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• How much have the Ducks missed Josh Manson while he’s been sidelined?

  09-12-2019 23:47
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. — With defenseman Josh Manson due back in the Ducks’ lineup perhaps as soon as Tuesday’s game against the Minnesota Wild, two questions related to his absence must be asked: How much did they miss him and did anyone step up and take advantage of an opportunity to play?
  The answers are: A lot and kinda, sorta.
  For starters, the Ducks are 6-9-4 in the 19 games Manson has been sidelined by a sprained knee suffered Oct. 24. They were 6-5-0 with him in the lineup. Th
  
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• Lynden’s Lotus bracelets are one girl’s way of helping children with pediatric cancer like herself

  09-12-2019 23:45
  
  Amanda Smith, was at a McDonald’s when her daughter, Lynden, asked to put some money in the box for kids with cancer. Earlier that day, Lynden, just 7 years old, was diagnosed herself with Stage 3 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
  Despite her own diagnosis, the Mission Viejo girl was focused on how she could help other children in her situation.
  Lynden Smith and her family have been raising money for the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation based i
  
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• Kings face off with improving New York Rangers Tuesday at Staples Center

  09-12-2019 23:23
  
  It’ll be Times Square facing L.A. Live when the Kings host the New York Rangers in a battle of bright lights and big cities at Staples Center Tuesday night.
  The teams squared off for hockey’s ultimate prize in 2014 but have since receded into relative obscurity, having made sweeping personnel changes in terms of players, coaching and management.
  For the Kings, their sojourn in Western Canada produced two losses in as many days, most recently stumbling 4-3 against the Calgary Flames.
  
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• Fred DiPalma retiring as Katella football coach

  09-12-2019 23:17
  
  Fred DiPalma is retiring as football head coach at Katella.
  DiPalma, 62, coached Katella for 12 seasons. The Knights won a CIF-Southern Section championship in 2017 and DiPalma was named the Register’s Orange County football coach of the year that season.
  He also was Savanna’s coach for 12 seasons. Savanna won a CIF-SS title during his tenure, in 1993. DiPalma was the head coach at Santiago in the mid-1980s.
  DiPalma also is retiring as a teacher at Savanna, effective at the end of th
  
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• Holiday festivities shine in downtown Laguna Beach during annual city party

  09-12-2019 22:57
  
  Lighting the pepper tree and Santa riding down Forest Avenue are classics during Laguna Beach’s annual Hospitality Night.
  The community party is the city’s official kick-off to the holiday season and takes place every year on the first Friday in December. It’s co-sponsored by the city and the Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce.
  From right, Matt Waken carries three-year-old Hudson Waken and Logan Schwenke carries four-year-old Brooklyn Waken to see Santa during Laguna Beach’
  
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• Old Towne Orange lights up with the holiday spirit

  09-12-2019 22:51
  
  Luna Baricuatro reacts to Santa while sitting on the lap of her mother, Lauren, during Orange’s 25th annual tree-lighting ceremony on Sunday, December 8, 2019 in the Old Towne Orange Plaza. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer)
  Luna Baricuatro reacts to sitting on Santa’s lap during Orange’s 25th annual tree-lighting ceremony on Sunday, December 8, 2019 in the Old Towne Orange Plaza. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume ins
  
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• Curt Seeden: Santa and Mrs. Claus will stop by Fountain Valley gazebo Dec. 14

  09-12-2019 22:45
  
  Looking for something to do Saturday, Dec. 14? Consider checking out the Fountain Valley Historical Society’s Christmas in the Gazebo.
  The Historical Society fundraiser, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Heritage Park, will feature a Christmas-theme bake sale, coffee bar, and vendors offering hand-crafted holiday gifts, home décor, children’s items and vintage items for sale.
  There also will be a deejay and an appearance by Santa and Mrs. Claus.
  Heritage Park is next to the library, 1
  
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• Newport Beach woman to plead guilty in college admissions scandal

  09-12-2019 22:27
  
  LOS ANGELES — A Newport Beach woman has agreed to plead guilty to charges filed Monday in Boston alleging she paid $9,000 to have an individual take online classes for her son, in order to earn credits to facilitate his graduation from Georgetown University.
  Karen Littlefair, 57, will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud on a date to be scheduled by the court, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston. She is the latest defendant to strike a deal in a
  
