Atlanta Hawks win after holding off rally by Cleveland Cavaliers

No LeBron James. No Al Horford. Late decisions by Cleveland and Atlanta to hold out the two stars could have led to a letdown, but Paul Millsap made sure the Hawks were tough down the stretch. Millsap scored 26 points and took over for Atlanta...

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Boys' basketball: Fairfax (10-0) wins tournament title behind Lorne Currie

Fairfax Coach Harvey Kitani said weeks ago he truly liked his team, and after the first month of the season, his instincts have proven correct. The Lions ended 2014 with a 10-0 record won their division championship in the Torrey Pines tournament on...

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Kobe Bryant leads Lakers past Nuggets, 111-103

Lakers 111, Nuggets 103 (final) With a triple-double, Kobe Bryant led the Lakers to an eight-point victory on Tuesday night in Denver against the Nuggets, ending a three-game losing streak. Bryant scored 23 points with 11 rebounds and 11 assists in...

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Unwanted Florida State and baggage arrive on Pasadena's doorstep

They are swooping down upon Pasadena this week like Santa Ana winds in October. They irritate. They agitate. They make blood boil. They make skin crawl. Face it, they just arrived and we can't wait for them to leave. But, like it or not, the Florida...

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School administrator pleads not guilty to animal cruelty, dog fighting

A Palmdale School District administrator charged with multiple counts of dog fighting and cruelty to animals pleaded not guilty Tuesday, prosecutors said. Pauline Winbush, a longtime educator in the Palmdale School District and the district's...

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8 slain in Edmonton, Canada; gun used was reported stolen, police say

Canadian authorities are investigating what they described as "an extreme case of domestic violence" that left six adults and two young children dead at two locations in Edmonton, Alberta, and a related suicide in nearby Fort Saskatchewan, police confirmed...

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Indonesia AirAsia flight search shifts to recovery effort

Recovery teams early Wednesday pulled bodies of people aboard Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 — including a woman in a flight attendant's uniform — from the rough, shallow waters of the Java Sea as the three-day mystery over the plane's whereabouts...

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Arts Districts activists encouraged by zoning hearing delay

Arts District residents battling a proposal to rewrite downtown Los Angeles zoning laws to permit up to 1,500 new residential units say they are encouraged by two recent developments. The City Planning Commission postponed a Dec. 18 hearing on the changes...

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Boys' basketball: Lorne Currie leads Fairfax past Corona Centennial

 The Lorne Currie that everyone thought was possible showed up on Monday in the semifinals of the Torrey Pines tournament and came through with a 25-point performance to help unbeaten Farifax knock off Corona Centennial, 69-62, Currie, who started...

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District allows high school teams to wear 'I can't breathe' T-shirts

Facing possible legal action, a Northern California school district has rescinded its ban on a group of high school basketball players who had planned to wear "I can't breathe" T-shirts during warm up in a tournament. Karen Boyd, an attorney representing...

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Protesters briefly shut down 110 Freeway after release of Ezell Ford's autopsy

Protesters angry about the death of Ezell Ford and other recent police shootings rushed onto the 110 Freeway at one point Monday night, briefly stopping traffic. At first, three people holding hands walked into the southbound lanes from an on-ramp...

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AirAsia Flight QZ8501: Possible debris of missing plane spotted

Several pieces of debris were spotted floating off Borneo Island and could possibly be linked to the AirAsia passenger jet lost over the Java Sea, an Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman told the Associated Press.  UPDATE: Missing...

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Blake Griffin doesn't rest until Clippers' work is done against Jazz

Doc Rivers had no major regrets over his substitution pattern this time. Blake Griffin made sure of it. The Clippers power forward played the entire fourth quarter Monday night at Staples Center and made the plays his team needed at a time it was far...

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Missing AirAsia flight: Possible plane debris spotted in Java Sea

Searchers pulled bodies from the Java Sea on Tuesday and found what officials said was the wreckage of Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 as the three-day mystery over the plane's whereabouts reached a heartbreaking resolution for the families of the 162...

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Man faces charges for leaving infant outside early on Christmas morning

The Los Angeles city attorney's office said Monday that it would prosecute a man accused of leaving his 6-month-old daughter outside early Christmas morning. Neighbors found Jose Chavarria's daughter in a stroller outside his Pacoima...

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Boys' basketball: Monday's scores

Boys basketball Chaminade tournament Chaminade 75, Curtis 56Valencia 60, Menlo 39 Birmingham 62, Marshall 52Santa Clara 39, Kennedy 35 Hart tournament Hart 89, Camarillo 65Righetti 60, Saugus 38Glendale 74, South Bakersfield 58Grant 88, Golden...

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AirAsia Flight 8501: Search resumes for plane that carried 162 people

Investigators resumed an urgent, rain-dampened hunt for a missing plane in the waters of Southeast Asia early Monday as a search official said the jetliner carrying 162 people was probably "at the bottom of the sea." The head of Indonesia's National...

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Oil isn't cheap -- at any price

As world oil prices have slumped below $60 a barrel, tumbling nearly 50% since June to a five-year low, analysts have scrambled to discern the economic and political fallout. The big picture, though, hasn't changed: Oil is not cheap, at any price. What...

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Fatigue has set in for the Clippers

Before the Clippers played the Toronto Raptors on Saturday, some of the players acknowledged their exhaustion. "A few of us said at 12:30, right before tipoff, we were like, 'Man, it feels like we played last night,'" J.J. Redick said.  ...

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UCLA looks ahead to Alamo Bowl, not back at Stanford

UCLA's football team arrived in San Antonio on Sunday. Stanford came along as overhead baggage. The Bruins hit town to play Kansas State in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Jan. 2. But their 31-10 loss to the Cardinal in the season finale was a big topic...

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Clippers' Jordan Farmar is struggling this season

Jordan Farmar is a two-time NBA champion and has been a starting point guard in the league. Still, the question had to be asked: Would the Clippers be better served trying Jared Cunningham as the backup for Chris Paul? Farmar is averaging career lows...

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Migrants can soon get driver's licenses, but it's been a long road

For decades, California has debated whether immigrants in the country illegally should be issued driver's licenses. It began during the anti-illegal immigration movement of the mid-1990s and continued as Latinos have gained significant political clout...

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