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Pickens would give it all up to be young again
If T. Boone Pickens could choose between his current circumstances and being an 18-year-old preparing to enter the job market, he would choose the latter — and he might send his first résumés to energy companies. The oil and gas entrepreneur, who...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Natural Resources, Politics, BP Plc
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Putting American youth on the international voice
Mallory Hytrek said America's youth must be heard on the international stage. The 18-year-old Huntington Beach resident, who moved to Washington, D.C., three months ago to attend The George Washington University, is part of the United States Youth...Tags: Washington, DC, United Nations, Politics, Human Rights, International Organizations
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'If he's not a hero, I don't know who is'
Bruno Serato says his Italian mother is responsible for his good deeds.
It started when she spotted a boy eating potato chips at a Boys & Girls Club of Anaheim donation ceremony.
When Caterina found out the chips were all that boy and other children...Tags: CNN (tv network), Dining and Drinking, Heroism, Restaurants, Italy
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In The Pipeline: Paddling 26 miles for one little girl's sight
About 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Drew Kenny arrived at the Huntington Beach Pier. How did he get there? On a stand-up paddleboard. Where did he leave from? Catalina Island. Just what would inspire the 42-year-old Huntington Beach consultant to paddle 26 miles?...Tags: Sports, Science and Technology, Surfing, Human Interest, Elections
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Health center opens renovated facilities
Monday morning, Gloria Guerin spotted a middle-aged man standing outside the AltaMed Huntington Beach Community Health Center. He didn't appear poor or homeless, but she noticed him looking bemusedly at the clinic's sign.
When Guerin approached him, he...Tags: Medical Services, Social Issues, Government Health Care, Politics, Los Angeles
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In the Pipeline: Memories of a president's pilot
If I've learned anything in the 11 years my family and I have lived in Huntington Beach, it's that you never know who you'll run into in Huntington Beach.
Take, for example, the man I sat with recently. He sat on a couch thumbing through a photo album....Tags: Government, Richard Nixon, African Americans, Henry Kissinger, John Wayne
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Greer's OC: Special offer for fitness classes
If working out in a traditional gym is not your thing, consider Hidden Talents, an acclaimed studio in Huntington Beach that offers atypical fitness classes like hip-hop, go-go, burlesque, pole, pole fitness, cardio stretch, lap dance, chair, floor, hoop,...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Natural Resources, Laguna Niguel (Orange, California), Dining and Drinking, Bodies of Water
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Teacher focuses on tourism, development
There's the old story about how Jimmy Carter got the attention of voters when he first ran for the White House. The little-known ex-governor walked up to strangers on the street, extended a hand and drawled, "Hi, I'm Jimmy Carter, and I'm going to be your...Tags: Elections, Starbucks Corp., Central Park, Politics, Local Elections
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So, is candidate 63, 69 or 73 years old?
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan, the oldest man ever to occupy the White House, quipped during a debate with Walter Mondale that he wouldn't make an issue of his opponent's "youth and inexperience."
Few in Huntington Beach would doubt City Councilman...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Huntington Beach, New Jersey, Elections, Walter Mondale
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City Lights: Election Day a hopeful time
Tuesday, the General Election will be held. After months of tracking the various campaigns — senatorial, gubernatorial and otherwise — it has been a long slog to the finish line. Has anyone else ever wished for a system in which the candidates...Tags: Local Elections, Sociology, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Jimmy Carter
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New students are a couple of turkeys
A Huntington Beach elementary school is the new home of two turkeys that were groomed to get the coveted presidential pardon on Thanksgiving. Golden View Elementary School was the recipient Friday afternoon of turkeys that were fifth and sixth in line to...Tags: Barack Obama, Turkey (animal), Politics, Farms, Elementary Schools
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Health officials: Reform is 'big step'
Editor's note: This is the second in a three-part series about the effects of the Obama administration's health-care reform on Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley health-care providers and their patients. Dr. Peter Anderson sometimes goes for days in...Tags: Sports, Local Elections, Healthcare Policies, Basketball, Career and Workplace
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