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• Claremont church Nativity scene depicts Holy Family as caged refugees

  09-12-2019 22:22
  
  A Claremont church’s Nativity scene has imagined the Holy Family as caged refugees, comparing the plight of Jesus, Mary and Joseph to the separation of families at the U.S. border with Mexico.
  The display at Claremont United Methodist Church, which has created Nativity scenes in the past inspired by social issues, depicts Mary and Joseph in separate barbed wired cages with Jesus at the center.
  The Holy Family “takes the place of the thousands of nameless families separated at our bor
  
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• Blood, sweat and tears provide equity for Habitat for Humanity homeowners in Fullerton

  09-12-2019 21:52
  
  Areli Flores, 22, first heard about Habitat for Humanity of Orange County a year ago while working as a behavioral therapist.
  In 30 years, the organization has provided 223 affordable homes to qualifying families.
  Flores was excited to spread the word. The program seemed like a way out of her family’s situation and their cramped Anaheim apartment. Her parents, her ailing 83-year-old grandma, and her two sisters, had lived there for nine years but worried they’d have to find a new pla
  
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• Blood, sweat and tears provide equity for Habitat for Humanity homeowners

  09-12-2019 21:52
  
  Areli Flores, 22, first heard about Habitat for Humanity of Orange County a year ago while working as a behavioral therapist.
  In 30 years, the organization has provided 223 affordable homes to qualifying families.
  Flores was excited to share the news. The program seemed like a way out of her family’s situation and their cramped Anaheim apartment. Her parents, her ailing 83-year-old grandma, and her two sisters, have lived there for nine years but worried they’d have to find a new pla
  
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• State officials head to Long Beach Tuesday, Dec. 10, to discuss 2020 census

  09-12-2019 21:39
  
  A cadre of state officials will head to Long Beach on Tuesday, Dec. 10, to review local efforts to encourage participation in the 2020 census.
  Committees from the state Assembly and the state Senate will meet in the city’s Civic Chambers to publicly discuss outreach plans in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
  “We are looking forward to sharing the important work that is being done in and around the city to ensure that everyone is counted in the 2020 census,” Mayor Robert Garcia s
  
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• Tax exhaustion may be on the horizon in California

  09-12-2019 21:37
  
  California’s local governments — cities especially — and school districts have been packing ballots with tax increase measures in recent years and another batch is on tap for next year.
  Voters have, more often than not, bought into officials’ pleas for more revenue and promises to spend it on popular services and facilities.
  As often noted in this space, those officials rarely mention the real reasons they need more money, which are the fast-rising costs of employee pensi
  
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• Putin, new Ukrainian leader Zelenskiy meet for first time

  09-12-2019 21:34
  
  By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and YURAS KARMANAU
  PARIS — President Vladimir Putin of Russia met with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine for the first time Monday at a summit in Paris to try to end five years of war between Ukrainian troops and Moscow-backed separatists.
  Both sat down at the French presidential palace along with the leaders of France and Germany for talks focused on reviving a 2015 peace agreement for eastern Ukraine that has largely stalled. Since 2014, the war has killed 1
  
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• Reports: Stephen Strasburg to re-sign with Washington Nationals

  09-12-2019 21:32
  
  Coveted right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg has reached an agreement on a seven-year, $245 million deal to remain with the Washington Nationals, according to multiple media reports Monday.
  Strasburg, who this fall became the first pitcher in major league history to win five games in a single postseason without a loss, had opted out of his contract to become a free agent. He recently met with officials from the Angels, who are in the market for starting pitching and are believed to be one of t
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Kayla Meraz, Brea Olinda

  09-12-2019 21:30
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County girls athlete of the week:
  Name: Kayla Meraz
  School: Brea Olinda
  Sport: Tennis
  Noteworthy: The junior became the first Brea Olinda player to reach the semifinals of the CIF-SS individual championships. The North Hills League runner-up lost to Wake Forest-bound senior Casie Wooten of Chadwick 6-2, 4-6, 2-6 in the semifinals at Lakewood Tennis Center to finish the season with a 21-3 record.
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• Vanna White hosts ‘Wheel of Fortune’ for first time during Disney theme parks special

