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Padres owners get $16 million for beach home: A small beachfront cottage in Del Mar owned by John and Rebecca Moores closed escrow this month for $16 million.
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Taking note of parade and suit by firefighters: Mark Tonai arrived for work on Saturday ready to have a good time. And why not? How tough can it be to drive a fire engine in a parade?
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A pardon for 'Duke'? Don't make us all puke: Over the weekend, a national news story caught North County's fading black eye – and poked it again.
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What's worse than bad? Boring: Admittedly a glutton when one of the goodies at baseball's buffet table is all-you-can-eat punishment, I've been watching the major league Padres since their inception in 1969. I go back many years before that with the minor league Pads, but never could have guessed we'd be watching them again in 2008.
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Wary Chargers sweating over Gates' recovery: Antonio Gates wants to come back whole. He wants to be what he was. He wants to be the athlete you remember, the tight end for a new millennium, the prototype too advanced for mass production.
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Suzuki's salty pep talk not lost in translation: Even with cameras in the All-Star clubhouses, Fox couldn't have shown the traditional pregame pep talk given the American League by perennial All-Star right fielder Ichiro Suzuki.
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Football wants Favre, but do the Packers?: Walk into the Green Bay Packers' Lambeau Field dressing quarters in recent seasons and you would not have seen Brett Favre. His was a place apart, in a little room set aside for him exclusively.
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'Black Magic' does the trick: Next week, ESPN interrupts your March Madness for some “Black Magic.” If you're a college basketball fan, or even just a student of American history, this two-night, four-hour documentary is worth your time. You'll learn something, I guarantee it. At times, you'll get angry. At a couple junctures, you'll get a lump in your throat. This is powerful stuff.
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Weighing in with other ways to cut driving costs: After more than a year and a half of writing this column, I've found that sometimes the best ideas come from readers.
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Obama's message to Latinos: Barack Obama is looking for a way to convince Latino voters that he is simpatico. He may have found it thanks to the cover of The New Yorker.
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Life's losses redefined a vacation: Nothing like a trip home for a dose of reality. Our annual visit with family and friends was tinged this year by reflections on mortality.
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In the running: Mad about “Mad Men”? Wild about “The Wire”? Over the moon for “Flight of the Conchords”? Then hold your grousing tongues, Emmy watchers. When the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announces the nominees for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards on Thursday, you might not have anything to complain about.
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Some tips for finding the right fit when deciding on in-home help: Finding the right person to care for your parents in their home takes some careful preparation. Remember the one I hired who walked off with the vacuum cleaner?
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Complaining about Iraq war coverage: Call me crazy (you wouldn't be the first), but this past week I actually welcomed a complaint about a topic that never fades away completely: how this paper covers the war in Iraq.
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