top tournament seed at the London Olympics on Monday with a victory over...
View ArticleJeff Dunham previews next TV special at Pacific
Going into Jeff Dunham’s performance Sunday night, I knew only a few things: He’s the guy with the dummies and one of them wants to “kill you.” I had seen clips of his routine and wasn’t completely...
View ArticleElton John blasts Madonna in TV interview
Even at 65, the Rocket Man can still fire off a good sidewinder. Sir Elton John, brazenly defying his honorific and any circumspection it might imply, took a shot at Madonna during an interview last...
View ArticleJ.Lo & Enrique Iglesias cancel second O.C. show
If you have tickets for Saturday night's performance from Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias at Honda Center, you're in luck. That gig is going ahead as planned. But Sunday's show isn't. The touring...
View ArticleU.S. finds burst of energy, stops Argentina
LONDON – It was contentious and it was uncertain at times, but the U.S. men's basketball team finally got back to what it does best. It exploded, turning a one-point halftime lead into a 26-point lead...
View ArticleSmith: Angels' Pujols getting into his groove
In the batter's box, Albert Pujols strongly asserts his control. His thick hands choke the handle of the maple Marucci AP5 bat. His 6-foot-3, 230-pound body prepares to leverage all its power on that...
View ArticleSanchez upset victory in hurdles fulfils vow
LONDON -- She has been gone for almost four years now, and still he couldn't let go. For four mostly trying years, hurdler Felix Sanchez had been consumed with fulfilling a promise to his late...
View ArticlePantry diving yields hearty vegetarian dinner
Some dinners are just born out of what is on hand. A quick raid of the pantry can turn up a mishmash of things that end up making a very tasty dinner. Of course, some experiments are not quite...
View ArticleToday's cartoons: From name-calling to normal
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View ArticleEx-NFL player: 'I am not a murderer'
Former NFL football player and convicted murderer Eric Naposki agrees with Orange County prosecutors on one thing: that his ex-lover had her much older, millionaire, live-in boyfriend killed nearly 18...
View ArticleO.C. vigils remember those killed in Sikh temple attack
BUENA PARK – More than 400 people from across Orange County gathered Thursday night at a Sikh temple in Buena Park in a show of unity to remember six people killed Sunday at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin....
View ArticleOlympics Schedule: Friday, Aug. 10
FRIDAY HIGHLIGHT Basketball: Favorite Team USA faces Argentina in the men's basketball semifinals at 1 p.m. Track: Double-amputee Oscar Pistorius and his South African teammates will be in the...
View ArticleCharles Krauthammer: The case against Obama's reelection
There are two ways to run against Barack Obama: stewardship or ideology. You can run against his record or you can run against his ideas. The stewardship case is pretty straightforward: the worst...
View ArticleToday at the Disneyland Resort, Fri., Aug. 10
Disneyland hours: 8 a.m. to midnight Disney California Adventure hours: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Attraction/restaurant closures: None scheduled Disneyland fireworks: 9:30 p.m. World of Color: 9 and 10:15...
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