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Couple's landfill search turns up precious metal: Let's talk trash. Debbie Roth and her husband, Jim, saw plenty of it the other day when they sifted through garbage at the Miramar Landfill for Debbie's lost wedding ring.
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Have you associated with, well, anyone?: “Joe McCarthy Lives!” So claims Scott Barnett, who was born five years after the wildly accusatory Commie hunter left this Earth.
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Connection missed for would-be train rider: On the last day of September, Kate Callen mailed a letter to Ed Gallo, the Escondido councilman who doubles as board chairman of the North County Transit District.
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SD's no-win situation: Sez Me . . . Welcome, visitors, to America's Most Disappointing Sports City. If your allegiance is with teams outside this area, you have nothing to worry about in terms of a threat to your favorites. We're neutral in San Diego. We accommodate. Make yourself comfortable. Have a fish taco. Just don't drink on the beach.
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One thing's for certain: Timing couldn't be worse: If John Moores is looking at liquidation, he's sure picked a lousy time for it. Reports that the Padres' principal owner is prepared to sell up to 49 percent of his franchise as part of a divorce settlement coincide with the Home Team's 99-loss season, a 13 percent drop in home attendance and the furious meltdown of the financial markets.
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Pitch to Giles may show Padres' intention to pinch: As part of a pitch to get Brian Giles to accept a trade to the Red Sox this past week, a Padres executive painted a stark fiscal picture for 2009, saying club owner John Moores might shrink the payroll to $40 million.
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Gates is in line for Gonzalez's glory: At this rate, in five or six years or maybe 10 years, it could be Antonio Gates going through all this. For better and worse. Mostly better.
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This time the Hall can get it right: The news came out last week that the Baseball Hall of Fame veterans committee will vote on several old stars who never got elected by the baseball writers, and so far haven't been graced by the veterans, either.
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What does 'live within your means' mean today?: During the vice presidential debate last week, a telling moment came when moderator Gwen Ifill asked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin who was at fault for the nation's credit crisis: “greedy lenders” or “risky homeowners who shouldn't have been buying a home in the first place”?
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Not just black and white: Documentary filmmaker Philip Rodriguez has heard political observers – including me – predict that the Latino vote will decide this election. And he's not buying it.
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Lest we forget, at one time, women in U.S. could not vote: A friend of mine sent me an e-mail last week. Cathy wrote: “I don't pass along most of the group-type messages I get, but this one is really powerful and important.”
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Familiar faces, familiar scenery: If you watch tonight's debut of “The Ex List,” you may notice that the new CBS romantic comedy features some familiar faces.
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Close sisters' bond guides them through challenges with mom: The three Sisters Shea are lucky. They all live in East County and are able to share caregiving responsibilities for their mom.
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The time has come to say goodbye: Back when I provided vacation relief for my predecessor, Gina Lubrano, I used to do half her work with twice the fretting, and I would welcome her back thinking, “They couldn't pay me enough to do her job.”
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