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Slater slays competition at U.S. Open of Surfing
There was talk before the start of the U.S. Open of Surfing that 2011 could be the year of the Young Guns.
Just days before Sunday's Men's final, former World Tour veteran and first-year contest director Pat O'Connell, felt the same way. But O'Connell...Tags: Florida, Athletes, Hawaii, Australia, Kelly Slater
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Retrial in human trafficking case
COSTA MESA — Two men convicted of kidnapping and holding an illegal immigrant mother and her child in a Costa Mesa motel for ransom in 2005 will get a retrial after a panel of judges ruled jurors were not given proper instructions before reaching...Tags: Justice and Rights, Judges, Justice System, Santa Ana, Travel
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Men's volleyball tournament coming soon
International field The second annual UC Irvine International Men's Volleyball Tournament is scheduled Oct. 5 through 10 on the UCI campus. Teams include the Korean Air Jumbos from Korea, UPCN from Argentina, Zhejiang from China, Sada Cruzeiro from...Tags: University of California, University of California, Irvine, Volleyball, Argentina, China
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Misty wins silver, Ross bronze
BRASILIA, Brazil — It was just like old times in the gold medal match of the beach volleyball Brasilia Open. Newport Harbor High alumna Misty May-Treanor has reunited with her old partner, Kerri Walsh. They came close to winning yet another...Tags: Beijing Games, Volleyball, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, Brasilia (Brazil)
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Briefs: Lofgren reaches final
Esther Lofgren, a Newport Harbor High product, is a part of the U.S. women's eight who advanced to Sunday's final of the Rowing World Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland. The U.S. women's eight were in one of two heats and need to finish in the top two to...Tags: University of California, Irvine, Miramar, Hermosa, Volleyball, Awards and Prizes
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South Florida's Ryan Hunter-Reay out of Indy 500 with mechanical problems
UPDATE: South Florida's Ryan Hunter-Reay appears out of the Indianapolis 500 with mechanical difficulties. Hunter-Reay's No, 28 started to vibrate then slow a little more than halfway through the 200-lap race. During an interview on ABC, he described the...
Tags: Cancer, Lifestyle and Leisure, Colon Cancer, ABC (tv network), Open-Wheel Racing
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Retail roundup: Prada, Asos, CVS free gas promotion
--Facing an uncertain U.S. economy and a flailing Europe, Italian fashion house Prada is planning to open 260 stores in the next three years to capture consumers in emerging markets who are hungry for luxury goods, a report says. The Milan company, which...
Tags: Walmart, Economy, Business and Finance, Miu Miu, Prada, E-Commerce Industry
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Alberto Del Rio, Kane and Randy Orton make moves on WWE Smackdown
The card for next month's No Way Out pay-per-view continued to take shape after Friday night's episode of Smackdown, but recent events have parts of the show left with question marks. Alberto Del Rio defeated Randy Orton and Kane in a triple threat match...
Tags: Brian Edwards, Radio, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Chris Jericho, John Cena
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Wahoo's prepares for June 1 opening in H.B.
Wing Lam still isn't quite sure what happened to his last name. The former Wing Lee had his moniker changed somehow when his family emigrated to the United States from Brazil in the 1970s. Either his father misspelled it, or the immigration official did,...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants
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Northwestern athlete delays return to Brazil to run at state meet
American News Sports WriterAt this time a week ago, Catarina Oliveira was preparing to board a plane for Brazil. Instead, the exchange student from Northwestern is now hopping on a bus headed for the Black Hills. Competing at the Region 1B track and field meet in Groton last...Tags: Minor League Baseball, Northwestern Wildcats, Air Transportation Delays, Groton, Watertown
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Brazil's historically poor northeast finally gets its boom
RECIFE, Brazil — The Brazilian state of Pernambuco was once known for its vast plains of parched dirt and roving bandits called cangacos, who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor.
For later generations, escaping the widespread poverty of the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Customs and Tradition, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Eurozone's turmoil threatens global economy
When economic and financial conditions have grown particularly dicey in the eurozone during the last couple of years, European leaders have made a habit of throwing pacifiers at the markets. So as European leaders meet in Brussels on Wednesday, the...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Economic Indicator, Heart Attack, Citigroup Incorporated
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