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• Submission! Watch Brian Ortega tap Renato Moicano late at UFC 214

  30-07-2017 23:01
  Two undefeated featherweight contenders battled it out earlier tonight at UFC 214 live from inside Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., as submission specialist Brian Ortega went toe-to-toe with Brazilian striker Renato Moicano. While Ortega landed heavy shots on the feet throughout three rounds, it was his finishing ability on the ground that once again proved victorious.
  
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• U.S. bombers fly over South Korea after North’s 2nd ICBM test

  30-07-2017 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By KIM TONG-HYUNG
  SEOUL, South Korea — The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday in a show of force against North Korea following the country’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test. The U.S. also said it conducted a successful test of a missile defense system located in Alaska.
  The B-1 bombers were escorted by South Korean fighter jets as they performed a low-pass over an air base near the South Korean capital of Seoul before returnin
  
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• Bud Norris gives up another slam as Angels blow six-run lead in ninth

  30-07-2017 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Angels starting pitcher Jesse Chavez throws against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of a game in Toronto, Sunday, July 30, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Cesar Valdez throws against the Angels during the first inning of a major league game in Toronto on Sunday, July 30, 2017. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)Angels Ben Revere slides through the legs of Toronto Blue Jays catcher Miguel Montero to score on a sacrifice fly i
  
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• UFC 214 one day later — all Jon Jones, all the time

  30-07-2017 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Cris Cyborg finally completed a remarkable career metamorphosis.Tyron Woodley continued to hold on to his title amid the displeasure of some.Yet UFC 214 was all about Jon Jones on Saturday night at Honda Center.Here are our next-day thoughts after an epic night led by the greatest fighter in UFC history:
  Jon Jones is back
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• Box office: ‘Dunkirk’ conquers ‘Emoji,’ ‘Atomic Blonde’

  30-07-2017 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  “The Emoji Movie” survived negative reviews but couldn’t conquer “Dunkirk,” which had enough fight left to top the box office for a second weekend in a row.
  Down only 44 percent from its first weekend, director Christopher Nolan’s World War II film earned $28.1 million to take first place, according to studio estimates on Sunday. “Dunkirk” has grossed $102.8 million domestically to date.
  Sony Pictures Animation’s “The Emoji Movie”
  
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• Couple robbed at gunpoint in Irvine apartment complex

  30-07-2017 22:29 via ocregister.com
  IRVINE A couple at an apartment complex in Irvine was forcibly robbed at gunpoint by a man, who fired shots at them before running into the night, police said Sunday.
  The suspect approached the couple at the Northwood Place apartments in the 500 block of Hayes Street and forcibly removed jewelry from the couple. He then fired at the victims and fled on foot. No one was injured, said Kim Mohr of the Irvine Police Department.Police
  Police were sent to the scene just before 11 p.m. Saturday, in res
  
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• Echo & the Bunnymen, Violent Femmes a mixed bag in Costa Mesa

  30-07-2017 21:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Ian McCulloch was bathed in moody light during the Echo & the Bunnymen set. The Violent Femmes and Echo & the Bunnymen were playing at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, CA on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Orange County Register/SCNG)A fan of the Violent Femmes and Hunter S. Thompson dances with his companion. The Violent Femmes and Echo & the Bunnymen were playing at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, CA on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Photo by Bill Alkofer
  
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• 25-year-old woman dies after losing control of car and striking two trees

  30-07-2017 21:11 via ocregister.com
  FULLERTON  Police are looking for witnesses who may have seen a single car crash that killed a 25-year-old woman near Harbor Boulevard and Valley View Drive late Saturday, July 29.
  The crash was reported to Fullerton police around 11:50 p.m. Officers rushed to the scene and found a woman with life-threatening injuries inside a 2008 Nissan Altima near 1401 Harbor Blvd. Paramedics pronounced her dead shortly thereafter, said Sgt. Jon Radus.
  A preliminary investigation shows that the Nissan Al
  
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• Irvine police sergeants debut mounted unit with their own horses

  30-07-2017 20:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Dennis Maisano’s day started 3 a.m. one recent Wednesday.
  After sipping coffee, the 57-year-old police sergeant went outside to feed his horse, Frosty. After waiting an hour for Frosty to finish his alfalfa cubes, Maisano loaded him up in a trailer and hauled it with his Chevy pickup about 30 miles to Santa Ana from Norco for a 7 a.m. training.
  Maisano and other mounted unit officers from across Orange County spent the day at Santiago Park honing their riding skills under the glaring sun.
  
