UC San Diego management school receives a $100-million pledge

UC San Diego’s management and business school will receive an additional $100 million in donations over time from financier and insurance industry executive Ernest Rady and his family foundation, the university announced Tuesday.



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Lakers: Week 24 predictions

The Lakers (20-56) finished Week 23 with three straight losses.



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Chicago voters head to polls in mayoral runoff

Voters went to the polls Tuesday in the city's first mayoral runoff election, with the outcome to determine not only Chicago's future but the direction of its Democratic politics.



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Iranian student rally against nuclear deal attracts meager turnout

Hard-line Iranian students had announced their plans in advance: They would gather outside the Iranian parliament with 30 placards bearing 30 questions intended to challenge the government over its nuclear framework agreement with the United States and five other world powers.



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Westboro Baptist Church says it will protest Schuller funeral

A fire-and-brimstone congregation that has made headlines and drawn scorn for its protests at soldiers' funerals has announced that it will protest the public memorial services for Crystal Cathedral founder the Rev. Robert H. Schuller.



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Preview: Clippers vs. Lakers

The Clippers play the Lakers at Staples Center at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the second consecutive game between the L.A. teams. The Clippers have won 10 of their last 11 games against the Lakers, including the last six -- their longest winning streak in the rivalry.



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Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel among 19th Webby Awards nominees

Late night's viral video push paid off with Webby nominations as"The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" received nods in prominent comedy categories on Tuesday.



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Tiger Woods ready for return to Masters

What did it take for Tiger Woods to end his self-imposed exile from competitive golf?



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Czech president breaks with allies over Russia parade, blasts U.S. envoy

Czech President Milos Zeman has stirred criticism within his Prague leadership, divided the European Union, made isolated Russians gleeful and led to the U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic being banned from Prague Castle.



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Facebook unveils plans for more office space

Facebook's expansion in Menlo Park, Calif., is showing no signs of slowing down.



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Toilet paper wedding dress contest calls for entries

Anyone who watches the fashion design competition “Project Runway” knows that clothing can be made from anything: duct tape, corn husks, even lawn chairs. But for hundreds of crafters every year, toilet paper is the fabric of choice.



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Yemen war may give a boost to Al Qaeda affiliate

Ominous new signs emerged Tuesday that Yemen’s Al Qaeda affiliate was capitalizing on fighting between Shiite rebels and a Saudi-led military coalition to extend its own territorial reach.



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Too much revenue, too little flexibility. Is this California's fate?

California could face a strange budget problem in coming months -- one resulting from too much revenue rather than too little.



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'Better Call Saul' finale: Message of that smoke on the water

There was no carnage or cliffhanger in the first season finale of "Better Call Saul," the spinoff of "Breaking Bad" tracing the ups and downs of shady attorney Jimmy McGill, who will eventually transform into strip mall lawyer Saul Goodman.



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NBA moves to dismiss Donald Sterling's lawsuit against league

The NBA moved Monday to dismiss Donald Sterling's federal lawsuit against the league, saying that the former Clippers owner seeks "to portray himself as a victim of a variety of imagined and meritless legal wrongs."



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Exonerees are failed twice by the criminal justice system

Anthony Ray Hinton, a 58-year-old former warehouse worker, walked out of an Alabama prison late last week nearly 30 years after being sentenced to death for two murders he didn’t commit.



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Channing Tatum sells his old place in Hollywood Hills

Actor Channing Tatum has sold a home in Hollywood Hills West for $2,668,500, public records show.



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Major auto industry disruption will lead to robotic taxis, Morgan Stanley says

The automotive industry is entering a period of deep disruption that will make it unrecognizable, according to a new analysis from Morgan Stanley.



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Baseball: Crespi removes coach after tournament incident

Crespi Athletic Director Russell White confirmed on Tuesday that a member of the baseball coaching staff has been "relieved of his duties" as the school continues to investigate an off-the-field incident that resulted in the team leaving the Lions tournament in San Diego last week.



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'Sesame Street's' 'Game of Thrones' parody makes Iron Throne prediction

How exactly will "Game of Thrones" end? George R.R. Martin certainly knows, and so do series show runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. But other than that, the identity of the final occupant of the Iron Throne of Westeros is still a closely guarded secret. So it was surprising to see "Sesame...



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