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...PEBBLE BEACH -- Kurt Kitayama is starting to feel more comfortable each time he gets in contention on the PGA Tour, and the Californian can only... ...hope that's the case going into the weekend at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.... ...Kitayama was at 9-under 134 and led by one over Keith Mitchell, Brandon Wu, Joseph Bramlett and Hank Lebioda.... ...Katayama's last shot at his first PGA Tour win was in the fall in the CJ Cup of South Carolina at Congaree....

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...The shootout in North Waziristan, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, came days after a suicide bomber attacked a mosque within a police and... ...government compound in the city of Peshawar, the provincial capital, killing 101 people and wounding at least 225.... ..."We as a nation together will root out this menace of terrorism," Gen. Asim Munir said.... ...Such raids, most often against the Pakistani Taliban, also known as the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, are routine in the country's northwest....

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..."Suddenly, these screen are at every establishment we encounter," etiquette expert Thomas Farley was quoted as saying.... ...I read the Associated Press article "Is tipping getting out of control?"... ...According to National Public Radio, it all started with restaurant chains getting greedy.... ...First it all goes to Corporate Headquarters where staff members decide how much of the tip, if any, will be forwarded to the server....

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...The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, on Tuesday, will consider a motion by supervisors Janice Hahn and Hilda Solis to introduce ordinances... ...that would amend county code to prohibit the sale of .50 caliber firearms and ammunition, with certain exceptions, in the unincorporated county,... ...its consideration, with these regulations to include the following:. Require ammunition dealers to obtain a Los Angeles County business license... ...The proposed motion would also instruct the county treasurer and tax collector to prepare the final amendments to the county code to enhance the...

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...Matthew Higer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Environment, Safety and Infrastructure Nancy Balkus, Air Force Civil Engineering Center... ...The 4,600-acre Edwards Sanborn Solar Storage Project, on Edwards Air Force Base's northwest edge, was officially dedicated, on Thursday.... ...officer for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said.... ...William H. Kale III, Federal Chief Sustainability Officer Andrew Mayock and Mortenson CEO Daniel Johnson....

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...Landing in the Soviet Union, Perel and Isaac took refuge at a children's home in what is now Belarus.... ...Perel was born, in 1925, to a Jewish family in Brunswick, Germany, just several years before the Nazis came to power.... ...After Germany's surrender and the liberation of the concentration camps, Perel and Isaac, who survived the Dachau camp in southern Germany, were... ...Perel became a translator for the Soviet military before immigrating to what is now Israel and joining the war surrounding its creation, in 1948....

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...BINCHE, Belgium -- On a sunny winter morning heralding a radiant Mardi Gras, Beatrice and Karl Kersten don't have a minute to spare.... ..."It's a total rush, we are late," said Karl, a fourth-generation tailor.... ...The earliest records of the Binche Mardi Gras, which draws thousands of revelers, date to the 14th century.... ...But what makes Binche unique are the "Gilles" -- local men deemed fit to wear the Mardi Gras costumes....

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...Mya Smiley is a student at the University of Akron thanks to an assist from LeBron James, and she is determined upon graduation to become a social... ...LeBron James speaks at the opening ceremony for the I Promise School, July 30, 2018, in Akron, Ohio.... ...James Family Foundation.... ...The off-court achievement that James is most proud of, he says, is working to uplift the lives of people like Smiley in his hometown of Akron....

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...Disbarred and disgraced Los Angeles celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi has been indicted in Chicago on charges of stealing $3 million from clients who... ...LOS ANGELES -- Disgraced ex-lawyer Tom Girardi, once celebrated for winning massive settlements, has been indicted by federal grand juries in Los... ...said Girardi, his attorney son-in-law and their firm's chief financial officer took funds for five clients who reached settlements with Boeing,... ...Girardi, 83, who once played a supporting role on "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," which starred his now-estranged wife Erika Jayne, was disbarred...

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...Pearblossom and Pearland are two communities in the Antelope Valley named after a crop.... ...So, what type of fruit trees are best for the Antelope Valley?.... ...Leona Valley and Acton are not climatically the same as the Antelope Valley, so stone fruit tend to grow better because the temperatures stay cooler... ...Pears are better suited for the Antelope Valley than apples because pears tolerate slightly warmer summer temperatures....