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• Putin throws out 755 U.S. diplomats in response to sanctions

  30-07-2017 20:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By Neil MacFarquhar
  MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin announced on Sunday that 755 American diplomats would be expelled from Russia by Sept. 1, escalating the tensions between Washington and Moscow.
  Although the expulsions had been announced on Friday, in response to the new law passed in Congress last week expanding sanctions against Russia, the president’s statement was the first to confirm the large number of American diplomats involved.
  Speaking in a t
  
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• Metallica shows its staying power, and plenty of pyrotechnics, at a packed Rose Bowl

  30-07-2017 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Kirk Hammett of Metallica performs at the Rose Bowl Saturday. (Photo by Kelly A. Swift, Contributing Photographer)Robert Trujillo of Metallica performs at the Rose Bowl on Saturday. (Photo by Kelly A. Swift, Contributing Photographer)Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield of Metallica perform at the Rose Bowl on Saturday. (Photo by Kelly A. Swift, Contributing Photographer)Christian Andreu of French Metal band Gojira performs at the Rose Bowl Saturday. (Photo by Kelly A. Swift, Contributing Photographe
  
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• Anaheim father killed pulling into his own driveway as car slams into him

  30-07-2017 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM  A 34-year-old man was killed while driving into his own driveway early Sunday, July 30, as his pregnant wife and young child waited for him to return, police said.
  The crash in the 1500 block of W. Ball Road —  a possible result of street racing — was first reported at 3:15 a.m. when officers from the Anaheim Police Department and Anaheim Fire and Rescue Department were called to the scene, Sgt. Daron Wyatt said in a statement.
  A preliminary investigation shows tha
  
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• U.S. Open of Surfing: Here are the competitors to watch at the big Huntington surf contest

  30-07-2017 19:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Courtney Conlogue,, of Santa Ana, is one of the world’s best females to compete at the U.S. Open of Surfing. (Photo by Ana Venegas, The Orange County Register/SCNG)Pat Gudauskas, of San Clemente, leaps off a wave during the U.S. Open of Surfing. (Photo by Kyusung Gong, The Orange County Register/SCNG)Brazilian Filipe Toledo gets airborne during a past U.S. Open of Surfing event. (Photo by Michael Goulding, The Orange County Register/SCNG)Kanoa Igarashi, of Huntington Beach, competes in rou
  
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• Jon Jones returns to the UFC and records spectacular victory over Daniel Cormier

  30-07-2017 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM Jon Jones is back on top of the UFC’s light heavyweight division.
  Jones, in his first appearance since April 23, 2016, won back his UFC light heavyweight title with a third-round TKO stoppage of Daniel Cormier at Honda Center in the main event of UFC 214 in front of a sell-out crowd of 16,610.
  After a back and forth opening two rounds, Jones started his path to victory with a head kick that sent Cormier (19-2) staggering around the octagon, eventually falling to the canvas.
  Jones (
  
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• Entangled humpback spotted off San Clemente pier, rescuers from across Southern California trying to cut it loose

  30-07-2017 19:12 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT Whale rescue teams from across Southern California were off San Clemente pier early Sunday, July 30 after re-locating an entangled humpback whale first found Saturday off San Pedro.
  The moderate-sized humpback whale was spotted at 7:30 a.m. off San Onofre by Capt. Calvin Cooper, who was operating a sportfishing charter from Dana Wharf Sportfishing and Whale Watching.
  “At first he thought the humpback wasn’t entangled,” said Donna Kalez, who manages Dana Wharf. &ldquo
  
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• A $7 million condo, a $150,000 cabin and a red-hot market: See O.C. housing at mid-year

  30-07-2017 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s summertime, and the housing market is red hot.
  As it has been for months.
  So far, 2017 is one of the strongest years since the recovery began in 2012.
  At mid-year, consumer confidence, job growth, low mortgage rates and a shortage of available homes has created great demand and a boom in sales. But many buyers have faced tough competition.
  “The first half of 2017 was blazing hot due to a lack of inventory and interest rates that dipped back down to historically low levels,&rdquo
  
