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Brees sets mark, Saints beat Chargers 31-24
Drew Brees got suspended coach Sean Payton in the building, broke a prestigious NFL passing record and led New Orleans to a desperately needed first ...
Obama ribs his own debating; Romney eyes speech
On a last dash for cash in the celebrity scene of California, President Barack Obama on Sunday took a good-natured shot as his own underwhelming ...
49ers set franchise yards record, beat Bills 45-3
Joe Montana never did it. Neither did Steve Young or Y.A. Tittle. Even the architect of the West Coast offense, Bill Walsh, could only imagine such ...
Neeson doubles the take with $50M 'Taken 2' debut
Critics don't like "Taken 2," but Liam Neeson's action sequel has proved twice the hit among fans as the original movie was. "Taken 2" led the box ...
Train hits truck in LA County, 3 people injured
A commuter train carrying more than 200 passengers struck a semi that was stalled on the tracks in northern Los Angeles County, leaving three people ...
$1.4T in states' pension fights foreshadowed in RI
Retired social worker Jim Gillis was told his $36,000 Rhode Island state pension would increase by $1,100 next year to keep up with inflation.
Calif. gas prices hit all-time high
Gasoline price in California continue to rise, even after exceeding a four-year high on Saturday. AAA reports in its latest update on Sunday that the ...
Reds lose ace, win first playoff game in 17 years
Brandon Phillips still sees the highlights of his weak grounder for the final out in Roy Halladay's no-hitter of the Cincinnati Reds in an ...
Disputed call leads to renewed cries for replay
The NFL replacement refs are not there to kick around anymore. Not to worry. A familiar target has emerged. Instead of guys wearing stripes, it's the ...
Calif. initiative will test appetite for GMO food
Calories. Nutrients. Serving size. How about "produced with genetic engineering?" California voters will soon decide whether to require certain raw ...
Orioles knock out 2-time AL champion Rangers 5-1
Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles will get another chance to overtake the New York Yankees. The surprising O's have already beaten some big ...
Short supplies keep gas prices rising in Calif.
California gas prices continued surging Friday, adding another 17 cents per gallon on average, and the increases are expected to continue for at least ...
Giants, 49ers, yachts, fests: SF braces for crowds
An unusual convergence of sporting and entertainment events in San Francisco this weekend promises to bring up to a million extra people into the ...
SF archbishop jokes about recent DUI arrest
Amid heavy security and the splendor of his faith's most sacred rites, the new Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco assumed office Thursday ...
Scherzer, Davis turned seasons around
Back on June 1, the AP unveiled a list of 10 players who were off to slow starts but were likely to bounce back quickly — some thinly veiled advice ...
Calif. parole board OKs Manson follower's release
A parole board panel has recommended the release of a former Charles Manson follower imprisoned for 40 years for a double murder Manson engineered, ...
Robert Christy, Manhattan Project physicist, dies
Robert F. Christy, a former California Institute of Technology professor who helped design the trigger mechanism for the atomic bombs used in World ...
Panel recommends parole for Manson family member
A former Charles Manson follower imprisoned for 40 years in a double murder engineered by Manson won a recommendation of parole Thursday in his 27th ...
Vietnamese dissident poet Nguyen Chi Thien dies
Nguyen Chi Thien, a Vietnamese dissident poet who spent nearly 30 years in communist prisons in his native country, died in a Southern California ...
Matthew Lillard picks top 5 moviegoing memories
Matthew Lillard's filmography runs the gamut, from playing a killer in the original "Scream" and the goofy Shaggy in the "Scooby-Doo" movies to ...
Troubled Calif. nuke plant aims to restart reactor
Eight months ago Southern California had a nuclear power plant that could generate enough electricity for 1.4 million homes. It might never be the ...
Many states fall short of federal sex offender law
Nearly three dozen states have failed to meet conditions of a 2006 federal law that requires them to join a nationwide program to track sex offenders, ...
Research on mice suggests new fertility treatments
Scientists have turned mouse skin cells into eggs that produced baby mice — a technique that, if successfully applied to humans, could someday allow ...
'Frankenweenie' joins reanimation of stop-motion
As far as Tim Burton's concerned, you can't keep a good dog down. And you can't keep a good, old-fashioned form of animation down, either.
Dent, Leiter were stars in 1-game playoffs
For sheer drama, there's nothing quite like a one-game, winner-take-all scenario — and that's about to become a lot less rare in baseball with the ...