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• Man barricaded inside Tennis Villas in Dana Point after gunshot

  23-07-2017 23:51 via ocregister.com
  DANA POINT   A man is barricaded inside a Tennis Villa condominium after reports of a gun shot, police said.
  The Orange County Sheriff’s Department was called at 11:24 a.m. Sunday, July 23, when neighbors on Center Street near Tennis Villas Drive reported hearing gunshots, said Lt. Wayne Rehnelt.
  Deputies arrived at the location and found a hole in the condo wall. A female that had been in the condo came out but a man remains inside, Rehnelt said.
  About a dozen deputies have surrounde
  
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• 'F*ck DC': Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier have intense interview ahead of UFC 214

  23-07-2017 22:53
  Jon Jones looked like he didn't want to be there. But that didn't prohibit him from landing some verbal blows to longtime rival Daniel Cormier .
  
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• Box office: Victory for ‘Dunkirk, ‘Girls Trip’

  23-07-2017 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s victory for “Dunkirk” and “Girls Trip” at the box office this weekend. Both original and well-reviewed films smashed expectations and enticed diverse audiences to the theaters, even though cumulatively summer remains down from last year.
  Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic brought in an estimated $50.5 million to easily top the charts, according to Warner Bros., while the raucous comedy “Girls Trip” broke the R-rated comedy slump of 2017 wit
  
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• 3 popular shops closing in Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort

  23-07-2017 22:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Build-A-Bear Workshop, Chapel Hats and Ridemakerz will soon close in Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort.
  The three neighboring shops are closing to make room for more dining facilities in the area, according to Melissa Britt, a Disneyland Resort spokesperson.
  The shops are popular, and not being closed due to poor performance issues, officials said.
  Chapel Hats, a shop in Downtown Disney, will be closing by the end of September. The shop opened in 2016 in the space formerly occupied by the
  
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• Frank Ocean’s redemptive set at FYF Fest 2017 brought Brad Pitt along for the ride

  23-07-2017 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Frank Ocean was worth the wait.
  Two years after the quirky soul and R&B singer dropped out of FYF Fest just days before he was set to headline, Ocean returned to the eclectic Los Angeles fest on Saturday, July 22, and delivered a set that was both subtle and stunning in its artistry.
  If you said you knew what to expect as the 29-year-old walked out a long ramp to the platform amid the crowd where he’d perform all night, you’d be lying. Since canceling his last L.A. date here in A
  
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• Tyler Skaggs still has hurdles to clear before returning to Angels’ rotation

  23-07-2017 22:07 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Tyler Skaggs gave up three runs and six hits with two strikeouts and zero walks in four innings Saturday during his second rehabilitation start with Triple-A Salt Lake. His next start with the Bees is scheduled for Thursday at Memphis, when he’s expected to be bumped up to five innings.
  What happens next was the unanswerable question Sunday.
  Manager Mike Scioscia couldn’t say when Skaggs might be sound enough to rejoin the Angels’ rotation. Skaggs must clea
  
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• Meet the fans of FYF Fest 2017, who are just as diverse as the lineup

  23-07-2017 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  From teens attending their very first music festival to those who have followed the event for years, FYF Fest, which wraps up its third day at Exposition Park in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 23, was packed with an audience whose common thread seemed to be a fanatical love of music and an adventurous palate.
  With a lineup that spans hip-hop, rock, electronic dance music, neo-soul and R&B and even a stoner metal band (Sleep), it’s no surprise that the crowd is as diverse as the perfo
  
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• MGMT, Princess Nokia among FYF Fest 2017’s musical highlights on Saturday

  23-07-2017 21:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The sunset moment came at the end of MGMT’s set on the main stage at FYF Fest on Saturday.
  The sun, just above the palm trees to the west along Vermont Avenue. A cool breeze rising up to break the afternoon heat. And then the instantly recognizable synthesizer riff that kicks of “Kids,” the indie rock band’s first hit and fan favorite song?
  Yep, that’ll do it, providing the golden hour moment that every festival offers up about this time.
  The first half of Saturday
  
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• Jetting over Mission Viejo: ‘One of the most dangerous feelings you can have’