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• 3-Car Crash Leaves 1 Dead, Another Injured in Anaheim

  30-07-2017 18:36
  A man was detained and was being investigated for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol after a three-car crash in Anaheim left one person dead. A person was killed and another was injured in a three-vehicle crash in Anaheim on Sunday, where a motorist at the scene was being detained for possibly driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
  
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• U.S. Open of Surfing: O.C. surfers dominate on Day 1 as hurricane swell fills in

  30-07-2017 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Tyler Gunter of Newport Beach competes during round 1 of the junior men’s competition during the U.S. Open of surfing in Huntington Beach, on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)John Mel of Santa Cruz of competes during round 3 of the junior men’s competition during the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)Cole Houshmand of San Clemente competes during round 2 of th
  
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• Man dead after shot in car, Santa Ana police say likely gang shooting

  30-07-2017 18:23 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA  Police are looking for the public’s help in identifying suspects involved in a possible gang shooting late Saturday.
  The incident occurred around 10:24 p.m. after Santa Ana Police were called to a shooting in the 4200 block of West Fay Circle, said Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
  When they arrived officers found a man who had been shot in the upper torso sitting inside a car that had been in a traffic collision, Bertagna said.
  Paramedics from the Orange County Fire Authority treated
  
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• Got $12,500? Send your ashes to the moon — or hold off for a celestial cemetery plot

  30-07-2017 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Can’t get to outer space in this lifetime?
  For $12,500, you can send a gram of your cremated remains blasting onto the moon or have them shot out into deep space.
  It costs about $5,000 for a “burial” in low-Earth orbit, where a travel-shampoo-size urn can spin for years at 17,000 mph until it gradually descends into the white-hot re-entry atmosphere. That’s what was done with bits of “Star Trek” entertainment franchise creator Gene Roddenberry, and famed write
  
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• See Newport Beach ‘showpiece’ once owned by televangelist Paul Crouch, selling for $4.3 million

  30-07-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A Harbor Ridge home once owned by televangelist Paul Crouch and the Trinity Broadcasting Network has been relisted at $4.35 million. (Photo by Tim Krueger)A Harbor Ridge home once owned by televangelist Paul Crouch and the Trinity Broadcasting Network has been relisted at $4.35 million. (Photo by Tim Krueger)A Harbor Ridge home once owned by televangelist Paul Crouch and the Trinity Broadcasting Network has been relisted at $4.35 million. (Photo by Tim Krueger)A Harbor Ridge home once owned by t
  
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• This week’s best deals: Free Queen Mary, free camping, back to school sales

  30-07-2017 15:34 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.
  SAN DIEGO DEAL
  If you’re bemoaning that summer’s almost over and you never took the kids to the San Diego Zoo, cheer up. If you wait until October, it’s all on
  
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• Real estate briefly: Orange County ranks 4th on West Coast for office space demand, report says

  30-07-2017 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Lee & Associates in Orange have sold an industrial building in Riverside for $2.75 million. The building, at 341 Main St.,sold to G&B Holdings. (Courtesy of Lee & Associates, Orange)Morgan Skenderian Investment Real Estate Group has sold a duplex in Santa Ana for $980,000 to Jeff Vo & Tuong-Thuy Hoang for. The duplex at 2614 W. Columbine Ave. was owned by 3XM Development. Michael Sacks and Rick Applebaum of the firm’s Newport Beach office represented the seller in this
  
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• One man’s view: 12 things to replace Sears at South Coast Plaza

  30-07-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Henry Segerstrom poses with a sign announcing the construction of South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy of South Coast Plaza)Eric Denker and his wife, Jalen Denker, of Irvine, shop at South Coast Plaza. It’s one of America’s most successful shopping complexes, and it’s celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Bristol Street in Costa Mesa circa 1974 near South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy Costa Mesa Historical Society)Shoppers at Sears at
  
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• Here’s what the Olympic Games looked like in 1932 Los Angeles

