Dalton leads No. 6 TCU to 55-12 win over SDSU
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Matt Lingo - San Francisco to Seattle | Video
> http://www.vimeo.com/7364772 San Diego based photographer Matt Lingo have been documenting the fixed gear scene with his camera and DV camera. Whilst working to capture some clips for the upcoming issue of fixed gear dedicated magazine, COG Magazine, he also took footage of the days in a short edit titled San Francisco to Seattle in which he compiled footages of Jayskee, Tyler Johnson (The Revival), Emi Brown (Mash) and Massan (Macaframa). It is shot in the streets of San Francisco and Seattle...

COL FB: TCU 55, San Diego State 12
San Diego, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- No. 4 TCU leveraged quarterback Andy Dalton 's two passing touchdowns and two rushing scores in a 55-12 road pounding of San Diego State Saturday. Dalton piled up 239 passing yards as the undefeated Horned Frogs (9-0, 5-0 MWC) used a potent, 551-yard offensive attack to overwhelm the Aztecs (4-5, 2-3). Most of TCU's yardage came on the ground, where rushers Matthew Tucker, Ed Wesley and Joseph Turner each found paydirt as TCU racked up 312 rushing yards. Among the...

SDSU AD Gets His Mack On, At School Expense [College Football]
Jeff Schemmel is under fire for traveling for trysts with a married woman, while expensing the trips to San Diego State. That's gotta be some kind of recruiting violation. The Aztecs are looking into Schemmel's travel records, after they were subpoenaed as part of a Divorce trial. The suit is part of the Divorce proceedings of John David Lineberger, whose wife, Carolyn, said under oath in deposition testimony that Schemmel had multiple sexual trysts with her in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, and...

San Diego -- Meet Boondock Saints at Best Fest
San Diego--Come meet Troy Duffy (writer-director), Sean Patrick Flanery (Connor MacManus) and Chris Brinker (Producer) at Best Fest, Saturday, Nov 7 at 1pm. Location is at Ultra Star Cinema at Hazard Center in Mission Valley. You will see clips of The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day film and ... http://boondocksaintsii.blogspot.com/2009/11/san-diego-meet-boondock-saints-at-best.html

UPI Sports Calendar for Sunday, Nov. 8
(All times Eastern) -0- NFL Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Arizona at Chicago, 1 p.m. Houston at Indiana, 1 p.m. Miami at New England, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. San Diego at New York Giants, 4:15 p.m. Tennessee at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m. -0- Basketball NBA Philadelphia at Detroit 1 p.m. Phoenix at Washington, 1 pm....

San Diego politicans react to health care bill's passage through House
Reaction to this weekend’s passage of the Health reform bill in the House of Representatives broke along party lines in San Diego’s congressional delegation, as did their votes. The two San Diego Democrats, Susan Davis and Bob Filner, voted for the bill, known as the “Affordable Health Care for America Act.” Republicans Brian Bilbray, Duncan D. Hunter and Darrell Issa were opposed. The measure passed 220-215 and now moves on to the Senate. Davis said it begins to...

PRSA Inducts Head of Public Relations for Kaiser Permanente Into the College of Fellows for Contributions to the Profession and Lifetime Achievement
San Diego, Nov 07, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) will bestow the distinguished title of Fellow on Diane Gage Lofgren, senior vice president of Brand Strategy, Communications and PR for Kaiser Permanente, tonight at a ceremony at PRSA's 2009 International Conference in San Diego.

Southern California Ft. Hood victim wanted to help soldiers in Iraq
One of the victims in the Ft. Hood shooting massacre was a 56-year-old psychiatric nurse who worked for the San Diego County government. Capt. John Gaffaney arrived at the base a day before the shooting en route to deployment in Iraq. Here's some background on Gaffaney compiled by thre Associated Press: Gaffaney, who was born in Williston, N.D., had served in the Navy and later the California National Guard as a younger man, his family said. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he tried to...

Expanded release of The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Boondock fans! Well, you made the first film successful and now you've done it again! Because of your support, Boondock II: All Saints Day is platforming out into the following cities! Thanks for coming out! T.Duff--- Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fort Worth, Houston, Minneapolis/St Paul, Oceanside, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington DC. *This is for the weekend starting November 13. Theater listings will be announced next week.

Stadium Talk Spooks Property Owners
The San Diego Chargers' far-flung search for a new stadium has circled back to downtown's East Village -- putting some property owners on edge as to the future of their businesses and development plans.