  09-12-2019 21:20
  
  Letter-turner Vanna White takes over the hosting duties of “Wheel of Fortune” for the first time in the TV game show’s four-decade history during Secret Santa Weeks featuring viewer prizes that include trips to Disneyland.
  Secret Santa Weeks begin on Monday, Dec. 9 and continue all this week and next on “Wheel of Fortune.”
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscri
  
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• Ballet review: ‘Matthew Bourne’s “Swan Lake”’ returns to stun again

  09-12-2019 21:07
  
  Genius.  That’s the most accurate yet understated way to describe “Matthew Bourne’s ‘Swan Lake.’”
  Bourne’s London-based company is at the Ahmanson through Jan. 5 for the return of this 1995 breakthrough ballet. (Reportedly, in 2010 Bourne changed a bit of the ballet, revising a subplot and making ambiguous a character or two.)
  Will Bozier (upstage center), Andrew Monaghan (downstage center) and company perform in “Matthew Bourne’s &lsquo
  
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• Orange County girls basketball top 25 rankings, Dec. 9

  09-12-2019 20:47
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowGIRLS BASKETBALL
  ORANGE COUNTY TOP 25
  Records through Dec. 8
  1.Mater Dei (7-1): Monarchs can forget about runner-up finish at Troy Classic while playing a tournament in Honolulu this week. Temps will be the low 80s.
  2. Troy (3-5): Warriors defeated Orangewood Academy en route to a fourth-place finish at Troy Classic.
  3. Orangewood Academy (6-3): Spartans beat M.L. King and Cathedral Catholic in overtime to ta
  
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• Status Update: Work starts on OCC’s $50 million language-arts center

  09-12-2019 20:10
  
  Work has begun on Orange Coast College’s $50 million Language Arts and Social Science building in Costa Mesa.
  The three-story, 107,760-square-foot building is part of an overall initiative to modernize the campus and accommodate the college’s expanding enrollment, according to C.W. Driver Cos, which is leading the project. The Language Arts and Social Science building is the company’s 10th project for OCC; it’s expected to be completed by summer 2021.
  C.W. Driver Companie
  
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• Watchdog report: FBI’s Russia probe justified, no bias found

  09-12-2019 20:05
  
  By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON — The FBI was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and did not act with political bias, despite “serious performance failures” up the bureau’s chain of command, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog said in a highly anticipated report Monday. The findings undercut President Donald Trump’s claim that he was the target of a “witch hunt.”
  
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• Theater review: The songs are the gifts in ‘Irving Berlin’s “Holiday Inn”’

  09-12-2019 19:58
  
  Who needs a plot when we would be perfectly happy just listening to 20 Irving Berlin songs?
  But Musical Theatre West presents “Irving Berlin’s ‘Holiday Inn’” — the 2016 Broadway musical based on the 1942 film that starred Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire — in its West Coast premiere at the Carpenter Center, plot included.
  Jim (Cameron Bond), Linda (Natalie Storrs) and Ted (Jeffrey Scott Parsons) perform in Musical Theatre West’s production of “Ir
  
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• Is El Salvador the next Surf City? Officials tour Southern California in effort to leave war-torn past behind and promote surfing

  09-12-2019 19:41
  
  How can El Salvador, a country rich with epic waves but trapped in the shadows of a war-torn past, shine a light on its world-class surfing and establish itself as a tourist destination — especially given continued State Department travel warnings?
  It helps to soak up the surf scene in Southern California.
  A group sent by the Salvadoran government toured coastal areas from Santa Monica to San Clemente the past few days on a surf safari aimed at learning how surf-centric destinations operat
  
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• House impeachment hearing gets rancorous as lawyers testify

  09-12-2019 19:17
  
  By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
  WASHINGTON — Top House lawyers sparred with lawmakers and each other in an acrimonious hearing Monday over the impeachment case against President Donald Trump as Democrats prepare formal charges.
  Democrats insisted that Trump’s push to have Ukraine investigate rival Joe Biden while withholding U.S. military aid ran counter to U.S. policy and benefited Russia as well as himself. But in one testy exchange, Republican atto
  
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• House Democrats lay out case for formal Trump impeachment