  23-07-2017 21:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Mission Viejo’s Symphony in the Cities and Prelude in the Park event featured a super hero theme this year.
  Before the Pacific Symphony took stage,  Mission Viejo Mayor Wendy Bucknum was captured by a group of “super villains.”
  Apollo Jet Pack pilot Nick Macomber played the part of the “super hero” and piloted his jet pack over the Oso Viejo Community Park crowd to rescue the mayor.
  Macomber has piloted his jet pack for six years. The 800 horsepower vehicle can
  
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• Missy Elliot’s FYF Fest 2017 performance was a star-studded event

  23-07-2017 21:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Music royalty came out to see hip-hop artist Missy Elliot make her debut at FYF Fest in Los Angeles.
  They danced along to her hits, including “Lose Control,” and posed for photos backstage with her.
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• Why people waited in line for hours for a T-shirt at FYF Fest 2017

  23-07-2017 20:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Even though he dropped out of FYF Fest at the last minute in 2015, it’s pretty obvious that Frank Ocean fans are still in love with their sensitive, soulful singer.
  That much was obvious Saturday, July 22, as hundreds of Ocean fans at the festival at Exposition Park in Los Angeles waited in line for up to four hours because of the singer.
  •Related: These photos show you what it’s like to be at FYF Fest 2017
  Although he’s set to headline Saturday night, his fans weren
  
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• Patient flees from Saddleback Hospital, is struck and killed on 5 freeway

  23-07-2017 20:26 via ocregister.com
  LAGUNA HILLS  A patient who fled from Saddleback Regional Medical Center early Sunday ran across southbound lanes of the 5 freeway and was killed, officials said.
  The Orange County Sheriff’s Department first received a call from hospital staff around 4:55 a.m. reporting that a patient had run from the hospital, said Lt. Wayne Rehnelt.
  Deputies were sent to look for him but were unsuccessful. Minutes later he was located by witnesses on the 5 freeway.
  California Highway Patrol arrived
  
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• Team Sky rider Chris Froome wins fourth Tour de France title

  23-07-2017 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Britain’s Chris Froome, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, is followed by teammate Colombia’s Sergio Henao Montoya, as they pass the Arc de Triomphe during the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 103 kilometers (64 miles) with start in Montgeron and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)Britain’s Chris Froome, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, center, rides on the Champs Elysees av
  
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• Lake Elsinore motorcyclist killed after colliding with several cars

  23-07-2017 19:58 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM HILLS  A 63-year-old motorcylist from Lake Elsinore died Friday after hitting the back of one car, being struck by a second and hitting a third car after his motorcycle went out-of-control on the 91 freeway, officials from California Highway Patrol said Sunday.
  The crash was reported to CHP at 9:48 p.m. Friday when the motorcyclist, identified as James Schafer, was seen splitting the number one and two lanes on the eastbound 91 freeway near Imperial Highway at a speed faster th
  
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• Lake Elsinore Harley Davidson rider killed after splitting lanes and colliding with several cars

  23-07-2017 19:58 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM HILLS  A 63-year-old Harley Davidson rider from Lake Elsinore died Friday after hitting the back of one car, being struck by a second and hitting a third car after his motorcycle went out-of-control on the 91 freeway, officials from California Highway Patrol said Sunday.
  The crash was reported to CHP at 9:48 p.m. Friday when the motorcyclist, identified as James Schafer, was seen splitting the number one and two lanes on the eastbound 91 freeway near Imperial Highway at a speed fast
  
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• Late charge carries Jordan Spieth to British Open title

  23-07-2017 19:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Jordan Spieth of the US celebrates his birdie on the 16th during the final round of the British Open Golf Championship, at Royal Birkdale, Southport, England, Sunday July 23, 2017. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)Jordan Spieth of the United States in the rough on the 13th hole during the final round of the British Open Golf Championship, at Royal Birkdale, Southport, England, Sunday July 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)Jordan Spieth of the United States in the rough on the 13th hole during the fin
  
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• Jordan Spieth takes wild ride to British Open title, wins third major

  23-07-2017 19:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Jordan Spieth of the US celebrates his birdie on the 16th during the final round of the British Open Golf Championship, at Royal Birkdale, Southport, England, Sunday July 23, 2017. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)Jordan Spieth of the United States in the rough on the 13th hole during the final round of the British Open Golf Championship, at Royal Birkdale, Southport, England, Sunday July 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)Jordan Spieth of the United States in the rough on the 13th hole during the fin
  
