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It orders SEIU members and staff to stay at least 100 yards from all staff with the California Nurses Assn . He felt good when he came to spring training. "Rodriguez is convinced winter ball has contributed to his big league success, because he reports to camp in excellent shape, almost game-ready . Residents needed to lobby for more patrols by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies to address the neighborhood's growing crime problem, she said. At the time, Florence-Firestone was in the middle of a surge in violent crime, with 41 homicides recorded in 2005 -- surpassing the homicide rate in some of the nation's most dangerous big cities, authorities said . And townspeople who aren't members of the 30-family cooperative are envious of his wage. Still, he's happy to be earning an income. "The economic well-being here has risen," Rojas said "The quality of life is higher. "--chris. kraul . Sources said that traces of highly enriched uranium were found on the 18,000 pages of records from the Yongbyon reactor provided by North Korea to the United States last month. North Korea handed over the documents, which date to 1987, to help the United States verify the amount of plutonium produced in the reactor. He noted that official Environmental Protection Agency fuel efficiency numbers for the 132-horsepower, 1. 8-liter, four-cylinder motor had not yet been released for the new Corolla, but that mileage should be "a little less" than the current model's 26 miles per gallon in city driving and 35 on the freeway. Corolla is Toyota's second-best-selling model after the Camry. And NBA 08's dismal graphics and lack of pizazz make it feel like the current Laker team if they trade Kobe: unwatchable. Winner: SK8 and Live (tie)And the Trophy Goes to.
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"What's going on in the stock market?"Scioscia frowns upon discussing the playoffs until the Angels clinch, but that time draws so near that the manager laughed as he requested the players change the channel . Some truckers are calling for a strike on April 1 to protest diesel pump costs that top $4 a gallon in many parts of the country. The drop in gasoline costs mirrors the decline in crude oil prices since last week . Rowe Price retirement funds. Each target-date fund is designed for investors who are likely to retire in or near a particular year . 23 Stanford 90, California 71 -- The win at Berkeley avenged a four-point loss at Maples Pavilion last month, when the Golden Bears (12-10, 4-6) ended a 13-game losing streak on Stanford's home court. Stanford (15-6, 7-3) salvaged a split for the week after losing to Gonzaga, 90-86, in double overtime Wednesday night in the Cardinal's first regular-season game as a member of the Associated Press top 25 since ending the 2003-04 season ranked No . "The game taught him how to win and how to lose. "By 1972, however, his small printing business was foundering as the Vietnam War eroded the region's economy. It's been disappointing to watch the team not contend for Olympic medals. "Schroeder says his Olympic involvement "created some of the best memories of my life," not to mention some of the most disconcerting. "My teammates were pretty brutal," he says of the ribbing he took in '84. Two summers ago, he viewed the statue with a more respectful audience when he and his wife took daughters Sheridan, 12, and Leanna, 5, to see it. "It was really fun for them," says Lori, who also is a chiropractor and runs a Pilates studio "They're going, 'Really? That was Dad?' It was cute. . . They just thought it was cool.
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