  30-07-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  July 30 marks the 85th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 10th Olympic Games, which introduced the world to Los Angeles (population 1.2 million in 1932).
  A look back at those Games shows a glimpse of the success the city would like to repeat in 2024 or 2028.The campaign to bring the Olympics to Los Angeles began in 1919.  Once the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was open in 1923, the International Olympic Committee awarded the city the Games – the only city to bid. Los Angeles w
  
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• Venezuela’s leader casts unusual pre-dawn vote, decries ‘terrorism’

  30-07-2017 14:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and FABIOLA SANCHEZ
  CARACAS, Venezuela  — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro asked for global acceptance on Sunday as he cast an unusual pre-dawn vote for an all-powerful constitutional assembly that his opponents fear he’ll use to replace his country’s democracy with a single-party authoritarian system.
  Accompanied by close advisers and state media, Maduro voted at 6:05 a.m. local time, far earlier and less publicly than in previous elections. The
  
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• 5 free things to do this week in Orange County (July 30-Aug. 6)

  30-07-2017 14:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Why sit home because you don’t want to spend any money? Here are five things to do this week that cost nothing at all:
  Monday, July 31
  It’s Movie Monday at the Segerstrom Center. Bring chairs, blankets and a picnic – or patronize a food truck – starting at 5:30 p.m. This week, “Edward Scissorhands” screens at dusk. Note: Due to construction on the plaza, this event will be on the lawn, so come early for seating. Location: 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. scf
  
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• UFC 214 results: Cris Cyborg finishes Tonya Evinger to win featherweight title

  30-07-2017 14:09
  In the first of three title fights at UFC 214 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday night, Cris Cyborg finally got what many believe she should've had from the beginning of her Octagon career - a UFC belt. Cyborg became the second women's featherweight champion - after Germaine de Randamie picked up the inaugural title earlier this year - on the pay-per-view main card against former Invicta FC bantamweight champ Tonya Evinger .
  
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• Deal of the week: Free bowling for kids

  30-07-2017 13:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Head over to a participating AMF bowling center for their annual Kidsfest, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 5. One free hour of bowling including shoes for kids age 15 and under. Plus $5 off bowling discounts for adults. You can also get $1 hot dogs and sodas. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. My invitation was from Valley View Lanes, 12141 Valley View St., Garden Grove, so check with your local AMF center to see if they’re participating. Learn more: amf.com
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• UFC 214 post-fight bonuses: Jones, Ortega among $50K winners

  30-07-2017 09:46
  The Honda Center in Anaheim, California was home to a pretty great night of fights, with five KOs, one submission and six decisions, including one split-decision. UFC 214 saw the crowning of a new champion in Cris Cyborg , the retention of a title by Tyron Woodley and the redemption of Jon Jones as he regained his throne.
  
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• UFC 214: Fight doesn't live up to the hype as Tyron Woodley...

  30-07-2017 09:46
  Tyron Woodley fights Demian Maia in the welterweight bout at UFC 214 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday July, 29, 2017. Calvin Kattar, right, goes after Andre Fili in the featherweight bout at UFC 214 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday July, 29, 2017.
  
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• Mayes’ cap-and-trade misstep reverberates in Orange County races

  30-07-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — Assembly GOP Leader Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley is facing renewed pressure from party activists to resign his leadership post after he and six other Republican Assembly members helped Democrats pass a 10-year extension to the state’s cap-and-trade system.
  I don’t begrudge Mayes for trying to do something about climate change, but he should be booted as his party’s Assembly leader for political foolishness alone. The key role of the party leader is to get more
  
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• Founders would have frowned upon filibuster

  30-07-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Is the Senate filibuster a useful emergency brake on the actions of legislative majorities, or is it a heckler’s veto that distorts the legislative process and prevents the effective functioning of government?
  The 60-vote requirement to cut off debate isn’t in the Constitution. In fact, the opposite is true. The Constitution’s forerunner in 1781, the Articles of Confederation, required the approval of nine of the thirteen states to pass a law, but that supermajority provision w
  
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• Southern California’s transit agencies need to evolve

  30-07-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite more people living and working in California, mass transit ridership continues to decline. The problem is particularly severe in Orange County, where transit ridership is down 30 percent since 2008.
  The Eno Center for Transportation found that between 2014 and 2016, transit ridership dropped in all but seven of the country’s largest urban areas. Cutbacks in transit service are the top reason for the decline nationally. Rail cutbacks, such as running fewer trains per hour or closing
  
