World Now
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Aug. 1, 2011
Sports
Having won the Western Athletic Conference championship Saturday in Hawaii, the San Diego State baseball team learned Monday it will open NCAA tournament play at 9 a.m.
May 22, 1990
Travel & Experiences
THAT hiker wielding trekking poles like kendo sticks may be onto something.
Feb. 12, 2007
Senior Barry Belli kicked a 39-yard field goal with 11 seconds left to give Fresno State a 20-17 nonconference victory over Western Illinois Saturday night at Fresno.
Sept. 13, 1987
World & Nation
The 81-year-old mother of Sen. Richard G.
March 3, 1988
Lakers
When Troy Hudson thrust himself into the NBA spotlight with a career-high 37 points in Game 2 of Minnesota’s Western Conference playoff series with the Lakers, he also helped shed new light on other Southern Illinois University guards who have played in the NBA. * The Saluki Six: WALT FRAZIER, DICK GARRETT, NATE HAWTHORNE, MIKE GLENN, CHRIS CARR, TROY HUDSON.
April 29, 2003
A Western Illinois University professor who studies nude beaches and was accused of neglecting his duties as a teacher was fired Thursday by the university’s governing board.
June 21, 1991
The San Diego Thunder of the newly formed World Indoor Football League has named Don Matthews as coach and Dennis Shaw as offensive coordinator, general manager Johnny Sanders announced Friday.
May 21, 1988
Obituaries
Harry J. Gray, retired chief executive of United Technologies, dies at 89; Ric Hardman, screenwriter, dies at 84; Waldo McBurney, deemed America’s oldest worker, dies at 106
July 13, 2009
California
Camarillo psychologist and volunteer substance-abuse counselor Richard Lee Zweig died Monday at a Northridge hospital after a lengthy battle with cancer.
July 9, 1998