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  • Warner may face strict CA action for Twitter outburst

    Australian Test batsmen David Warner is likely to be charged with detrimental public comment for his Twitter outburst under Cricket Australia's (CA) code of conduct, delivering a setback to his leadership aspirations. Condemning Warner, CA's high-performance chief Pat Howard had confirmed that Warner will be disciplined after using the social networking site to launch a savage attack on cricket ...

  • Bill ensures paid family leave for Calif. workers

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; California businesses would be prohibited from firing or retaliating against employees who take advantage of the state's paid family leave program under a job-protection bill moving through the ...

  • Dodgers activate infielder Ellis from DL

    Email ATLANTA -- The Dodgers activated second baseman Mark Ellis off the disabled list Sunday and optioned catcher Tim Federowicz to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ellis returned quicker than expected from a right quad strained on April 26. He was cleared to return after a seven-inning rehab appearance Saturday night with Double-A Chattanooga. Ellis, batting .342, was immediately put in the starting ...

  • 3 hurt when column topples at OC Fairgrounds

    COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say three people were injured, one seriously, when a decorative column fell over at the Orange County ...

  • Flames Engulf Garage in Oceanside

    Chief Lawrence says the flames were threatening nearby power lines. The fire sparked near an adjacent home and an apartment building to the ...

Movie Review

Down by Law [DVD]

Down by Law [DVD]

In Jim Jarmuschs minimalist comedy Down by Law, three men are stuck in a prison cell together, two of whom are so much alike that they immediately hate each other, and the third of whom might as well be from another planet. The first two men are Jack (John Lurie) and Zack (Tom Waits), whose rhyming names only underscore how interchangeable they are. Both men exist somewhere near the bottom ... ...

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  • Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot

    (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins). Armous Peterson figures out what numbers he is going to play in the Powerball lottery at Jimmy's Mart on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Columbia, ...

  • Bay To Breakers Runners Take To The Streets Of San Francisco

    SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Thousands of racers, runners and strolling, costumed scene-makers spread across San Francisco Sunday morning in the 102nd Bay to Breakers footrace. Elite runners led the pack and crossed the finish line on Ocean Beach long before many of the estimated 30,000 participants managed to get over the starting line on Howard ...

  • Yahoo board agrees to take Tumblr for $1.1B

    David Karp, the 26-year-old co-founder and CEO of Tumblr Inc., has agreed to sell the blogging site to Yahoo, whose board approved spending $1.1B in cash on the deal. Yahoo's board of directors reportedly approved buying the Tumblr blogging site in a $1.1 billion cash deal. The Wall Street Journal reported the board's action on Sunday. This is the biggest deal yet for CEO Marissa Mayer, ...

  • Trek does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes Iron Man 3 tops $1B worldwide

    LOS ANGELES - "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations. The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009's "Star Trek," which opened with $75.2 million. ...

  • Fate of LA pot shops left to voters

    LOS ANGELES -; Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract ...

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