201901.24
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Ending showdown with Pelosi, Trump postpones State of Union until shutdown ends

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By KEVIN FREKING, MATTHEW DALY and CATHERINE LUCEY WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he is postponing his State of the Union address until the partial government shutdown ends, yielding after a weeklong showdown with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Following a high-stakes game of dare and double-dare, Trump conceded Wednesday night that “no venue that…

201901.24
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A special kind of storytelling returns

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“Since the first Column One appeared many thousands of days ago, it’s become the newspaper’s showcase and showplace — for readers, a brisk daily plunge into the engrossing and unconventional, and for writers, an opportunity to unshackle their talents from confining notions of what a newspaper story…

201901.24
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Prosecutors: Eight indicted in $123 million Southern California workers’ comp scam

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RIVERSIDE — Eight employees of an Inland Empire physicians group that contracted with the state to perform services for people with workers’ compensation insurance claims are under indictment for allegedly defrauding the system in a $123 million scam that involved filling exorbitantly priced prescriptions that were not required to treat patients, prosecutors said Wednesday. Rancho…

201901.24
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Man shot, injured in Costa Mesa alley

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Costa Mesa Police investigate after a man was shot in an alley on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 in the 1900 block of Wallace Ave. The victim was transported to a local hospital. (OnScene.TV) Costa Mesa Police investigate after a man was shot in an alley on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 in the 1900 block of…

201901.23
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NAMM 2019: 100,000 people and thousands of cool gadgets and hot instruments headed for Anaheim Convention Center

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Audio engineers, sound experts, music teachers and a bevy of other professionals will flood the Anaheim Convention Center and nearby venues through the weekend for an event that aims to deliver on all things music: The National Association of Music Merchants Show. Musician Lauren Lusardi, known as Plasmic, plays Yamaha’s new Sonogenic SHS-500, a musical…