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Pabst Blue Ribbon goes red: Russian company acquires ‘quintessential American brand’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

File - In this Jan. 26, 2014 file photo, Miguel Angel Warner, right, 4, of Los Angeles, asks Ed Dickens Jr., senior manager of heritage operations for the Union Pacific Railroad, about the historic locomotive, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014, at Metrolink Station, in Covina, Calif. The locomotive was to head for Colton over the next several weeks before No. 4014 is towed to Union Pacific's Heritage Fleet Operations headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, file)

Southern California rail line sees ridership dip

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Washington Nationals' Adam LaRoche, right, celebrates his two-run home run with teammates in the dugout during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Adam LaRoche returns to Nationals lineup, reflects on memorable performance

By Tom Schad - The Washington Times

Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson (11) poses for a portrait at Redskins Park, Ashburn, Va., Tuesday, August 26, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

DeSean Jackson can remake reputation with Redskins — if he wants to

By Todd Dybas - The Washington Times

Washington Nationals' Adam LaRoche, right, celebrates his two-run home run with Bryce Harper during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Adam LaRoche’s late heroics give Nationals series win over Dodgers in 14 innings

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State Senators Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, left, and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles, celebrate after lawmakers approved Padilla's bill to ban single-use plastic bags at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. By a 22-15 vote, the Senate approved SB270 that makes California the first state to impose a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. The bill now goes to Gov Jerry Brown. De Leon had previously opposed the bill, but gave his support after protections were added for plastic bag manufacturers.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California lawmakers pass first U.S. plastic bag ban

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Shelly Sterling, wife of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, pauses for photos after an interview with The Associated Press Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in Los Angeles. Shelly Sterling negotiated a landmark deal for $2 billion to sell the Clippers to Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Shelley Sterling: Ballmer eager to own Clippers

By Linda Deutsch - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2013, file photo, Southern California cornerback Josh Shaw, left, lines up against California defensive back Isaac Lapite during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in Berkeley, Calif. Shaw injured both ankles after leaping from a second-story balcony to save his 7-year-old nephew, Carter, from drowning in a pool. Shaw was named a team captain on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, and later that night was attending a family function at a cousin's apartment in his hometown of Palmdale when he saw his nephew, who can't swim, struggling in the pool. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Josh Shaw suspended by USC for lying about saving drowning nephew

By Greg Beacham - Associated Press

California Gov. Jerry Brown, left, greets Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto during a meeting with Mexican-American community leaders and others in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Mexican president calls for immigration reform

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

FILE - This Monday Nov. 3, 2008, file photo, shows one of Pacific Gas and Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant's nuclear reactors in Avila Beach on California's central coast. A senior federal nuclear expert is urging regulators to shut down California's last operating nuclear plant until they can determine whether the facility's twin reactors can withstand powerful shaking from any one of several nearby earthquake faults. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File)

Group files petition to idle California nuke plant

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Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto addresses Mexican and Japanese press and dignitaries, during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's oficial visit at the National Palace in Mexico City, Friday, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexico’s president starts California visit in LA

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South Pasadena, Calif., police chief Arthur Miller, right, and South Pasadena Unified School District superintendent Dr. Geoff Yanz announce at a City Hall news conference Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, that the police has arrested two South Pasadena High School high school students suspected of planning a massacre at the school after investigators monitored their Internet activities. Miller said that school officials had heard about the plot and informed police, who determined the threat was credible. Police say the boys, ages 16 and 17, didn't have weapons but were researching automatic weapons and explosives, especially propane. (AP Photo/ Nick Ut )

Teens arrested in plot after Web activities eyed

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Oct. 27, 2003, file photo, Casey Kasem poses for photographers after receiving the Radio Icon award during "The 2003 Radio Music Awards" in Las Vegas. A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, reversed a previous ruling and said that doctors should not restore food or fluids to Kasem, who is in the final stages of life after battling dementia. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison, File)

Casey Kasem to be buried in Norway, says publicist

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Water cascades down a stairway to a parking structure adjacent to Pauley Pavlion, home of UCLA basketball, background, after a 30-inch water main burst on nearby Sunset Boulevard Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Water and Power spokeswoman Michele Vargas says the water main, nearly a century old, would take another two hours to shut off. (AP Photo/Paul Phootrakul)

Broken water main that flooded UCLA is shut off

By Matt Hamilton - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2013 file photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling gestures as the Clippers play the Sacramento Kings during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. The future of the Clippers is closer to decision as testimony resumes Monday, July 21, 2014, in a probate trial over whether a deal negotiated by Donald Sterling's estranged wife to sell the team for $2 billion is authorized under a Sterling family trust. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Donald Sterling needs Clippers sale to cover loans, says CFO

By Linda Deutsch - Associated Press

FILE - Actor James Garner, left, smiles as he holds up the Purple Heart medal presented to him in a ceremony in this Monday, Jan. 24, 1983 file photo taken Los Angeles, Calif. Garner was wounded in April 1951 while with U.S. Forces in Korea, but his medal was never presented to him. Actor James Garner, wisecracking star of TV's &quot;Maverick&quot; who went on to a long career on both small and big screen, died Saturday July 19, 2014 according to Los angeles police. He was 86. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

Film, TV legend James Garner, reluctant hero, dies

By Frazier Moore - Associated Press