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ABC show reveals 'Mole' as local graphic designer: Craig Slike is officially a mole. Slike was planted among a group of TV reality show contestants to quietly sabotage their efforts to win the show. Slike's secret role was revealed last week in ABC's final episode of this season's “The Mole.”
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Waterfront proposal is taken to next level: San Diego's leaders are often accused of thinking small. That's never been Richard Chase's problem.
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High-volume discord's 'domestic violence' label: As a reader hired to ride herd on North County, I was drawn to a stray headline last week: “Oceanside has highest domestic violence rate.”
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It's a huge victory . . . for the owners: The Chargers played the Cowboys here last night in what was certain to be a preview of the Super Bowl. Well, I lie. You could cut the tension with a Himalaya. It wasn't even a preview of next Saturday's second exhibition in St. Louis. If you TiVoed it, congratulations. You're Mel Kiper Jr.
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Mourning glory: It was nearly noon, but Zheng Chen was still sleeping. She had dozed through the morning's drama to be awakened by a text message alert on her cell phone.
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Manny could reverse curse of the Dodgers' bad moves: On so many levels, the big deal really was a no-brainer. The franchise that's gone from brilliant to brainless just made a trade for a player who often seems to act like he doesn't have a brain in his head.
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Is Toronto ready if Buffalo shuffles on?: I'm worried about the Buffalo Bills. How about you? No? A pity. I don't think I would be exaggerating by saying I cherish Buffalo, where football is important to a population willing to suffer to attend games in the terrible cold of winter in western New York.
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Musically speaking, this one's a home run: Music and baseball have always seemed to go together. And now, at a CD outlet near you, comes “The Baseball Project: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails” on Yeproc Records.
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Olympics showcase our biggest creditor: Over the past nine days, the world has been entranced by the Beijing Olympics. For Americans, of course, the Olympics are more than a chance to see the world's greatest swimmer grab another gold, or to debate when those “16-year-old” Chinese gymnasts were born.
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Obama must confront America's insecurities: While vacationing in his native Hawaii, Barack Obama said he wanted to enjoy some local cuisine – a plate lunch, shave ice, the noodle dish Zip Min – and relax with a little bodysurfing “at an undisclosed location.”
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John Edwards is sorry – and so are we all: It's enough to make you want to throw up. All afternoon yesterday, after word broke that former presidential candidate John Edwards finally admitted to an affair with a campaign worker – but not to fathering her child – all anybody could say was, “His wife has cancer!”
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Trading places: Fox, CW switch network channels: The networks have changed places. Now it's your turn to change channels. As of today, fans of the Fox and CW networks will find their favorite prime-time shows airing on different channels. The Fox network – home of “American Idol,” the NFL and Major League Baseball – has moved from XETV/Channel 6 to KSWB/Channel 69 (Cable 5).
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Do your kids (and you) a favor: Write down your expectations: I received this sweet note from a daughter the other day: “For some time now, I have been reading your wonderful column. I have made copies of various articles for reference. My mother has passed, but I am putting copies of the articles in a notebook I have prepared for my daughters, in the eventuality of my needing care. Both are wonderful career women with young children.
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Tough to say goodbye to TV week: I've been blessed, and I've been cursed. I've heard diatribes that I thought would never end.
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