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Costa Mesa council places Fairview Park measure calling for voter approval of athletic fields

Edit The Los Angeles Times 14 Jul 2016
The council voted 3-2, with members Sandy Genis and Katrina Foley ......

British Open at Royal Troon: Where golf returns to its roots

Edit The Oklahoman 14 Jul 2016
TROON, Scotland — Golf has returned to its homeland, to the rain, wind and sandy soils of Scotland, a place of kings, kilts and courses with rhythmic names such as Auchterarder, Machrihanish, and the one where the 145th British Open — known here as the Open Championship — begins Thursday at Royal Troon. The game was created on the Scottish links, land by the sea, in the Middle Ages ... Troon is a tale of two nines ... “Fifty years Mr ... ——— ... ....

What police -- and the policed -- need to do

Edit CNN 14 Jul 2016
Read More. Photos ... In December 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 20 children and six adults ... Since it is apparent that we are not going to disarm ourselves -- based on our unwillingness, after massacres like Sandy Hook, San Bernardino and now Orlando, to adopt sensible gun regulations -- both the police and the policed must learn better to live with those premises ... ....

Hungary deploys army to push migrants back to Serbia

Edit BBC News 14 Jul 2016
A massive security operation, involving up to 10,000 police and soldiers, is under way along Hungary's southern border with Serbia, to keep out migrants and refugees. The armed forces have been deployed to reinforce a 175km (110-mile) razor-wire fence erected last year on a border that is also a gateway to the European Union ... Border tragedy ... There are now 12 toilets ... People boil water for tea over small fires dug into the sandy earth ... ....

Love is in the air, 25 feet below the ocean’s surface

Edit The Miami Herald 14 Jul 2016
The lovely lass with the flaxen hair glanced at the white plastic slate she had just received from her beau. She jerked back in surprise, smiled, nodded and checked a box on the slate accepting a marriage proposal offered 25 feet below the surface of the ocean. Very cool! ... The ruse worked ... I found a sandy patch and gestured that the divers should kneel next to each other so I could take some pictures. They did ... She checked ‘yes’! ... Whew! ... ....

Time to hand out the First-Half Awards (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jul 2016
(Source. MLB - Major League Baseball). Years from now, we'll still be talking about the things they did, the games they won and how they went about the whole thing. This first half has confirmed that Kris Bryant and Manny Machado are special players. And there are the kids we've seen emerge in 2016 ... • 2015 Esurance MLB Awards ... Donaldson ... Does Kershaw deserve to be mentioned in the same breath with Sandy Koufax or Don Drysdale? Yes, he does....

Rescuing America's roadside giants

Edit BBC News 14 Jul 2016
Anyone making a road trip across America will sooner or later run across a giant statue - a cowboy, an American Indian chief or a lumberjack, perhaps ... On the concrete floor of an Illinois garage, a giant rests in pieces ... "It's all quite politically incorrect now, of course." ... Lucy the Elephant was intended to attract property buyers and visitors and still stands as a tourist attraction today, having survived Hurricane >Sandy in 2012 ... ....

Mets report card: Cespedes, Thor shine but rest of squad dull

Edit New York Post 14 Jul 2016
Simply, the Mets were a dysfunctional unit offensively in the first half. A lineup loaded with power averaged only 3.81 runs, placing it 28th in scoring in the major leagues. Without an uptick, the Mets will be hard-pressed to reach the postseason and defend their National League title ... Overall, the Mets were a B-minus for the first half. Here’s how it looked on the individual level.. Yoenis Cespedes ... Grade ... Anthony J. Causi ... Sandy Alderson....

Time to hand out the First-Half Awards

Edit MLB 14 Jul 2016
The first half of this baseball season has reminded us of the greatness of Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout, of Josh Donaldson and Jose Altuve. These are four of the players who are defining this generation of baseball. At a time when there's young talent pouring into the game, these guys remain the gold standard ... Here goes. ... Donaldson ... Does Kershaw deserve to be mentioned in the same breath with Sandy Koufax or Don Drysdale? Yes, he does ... ....

Mike Shanahan’s Cherry Hills Village home listed for sale at $22 million

Edit Denver Post 14 Jul 2016
M.G. Photography. The back of the custom-designed mansion owned by former Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan and his wife Peggy at 8 Cherry Hills Park Drive. M.G. Photography. The custom-designed mansion owned by former Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan and his wife Peggy at 8 Cherry Hills Park Drive. M.G ... Listing agent Sandy Weigand of The Kentwood Company said the Shanahans are downsizing but will stay in Cherry Hills Village ... ....

A German Artist Spray-Painted a Building Destroyed by Sandy Before It’s Demolished

Edit Slate 13 Jul 2016
MoMA PS1 commissioned German artist Katharina Grosse to spray-paint a post–Superstorm Sandy ruin at the Gateway National Recreation Area at Fort Tilden, New York, for the 2016 edition of its ongoing series “Rockaway!”. The artist’s blank canvas was Fort Tilden’s former aquatics building, which became structurally unsound after Sandy ......

Sandy Hook Lawsuit Plaintiffs Ask Judge Not To Seal Gunmaker's Records

Edit Hartford Courant 13 Jul 2016
Lawyers representing the families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have asked the judge hearing their case against Remington Arms Co. and other defendants to reject the gunmaker's request to keep company documents sealed from public view. The families of some of the 20 first-graders... ....

July 12, 2016 - Christie Administration Announces Housing Recovery Information Session in Ocean County to Help Homeowners and Rental Property Owners Hard Hit by Superstorm Sandy (State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jul 2016
More than 2,000 applicants have attended the previous Information Sessions held since October 2014 in communities hard hit by Superstorm Sandy ... This Information Session is also offering assistance to property owners in LRRP, which is designed to restore rental units that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy and rent the units to low-to-moderate income (LMI) households at approved affordable rents following completion of repairs....
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