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  • Warner expected to plead guilty for Twitter rant during CA hearing

    Australian Test batsman David Warner is expected to plead guilty during Cricket Australia hearing over his recent Twitter rant with two prominent journalists. Senior Code of Behaviour Commissioner, Justice Gordon Lewis, will hear the case via teleconference. According to news.com.au, Warner faces sanction ranging from a fine, suspension, reprimand or counseling after being reported under CA's ...

  • Love scenes are judged Michael Douglas

    Hollywood actor Michael Douglas says it is tough filming love scenes for any movie because everybody judges them. He has shot a gay love scene with actor Matt Damon in his forthcoming film Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra". The 68-year-old believes that the cast, crew and eventually moviegoers are more critical of love scenes because everyone can relate to the acts, as opposed to ...

  • LA mans murder conviction reduced to manslaughter

    LOS ANGELES -; Prosecutors say they are considering appealing a judge's decision to reduce a jury's verdict of second-degree murder against a man who killed a houseguest and buried him in his Southern California ...

  • UC hospitals say patients safe despite strike

    LOS ANGELES -; Both sides say a two-day strike by several thousand University of California medical workers hasn't affected patient ...

  • San Diego agrees to pay boy hit by trash truck

    Luke Acuna was 9 when his left leg was amputated after a November 2011 accident. Authorities say he was skateboarding through an intersection when he was hit by a trash truck that was making a three-point ...

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How to Get Ahead in Advertising [DVD]

How to Get Ahead in Advertising [DVD]

In Bruce Robinson's acerbic but overstated satire How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Richard E. Grant stars as Denis Bagley, a slick, ruthless, chain-smoking, and utterly confident advertising executive who, despite 15 years of incredible success selling the public anything and everything, is stumped on how to come up with an ad campaign for pimple cream. In one of the movie's funniest momen ... ...

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  • Huge wind turbine blade falls in So. Cal

    OCOTILLO, Calif. -; Hundreds of wind farms around the world have slowed operations after huge turbine blades fell in Southern California and ...

  • Beach volleyball tour back after 10-year absence

    The World Series of Beach Volleyball will be played in Long Beach, Calif., from July 22-28. It will be a stop on the FIVB world tour, which hasn't visited the U.S. since ...

  • Las Vegas casino hosts fundraiser for California senator on eve of key vote

    Senate President Pro Temp Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento speaks with Senator Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens during session in the Senate chambers in Sacramento, Calif. on Monday, March 11, ...

  • Carol Burnett to win top US humor prize in DC

    WASHINGTON -- Carol Burnett, who became famous for playing a variety of characters in sketch comedy routines on her namesake television show, was named the winner of the nation's top humor prize on Tuesday.The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said Burnett will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Oct. 20 in Washington. A gala performance featuring top names in comedy ...

  • Dolphin finds 130-year-old torpedo off San Diego

    U-T San Diego says the 19th-century Howell torpedo was found in March near Hotel del Coronado as the dolphin was being trained to find and mark the location of underwater ...

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