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02/21/12--09:00: Giveaway: Win Little Miss Matched socks and tween books (chan 1119605)

This week OC Moms is giving away LittleMissMatched knee-socks and a couple of books that will entertain readers between the age of 7 and 13. We will have two winners. PRIZE 1 - For ages 10 and up One set of three black LittleMissMatched knee socks...


02/23/12--00:00: Larry Elder: Actor Samuel L. Jackson: Vote your race (chan 1119605)

What if actor Clint Eastwood gave an interview in which he explained why, in the 2008 presidential election, he voted for John McCain: "I voted for McCain because he was white. 'Cuz that's why other folks vote for other people – because they look...


02/23/12--00:00: Guide: Orange County Restaurant Week (chan 1119605)

Sunday is the start of Orange County Restaurant Week — an annual event where diners can feast on gourmet meals at affordable prices over the course of seven days. This year, nearly 110 restaurants are offering price breaks on two- and three-course...


02/23/12--00:00: Editorial: Is lunacy Jerry Brown’s legacy? (chan 1119605)

Many people want to "put a dent in the universe," as the late Steve Jobs described his vocation. But few such people also have the capacity to put a huge dent in government finances. One who does is Gov. Jerry Brown, with the California High-Speed...


02/23/12--00:00: Feb. 23 celebrity birthdays (chan 1119605)

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 slideshow.   SEE BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS DATE Celebrities born Feb. 22 Celebrities born Feb. 21...


02/23/12--00:00: Morning letters: An embarrassing transformation for the U.S. (chan 1119605)

CORONA DEL MAR, Clyde Harkins: Our historic president squandered his chance to become the transformational leader he had claimed to be, and in the process has put the country in danger of becoming a second-rate economic and military embarrassment....


02/23/12--00:00: ‘Act of Valor’ shows real Navy SEALs in action (chan 1119605)

"Act of Valor" is an amped-up, action-packed adventure about the exploits of the Navy's "Sea, Air and Land" commando teams – the SEALs. It's a furiously macho saga scripted by the screenwriter of "300" and starring those always-get-their-man men of...


02/23/12--00:00: Editorial: Senate control could turn on Nevada race (chan 1119605)

Arguably, the most important U.S. Senate race this year is in Nevada, where incumbent Republican Dean Heller is fighting against intense Democratic opposition for the seat that could decide which party controls the Senate next year. Republicans need...


02/23/12--00:00: Irvine police blotter, Feb. 14 to 20 (chan 1119605)

CROSSROADS MONDAY, FEB. 20 5:59 p.m. Battery, 5333 Culver Drive. Two co-workers were reported as suspects in a case of battery involving serious bodily injury. The victim was reported as having sought treatment at a hospital. SUNDAY, FEB. 19 1:46...


02/23/12--00:00: BOHS students building on win (chan 1119605)

Five students from Brea Olinda High School have been invited to display their carpentry skills at the state championships for SkillsUSA in San Diego this April.SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization that trains high school and college...


02/23/12--00:00: Michael Tanner: Why we're Europe already (chan 1119605)

With seemingly every day bringing more bad news from Europe, many are beginning to ask how much longer the United States has before our welfare state follows the European model into bankruptcy. The bad news is: It may already have. This year, the...


02/23/12--00:00: ‘Threat of an IED being detonated aboard an aircraft is very real’ (chan 1119605)

There were only 33 federal air marshals flying on America’scommercial jets when terrorists struck on 9/11. Thousands of cops-in-the-sky were hired in the tragedy’s wake, and the price tag for them is now about $1 billion a year. But …...


02/23/12--00:00: Anaheim's Kenyan Café can be a mouthful (chan 1119605)

What makes Kenyan Café and Cuisine an experience isn't just sampling food from another part of the world, but figuring out how to pronounce it. Dishes are labeled in Swahili, with the exception of the Obama Meal, a fried fresh-water fish that was...


02/23/12--00:17: Seven city wrestlers place in CIF (chan 1119605)

The Irvine, Woodbridge, University and Beckman high wrestling teams each had at least one wrestler place at the CIF Coastal Division Individual Championships in Oxnard last weekend.Irvine, which came in eighth as a team out of 50 schools, finished...


02/23/12--00:35: Gwynne Dyer: China’s supremacy need not mean war with U.S. (chan 1119605)

Just as Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived this month in the United States for a four-day visit, President Barack Obama told an audience of workers in Milwaukee: "Manufacturing is coming back!" Coming back from China, that is. But while the...


02/23/12--01:00: Lindsay Lohan: 'Hard to believe she's 25!' (chan 1119605)

Was her hard-partying lifestyle the only thing aging Lindsay Lohan? Or has plastic surgery played a part?.Click here to see more   The lights appear to be turning green for troubled actress Lindsay Lohan these days, with her Saturday Night...


02/23/12--01:00: Stinky co-workers office pet peeve (chan 1119605)

Co-workers, we hate to tell you this, but you stink — at least that's how a lot of your colleagues feel, according to a Yahoo Shine/Fitness magazine survey. Of 2,000 workers surveyed, body odor topped the list of annoyances with 41% of the men and...


02/23/12--01:00: Sofa-sleeping Jeremy Lin has new homes (chan 1119605)

Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, “Really?” Knicks’ Lin renting furnished condo at W Hotel — N.Y. Post Coach Urban Meyer’s Florida home is for sale — Yahoo! Oscars 2012: Live In The Setting Of Your Fave...


02/23/12--03:09: It can come easy for Bryant, Bynum and Gasol (chan 1119605)

DALLAS – Andrew Bynum likes complicated things. Tricked-out cars, powerful computers, thorny communication challenges such as those he tackled in reading the conflict-reducing "Instant Persuasion" book recently. After the Lakers missed six...


02/23/12--06:00: Survey: Californians trust tech firms most, banks least (chan 1119605)

Eight out of 10 Californians trust technology but only one out of three trust banks. Both represent a big leap in trust from 2010. That's the result of the new 2012 Trust Barometer put out by public relations firm Edelman. Californians and...


02/23/12--06:00: Kaiser Permanente tops HMOs in state list (chan 1119605)

Among HMOs, only Kaiser Permanente was rated excellent for meeting national health standards, according to a state insurance report card for 2012. Kaiser, in both Northern and Southern California, has consistently achieved the top ranking, although...


02/23/12--06:00: Are nip-tucks aging Lindsay Lohan? (chan 1119605)

Was her hard-partying lifestyle the only thing aging Lindsay Lohan? Or has plastic surgery played a part?.Click here to see more   The lights appear to be turning green for troubled actress Lindsay Lohan these days, with her Saturday Night...


02/23/12--06:00: Are tattoos going out of style? Teens weigh in (chan 1119605)

Dear Straight Talk: My friend and I are having an argument. He is 22 and never got a tattoo. Suddenly, he wants one. I say he’s lucky he never got one because they are going out of style. He doesn’t agree that they are going out of style. Who is...


02/23/12--06:00: Who’s who at the NFL Scouting Combine (chan 1119605)

Players began reporting Wednesday in Indianapolis for the 2012 NFL Scouting Combine. Much of the focus for the next week (the Combine runs through Feb. 28) will be on quarterbacks Andrew Luck of Stanford and Robert Griffin III of Baylor. The workouts...


02/23/12--06:00: Babyccinos: Do kids really need coffee? (chan 1119605)

As a mom, it turns out, I am just not cool. Not cool enough to get my kid jacked up on caffeine anyway. Which, if one believes the Inter-webs, is what some parents in Brooklyn like to do. According to a neighborhood news outlet, the Babyccino is...