  09-12-2019 19:17
  
  By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
  WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee received a detailed summing up of the impeachment case against President Donald Trump Monday as Democrats prepare formal charges against him. Trump and his allies lobbed fresh assaults on the proceedings they dismiss as a hoax and a sham.
  Democratic lawyers outlined the findings so far, saying Trump’s push to have Ukraine investigate rival Joe Biden while at the same time withholding U.S. military aid
  
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• Spirit of Christmas is alive at Sherman Gardens

  09-12-2019 19:15
  
  Blake Gershon, 9, runs through the Light Tunnel during “Nights of 1000 Lights” at Sherman Library and Gardens in Corona del Mar, CA on Friday, December 6, 2019. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Linh Do poses with Santa during “Nights of 1000 Lights” at Sherman Library and Gardens in Corona del Mar, CA on Friday, December 6, 2019. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Gingerbread Garden is lit
  
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• LAFC’s Freedman wins Hamilton award as MLS executive of the year

  09-12-2019 18:59
  
  The first lesson Larry Freedman learned about soccer as a boy growing up outside ofChicago in the 1970s was the importance of community. Later in life, Freedman’s tenure inMinor League Baseball taught him the power of the fan experience. At Los Angeles FootballClub, Freedman has used the knowledge amassed at his previous occupational posts to make the club as successful in its business dealings as it has been on the pitch during its first two seasons.
  On Monday, Freedman was named recipien
  
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• How a metal shop inspired Wille’s Tin Shop, Long Beach’s newest distillery

  09-12-2019 18:49
  
  The iconic Wille’s Tin Shop in Signal Hill may have closed in 2015 after 109 years, but a new business with the same name is honoring that legacy with its own new venture — a distillery.
  Wille’s Tin Shop pays homage to the renowned metal shop’s history of craftsmanship at the 1000-square-foot distillery in California Heights, which opened on Dec. 5.
  “Wille’s was about craftsmanship and that’s what they’re doing here…they’re doing the s
  
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• Bicyclist hurt in crash in Huntington Beach pronounced brain dead

  09-12-2019 18:45
  
  A bicyclist injured in a crash with an SUV in Huntington Beach has been pronounced brain dead, police said.
  The 57-year-old Anaheim man was injured about 6:30 a.m. Friday at Gothard Street and Heil Avenue, according to the Huntington Beach Police Department.
  The driver of the 2003 Ford Expedition involved in the crash, a 34-year-old Huntington Beach man, remained at the scene.
  The injured man was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange. On Sunday afternoon, a “pronouncement of brain death&rd
  
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• Mater Dei girls basketball falls to Long Beach Poly in OT in finals of Troy Classic

  09-12-2019 17:59
  
  Brooke Demetre sank a 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime but it wasn’t enough to save Mater Dei’s girls basketball team from suffering its first loss Saturday night.
  Long Beach Poly thrust itself into the CIF-SS Open Division conversation by defeating Orange County’s top-ranked team 51-46 in overtime in the finals of the Troy Classic.
  The 3-pointer by Demetre from the top of arc with 3.5 seconds left in the fourth period tied the score 44-44. The Sta
  
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• Take a look inside Lake Forest’s new $73 million Civic Center

  09-12-2019 17:54
  
  Since its incorporation in 1991, Lake Forest has leased city hall space, moving into its current home off Bake Parkway in 2004.
  But like many 28-year-olds, the city has outgrown its rented home.
  Enter what officials dub as Lake Forest’s “100-year” home, a $73 million, eight-acre, four-building campus right in the center of the city, off Civic Center Drive.
  The campus – which includes a community policing center, senior center, community center and theater that also will b
  
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• Night Two of KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas in Anaheim brought new music, fun covers and big performances

  09-12-2019 17:23
  
  The sold-out KROQ/106.7 FM Absolut Almost Acoustic Christmas continued its 30th anniversary celebration at Honda Center in Anaheim on Sunday after a sold-out night one, which was led by energetic sets from Cage the Elephant and Beck on Saturday.
  We certainly had every intention of being present and fully covering both evenings of the event — which featured sets by Mumford & Sons, Twenty One Pilots, The 1975, The Raconteurs, Of Monsters and Men, The Interrupters, Lovelytheband and Matt
  
