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3.9 Earthquake Jolts Los Angeles

An earthquake struck the Baldwin Hills area of Los Angeles just after 4 am Pacific time at a depth of 5.6 miles registering 3.9 on the Richter scale.

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Jameis Winston’s Crab Leg Joke Not Funny to Buccaneers

After the Tampa Bay Buccaneers picked Jameis Winston as the number one overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft on Thursday, the former Heisman Trophy winner ushered in the good news with an exquisite meal of crab legs.

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Old Man Punches Bear in Face to Save His Chihuahua

Legend has it that Davy Crockett killed a bear when he was only three, but he never punched one in the face. Carl Moore did at the age of 73 because “The man or beast that I run from ain’t been born. And its mama’s already dead,” he said.

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Bumble Bee Worker Cooked in Tuna Oven, Two Charged

Two employees of Bumble Bee Foods were each charged with three counts of violating Occupational Safety & Health Administration rules when they inadvertently cooked a maintenance worker in a 35-foot-long industrial pressure cooker oven along with tons of tuna.

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Officer Reunites with Infant Found in Dumpster in 1989

In 1989, Santa Ana police officer Michael Buelna, on duty in another investigation, heard murmuring inside a trash bin. He opened it and found a barely breathing newborn infant still attached to his umbilical cord. Sunday, the officer and the once discarded Robin Barton met for the first time.

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Iowa Radio Host: Religious Freedom Top Conservative Presidential Issue

Nationally syndicated radio host and columnist for the Washington Times, Steve Deace, explained that there are three specific issues animating the 2016 Republican presidential contest. “If you are weak on these, don’t even show up,” Deace cautioned conservative Republican presidential

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Tiger Woods Playing at the Players

Friday Tiger Woods announced on his twitter account that he will tee it up for the upcoming Players Championship to be held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, next week.

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Chewing Tobacco ‘Going, Going, Gone’ at SF Giants AT&T Park

“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” lyricizes peanuts and crackerjacks as mainstays for baseball and both seem safe to remain that way. Chewing tobacco, a mainstay for players, may be on the same trajectory as the rotary telephone and the eight-track cassette player if the city of San Francisco has any say in the matter.

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MJ Versus LeBron Debate Leads to Assault Charges for Roommate

Arguing who was better Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle created a couple skirmishes among kids back in the fifties and sixties. It looks like who’s better LeBron James or Michael Jordan is a 2015 version of the “who’s better” debate.

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Activists Shut Down Goat Sausage Cooking at ‘Goatchella’

“We’re going to do this forever,” the strident protester told a frustrated audience member at the goat-sausage making demonstration during the 2015 Goat Fest in downtown San Francisco. “Until all animals are free.”

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Marathon Cheat Takes Shortcut to Disgrace

Stealing a chapter from shamed New York Marathoner Rosie Ruiz and stealing the deserved glory of legitimate winner of the Go! St. Louis Marathon Andrea Karl, cheater Kendall Schler was stripped of her first place medal on Wednesday.

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LAUSD iPad Debacle Prompts Likely Lawsuit Against Apple

Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education announced Monday that it is exploring possible litigation against technology giant Apple and software developer Pearson for their role in the failed iPad launch designed to put a computer on the desk of 650,000 students in the district.

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V. Stiviano Must Return $2.6 Million to Sterling Estate

Tuesday a Los Angeles Superior Court judge sided with the estranged wife of ex-Clippers owner Donald Sterling and ruled that V. Stiviano must give back all most all of the $3 million she received from the beleaguered NBA team owner.

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Cybersquatters Force Celebs to Buy .Porn Web Addresses

Celebrities, heeding Benjamin Franklin’s advice that “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” are buying up new “top-level” domain names like .porn to prevent cybersquatters or extortionists from besmirching their reputations and/or selling them later for a much higher price.

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Jordan Spieth Wins the Masters

Jordan Spieth won the 79th Masters tournament on Sunday shooting 70 and annihilating the rest of the field, topping his closest competitors Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson by four shots.

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