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Quentin drops appeal, starts serving suspension
San Diego Padres slugger Carlos Quentin has dropped his appeal and is beginning an eight-game suspension for rushing the mound and inciting a brawl ...
Quentin suspended 8 games, Hairston 1 for brawl
Padres slugger Carlos Quentin was suspended eight games Friday and Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Jerry Hairston Jr. one by Major League Baseball for ...
Greinke out with injury; Quentin suspended 8 games
Zack Greinke's pitch sailed up and into Carlos Quentin's upper left arm, and it was on. A little personal history was at play, as were rules that ...
Greinke needs surgery, expected to miss 8 weeks
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke will need surgery to repair his broken collarbone and is expected to miss eight weeks. Greinke was hurt ...
Kemp confronts Quentin as players leave ballpark
Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp has confronted San Diego's Carlos Quentin as they were leaving Petco Park after the teams had a bench-clearing brawl that ...
Greinke ends up with broken collarbone after brawl
Padres slugger Carlos Quentin rushed the mound and wrestled Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke to the ground after getting hit by a pitch ...
Voice actor for Charlie Brown arrested in Calif.
The man who was the voice of Charlie Brown in the first "Peanuts" television specials has pleaded guilty to threatening and stalking both his ...
Investigators: Missing family left US voluntarily
Investigators said Tuesday they believe a couple that abruptly disappeared with their two young boys left for Mexico voluntarily, a statement that ...
Swanky beach enclave seeks relief from bird stench
La Jolla's jagged coastline is strictly protected by environmental laws to ensure the San Diego community remains the kind of seaside jewel that has ...
Cold case arrest prompts cross-country probe
When Los Angeles cold case detectives caught up with Samuel Little this past fall, he was living in a Christian shelter in Kentucky, his latest arrest ...
Timeline of the whereabouts of suspected strangler
Authorities have pieced together a 24-page timeline that tracks accused killer Samuel Little's activity across the country since his birth.
June 1 restart could be out of reach at San Onofre
Executives for the company that operates the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant sketched a future Wednesday in which one of the twin reactors ...
San Onofre submits draft linked to restart bid
The operator of the shuttered San Onfore nuclear power plant submitted a draft plan to federal regulators Monday that could help pave the way to ...
MLB openers feature Strasburg, rivalries, AL vs NL
The Kansas City Royals have been absent from the playoffs since the day Billy Butler was born. They've barely had a winning season in the last two ...
Filmmaker who rescued Romanian orphans is killed
A documentary filmmaker known for helping rescue children from squalid Romanian orphanages in the early 1990s was fatally shot following an apparent ...
Starving sea lion pups fill Calif. rescue centers
Hundreds of starving sea lion pups are washing up on beaches from San Diego to Santa Barbara, overwhelming rescue centers and leaving scientists ...
Amputee veteran helps train troops for war
The sailor had been back from war for just over a year when friends invited him to watch an unusually emotional training exercise for troops preparing ...
San Diego restricts beach use after seal abuse
San Diego's mayor has ordered a two-month nighttime shutdown of a beach after cameras set up to monitor a seal colony captured people kicking, ...
Gonzalez back to Falcons; Fitzpatrick cut by Bills
The Baltimore Ravens are paying the price for winning a Super Bowl. The NFL champions lost two key components of their defense, linebackers Paul ...
Survivors of Calif sailboat race accident released
Five sailors who survived when their boat smashed into rocks during a race in storm-churned seas off Southern California, killing a fellow crewmember, ...
1 dead, 5 rescued in Calif. sailboat race accident
Storm-churned seas during a sailing race off Southern California smashed a boat into island rocks, leaving one sailor dead, after the vessel's crew ...
Calif regulators reject Navy offshore training
The California Coastal Commission on Friday rejected a Navy explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics said ...
At Arizona's border morgue, bodies keep coming
The body of Ildefonso Martinez arrived on a Friday night last April as John Doe, Case No. 12-01000. He wore black Nike shoes, a Perry Ellis belt, ...
Zack Greinke hit hard in 2nd start for Dodgers
Zack Greinke's rocky outing hardly raised an eyebrow at Dodgers camp. Greinke was hit hard in his second spring training start, allowing three doubles ...
San Diego basketball star gets 6 months in prison
Former University of San Diego basketball star Brandon Johnson was sentenced to six months in prison Friday for his role in a game-fixing scheme.