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• 50 Most Powerful in SoCal Sports: No. 2 Eric Garcetti

  23-07-2017 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Jeanie Buss, 55, Lakers President and Governor The Lakers’ controlling owner won a legal battle with her siblings in March to retain control of one of the most high-profile franchises in sports after firing brother Jim Buss … (Photo by Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze)… and longtime GM Mitch Kupchak and now has a new regime in place led by Magic Johnson and promising young players. ( Photo by Stephen Carr, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG )2. Eric Garcetti, 46, Mayor of Los Ange
  
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• 50 Most Powerful in SoCal Sports: No. 1 Jeanie Buss, Lakers

  23-07-2017 19:17 via ocregister.com
  1. Jeanie Buss, 55, Lakers President and Governor The Lakers’ controlling owner won a legal battle with her siblings in March to retain control of one of the most high-profile franchises in sports after firing brother Jim Buss … (Photo by Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze)… and longtime GM Mitch Kupchak and now has a new regime in place led by Magic Johnson and promising young players. ( Photo by Stephen Carr, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG )2. Eric Garcetti, 46, Mayor of Los Ange
  
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• 50 Most Powerful in SoCal Sports: No. 5 Casey Wasserman

  23-07-2017 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Jeanie Buss, 55, Lakers President and Governor The Lakers’ controlling owner won a legal battle with her siblings in March to retain control of one of the most high-profile franchises in sports after firing brother Jim Buss … (Photo by Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze)… and longtime GM Mitch Kupchak and now has a new regime in place led by Magic Johnson and promising young players. ( Photo by Stephen Carr, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG )2. Eric Garcetti, 46, Mayor of Los Ange
  
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• 50 Most Powerful in SoCal Sports: No. 4 Stan Kroenke, LA Rams

  23-07-2017 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Jeanie Buss, 55, Lakers President and Governor The Lakers’ controlling owner won a legal battle with her siblings in March to retain control of one of the most high-profile franchises in sports after firing brother Jim Buss … (Photo by Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze)… and longtime GM Mitch Kupchak and now has a new regime in place led by Magic Johnson and promising young players. ( Photo by Stephen Carr, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG )2. Eric Garcetti, 46, Mayor of Los Ange
  
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• 50 Most Powerful in SoCal Sports: No. 3 Magic Johnson, Lakers

  23-07-2017 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Jeanie Buss, 55, Lakers President and Governor The Lakers’ controlling owner won a legal battle with her siblings in March to retain control of one of the most high-profile franchises in sports after firing brother Jim Buss … (Photo by Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze)… and longtime GM Mitch Kupchak and now has a new regime in place led by Magic Johnson and promising young players. ( Photo by Stephen Carr, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG )2. Eric Garcetti, 46, Mayor of Los Ange
  
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• 50 Most Powerful in SoCal Sports: No. 7 Philip Anschutz, AEG

  23-07-2017 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Jeanie Buss, 55, Lakers President and Governor The Lakers’ controlling owner won a legal battle with her siblings in March to retain control of one of the most high-profile franchises in sports after firing brother Jim Buss … (Photo by Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze)… and longtime GM Mitch Kupchak and now has a new regime in place led by Magic Johnson and promising young players. ( Photo by Stephen Carr, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG )2. Eric Garcetti, 46, Mayor of Los Ange
  
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• 50 Most Powerful in SoCal Sports: No. 6 Mark Walter, Dodger

  23-07-2017 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Jeanie Buss, 55, Lakers President and Governor The Lakers’ controlling owner won a legal battle with her siblings in March to retain control of one of the most high-profile franchises in sports after firing brother Jim Buss … (Photo by Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze)… and longtime GM Mitch Kupchak and now has a new regime in place led by Magic Johnson and promising young players. ( Photo by Stephen Carr, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG )2. Eric Garcetti, 46, Mayor of Los Ange
  
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• 50 Most Powerful in SoCal Sports: No. 8 Steve Ballmer, Clippers

  23-07-2017 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Jeanie Buss, 55, Lakers President and Governor The Lakers’ controlling owner won a legal battle with her siblings in March to retain control of one of the most high-profile franchises in sports after firing brother Jim Buss … (Photo by Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze)… and longtime GM Mitch Kupchak and now has a new regime in place led by Magic Johnson and promising young players. ( Photo by Stephen Carr, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG )2. Eric Garcetti, 46, Mayor of Los Ange
  
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• Who fell off the 2017 list of 50 Most Powerful in Southern California Sports?

