Afternoon letters: Take a lesson from Cuba's economy
WESTMINSTER, Alberto Araoz: As an immigrant to the best country in the world who came from communist Cuba, I really understand what freedom is all about. After watching this election, I am extremely...
View ArticleCapps rallies to lead Funny Car qualifying
POMONA — Ron Capps rallied to top Funny Car qualifying Saturday in the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals with a run of 4.007 seconds at 319.29 mph. Capps had the big fourth-round run after failing to...
View ArticleChapman falls in finale
The Chapman football team gave up 31 second-half points en route to a 38-28 loss to host Cal Lutheran in the SCIAC finale for both teams Saturday in Thousand Oaks.Chapman finished the season at 6-3 and...
View ArticleUSC's defense shows signs of improvement
LOS ANGELES – The heat was on USC coach Lane Kiffin, as well as his father and defensive guru Monte Kiffin, this week, but assistant coach Ed Orgeron and his pupils took their unit's no-show against...
View ArticleNov. 10 celebrity birthdays
Actor Russell Johnson ("Gilligan's Island") is 88. Film composer Ennio Morricone ("The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," "In the Line of Fire") is 84. Actor Albert Hall ("Ally McBeal," "Beloved") is 75....
View ArticleH.B. man gets his shot at reality TV fame
Travis Hatfield says he'd been trying to get cast on MTV's "The Real World" for seven years, so when his last audition tape found its way to Oxygen's "Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love, Too," and that...
View ArticleCat Power underwhelms at Hollywood Palladium
You never know quite what to expect from a Cat Power show. Chan Marshall's fragility has long been part of her appeal; even after a four-year layoff, drama surrounds her like a wraith. She recently...
View ArticleOCVarsity Fandemonium: Friday's playoff games
Slideshow: Orange County football teams were in action in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section playoffs Friday, and their fans showed up in force. Click through the slideshow to find fans in the...
View ArticleOCVarsity Hot Shots 2: Friday's playoffs
Click through the slideshow to see photos from these games: Tustin-El Dorado, Northwood-Rancho Alamitos, Segerstrom-Santa Ana Valley, Westminster-Woodbridge, Katella-Godinez, Whittier...
View ArticleKobe wants redemption for Phil Jackson
Kobe Bryant hated to see Phil Jackson retire two seasons ago. Not only because it meant the end of a great championship run for Bryant, who won five NBA titles with Jackson, but because of the way it...
View ArticleNFL Week 10: What to watch for
THREE AND OUT Three things to watch for in Sunday's games: 1. REUNION SUNDAY Reunited and it feels so ... awkward? That was the operative adjective when Pete Carroll vociferously objected to Mark...
View ArticleClippers doing better job on pick and roll
PLAYA VISTA – Inside of rec center gymnasiums across the world, coaches teach young basketball players the basics of the sport's most offensive play – the pick and roll.Inside the Clippers' practice...
View ArticleLong Beach holds off North Alabama
LONG BEACH – The new-look Long Beach State men's basketball team opened its season Saturday afternoon in front of the second largest basketball crowd in the history of Walter Pyramid, but the 49ers...
View ArticleScout saw Trout's potential
Back in the 1980s, when Greg Morhardt was just another minor leaguer on his way to soon becoming an ex-minor leaguer, he crossed paths with players such as Rafael Palmeiro, Will Clark, Mark McGwire and...
View ArticleMMA: Warren rebounds at Bellator 80
One-time Bellator Fighting Championships featherweight titleholder Joe Warren returned to form following consecutive knockout losses, as he grinded out a unanimous decision against the overmatched Owen...
View ArticleMMA: 'The Ultimate Fighter 16' Episode 9 recap
Episode 9 of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 16 reminds us of Jon Manley’s appropriately masculine submission victory over James Chaney. In an added bonus, we get one more look at Manley’s ribcage, which...
View ArticleMMA: Le KOs Franklin at UFC on Fuel TV 6 headliner
Cung Le has his signature victory. The former Strikeforce champion knocked out Rich Franklin with a clean counter right hook in the first round of the UFC on Fuel TV 6 headliner on Saturday at the...
View ArticleLakers expected to get another re-Phil
The Lakers are moving quickly down the fastest, clearest path to re-establishing championship confidence in their world: re-hiring Phil Jackson as head coach. Jackson could be back in place as Lakers...
View ArticleU.S. lags in math, science: What O.C.'s doing about it
Orange Lutheran High School seniors Kailey Fox and Niki Khajeh shined an ultraviolet light over a bacteria sample, looking for a gene found in a particular species of jellyfish. Under the light's...
View ArticleHow FICO 'high achievers' nab those scores
They keep revolving credit balances low, don't max out their credit cards and typically make payments on time. Those are the habits of 50 million people who the company that invented the FICO score...
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