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By MATTHEW DALY (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and that kills thousands of Americans every year. The EPA’s final rule marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under…
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I held off reporting this while waiting for confirmation… and also because I was hoping it wasn’t true. Alas, his friends have confirmed it: Longtime album-rock air personality Geno Michelini passed away on March 2nd at the age of 77, his beloved cat Bud Bud by his side. Born Theodore Eugene Dunmire, Michelini was the…
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By Greg Hardesty, contributing writer Life may be like a box of chocolates. So, too, is data, says Nga Pham, executive director of District Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness at Rancho Santiago Community College District. “You never know what you’re going to get until you bite into it,” Pham said. As far as data crunching…
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Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned by a not-for-profit organization, the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. Then, in 2019, Sanford Health — a not-for-profit,…
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California voters were sold a lemon when they were pitched with the idea of a bullet train running at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour that would take passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in under three hours. Democratic legislators and stakeholders put Proposition 1A on the November 2008 ballot, and voters…
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Los Angeles Dodgers’ hitter Teoscar Hernandez hits during the third innings of the exhibition game between Team Korea and the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) Los Angeles Dodgers Freddie Freeman slides to score during the third innings of the exhibition game…
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SEOUL, South Korea — Six months after his second elbow surgery, Shohei Ohtani has been cleared to start a throwing program. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed Monday that Ohtani will start a throwing program later this week. “I know once we get back to the States, he is going to start his throwing program, which…
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Here’s the 2024 NCAA Tournament women’s basketball bracket, released Sunday, March 17, 2024. Click here for printable bracket.

Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George (13) fouls Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela (15) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Sunday, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Atlanta Hawks guard Vit Krejci (27) blocks a shot by Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden (1) during the first half of…
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St. Louis Blues’ Brayden Schenn (10) and Anaheim Ducks’ Jackson LaCombe (60) chase after a loose puck along the boards during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, March 17, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) St. Louis Blues’ Brayden Schenn (10) controls the puck during the second period of an NHL…
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