Harper: How to find the right software for your business
The Cheesecake Factory is a very popular restaurant. But I don't like the menu with 200 choices and then when you order, the portion size is enough to feed three people. Sometimes that's how I feel...
View Article'Yoga + Weights' DVD strong but short
Multitasking might offend yoga purists, but a new DVD combines traditional poses with light weights for a workout that's more burn than bliss. Kimberly Fowler, the self-proclaimed creator of "hybrid"...
View ArticleReport calls for more use of dental sealants for kids
No matter how well children brush their teeth, food particles and plaque too often get left behind. A simple way to prevent tooth decay, especially in the molars and premolars, is a sealant: a thin...
View ArticleAmericans in poor health compared with other wealthy nations
By several measures of health and mortality, Americans are worse off than citizens of other so-called high-income countries, according to an expansive new report by the National Research Council and...
View Article'It came on in about four seconds'
Jeff King learned the hard way that he was predisposed to blood clots. King, 47, nearly died in 2006 because of a pulmonary embolism – a clot that obstructs blood flow through the lungs. He went into...
View ArticleJan. 10 celebrity birthdays
There people of the present and past were born on this date: Baseball Hall of Famer Willie McCovey is 75. Hall of Fame NASCAR driver Harry Gant is 73. Singer Frank Sinatra Jr. is 69. Singer Rod Stewart...
View ArticleGold business grows as prices soar
Like everyone else who deals in gold, jeweler William Houchin has found himself in a vortex of market forces he can't control. "I hate it," Houchin says, standing at the counter of his tiny shop, Watch...
View ArticleHow Clinton's blood clot might have been prevented
What caused the blood clot in Hillary Rodham Clinton's head? The secretary of state was in and out of the hospital relatively quickly, with so many details of her condition cloaked in secrecy that...
View Article'Lincoln' leads Oscar contenders with 12 nominations
The Civil War saga "Lincoln" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones....
View ArticleComplete list of Oscar nominations
Complete list of 85th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: Best Picture: "Amour," "Argo," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Django Unchained," "Les Misérables," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln,"...
View ArticleGov. Brown releases restrained budget
SACRAMENTO – True to his word, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday proposed a budget for 2013-14 that eschews dramatic, across-the-board spending increases, despite new revenue, and instead offers modest...
View ArticleFire turns F.V. Halloween home into skeleton
FOUNTAIN VALLEY – The city's Halloween king stood on his porch the day after his castle was besieged by flames and asked a neighbor to have lunch and go shopping with him at South Coast Plaza. "I need...
View ArticleGrinds and grades: Meet the O.C. skateboarding league
Some sports are more than practice makes perfect. More than blood, sweat and tears. More than trophies and banners. Some sports are a lifestyle. And now, the Orange County Skateboarding League is...
View ArticleAre you going to the inauguration? Let's talk
Are you going to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 21 to attend President Barack Obama's second inauguration? We'd love to talk to you. Please email politics and government editor Julie Gallego at...
View ArticleToday's cartoons: How to avoid the debt ceiling
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View ArticleFrosty, windy weekend ahead for O.C.
Cold days and colder nights are in the weekend forecast for Orange County, the National Weather Service says, with night and morning frost possible in some areas. Gusty winds also could kick up through...
View ArticleMan in car shot, killed by police in Santa Ana
SANTA ANA – Santa Ana police shot and killed a man early Friday morning, authorities said. The shooting occurred at about 12:45 a.m. in the 200 block of North Maxine Street, said Santa Ana police Cpl....
View ArticleCapistrano residents air road-project concerns
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – Caltrans officials had expected about 60 people to attend a public-information meeting Thursday night about the agency's upcoming reconstruction of the I-5/Ortega Highway...
View ArticleVenezia: Library Friends challenge county over contract
Throughout Orange County, local libraries are supported by separate nonprofit organizations of volunteers called "Friends." Martha Lybick is president of the Friends of the Laguna Beach Library. Her...
View ArticleChasing the game they love around the world
MISSION VIEJO – They bribed their way into a Bolivian prison, forking over nearly $500 for the privilege of playing pick-up soccer. San Pedro Prison -- described by one convict as "Small City, Big...
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