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3 Killed in
San Diego
Jet Crash

Student pilot blames mechanical problem
in Marine fighter jet

Dec 9, 08 2:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Two adults and an infant were killed in a house destroyed by fire when a student pilot smashed a Marine fighter jet into a San Diego street yesterday, reports CNN. Another adult in the house is missing. Debris flew between homes, setting three on fire and destroying two.  The... More »

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military • fighter jet • San Diego • death • plane crash • fire

 Fighter Jet Crashes in 
 San Diego Neighborhood 

Two crew members ejected; no reports of injuries on ground

Dec 8, 08 3:34 PM CST
(Newser) - A fighter jet returning from a training mission caught fire and crashed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego today, the Union-Tribune reports. Both crew members ejected safely before the F/A-18 barreled into a home on the ground. At least one house is on fire, but no injuries on the... More »

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California • fighter jet • US military • San Diego • plane crash • Miramar

 US Ports Awash in Foreign Cars 

Masses of unsold imports back up in lots

Dec 8, 08 5:58 AM CST
(Newser) - The new car market is so flat that massive numbers of imported vehicles are being warehoused at ports and other available space, Reuters reports. Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, and other dealers can't take fresh deliveries because their sales lots are jammed with thousands of unsold vehicles. Demand for all... More »

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Toyota • Honda • Nissan • San Diego • Mercedes Benz • Mitsubishi • Volkswagen • auto sales • auto imports • Port of Long Beach • Port of Los Angeles • Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics

 Nonprofits 
 May Be Future 
 of Muckraking 

Websites compete with city papers

Nov 18, 08 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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media • newspaper • online media • journalism • St. Louis • San Diego • Seattle • Hartford • Minneapolis-St. Paul

Obama Gets Nod From Houston, Austin Papers

His 105 endorsements to McCain's 33 include 24 Bush backers

Oct 20, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Texas • Ohio • San Diego • newspaper endorsement • Election 2008

Firefighters Charge Sex Harassment in Gay Parade

Seeking $3M in damages from San Diego in trial that starts today

Sep 15, 08 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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sexual harassment • firefighters • San Diego • Thomas More • parade • Gay Pride Week

Work Begins on Controversial San Diego Border Fence

Critics charge $57M fence isn't worth cost or  environmental damage

Aug 16, 08 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Mexican border • San Diego • Border Patrol • illegal immigration • Tijuana • border security • border fence

 Watchmen
 Dazzles at
 Comic-Con

Film adaptation of classic graphic novel wows thousands of fans

Jul 26, 08 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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San Diego • comics • graphic novel • Zack Snyder

Mrs. Mac Pays Condo Taxes...
4 Years Late

Beer heiress never got San Diego property bills, aides say

Jun 29, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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California • San Diego • condominium • Cindy McCain • default • property tax

Calif. County Shuffles Clerks Who Oppose Gay Marriage

They ask for transfer
on religious grounds

Jun 20, 08 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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California • gay marriage • marriage • religion • San Diego • homosexuality • controversy

 Woods Wins
 US Open on 19th Hole 

World No. 1 blows big lead in 18-hole playoff, then wins in sudden death

Jun 16, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • San Diego • US Open • Torrey Pines • Rocco Mediate • playoff • US Open Golf

Woods Birdie Forces
US Open Playoff 

Third-round leader ties veteran Rocco Mediate; two will play 18 holes tomorrow

Jun 15, 08 8:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Tiger Woods • San Diego • US Open • Torrey Pines • Rocco Mediate

 Bomb Damages
 San Diego
 Courthouse 

FBI probing possible serial link to earlier blast

May 5, 08 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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FBI • San Diego • bomb • explosion • courthouse

Prison Escapee, Now Suburban Mom, Caught After 32 Years

She's back in jail to finish drug sentence

May 1, 08 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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crime • heroin • Michigan • drug trafficking • San Diego • fugitive • escaped criminal • us marshalls • Saginaw

 Dockworkers Strike 
 Against Iraq War 

West Coast ports idle for May Day in run-up to union contract talks

May 1, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Los Angeles • San Diego • port • Seattle • labor unions • labor relations • labor strike • Long Beach • Iraq war • political protest • dockworker

 Shark Kills Man;
 SoCal Beaches Closed 

First area fatality since 1994 sparks fears of great white rampage

Apr 25, 08 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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beach • Pacific Ocean • ocean • San Diego • Ocean Beach • fatalities • shark attack • San Onofre State Beach • great white shark

Suspect's Bridge Leap Kills K-9

Police dog perishes after SoCal pursuit

Jan 1, 08 4:32 PM CST
(Newser) - A California man being pursued by police survived a dive off the San Diego-Coronado bridge, but the police dog he seized as he went over the rail died, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The dog, a German shepherd named Stryker, was part of the Oceanside police department, and a California... More »

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San Diego • bridges • German shepherd • K 9 • dog

Barkeep, Make That Cellphone a Double

Inventive drinkers beat beach booze bans with flasks, strap-on beer 'bellies' 

Nov 27, 07 9:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Is that a beer belly or a Beerbelly? And is that guy drinking from a flip-flop? As more and more beaches try to enforce drinking bans, inventors are doing their boozy best to outwit them, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune. Flip-flop flasks, booze-filled fake cellphones, and soft drink covers... More »

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alcohol • beach • San Diego • drinking • drinking bans

America's 10 Chubbiest Cities

Sun Belt hogs the lion's share of pudgiest locales

Nov 25, 07 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The weather may be great and the lifestyle good, but Southern culinary hospitality might be landing the Sun Belt disproportionately on Forbes' list of America's most obese cities. The most rotund:
  1. Memphis
  2. Birmingham
  3. San Antonio
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obesity • New Orleans • Milwaukee • obesity epidemic • Kansas City • Detroit • fat • list • Austin • Riverside • San Diego • San Antonio • Baltimore • Jacksonville • Birmingham • Richmond • obese • Oklahoma City • Memphis • Nashville

Best and Worst US Airports

Travel + Leisure lists airports with shortest and longest delays

Nov 20, 07 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Flight delays are peaking, and there's no sure way to dodge them. But fliers can travel smarter with this new list of best and worst airports from Travel + Leisure: Best:
  1. Portland, Ore. (PDX)
  2. Salt Lake City (SLC)
  3. San Diego (SAN)
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New York • list • San Diego • Philadelphia • Salt Lake City • airport • airline delays

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