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• Letters: Democrats are the party of nothing

  30-07-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Re: “What does the Democratic Party stand for?” [Opinion, July 25]: That’s way too simple to answer. Democrats stand for nothing.
  A country song once said, “You’ve got stand for something or you’ll fall for anything.” But in fairness, they are very proficient in obstructing and chaos.
  — Mike Chamberlin, San ClementeWork for working people
  Growing up, my parents were Republican, so in my early adult years I called myself a Republican, mainly because
  
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• UFC 214: Boos rain down as Tyron Woodley scores unanimous-decision victory over Demian Maia at UFC 214

  30-07-2017 07:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Calvin Kattar, right, goes after Andre Fili in the featherweight bout at UFC 214 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday July, 29, 2017. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Calvin Kattar, left, battles Andre Fili in the featherweight bout at UFC 214 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday July, 29, 2017. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Calvin Kattar, right, goes after Andre Fili in the featherweight bout at UFC 214 at the Honda Center in
  
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• UFC 214 results: Tyron Woodley decisions Demian Maia in terrible, no good title fight

  30-07-2017 07:38
  Welterweight champion Tyron Woodley looked to defend his world title for the third time tonight against Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Demian Maia in the pay-per-view co-main event of UFC 214, which took place inside Honda Center in Anaheim, California. It was clear that Maia's best chance of winning was dragging Woodley to the mat and strangling him.
  
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• Highlights from Saturday’s Rams practice

  30-07-2017 07:05 via ocregister.com
  
  A brief look at the Rams’ training-camp practice on Saturday:
  BIG MOMENT
  The Rams’ offense attempted plenty of deep passes in the first practice, but the flashiest moment came when quarterback Jared Goff stayed in the pocket and completed a short pass to reserve running back Malcolm Brown, who then evaded linebacker Alec Ogletree and ran for a 50-yard touchdown.
  INJURY REPORT
  Running back Lance Dunbar, tight end Johnny Mundt and receiver Mike Thomas remain on the “physically un
  
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• Day One of the Rams new season has a soap opera feel

  30-07-2017 07:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The day should have been all about new head coach Sean McVay officially putting his imprint on the Rams and the progress of second-year quarterback Jared Goff and all those shiny new pieces added through the draft and free agency.
  But when the Rams opened training camp Saturday at UC Irvine, the focus was instead on the very important piece to their puzzle that wasn’t there and the lock down cornerback who showed up in mind but perhaps not spirit.
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• Gold lunar module stolen from Neil Armstrong museum in Ohio

  30-07-2017 06:14 via ocregister.com
  
  WAPAKONETA, Ohio  – Ohio police say a rare gold replica of the lunar space module has been stolen from the Armstrong Air and Space Museum.
  Police in Wapakoneta responded to a museum alarm late Friday night and discovered the 5-inch  high, solid-gold replica had been stolen.
  Replicas of the lunar excursion module produced by Cartier were presented to Neil Armstrong and his two fellow astronauts, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, in Paris shortly after their historic space mission.
  
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• UFC 214 prelims: Brian Ortega stays perfect with tapout win

  30-07-2017 05:58 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM — Only one undefeated fighter remains in the top 10 of the UFC’s featherweight division, and Brian Ortega made sure it wasn’t Renato Moicano.
  After two competitive rounds spent almost entirely on the feet, No. 8 Ortega turned a takedown attempt from No. 9 Moicano into a guillotine choke, forcing the Brazilian to tap out for his first loss at 2:59 of the third round Saturday at the UFC 214 prelims at Honda Center.
  Ranked No. 8 in the 145-pound division, Ortega (12-0, 1 N
  
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• USC opens training camp practices on an earlier schedule

  30-07-2017 05:29 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Safety Chris Hawkins was restless.
  “I felt like a freshman again,” Hawkins, a fifth-year senior, said Saturday after USC’s first training camp practice. “Last night I really couldn’t sleep. I was tossing and turning in bed, couldn’t wait to get to practice.”
  Related Articles USC again will attempt to live up to lofty preseason expectationsTraining camp is underway a bit earlier for the Trojans this season. Last year, they began on Aug
  
