LANDOVER, Md. — Blake Horvath outplayed Bryson Daily at quarterback, accounting for 311 yards and four touchdowns to help Navy beat No. 19 Army 31-13 on Saturday. Horvath threw for 107 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 204 yards and two TDs. Navy (9-3) snapped a two-game losing streak in the series. The teams…
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Mater Dei’s boys soccer team won the CIF Southern Section Open Division championship last season. The Monarchs’ success continued in the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs as they reached the Division I final. Mater Dei coach Sean Ganey senses that the team this season wants more of that type of success. “The boys are hungry…
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You can learn everything you need to know about a person by the way they handle a string of holiday lights. When confronted with tangled cords, burned-out bulbs and hanging hassles, do they joyfully whistle “Deck the Halls,” or does they get red-faced and start swearing. Throw a ladder, icy conditions and electricity into the…
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There is no right of privacy in the U.S. Constitution, at least there wasn’t until 1965, when the Supreme Court famously found one in “penumbras, formed by emanations” from the Bill of Rights. It wasn’t a unanimous decision. “With all deference, I can find no such general right of privacy in the Bill of Rights,…
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Former Orange mayor and Councilmember Mark A. Murphy died at his home in Orange on Friday evening, Dec. 13, city officials said. Murphy had served the city and Orange County for decades. He was elected to the Orange City Council in 1993 and became mayor in 2000. He began serving on the Orange County Transportation…
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Projecting California’s 2025 economy is like reviewing a movie sequel with familiar combatants. The upcoming, second-edition Donald Trump presidency again pits a pro-business force against a pro-consumer state. Ponder the massive chasms in policies – from immigration to business regulation to green energy. Add in personalities who don’t get along – the Republican president-elect vs. California’s…
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Orange County’s first clean energy agency is at risk of losing 65% of its customers in 2025. That’s because Irvine accounts for that much of the Orange County Power Authority’s customer base, and the Irvine City Council voted unanimously during an emergency meeting Thursday to authorize the city’s withdrawal from the OCPA sometime in 2025.…
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The Ducks have traded defenseman Cam Fowler to the St. Louis Blues, ending the second-longest tenure in franchise history. In exchange for Fowler and a 2027 fourth-round draft pick, the Ducks received a 2027 second-rounder and prospect defenseman Jérémie Biakabutuka. Fowler, 33, played all his 991 career games with the Ducks, entering the league at…
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All Melissa Ludtke wanted to do was report and write about baseball. She made history instead. Ludtke, then a 26-year-old reporter-researcher for Sports Illustrated magazine, was banned from both teams’ clubhouses during the 1977 Yankees-Dodgers World Series games in New York by order of Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, even after the teams themselves had agreed to…
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CHARGERS (8-5) vs. BUCCANEERS (7-6) When: 1:25 p.m. Sunday Where: SoFi Stadium TV/Radio: Ch. 11; 98.7 FM; 105.5 FM/94.3 FM (Spanish) Line: Chargers by 3 Notable injury designations Chargers: OUT: TE Will Dissly (shoulder), WR Jalen Reagor (finger). QUESTIONABLE: WR Ladd McConkey (knee/shoulder), LB Denzel Perryman (groin). Buccaneers: OUT: LB K.J. Britt (ankle), S Mike…
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