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HOFFARTH: So ready to Pac it up

Published June 12, 2010 at 2:17 a.m.

Back in nineteen ought-fifteen, four teams aligned for the Pacific Coast Conference - Cal, Washington and Oregon with the torrid Oregon Agricultural College ...

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Trojans just trying to cope

Published June 12, 2010 at 2:16 a.m.

When USC coach Lane Kiffin opened spring practice in April, there was the odd sight of paid security guards monitoring the sidelines of Howard Jones Field. It seemed like a reaction to the loose nature of former coach Pete Carroll's practices, but really it was a directive from the school's compliance office, already well aware of the NCAA's feeling that the football program was out of control when it came to monitoring boosters and groupies that surrounded the team ...

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Nebraska joins the Big Ten

Published June 12, 2010 at 2:07 a.m.

Five other Big 12 teams are expected to switch to the Pac-10 next week. Boise State moves to the Mountain West ... College football changed forever Friday -- -it's now a wild, new numbers game ...

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Roy Ashburn: Out and about

Published June 12, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

The state senator discusses California politics, his anti-gay legislative record before being outed and more ... Roy Ashburn was smitten by politics as a kid on the Central Coast. At 12, he was pedaling his bike to Ronald Reagan's gubernatorial campaign headquarters in San Luis Obispo, hanging out and helping out. He would grow up to be a Kern County supervisor for a dozen years, then an Assembly member and a state senator for another 14 years, representing some of the most conservative turf in

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L.A.'s problematic Probation Department

Published June 12, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

It's time for the Justice Department to step in and compel the county to straighten out 'a colossal mess.' ... One of the melancholy truths about Los Angeles' local government is that some of our ... most consequential problems are allowed to fester for year upon year — and, when they are resolved, it's too often because Washington or a federal judge has stepped in to force the issue ...

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Is a college degree still worth it?

Published June 12, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

As U.S. employment patterns evolve, a diploma is no longer a guarantee of a better job and higher pay ... As the warm glow of college commencement ceremonies gives way to the cold reality of today's job market, this year's graduates and their anxious parents might be tempted to wonder whether it was worth it ...

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South Carolina Senate primary raises questions

Published June 12, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

The victory of Democrat Alvin Greene — inexperienced and unemployed — prompts his defeated rival to investigate balloting. Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn suggests Greene's a 'plant.' ... South Carolina's latest political curiosity has grown into a probe of voter irregularities ...

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Joel Pineiro and Angels smother Dodgers, 10-1

Published June 12, 2010 at 1:36 a.m.

Pineiro pitches a five-hitter, and Hideki Matsui and Torii Hunter each deliver three-run doubles to beat the Dodgers in the Freeway Series opener ... Pineiro pitches a five-hitter, and Hideki Matsui and Torii Hunter each deliver three-run doubles to beat the Dodgers in the Freeway Series opener ...

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Titans hold off Bruins, 4-3, in Super Regional

Published June 12, 2010 at 1:32 a.m.

Ramirez strikes out 13 and Cal State Fullerton takes edge in Super Regional ... Cal State Fullerton's Noe Ramirez showed that UCLA hasn't cornered the market on starting pitching ...

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