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  • People not letting Lisa Snowdon forget about times with George Clooney

    Lisa Snowdon, who dated Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney on and off for five years from 2000, has said that they still keep in touch. The 41-year-old English model told new! magazine that it doesn't bother her any more, the Daily Express reported. She said that at the end of the day he is Clooney so people will be interested in knowing about him. Snowdon that though she hasn't seen him ...

  • Johnny Depp not retiring from Hollywood

    Though he thinks about retiring from Hollywood everyday, actor Johnny Depp reveals he has no such immediate plans because his brain "on idle is a bad thing". "I think while I've got the opportunity, the desire and the creative spark to do the things that I can do right now, I should do them. And then, at a certain point, just take it down to the bare minimum and concentrate on, I guess, living ...

  • Feds in Calif. bust international gambling ring

    SAN DIEGO -; Federal authorities have charged 18 people with involvement in an illegal gambling ring they say spanned from California to Peru and used violence against customers with outstanding ...

  • BART police chief asks auditor to review reforms

    OAKLAND, Calif. -; The chief of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit police is asking an auditor to review the department's progress in meeting reforms instituted following the shooting of an unarmed man on a train station ...

  • Panel restores some pay for lawmakers governor

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; The commission that sets the pay for California lawmakers and statewide elected officials such as the governor and attorney general voted Wednesday to restore a 5 percent pay cut it made to salaries last year as state employees faced ...

Movie Review

Wizards [Blu-Ray]

Wizards [Blu-Ray]

Ralph Bakshis postapocalyptic fantasy film Wizards is a mess. Despite Bakshis notable ambitions, it fails as a fantasy adventure story, it fails as a fable about the horrors of war, and it fails as an animated film. Its poorly written, and worse, its ugly to look at. Bakshi has long champi ... ...

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  • Comerica Bank report shows rosy outlook for California economy

    California's current economic expansion is sizable and likely to continue, according to Dallas-based Comerica Bank's California Economic Activity Index.Comerica said today that the state index climbed 2.2 points in April to 106.6. For comparison, the index averaged 101 for all of 2012, and 98 for all of 2011.April's reading is 34 points, or 47 percent, above the index cyclical low ...

  • As fires rage feds cut funding on prevention

    federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place. A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts to remove the dead trees and flammable underbrush that clog Western forests. The ...

  • Mattingly fiddles with lineup for opener

    Email NEW YORK -- Manager Don Mattingly juggled the lineup for Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader from the one he presented Tuesday night after the Yankees started former Dodgers right-hander Hiroki Kuroda in the opener and held Phil Hughes for the nightcap. For the opener, Mattingly switched Hanley Ramirez from shortstop to designated hitter, moved Nick Punto from third base to short, ...

  • Dodgers unsure who will start Sunday

    Matt Palmer is a candidate to start Sunday's game vs. the Padres. NEW YORK -- Manager Don Mattingly said on Wednesday that he doesn't know who will start for the Dodgers against the Padres at Petco Park on Sunday. Journeyman Matt Palmer seems to be the mild favorite to start, because he pitched well for Triple-A Albuquerque on Tuesday night, allowing one run over seven innings. The ...

  • Dodgers expect Lilly to return soon

    Email NEW YORK -- The Dodgers are looking at Ted Lilly's most recent injury as one that he should be able to return from relatively soon, manager Don Mattingly said. Lilly was placed on the 15-day disabled list on June 9, retroactive to June 5, with a neck sprain, and he received an epidural injection June 11. Mattingly said Lilly is rehabbing in Los Angeles and has resumed throwing, but ...

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