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• USC Practices With New Sense Of Confidence

  30-07-2017 05:13 via ocregister.com
  
  USC Trojans Jake Russell during USC Spring practice on Brian Kennedy/ Howard Jones Field on the campus of the University of Southern California on Saturday, July 29, 2017 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)USC Trojans tight end Alec Hursh during USC Spring practice on Brian Kennedy/ Howard Jones Field on the campus of the University of Southern California on Saturday, July 29, 2017 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)USC Trojans wi
  
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• CHP pursues vehicle on Interstate 5 freeway

  30-07-2017 04:05 via ocregister.com
  SAN CLEMENTE California Highway Patrol officers pursued a silver Lexus south on Interstate 5 through Orange County for about 40 minutes Saturday, July 29, before the driver surrendered to authorities.
  Around 6:50 p.m. a man driving the car, which had some of its tires blown out, surrendered to officers south of San Onofre State Beach, NBC4 reported.
  Fountain Valley police requested that the CHP take over the pursuit around 6:15 p.m. dispatchers said.
  Information regarding what prompted
  
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• Oram: Lakers move to new headquarters means ‘bittersweet’ goodbye to longtime home

  30-07-2017 03:52 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers had one more offseason move to make last week, and it had nothing to do with finding a back-up point guard. By the close of business Friday, green bins lined the halls of their El Segundo practice facility and headquarters, ready to be trucked to the team’s swanky new home.
  A lot of Lakers history was packed into those green tubs, just as much of it had been crammed into the 17 years the team spent on Nash Street.
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• As camp opens, Trumaine Johnson knows the end is near between him and Rams

  30-07-2017 03:52 via ocregister.com
  IRVINE — Trumaine Johnson wore a Rams jersey Saturday. He talked about winning games for the Rams. He signed a couple hundred autographs for Rams fans, and even greeted one who heckled him.
  Yet there’s a subtext now clear to everyone. Johnson won’t be with the Rams after this season.
  The Rams, for a second consecutive offseason, tagged Johnson as their franchise player, a designation that included a guaranteed one-year contract worth almost $17 million. Johnson often said he ho
  
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• Can Kelly impose order inside the Trump White House?

  30-07-2017 03:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By Philip Rucker,Robert Costa and Dan Balz
  WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is trying to take command of his floundering administration by enlisting a retired four-star Marine general as his White House chief of staff, empowering a no-nonsense disciplinarian to transform a dysfunctional West Wing into the “fine-tuned machine” the president has bragged of running but has not yet materialized.
  John Kelly will be sworn in Monday at the nadir of Trump’s presidency, with hi
  
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• Lakers agree to a partially guaranteed deal with Vander Blue

  30-07-2017 03:07 via ocregister.com
  For the fourth consecutive season, Vander Blue will experience something that could be both encouraging and frustrating.
  He will have a chance to crack the Lakers’ regular-season roster, as the Lakers agreed to a partially guaranteed deal that will bring Blue on board for training camp. Just like in his past three years with the Lakers’ Development League affiliate, Blue has no assurances such a dream will happen.
  Blue has impressed the Lakers in recent years. He helped the Lakers wi
  
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• Motorcyclist critically injured after being struck by car in Anaheim

  30-07-2017 02:40 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM A man was critically injured Saturday when his motorcycle was struck by a car in Anaheim, police said.
  The crash was reported around noon in the 900 block of East Vermont Avenue.
  A 2014 Kia Soul driven by a 19-year-old Placentia man struck a 2014 Yamaha ridden by a 45-year-old Moreno Valley resident, Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said.
  The motorcyclist, who was transported to an area hospital, sustained potentially life threatening injuries, he said. The names of the motorcyclist
  
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• Dodgers notes: Adrian Gonzalez ready to put injured back to test in rehab games

  30-07-2017 02:28 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES – Adrian Gonzalez is ready to find out.
  “It feels good,” the Dodgers first baseman said of the back injury that sent him to the DL. “I’m not playing in pain. But I haven’t been playing baseball games.”
  Gonzalez hasn’t played a baseball game since June 11. Since then, he has two examinations on the herniated disc in his back, received an epidural injection to relieve the pain and gone through countless hours of physical therapy and core-
  
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