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• Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker dead at 92

  09-12-2019 17:09
  
  By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
  Paul Volcker, who as Federal Reserve chairman in the early 1980s elevated interest rates to historic highs and triggered a recession as the price of quashing double-digit inflation, has died, according to his office.
  He was 92.
  Volcker took charge of the Fed in August 1979, when the U.S. economy was sinking into the grip of runaway inflation. Consumer prices skyrocketed 13% in 1979 and then by the same amount again in 1980.
  Working relentlessly to bring pr
  
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• Losing the housing battle: 97% of cities, counties fail to meet California RHNA goals

  09-12-2019 16:40
  
  Neighborhood leaders gathered in Long Beach in the spring of 2017 to discuss a City Hall plan to address the city’s housing shortage. What they learned sparked a revolt.
  To increase the housing supply and stem skyrocketing residential costs, planners proposed multi-story apartment buildings line major streets and boulevards throughout the city, including its affluent, mainly suburban east side.
  To the planners, it was an equitable solution to the housing crisis. To neighborhood association
  
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• Housing permit report card: How we graded every city, county in California

  09-12-2019 16:40
  
  Cities and counties in California are required to plan for adequate housing across income affordability levels. Most are doing so — but many fewer are meeting their goals to actually get those homes built.
  The Southern California News Group has graded every jurisdiction on the progress it’s making toward those state-mandated housing goals.Through a process known as the Regional Housing Needs Assessment, or RHNA, each jurisdiction is given a target for how many permits to issue in fou
  
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• California needs more housing, and 97% of its cities and counties fail to issue enough RHNA permits

  09-12-2019 16:40
  
  Neighborhood leaders gathered in Long Beach in the spring of 2017 to discuss a City Hall plan to address the city’s housing shortage. What they learned sparked a revolt.
  To increase the housing supply and stem skyrocketing residential costs, planners proposed multi-story apartment buildings line major streets and boulevards throughout the city, including its affluent, mainly suburban east side.
  To the planners, it was an equitable solution to the housing crisis. To neighborhood association
  
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• The impeachment rush: Political Cartoons

  09-12-2019 16:00
  
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  Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.
  
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• Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics, and for 4 years from international competition

  09-12-2019 15:39
  
  By GRAHAM DUNBAR
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russia was slapped Monday with a four-year ban from international sports events, including next summer’s Tokyo Olympics, over a longstanding doping scandal, although its athletes will still be able to compete if they can show they are clean competitors.
  The ruling by the World Anti-Doping Agency’s executive committee means that Russia’s flag, name and anthem will not appear at the Tokyo Games, and the country also could be str
  
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• Ranking the best and worst Disney theme parks in the world

  09-12-2019 15:36
  
  Disney is wrong. When it comes to seeing all 12 of its theme parks, it’s a big world after all.
  Though by no means the Disney expert, I’m a traveler and a fan. During the last decade I’ve been fortunate to visit all 12 Disney parks, from Anaheim to Orlando, Asia to Paris.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
  I recently punched my Disney passport at 3-year-old Sha
  
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• 5 dead, many more missing in eruption of New Zealand volcano

  09-12-2019 14:33
  
  By MARK BAKER and NICK PERRY
  WHAKATANE, New Zealand — A volcanic island in New Zealand erupted Monday in a tower of ash and steam while dozens of tourists were exploring the moon-like surface, killing five people and leaving many more missing.
  Police said the site was still too dangerous hours later for rescuers to search for the missing.
  Police Deputy Commissioner John Tims said the number of missing was in the double digits but he couldn’t confirm an exact number. He said there wer
  
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• ‘Marriage Story’ tops Golden Globe Award nominations with 6

  09-12-2019 14:30
  
  By JAKE COYLE | AP Film Writer
  NEW YORK — Noah Baumbach’s divorce portrait “Marriage Story” leads the 77th Golden Globes with six nominations including best motion picture, drama.Netflix dominated the awards, announced Monday in Los Angeles, with four films nominated for best film in the drama and comedy or musical categories: “The Irishman,” “Marriage Story,” “”The Two Popes” and “Dolemite Is My Name.” Netflix led all
  