  23-07-2017 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  With yet another professional sports team’s arrival in Los Angeles in the last year on top of annual hirings, firings and the glut of competition in the country’s second-largest market, there was plenty of turnover in the 50 Most Powerful in Southern California Sports.
  Here are the 14 entries from the 2016 list that didn’t make the cut in 2017.5. Vin Scully
  The celebration of the broadcasting legend concluded in September with his retirement after calling 67 seasons of Dodgers&
  
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• Who are the 50 Most Powerful Athletes in Southern California in 2017?

  23-07-2017 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Athletes represent a small portion of the 50 Most Powerful in Southern California Sports list populated with team owners, executives, coaches, sports agents and members of the media. Home to nine professional sports franchises, two Pac-12 conference universities and a popular training ground for Olympic athletes, Southern California is a hub for some of the most elite athletes in the world.
  Here is a list of the 50 Most Powerful Athletes in Southern California.
  1. Clayton Kershaw, 29, Dodgers Pi
  
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• Jeanie Buss is Lakers’ Wonder Woman

  23-07-2017 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Jeanie Buss recently flipped through a photo album that belonged to her father, the late Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss. On the hunt for pictures that could appear in a documentary she is helping produce about the Showtime-era Lakers, she paused on a page of photos from her childhood.
  There in a star-spangled leotard and knee-high red boots was Wonder Woman, the hero of millions of 20th century girls – including Jeanie Buss.
  Here, Wonder Woman was scaling a fence. And here Wonder Woman rode a
  
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• Meet 2017’s 50 Most Powerful in Southern California Sports

  23-07-2017 17:27 via ocregister.com
  
  In a region with nine major professional sports franchises, half-dozen Division I universities, an assemblage of sports agencies and a concentration of media conglomerates, championships aren’t the only measure of success.
  … and longtime GM Mitch Kupchak and now has a new regime in place led by Magic Johnson and promising young players. ( Photo by Stephen Carr, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG )2. Eric Garcetti, 46, Mayor of Los Angeles In less than four years in office, Garcetti has hel
  
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• Southern California tech grows, even in Silicon Valley’s shadow

  23-07-2017 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  “We’re not San Francisco.”
  Carol Trapani, a senior vice president at the CBRE real estate brokerage who helps Southern California tech companies acquire office space, is not simply stating the obvious about the state’s north-south technology divide.
  The Bay Area’s Silicon Valley technology culture is second-to-none on a global basis. So it’s not a terribly surprising that Southern California’s tech world suffers from the occasional inferiority complex.
  T
  
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• This week’s best deals: Cheap ice cream, Ruby’s Diner, thrift shopping and more

  23-07-2017 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Hi, it’s me, Marla Jo, your columnist and deals maven. Check out my Cheapo Travel column in the Sunday Travel section. If you know a great deal, let me know at [email protected]. You can also find me at Deals Diva on Facebook and Twitter. And don’t forget to read my humor columns on Wednesdays in the Register.
  DISCOUNTED ICE CREAMBaskin-Robbins is returning with its 31-day-end-of-the-month promotion for July 31, but raised the price. At participating locations, regular and kid scoops
  
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• Police: 8 dead in truck, 20 dire in immigrant smuggling case

  23-07-2017 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC GAY
  SAN ANTONIO  Authorities called to a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio overnight found eight people dead and 20 others in dire condition in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer, in what police are calling a horrific case of immigrant smuggling.
  The truck’s driver was arrested and all 28 survivors were taken to hospitals, where 20 were in extremely critical or serious condition, authorities said. Eight others were being treated for lesser injuries, including heat strok
  
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• Real briefs: Marcus & Millichap sells Seagate Plaza for $10.8M

  23-07-2017 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Reps in Cushman & Wakefield’s Irvine office have brokered the sale, in conjunction with CBRE Group, of Bridgegate Plaza, a 135,000-square-foot office building in Diamond Bar. Terms were not disclosed. (Courtesy of Cushman & Wakefield)Reps in Cushman & Wakefield’s Irvine office have brokered the sale, in conjunction with CBRE Group, of Bridgegate Plaza, a 135,000-square-foot office building in Diamond Bar. Terms were not disclosed. (Courtesy of Cushman & WakefieldCBC A
  
