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Carpenter helps rebuild on 'working vacations': For the past five years, union carpenter Richard Lindsey has dedicated his annual vacation to building projects for others.
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Gentlemen, play nice at any and all debates: By agreement of the candidates, these Ground Rules for Future City Attorney Debates shall be read aloud by a neutral party at the start of each joint appearance by Michael Aguirre and Jan Goldsmith.
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Bilbray better run, not walk, this time: The general election begins one, not two, months from now. For early-bird mail-in voters, balloting starts Oct. 6, almost a full month before the polls close and the nation holds its breath as the results from old and new battleground states – Ohio and Michigan; Colorado and Virginia – come in.
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Schemmel willing to cut Long more slack: Coaches have the shelf life of Labor Day potato salad left out in a Phoenix backyard. If their pink slips aren't showing, they always seem this far from the hem. Even good coaches know the Turk is going to pay them a visit. It's just a matter of when.
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Losses aside, Del Mar still 'a sound ship': DEL MAR – If Joe Harper is feeling the pinch, it is in much the same way a moose feels a mosquito bite.
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Manny could reverse curse of the Dodgers' bad moves: On so many levels, the big deal really was a no-brainer. The franchise that's gone from brilliant to brainless just made a trade for a player who often seems to act like he doesn't have a brain in his head.
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NFL defenses catching up in electronics at last: High tech is making a further incursion into blocking and tackling. Nothing, it seems, is safe from it.
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Musically speaking, this one's a home run: Music and baseball have always seemed to go together. And now, at a CD outlet near you, comes “The Baseball Project: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails” on Yeproc Records.
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Port is more important than many may realize: In a recent column, I mentioned how Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens was using the California initiative process to float a referendum to provide subsidies for natural gas use that would probably end up providing some pretty handsome benefits for his natural gas company.
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Sarah Palin: A good choice for Republicans and the country: Never mind the naysayers and inside-the-Beltway snobs who mock John McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. This was a brilliant choice.
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The lessons in this school film are for all of us: When I went to a recent screening of “American Teen,” I kept wanting to turn to my daughters or son and see their reactions, talk to them after the show. But they weren't there. And the youngest is now 20, anyway, though her memories of high school no doubt would have come rushing back. Heck, my own came rushing back.
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More of the same: Show what you know, then show it again. Derailed by the Hollywood writers' strike and humbled by cable's gains in the hearts and minds of viewers and critics alike, the five networks will be kicking off the new fall TV season by retreating to their comfort zones.
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Convincing parents to accept outside help, care is a tough job: My friend Mike recently e-mailed, asking for advice on dealing with his dad: “My dad is now at a point where he really cannot take care of himself without a caregiver living in the home, and he refuses both to have someone move into the home or move to a nursing home. Any suggestions?”
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Our readers tell us what they want: Ask readers what they want from their newspaper, and ye shall receive – in abundance. I received dozens of thoughtful, articulate expressions of what readers now get and what they wish they got from the paper. Even with an occasional gibe, the overall effect was bracing.
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