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20 most obscure team nicknames in pro sports
Most pro team nicknames make sense at some level. But there are a fair number of head-scratching nicknames. Here are 20 with explanations on their selection:
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The top 11 promposals in 2013
It's prom season. What's your prom proposal/promposal going to be?What? Wait wait wait, hold on. You're telling me you didn't write an original song, choreograph a routine for it, and present it flash mob-style to your dream high school prom date? Well, listen up rookie, you've got a lot to learn. Promposals these days are elaborately produced mating rituals — think of Planet Earth's Birds of Paradise and mash it up with your favorite episode of Glee. Then upload it to YouTube because this isn't about your exuberant manifestation of true love, it's about that special someone. Don't they deserve Internet fame? Sometimes done well enough to gain national attention – I'm looking at you Kate Upton fan – sometimes too cringeworthy to view, here are 11 promposals you need to consider before planning your own.
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Major League Baseball 2013: bobbleheads and fireworks galore for fans
Fans in the know are as likely to buy Major League Baseball tickets based on scheduled giveaways and promotions as on the opponent. Here then is a list to help introduce you to this aspect of game attendance.
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Fake identities: Manti Te'o scandal and 6 other Internet hoaxes
Believe it or not, the Manti Te'o scandal is not the first online identity hoax, nor the longest-standing. Here's a look at some of the biggest scams to surface on the Internet, from the lives and deaths of fictitious characters to the downfall of their makers.
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Evolution of the NFL: 16 ways the game has changed
Forty-seven years after the first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles before a less-than-capacity crowd, let’s look back at some of the ways the NFL has changed.
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Energy Voices California gas prices surge: 20 cents overnight in some places (+video)
California gas prices are soaring because of refinery outages and pipeline problems. Gas prices at some Los Angeles stations now top $5 a gallon.
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Manson family member's plea for freedom is answered (+video)
Bruce Davis, a former follower of Charles Manson, was sentenced to life in prison in 1972. On Thursday, after 40 years in prison, a panel recommended his parole.
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At edge of black hole, a star Albert Einstein would have loved
Scientists have found a star orbiting very close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. It could help scientists give Einstein's brilliance one of its sternest tests yet.
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Chapter & Verse 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' author Maria Semple talks about her new book
Semple shares the moment that she knew she was onto something good with 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' and tells us what inspired a pivotal plot point.
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Seth MacFarlane will host the 2013 Oscars
Seth MacFarlane of 'Ted' and 'Family Guy' fame will take on MC duties for this year's Oscar ceremony.
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Why California will give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants
Late Sunday, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law allowing driver's licenses for illegal immigrants eligible for work permits under a new Obama administration policy.
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Cover Story Rent or own? The new sharing economy values access over ownership
To rent or own, that is the question posed by the burgeoning sharing economy. For a growing population engaged in this high-tech, low-cost 'collaborative economy,' access to cars, clothes, cuisine – or even a cat – is better than ownership.
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In Gear Carmageddon II raises traffic concerns...to the sky?
The roads were empty during last year's uneventful Carmageddon, but the Los Angeles highway closure had one unexpected hitch: swarms of noisy, sightseeing helicopters.
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Haiti bans plastic bags and styrofoam containers
Haiti's government has announced a ban on importing, manufacturing, and marketing plastic and foam containers as of Oct.1 in an effort to do away with 'rivers of debris' across the country.
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Carmageddon II: Los Angeles preps for freeway closure sequel (+video)
'Carmageddon II' is coming to Los Angeles' Interstate 405. One of the nation's most crowded freeways will be closed over the weekend. Authorities are hoping to see a repeat of the first 'Carmageddon,' when hundreds of thousands of motorists stayed off the road.
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The X Factor wraps up auditions . . . finally
After the grueling and bizarrely circuitous audition rounds, The X Factor is poised to move on to Bootcamp. Will the X Factor improve with the change of pace?
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Nakoula Basseley Nakoula behind bars, but not for anti-Islam YouTube video
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man allegedly behind the anti-Islam YouTube video that sparked violent protests across North Africa and the Middle East, is being held while authorities determine whether he violated probation restrictions for an earlier conviction.
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Census report finds 'pulse in the urban core' of America
With Hispanics and young whites leading the influx, US cities of 5 million or more residents saw the population of their inner cores increase 13 percent in the last decade, the Census reported.
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Andy Williams remembered for 'Moon River,' TV shows
The singer and entertainer who helped to launch the career of the Osmond Brothers and hosted annual holiday television specials passed away Tuesday.
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Birth control: NYC schools dispensing morning-after pill to girls
Birth control – Plan B, morning-after pills – are distributed at 53 schools in New York's 1-million-student school system. About 7,000 15- to 17-year-old New York City girls get pregnant annually.
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Modern Parenthood Hazing by a California soccer team: Where does fun become abuse?
Hazing involving sexual abuse on a California soccer team is an extreme case. But one study found that 9 out of 10 students who have experienced hazing in college did not consider themselves to be hazed. Hazing can be banal to gross to violent – where do we draw the line?
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Curiosity rover makes contact with a Mars rock named 'Jake'
The next stop for the Mars rover: an intriguing mystery rock in the Mars Yellowknife sector that has the ability to retain daytime heat long into the night.
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In Gear Tesla 'superchargers' up the ante for green technologies
Tesla Motors has debuted a network of Superchargers, fast-charging stations for electric cars. The new green technology is about twice as powerful as previous fast-charging stations, according to Green Car Reports.
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Culture Cafe Tracy Morgan prank falls flat, but other comedians kept the Emmys entertaining
The Tracy Morgan prank by host Jimmy Kimmel was disappointing, but audience members like Stephen Colbert and Amy Poehler kept the show rolling.
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Anti-Muslim groups' ad in NYC subway calls jihad 'savage.' Is now a good time?
With the Muslim world still roiled by the US-made, anti-Muslim video on YouTube, the ad citing 'war between civilized man and the savage' will appear Monday at 10 NYC subway stations.
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Cop drama with Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña in 'End of Watch': movie review
'End of Watch' actor Jake Gyllenhaal gives his most nuanced performance yet as a Los Angeles police officer.
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Latin America Monitor Survivors of Mexico's drug violence tell US government 'We need a new approach'
More than 100 victims of the drug war went to Washington as part of Mexico's Caravan for Peace to demand justice for their families. The group is pressing both governments to rethink a policy that has cost so many lives.
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Space shuttle Endeavour touches down (+video)
The space shuttle Endeavour landed in California on its way to its final resting place. On the way, it made a flyover in Tucson, Arizona where former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, Endeavour's retired commander, were watching.
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Shuttle Endeavour heading to L.A. to retire: why some neighbors are ruffled (+video)
In the logistical maneuvering to move space shuttle Endeavour the 12 miles from Los Angeles airport to the California Science Center downtown, 395 street trees will come down. Frustration abounds.
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New French Muhammad cartoons inflame prophet film tensions (+video)
After worldwide protests, some of them deadly, over an amateur film mocking the Prophet Muhammad, a French magazine now seeks to make Muslims even more angry.
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