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• If he builds it, will they come? Plan for former Register site could spur Santa Ana development, backer says

  23-07-2017 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A conceptual image shows apartments, office buildings and 44,000 square feet of retail under the planned redevelopment of the former Orange County Register property in Santa Ana. (Photo courtesy of Caribou Industries)Two 37-story, 493-foot-tall residential towers would rise next to the 5 freeway under a $1 billion redevelopment of the former Orange County Register property, which the newspaper sold for more than $60 million to Santa Ana developer Michael Harrah. The newspaper is now based in Ana
  
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• How will Orange County cities and malls confront “e-tail” revolution as tax revenues decline?

  23-07-2017 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County, which has long positioned itself as an international shopping mecca, finds itself scrambling to cope with a dramatic upheaval in consumer spending habits.
  “Retail is not dead or dying,” economist Wallace Walrod told the Orange County Business Council’s 2017 Economic Development forum last week. “But it is changing rapidly and dynamically before our eyes. Orange County has to adjust.”
  The newly remodeled Ruby’s Diner is part of the renovation pro
  
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• High-rise towers, pedestrian bridge planned for former Register site

  23-07-2017 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Developer Michael Harrah, owner of the former Orange County Register property in Santa Ana, plans to transform the mostly vacant property into 2.35 million square feet of office, apartments, hotel and retail.
  The proposed $1 billion redevelopment plan would include two of the tallest buildings in Orange County, matching in height Harrah’s long-planned 493-foot-tall office tower in downtown Santa Ana, dubbed One Broadway Plaza. A third 260-foot-tall, 20-story high-rise office tower also is
  
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• 5 free things to do in Orange County July 23-29

  23-07-2017 15:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Why sit home because you don’t want to spend any money? Here are 5 things you can do this week that cost nothing at all!
  Monday, July 24
  See the inspirational movie “Stand and Deliver” with Edward James Olmos as part of Movie Mondays on the plaza of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. I love this movie. Rated PG. Bring your chairs and blankets. Learn more: scfta.org/MovieMondays.
  Wednesday: July 26
  Enjoy ”80ss Night at the Buena Park Downtown Mall with music
  
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• Get your national parks pass now, before the price goes up

  23-07-2017 14:36 via ocregister.com
  
  How would you like to get into national parks and federal recreation sites for the rest of your life for free? Not bad, right? But here’s a warning: Right now, anyone 62 or older can pay $10 and get a lifetime pass for entrance to all national parks, forests and national monuments. However, the feds have announced that the price will go up to $80 on Aug. 28, as a result of congressional action. Thanks, Congress. And every time the regular annual pass goes up, the price of the senior pass w
  
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• New Black Panther Poster and Other Details Revealed at Marvel Panel During 2017 Comic-Con

  23-07-2017 13:52
  New footage was screened today at San Diego Comic-Con 2017 that day and at Disney's D23 fan convention in Anaheim, California earlier this month. While the new footage is not available online, new details have come out about the upcoming film, including a new poster.
  
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• Comic-Con 2017: CW’s ‘Riverdale’ to undergo ‘civil war’ in dark, upcoming season

  23-07-2017 11:07 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s one thing that the cast and crew of the CW Network’s “Riverdale” all agree on, the show is about to get much darker.
  “‘Dark’ seems to be the buzzword that we’re all using for season two,” joked Cole Sprouse, who portrays Jughead Jones on the hit television series based on the “Archie” comic books. “It’s like the writers looked at Jughead, and we’re like, ‘Make him unhappy.’ And they were like,
  
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• Comic-Con 2017’s Masquerade is what cosplay dreams are made of

  23-07-2017 10:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Every year at Comic-Con International in San Diego cosplayers are given an opportunity to strut their stuff and really show off just how much work went into their creations.
  In it’s 43rd year and presented by HBO, the Comic-Con Masquerade is more than just a cosplay fashion show.
  The 2017 Comic-Con International Masquerade on day three of Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA., Saturday, July 22, 2017. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher/Southern California News Group)The 2017 Comi
  
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• Astronaut describes surviving fire on the space station during Comic-Con 2017’s NatGeo Nerd Nite

