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  • Ex-AFL chief warns CA of need of robust approach to anti-corruption

    Former Australian Football League (AFL) chief executive Adrian Anderson has said that Cricket Australia (CA) and state cricket associations needed a robust national approach to anti-corruption. Stating that one global betting exchange turns over a billion dollars a year on Australian cricket, Anderson, who is conducting a review of CA's integrity and disciplinary systems, estimated that 60 per ...

  • Brad Pitt follows Gwyneth Paltrows dads advice

    Hollywood star Brad Pitt follows his former fiancee Gwyneth Paltrow's father advice on remaining grounded. Pitt was romantically involved with Paltrow in the mid-1990s, and the couple was briefly engaged before splitting in 1997. And that's when he learnt some life lessons from her father, late director Bruce Paltrow. Despite 15 years, a marriage to Jennifer Aniston, and raising six kids with ...

  • Psys look-alike dupes stars at Cannes

    A look alike of the Korean star 'Psy' had a gala time with top Hollywood celebrities at Cannes. The fake PSY partied with stars such as Naomie Harris and Adrien Brody at a party thrown by luxury jeweller- Chopard, the Sun reported. The man also tried his hands at DJ decks at an event hosted by a Russian oil-magnate and where big names including Trance beauty Rosario Dawson were present. A ...

  • Padres Come Up Short In Arizona

    PHOENIX, AZ - MAY 24: Nick Hundley #4 of the San Diego Padres tags out Wil Nieves #27 of the Arizona Diamondbacks at home plate at Chase Field on May 24, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty ...

  • San Francisco State Basketball Player Accused Of Murder In Georgia

    Decensae White, a basketball player at San Francisco State University, is accused in the 2012 Georgia murder of rapper Lil’ Phat, also known as Melvin Vernell III. (Fulton County Sheriff’s ...

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Orange County

Orange County is an amusing, sometimes witty, but often uneven comedy about the horrors of familial dysfunction. It is also an example of the benefits of Hollywood nepotism, with the talented twentysomething offspring of the current Hollywood dominion in many of the key roles. The role of Shaun Brumder, a high-school senior trying to get into Stanford so he can study under a writer/profess ... ...

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  • San Diego County wildfire 70 percent contained

    JULIAN, Calif.-Firefighters are making progress against a wildfire burning in a remote area of eastern San Diego County. Authorities say the blaze east of the mountain town of Julian grew to 1,850 acres and is 70 percent contained Friday. No homes are threatened. More than 600 firefighters, aided by air tankers, helicopters, dozens of engines and water tenders are battling the blaze. Three ...

  • Freight train derailed in Southern California with no injury

    A freight train derailed on Wednesday afternoon near Palmdale in Southern California, with nearby residents evacuated, local authorities said.Although nobody had been injured, authorities were "initiating evacuations" as the wreckage raised concerns about a possible chlorine leak from one or more of the overturned carriages, Inspector Matt Levesque of the Los Angeles County Fire ...

  • Giants go quietly behind Lincecum vs. Rockies

    COL@SF: Blanco's throw nabs Helton at second SAN FRANCISCO -- Tim Lincecum dropped his second game in a week Friday night to Tyler Chatwood and the Colorado Rockies, who subdued the Giants, 5-0. Lincecum (3-4) yielded four runs and seven hits in seven innings. His primary nemesis, Michael Cuddyer, drove in three runs with a first-inning double and a sixth-inning homer in his first game ...

  • Stults Padres felled by five-run seventh

    SD@ARI: Alonso hits an RBI single to plate Quentin PHOENIX -- Through six innings Friday, Eric Stults bewildered the first-place D-backs with his four-pitch arsenal, holding the club scoreless on just 79 offerings while surrendering three singles, none of which were hit all that hard. Cruising up down and down the Arizona lineup, the left-hander appeared well on his way to turning in yet ...

  • Cashner trying to stay hot vs. first-place D-backs

    The runner-up in last year's National League Rookie of the Year voting will take the mound on Saturday night in Phoenix, but it's his counterpart who has been stirring up widespread talk of his potential coming to fruition in recent weeks. Andrew Cashner, winner of two of his last three starts, will look to help the Padres get back on track in the NL West and inch closer to .500 as ...

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