OAKLAND — C.J. Wilson and Ernesto Frieri combined on a one-hitter and the Los Angeles Angels broke out of their offensive slump in a 5-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday. Albert Pujols homered for the third time in seven days, while Mark Trumbo and Howie Kendrick both had RBI singles for the Angels, … Continue Reading
MILWAUKEE — Buster Posey is regaining his stamina, one year after being limited to 45 games due to a devastating ankle injury, and it’s paying off for the San Francisco Giants. Posey homered off the Miller Park scoreboard and had three RBIs as the Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-4, on Tuesday. It was his … Continue Reading
OAKLAND — Tommy Milone scattered five hits over seven innings and Kila Ka’aihue drove in the go-ahead run, leading the pesky Oakland Athletics past the Los Angeles Angels, 2-1, on Monday. Milone (6-3) struck out three, walked one and never allowed the anemic Angels offense to get going. The lefty’s only blemish was an RBI … Continue Reading
By Tamar Lewin Three chief executives of public colleges earned more than $1 million in total compensation during the 2010-11 academic year, according to a survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The median total compensation of the 199 public college presidents surveyed was $421,395, up 2.9 percent from 2009-10, the survey found, while the … Continue Reading
UC Davis student Hammad Khan, a fourth-year psychology major, prepares to send a kite soaring into the air on Thursday as part of the UCD Afghan Student Association’s “Kites for Kause” fundraiser. The festival filled the sky with colorful kites made of bamboo and paper by Afghan children who work shining shoes or selling cigarettes … Continue Reading
CHICAGO (AP) — Three activists who traveled to Chicago for a NATO summit were accused Saturday of manufacturing Molotov cocktails in a plot to attack President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home and other targets. But defense lawyers shot back that Chicago police had trumped up the charges to frighten peaceful protesters away, … Continue Reading
When Davis High met Monte Vista in last year’s North Coast Section girls lacrosse playoffs, the Blue Devils pulled out a miraculous, triple-overtime, comeback win. In the rematch Friday night in the quarterfinals of the 2012 NCS tournament at Ron & Mary Brown Stadium, DHS didn’t have the same magic. Unable to get anything going … Continue Reading
Take a bow, Davis High boys lacrosse. The curtain has closed on your legendary 2012 season. The Blue Devils’ 20-0 campaign had to end at some point, but they were hoping for more than a 6-2 defeat against Monte Vista in the quarterfinals of the North Coast Section playoffs on Friday night at Ron & … Continue Reading
The issue: U.S. plans a noncombat presence for another 10 years but NATO already has a foot out the door As much as any event, this weekend’s NATO summit in Chicago will mark a formal beginning of the end of the war in Afghanistan. The foreign forces, now numbering about 130,000, are to be out … Continue Reading
By Robert Clark Young Before 2008, when I was 47 years old, I led the self-involved life of the writer, most of my decisions turning on what I thought would benefit my career, almost to the exclusion of everything and everyone else. I published books and stories and articles, I had a girlfriend who helped … Continue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Excitement about Facebook’s initial public offering gave U.S. stocks a small lift in morning trading on Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 11 points to 12,453 in the first half-hour of trading. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index was up three points 1,308. The Nasdaq fell a fraction of a … Continue Reading
DISAPPEARING ACT … when something bad happens to a big company or organization, public relations specialists always advise their clients to make it a “one-day” story … in other words, hold a press conference, come clean, do your mea culpas and leave the press with nothing more to talk about … hiding in the face … Continue Reading
“Battleship” One star Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano, Liam Neeson, John Tui Rating: PG-13, for intense action violence, mayhem and profanity “Battleship” is a movie for folks who found the “Transformers” flicks too intellectually challenging. Erich and Jon Hoeber’s laughably moronic plot would make a great discussion topic in a … Continue Reading
SACRAMENTO — It was with mixed — and many — emotions that Davis High lifted the baseball monkey off its back with a 5-2 victory over Oak Ridge in the opening round of the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs on Thursday afternoon at Union Stadium. Playing on the campus of Sacramento City College, the Blue Devils followed … Continue Reading
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