After beginning the year in a buying mood, Americans slowed their spending in February on gadgets, home furnishings and other discretionary items as higher prices for food, gasoline, and shelter are taking a bigger bite out of their wallet. Retail sales increased 0.3% after registering a revised 4.9% jump from December to January, fueled by…
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The Angels signed veteran infielder Matt Duffy to a one-year, $1.5 million deal on Wednesday. Duffy provides another versatile infielder. He played 56 games at third base, 21 at second and five at shortstop with the Chicago Cubs last season. Duffy, 31, hit .287 with a .738 OPS last season. He is a career .283…
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Cal State Fullerton’s E.J. Anosike considers his options as Hawaii’s Kamaka Hepa defends during their Big West Tournament semifinal on Friday night at Dollar Loan Center Arena in Henderson, Nev. Anosike had 16 points and 13 rebounds in the Titans’ 58-46 win. Second-seeded Fullerton will face top-seeded rival Long Beach State in the title game…
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By Judith Graham | Kaiser Health News Twenty years ago, a group of pioneering older adults in Boston created an innovative organization for people committed to aging in place: Beacon Hill Village, an all-in-one social club, volunteer collective, activity center, peer-to-peer support group, and network for various services. Its message of “we want to age…
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TEMPE, Ariz. — Anthony Rendon’s two seasons with the Angels have not been what the team or he had hoped, with one season shortened by the pandemic and the second by injuries. If Angels fans are still waiting to see a full season of the real Rendon, he has a suggestion for them. “Maybe they…
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With St. Patrick’s Day upon us, it’s fun to celebrate by enjoying foods that are festive and green. If you are looking for ideas that are more nutritious than a milkshake the color of a four-leaf clover and more palatable than celery juice, look no further. Here are some nutrient-dense foods, that also happen to…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Tesoro’s boys and girls swimming teams remembered a racer dear to their hearts on Tuesday. The Titans then swept Aliso Niguel to open the South Coast League. It was a heart-felt and successful home-opener for Tesoro as it honored former teammate Jillian Abrian,…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve launched a high-risk effort Wednesday to tame the worst inflation since the early 1980s, raising its benchmark short-term interest rate and signaling up to six additional rate hikes this year. The Fed’s quarter-point hike in its key rate, which it had pinned near zero since the…
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If you’re a craft beer lover like me, then you already know the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival that takes over the Anaheim theme park for the next six weeks leaves the most important part of the annual event out of the name: Beer. Fortunately for beer nuts, the foodie festival that runs…
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The Henry and Renee Segerstrom Concert Hall hosted young, dare we say up-and-coming, musicians for a special concert this week. The music programs of the Irvine Unified School District were center stage during the Donald Bren Honors Concert, typically held annually until the pandemic forced a two-year hiatus. Stephen Tucker, of the UCI Symphony Orchestra,…
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