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• Led by ‘Marriage Story,’ Netflix dominates Golden Globe noms

  09-12-2019 14:30
  
  By JAKE COYLE | AP Film WriterNEW YORK — With four films up for best picture, four series nominated for the top television awards and 34 total nominations, Netflix dominated the 77th Golden Globe nominations on Monday.Noah Baumbach’s divorce portrait “Marriage Story” led all films with six nominations including best picture, drama, and acting nods for its two leads, Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, in nominations announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in
  
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• Rams’ Dante Fowler praises Seahawks’ Russell Wilson, then buries him

  09-12-2019 08:53
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dante Fowler said Russell Wilson was “in his own league” among pro football’s growing class of elusive quarterbacks.
  If that’s true, the Rams might be ready for almost anyone the NFL can throw — and run — at them.
  A few days after he heaped praise the Seattle Seahawks quarterback, Fowler jumped all over Wilson and played a huge role in the Rams’ latest strong defensive effort in a 28-12 victory Sunday night at the Coliseum.
  The outsid
  
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• O.C. standoff ends when K-9 intervenes with suspect

  09-12-2019 08:20
  
  ORANGE — An man suspected of elder abuse refused to leave a home in unincorporated Orange for nearly nine hours Sunday until the Orange County Sheriff’s Department sent a K-9 inside to get him, authorities said.
  The standoff started about 1 p.m. in the 8000 block of Magnolia Avenue, sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Braun said.
  Related Articles OC sheriff’s officials selective in punishing deputies who mishandled evidence over two-year period Ex-sergeant alleges dozens of inte
  
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• Whicker: Give it to Todd Gurley, and the mysteries of NFL life fade away

  09-12-2019 07:46
  
  LOS ANGELES — Sixteen games in 17 weeks are like dog years. They’re so much longer than they appear. Only the historically bad and good teams, the 0-16 Lions and the 16-0 Patriots, maintain the same identity each week. The others have their good and bad days, endure their circadian rhythms like all of us.
  The Rams are like that. Two games ago they were Hyde-ing  from the Baltimore Ravens. On Sunday night they Jekylled  all over the Seattle Seahawks.
  This 28-12 win moved the
  
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• Lakers embrace the ‘Avery Challenge’ to punch up their defense

  09-12-2019 06:54
  
  LOS ANGELES — It’s the question every Laker wants to know as they file back into the locker room after the last few games.
  Did they do it? Did they beat the Avery Challenge?
  Avery Bradley, who has missed 14 games now with a hairline fracture in his right leg, feels put on the spot. But ever since Frank Vogel came up with the concept a few weeks ago — for the Lakers to try to beat the league’s top defensive rating every game — he’s started to buy in, too.
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• Alexander: Is LeBron James on pace for another MVP award?

  09-12-2019 06:53
  
  Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James (23) dunks against Minnesota Timberwolves’ Gorgui Dieng (5) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
  Minnesota Timberwolves’ Josh Okogie (20) goes to basket under pressure from Los Angeles Lakers’ Danny Green (14) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMinne
  
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• Anthony Davis scores 50 to lead Lakers past Minnesota Timberwolves

  09-12-2019 06:28
  
  Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James (23) is defended by Minnesota Timberwolves’ Robert Covington (33) and Andrew Wiggins (22) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
  Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James (23) shoots against Minnesota Timberwolves’ Andrew Wiggins (22) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)SoundThe gallery will resume
  
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• Chargers rookie Jerry Tillery inactive; Denzel Perryman sent home

  09-12-2019 06:07
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Chargers coach Anthony Lynn repeatedly said this week he wasn’t going to play young players over veterans simply because they’re out of the playoff picture.
  That became clear when the Chargers had two of their top three picks from this year’s draft on the inactive list. First-round pick Jerry Tillery and third-round selection Trey Pipkins were healthy scratches Sunday in the Chargers’ 45-10 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars at TIAA Bank Field
  
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• Rams keep playoff hopes alive, beat Seahawks with tough defense, smooth offense

  09-12-2019 05:29
  
  The Rams’ Dante Fowler #56 reacts after sacking Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson #3 during their NFL game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Rams quarterback Jared Goff #16 passes the ball during their NFL game against the Seahawks at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume inseco
  
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