Sept. 28 celebrity birthdays
See some of the people celebrating birthdays today. Notable personalities of the past who were born on this date can be found at the end of this slide show. SEE BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS DATE...
View ArticleReally? Octomom selling La Habra home
Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, “Really?” After months of failing to come up with the $450,000 balloon payment owed to a lender/former owner, octuplets’ mom Nadya...
View ArticleYikes! Peanut butter prices to jump 30%
The PB&J, that longtime lunchtime staple, may soon be just the jelly sandwich as a shortage of peanuts is pushing prices higher. J.M. Smucker Co., maker of Jif, the best-selling peanut butter in...
View ArticleGuns N' Roses, Heart, Beastie Boys top Rock Hall noms
I'm a day late with this. Didn't notice a thing about it Tuesday, then found the announcement languishing in my spam folder since 3 a.m. the night before. But in the interest of revisiting a favorite...
View ArticleLooking back: Best Angels first pitchers
As part of their 50th anniversary celebration this season, the Angels invited back 81 former players and coaches to deliver the ceremonial first pitchers at every home game during the 2011 regular...
View ArticleWho are the next CS Fullerton big leaguers?
Ricky Romero became the unquestioned ace of the Toronto staff and an All-Star. Justin Turner took over second base for the Mets. Vinnie Pestano was a lethal setup man for Cleveland. All in all, a good...
View ArticleKobe Bryant says Italy move 'very possible'
Apparently tired of sitting around, Kobe Bryant said it’s “very possible” he’ll play in Italy while the owners and union try to figure out how to settle the NBA lockout. Bryant, who spent part of his...
View ArticleO.C. football: Countdown to the Week 4 games
Week 3 of the football season was a memorable one. Several top 10 matchups. Some overtime games. Large crowds throughout the county. It was a night usually seen during the playoff. But guess what,...
View ArticleTooth Fairy pays her - er, his - first visit
When I was a kid, a gallon of gas and the worth of a your first lost tooth were about the same rate: 96 cents. Sure enough, the morning after I lost my first tooth there were three quarters, two dimes,...
View Article‘Two and a Half Men’ dominates TV while ‘X Factor’ disappoints
CBS was the most-watched network for television's premiere week for the third consecutive year thanks to a record audience for "Two and a Half Men" and viewers staying tuned for new series that...
View ArticleKobe to Italy? NBA stars playing overseas
Kobe Bryant says it's "very possible" he could wait out the NBA lockout by playing in Italy, where he spent much of his childhood. (Click on the photo to see NBA stars in other countries) All that...
View Article‘Noises Off’ celebrates farce and backstage chaos
The moment British playwright Michael Frayn realized that what goes on backstage during a theatrical performance is often more chaotic than any audience realizes, he had the makings of a comic hit...
View ArticleMan charged in banana toss at black NHL player
LONDON, Ontario -- Ontario police have charged a 26-year-old man for throwing a banana on the ice toward Philadelphia Flyers player Wayne Simmonds during an NHL preseason game. Chris Moorhouse of...
View ArticleSan Francisco Ballet dazzles, challenges in Costa Mesa
It's been almost three years since San Francisco Ballet paid a visit to Orange County during its 75th anniversary tour. A lot has happened in that time. Helgi Tomasson, the company's artistic director...
View ArticleLawyer for inmate: 'One kick is not murder'
SANTA ANA – A defense attorney for one of the five men accused of fatally beating a jailhouse inmate because they believed he was a child molester told a jury Wednesday his client's action amounts to...
View ArticleDuran Duran in top form at Nokia show
When Duran Duran appeared on the third day of Coachella in April, the band turned in a tight, transcendent performance that proved all the cynics wrong (you know, the ones who sniped about them...
View ArticleImmigration officials arrest 2,900 criminals, fugitives
Immigration officials arrested nearly 3,000 convicted criminals who were in the country illegally or had committed egregious immigration violations in a seven-day national operation, Immigration and...
View ArticleAfternoon letters: The high's and low's of the Irvine 11 trial
MISSION VIEJO, Burl Estes: Where Ms. Ameena Mirza Qazi goes wrong in her argument is when she wrote "these Irvine 11 young men are Muslim, exercising their rights to critique inhumane Israeli policies...
View ArticleHomebuying season 3rd worst on record
Orange County's 2011 homebuying season — the traditionally busy March-August period — saw transactions drop to their third-lowest level since DataQuick Information Systems began tracking housing here...
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