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In the Pipeline: Little Leaguers show grace in the spotlight
When I first spoke to Ocean View Little League manager Jeff Pratto, it was hard to hear him. As he explained over the noise behind him, he and the team had just arrived in Williamsport, Pa., hallowed home to the Little League World Series. They were...Tags: Human Interest, ESPN (tv network), Little League Baseball, North Carolina, Rhode Island
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O.C. prepares to welcome home Little League world champs
The Ocean View All-Stars, who became the first team from Orange County to win a Little League Baseball World Series title, are scheduled to arrive home from South Williamsport, Pa., on Monday night at Los Angeles International Airport. The team then...Tags: Little League Baseball, Los Angeles International Airport, Ocean View, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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In The Pipeline: H.B.'s own field of dreams
As I write this, it is early Sunday morning, several hours before Ocean View Little League's championship World Series game versus Japan (an interesting coincidence, give that one of our sister cities is in Japan). The teams, of course, are about 2,600...Tags: Japan, Babe Ruth, Arts and Culture, Google Inc., Ocean View
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Roadside bomb kills ninth member of adopted Marines
Another member of the city's adopted Marine battalion was killed Saturday in Afghanistan, officials said. Sgt. Joseph Caskey, 24, of Pennsylvania, was killed by an improvised explosive devise, said officials with the Huntington Beach 3/1 Marines...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Family, Disasters and Accidents, Huntington Beach, Afghanistan
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Mind your peas
Message to President Barack Obama: Give peas a chance. That's the reaction of the USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council to the president's urging of budget negotiators to make the difficult choices necessary to reach a "grand bargain" to raise the nation's debt...Tags: Elections, George H.W. Bush, Politics, Healthy Diet, Barbara Bush
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A road trip across America's Coaster Belt
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterI’m setting off on a road trip across America's "Coaster Belt," hitting eight theme parks in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey in just 10 days. Along the way, I'll visit some of the oldest amusement parks in the world and climb aboard classic wooden...Tags: Elections, Tourism and Leisure, Amusement and Theme Parks, Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Travel
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'Crazy, Stupid, Love' and 'Larry Crowne' emphasize the stylish side of the male makeover
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen it comes to makeovers at the movies, the rules have always been fairly straightforward: Girls get a Cinderella story, while guys get Spider-Man. It's pretty much been that way since the dawn of the movie makeover genre, which authors Elizabeth A....Tags: Elections, Macy's, Inc., Superman (fictional character), Rachel Weisz, Bill Murray
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Franklin County mother worried about lack of action in missing son's case
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comNearly a month has passed since 11-year-old Khalil Mohamed Atteya, known by his family as Niko, was allegedly snatched from his mother while on a trip to Egypt. The Fayetteville, Pa., family’s nightmare began when Niko, his mother, Kalliopi “...Tags: Vehicles, Physical Conditions, Politics, Asthma, Human Interest
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Flying high for the Sinaloa drug cartel
John Charles Ward would take flight in the half-light before dawn, when he could race down the runway without headlights and ascend into the cloaking embrace of an overcast sky. This feature requires that JavaScript be enabled and the Flash plug-in be...Tags: Crimes, Elections, Missouri, Corporate Crime, Local Government
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Bridge named in honor of slain Pa. wildlife conservation officer
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Thursday signed legislation naming an Adams County, Pa., bridge for David L. Grove, a wildlife conservation officer killed in the line of duty in November 2010.
Grove, 31, was a graduate of Grace Academy in Hagerstown and...Tags: Crimes, Elections, Lawyers, Politics, Thomas R. Caltagirone
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Taking the Kids -- to Orlando's theme parks for the first time
Talk about the potential for stress. The Bennetts raced around Walt Disney World with 11 people, including kids who ranged in age from 5 to 18, while one teen was sick in bed at the hotel.
But Theresa Bennett and her extended family were all smiles --...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, U.S. Military, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Apple iPhone, SeaWorld
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