  23-07-2017 10:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Astronaut Jerry Linenger has looked down upon Earth from space, but as he prepared to speak to the crowd at Nerd Nite, NatGeo’s annual event at Comic-Con 2017, he saw something he’d likely never seen before.
  A mermaid. With a trident. Sitting up front to watch his talk.
  Perhaps due to the incredible things Lineger’s done as an astronaut who lived on the Mir space station for nearly 5 months and survived a fire on it, Linenger took everything – the loud music, swirlin
  
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• Watch these 4 comic book artist sketch at Comic-Con 2017

  23-07-2017 10:16 via ocregister.com
  
  These four comic book artists showed off their skills during Comic-Con International. Watch as Rhiannon Owens of Florida, Tuesday Bassen of Pasadena, Christian Slade of Florida, and Salvador Velazquez of Mexico City sketch characters in this timelapse:
  Related Articles Comic-Con 2017: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ cast embrace diversity Comic-Con 2017: This psychologist uses Batman characters to help people learn about mental illness Here are 4 things we learned at Marvel’s
  
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• Comic-Con 2017: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ cast embrace diversity

  23-07-2017 09:48 via ocregister.com
  
  “Star Trek: Discovery” plans to go boldly into the newest phase of the long-running franchise, and the series, which will premiere Sept. 24 on the digital CBS All Access, did so big time Saturday with a Comic-Con International panel discussion, a newly released trailer and a late afternoon press conference.
  But by that time, star Jason Isaacs needed to leave.
  Sonequa Martin-Green, left, reacts as Jason Isaacs looks on at the “Star Trek: Discovery” panel on day three of Co
  
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• Thor: Ragnarok's New Trailer Is Here

  23-07-2017 09:27
  The second trailer for the third film in the Marvel series, Thor: Raganok , debuted at Comic-Con Saturday after being screened at San Diego Comic-Con that day and at Disney's D23 convention in Anaheim, California earlier this month. Fans in Hall H were delighted with the action-packed, hammer-wielding trailer, which runs 2 minutes and 35 seconds.
  
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• Health care follies in the Senate

  23-07-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A long time ago, in a galaxy not all that far away, the opposition party in Congress killed a White House-hatched health care plan. The president was Bill Clinton, although the complex blueprint was midwifed by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, as she liked to be called.
  The Republican effort to put a stake through the heart of Hillarycare was aided by a $20 million insurance industry-sponsored ad campaign remembered as the “Harry and Louise” ads. A middle-aged couple pore over pile
  
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• TSA still offers us less liberty and less safety

  23-07-2017 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By just about any measure, the Transportation Security Administration has been a failure. A recent undercover test provides even further evidence of this, as if any were needed.
  The TSA was a mess before it was merged, along with 21 other federal agencies, into the superbureaucracy known as the Department of Homeland Security in 2002. At the time, then-President George W. Bush promised that the new department would “improve efficiency without growing government,” but as with other DH
  
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• What’s the future of beleaguered fossil fuels industry?

  23-07-2017 09:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Perhaps no economic issue — even trade — is as divisive as the energy industry. Once a standard driver of economic progress, the conventional energy industry has become increasingly vilified by the national media, sued by blue state attorneys general and denounced throughout academia. Some suggest that the industry should be demonized and hounded much as occurred in the case of tobacco.
  Yet, is this attack entirely justified? Unlike tobacco, energy is a huge economic driver, and conv
  
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• No surprise that unions are eager for new voting system

  23-07-2017 09:02 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and a host of union officials are savaging the Republican-controlled Orange County Board of Supervisors for its recent rejection of a plan to replace the current voting system with a vote-by-mail alternative. They accuse the board of partisanship, but they are the ones playing power politics.
  Padilla, a Democrat, said the county’s decision “was driven less by the interests of the people of Orange County and more by politic
  
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• Federal workers delivered for Hillary Clinton

  23-07-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  If TV news reporters from Mars arrived on Earth to investigate what’s heating things up, their instruments would immediately detect the radiation emanating from the special counsel in Washington, D.C.
  The Martians would be here just in time to read the newly issued report from the special counsel and the inspector general for the U.S. Postal Service detailing the violations of law.
  That’s right. The Postal Service.
  This story begins in Marshfield, Wisconsin, where a postal worker nam
  
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