Active-duty Marine killed in motorcycle accident
A 23-year-old active-duty Marine was killed Friday when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car on Miramar Road. The crash occurred shortly after 9:30 a.m., when the driver of an eastbound Lexus sedan made a left turn directly in the path of the oncoming Yamaha motorcycle near Camino Ruiz, according to San Diego police and the county Medical Examiner’s Office. Though he was wearing a helmet, the motorcyclist, whose name was not released, was gravely injured. Witnesses performed...

W.Va murder suspects arrested in SD
Two murder suspects from West Virginia were arrested in the San Diego River bottom’s heavy brush near Hotel Circle Friday night, it was reported Saturday. Christopher Robey, 26, and Megan Titus, 21, were arrested by San Diego police after they received a description of the wanted couple’s vehicle from police in Clarksburg, West Virginia, The State Journal reported. An SDPD officer found the car at a Hotel Circle establishment, and police used a helicopter to flush out the alleged...

VQ ActionCare Welcomes Andrew Siminoff as Media and Customer Relations Director
San Diego State University Graduate and Santee Resident Joins Mature Fitness and Lifestyle Company      San Diego, CA, November 08, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- VQ ActionCare, LLC, developer of high quality fitness and lifestyle products for mature adults, is pleased to announce the addition of Andrew Siminoff as media and customer relations director. In this role, Mr. Siminoff will be responsible for media buying, media relations strategy and customer service management...

Davidson defeats San Diego 34-27
San Diego — Michael Blanchard rushed for 102 yards on 10 carries and threw for another 78 yards to help Davidson snap a three-game losing streak and beat San Diego 34-27 on Saturday. Blanchard replaced Matt Heavner at quarterback in the second quarter with the Wildcats (3-6, 3-4 Pioneer) trailing 17-14. He led two scoring drives with rushes of 22 and 35 yards that put Davidson ahead for good. JT Rogan scored his second TD with 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter to bring the Toreros...

Transient struck by car
A male transient who crossed a street against a red light near Old Town was struck by a car and sustained serious injuries, police said Saturday. The transient, who is in his 50s, was at the intersection of Camino Del Rio at Kurtz Street when he crossed Camino del Rio against a red light, into the path of a car in the westbound lanes, said San Diego police Officer David Stafford. The pedestrian was transported to UCSD Hospital where he was treated for head injuries and a fractured leg, Stafford...

Default notices rising in upper echelon ZIPs
Mortgage distress is rising in affluent areas around the Bay Area, according to a Chronicle analysis of Foreclosure notices. Images View Larger Images More Realestate In upscale communities such as Los Altos, Greenbrae and Alamo, where median prices top $1 million, about twice as many households received default notices from January to September as in the same period in 2008, according to recorders' office data compiled by MDA DataQuick, a San Diego Real Estate research firm. The same is true...

405 Freeway Widening Nears Completion
Los Angeles - It took 25 years to plan, and five years to build, but barricades began to come down today on the San Diego (405) Freeway widening project across the west side of Los Angeles. Caltrans workers removed barricades Saturday on the southbound 405's carpool lanes from the Santa Monica (10) Freeway interchange south to the Marina (90) Freeway. The northbound lanes carpool lanes will open later this month, Caltrans spokeswoman Judy Gish said. The $167 million widening project took five...

Comic-Con architect Dorf dead at age 76
San Diego, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Comic book collector Shel Dorf, who organized the first Comic-Con convention in San Diego, has died at the age of 76, his brother said.

Comic-Con architect Dorf dead at age 76
<br />San Diego, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- <P>Comic book collector Shel Dorf, who organized the first Comic-Con convention in San Diego, has died at the age of 76, his brother said.</P> <P>Dorf drew 300 people to a San Diego hotel for the first incarnation of...

Comic-Con architect Dorf dead at age 76
San Diego, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Comic book collector Shel Dorf, who organized the first Comic-Con convention in San Diego, has died at the age of 76, his brother said. Dorf drew 300 people to a San Diego hotel for the first incarnation of the annual comic book convention in 1970, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. "I just felt that the cartoonists who entertained the popular masses were not getting their fair share of recognition," Dorf said in a 2006 interview. In August, the 40th annual...

Teens focus on rehabilitating former Ugandan child soldiers
Tyler Crouch (Canyon Crest Academy ) and Reid Hollen (Torrey Pines High School ) will take over the ambitious task of running Xslaves.org, a San Diego-based nonprofit organization that engages high school students in raising to assist former child Soldiers in Uganda. Reid Hollen, 16; Paige Hollen, 18; and Tyler Crouch, 17. Local resident and Xslaves founder Paige Hollen, a Torrey Pines alumnus, has handed her everyday duties to the next generation. Hollen, who is a freshman at Stanford...