Websites compete with city papers
New York Times Nov 18, 08 12:50 PM CST
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Internet journalism has long been dominated by partisan commentary, gossip, and well-intentioned amateurs, but that’s all changing, the New York Times reports. Sites like VoiceofSanDiego or the St. Louis Beacon are doing serious, investigative journalism many a newspaper would envy at a fraction of the cost. Voice’s reports on local corruption, for example, have led to investigations and criminal charges.
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His 105 endorsements to McCain's 33 include 24 Bush backers
Editor & Publisher Oct 20, 08 7:43 AM CDT
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Barack Obama has clinched endorsements from the Austin American Statesman and the Houston Chronicle , two Texas papers that once backed George W. Bush—while John McCain gained the Columbus Dispatch in crucial Ohio along with the San Diego Union Tribune . Obama now leads 105-33 in the endorsements race, according to Editor & Publisher —a tally that includes at least 24 papers that were once pro-Bush.
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Seeking $3M in damages from San Diego in trial that starts today
Los Angeles Times Sep 15, 08 4:11 AM CDT
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Four San Diego firefighters ordered by officials to drive their truck in the city's gay pride parade last year are suing for $3 million in damages for sexual harassment, reports the Los Angeles Times . The four, who were given their orders by the city’s lesbian fire chief, say the suit is a protest against the lewd comments lobbed at them during the parade, and is “not an anti-gay thing.” The trial starts today.
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Critics charge $57M fence isn't worth cost or environmental damage
Associated Press Aug 16, 08 4:58 AM CDT
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Construction crews have launched work on a controversial section of the US-Mexico border fence near San Diego, AP reports. The Smuggler's Gulch canyon will be filled with dirt and a fence built at a cost of $16 million a mile. Critics charge the fence is no longer vital and the work will cause serious environmental damage.
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Film adaptation of classic graphic novel wows thousands of fans
MTV Jul 26, 08 6:40 PM CDT
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Thousands of Comic-Con fans cheered yesterday after seeing comic books' holy grail on the big screen, MTV reports. Director Zack Snyder showed an uncut trailer of his dark, violent film adaptation of Watchmen , the only graphic novel to win a Hugo and make Time 's list of the 20th century's greatest novels. The San Diego crowd—many dressed as characters in the movie—then posed questions to the film's stars.
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Beer heiress never got San Diego property bills, aides say
Newsweek Jun 29, 08 11:07 AM CDT
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A trust company overseen by Cindy McCain has paid almost $7,000 in overdue property taxes to San Diego County, after Newsweek began looking into unpaid bills on the condo. Government notices sent to a Phoenix address were returned by the post office; and the county claims that McCain owes a further $1,742 that will go into default July 1.
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They ask for transfer
on religious grounds
Los Angeles Times Jun 20, 08 2:49 PM CDT
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Some employees of the San Diego County clerk's office are being shuffled to other duties because they object to same-sex marriage, the Los Angeles Times reports. Fourteen workers initially posed "sincerely held religious objections," but sources said many had since changed their minds. Marriage-license business has approximately doubled since a ban ended Monday afternoon.
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World No. 1 blows big lead in 18-hole playoff, then wins in sudden death
Associated Press Jun 16, 08 3:45 PM CDT
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With a throbbing knee and a pounding heart, Tiger Woods made one last improbable escape Monday and won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate, his 14th career major and maybe the most amazing of them all. One shot behind on the 18th hole after a collapse no one saw coming, Woods birdied the 18th hole to force sudden death at Torrey Pines against a 45-year-old with a creaky back who simply wouldn't go away.
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Third-round leader ties veteran Rocco Mediate; two will play 18 holes tomorrow
Associated Press Jun 15, 08 8:27 PM CDT
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Rocco Mediate and Tiger Woods have finished in a tie at the U.S. Open, forcing an 18-hole playoff for the first time since 2001. The playoff at Torrey Pines will be Monday. Woods will try to win his 14th major, while Mediate, 45, will try to become the oldest player to win the U.S. Open. The U.S. Open is the only major to play an 18-hole playoff. The last time it happened was seven years ago, when Retief Goosen beat Mark Brooks at Southern Hills.
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FBI probing possible serial link to earlier blast
ABC News May 5, 08 4:39 AM CDT
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In what could be the work of a serial bomber, a multi-pipe bomb exploded yesterday at a San Diego courthouse, shattering its door and blasting shrapnel across the street, ABC News reports. No one was hurt in the predawn explosion. The FBI is investigating the incident, which follows a similar bombing in the city last month that destroyed the door of a Federal Express building. No one has claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack, and no threats were received.
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She's back in jail to finish drug sentence
San Diego Union-Tribune May 1, 08 6:21 PM CDT
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A 53-year-old mother of three, on the lam for 32 years after escaping from a Detroit prison, has been nabbed in a San Diego suburb. A fugitive since 1976, Susan Lefevre left the prison on a work pass and didn't return; she'll now have to finish out the remaining 9 years of her 10-year sentence for selling drugs, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
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West Coast ports idle for May Day in run-up to union contract talks
Los Angeles Times May 1, 08 4:25 PM CDT
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In an action their union says is a protest against the war in Iraq, dockworkers from Washington to Southern California have taken May Day off, crippling West Coast port traffic, the Los Angeles Times reports. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, whose contract is up in 2 months, was ordered by an arbitrator to show up today.
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First area fatality since 1994 sparks fears of great white rampage
San Diego Union-Tribune Apr 25, 08 3:58 PM CDT
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Beaches north of San Diego were closed today after a man was fatally injured by a shark, the Union-Tribune reports. While witnesses could identify “the culprit” only as a “big gray shark,” an expert contacted by the Los Angeles Times said, “This almost certainly was a great white shark.” Attacks in the area are “unheard of.”
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