Plus size clothing retailer closes O.C. store

07/18/11 The parent company of three retail chains selling plus-size clothing to women has closed another Orange County store.Charming Shoppes Inc. said it closed its 5,000-square-foot Catherines Plus Sizes store in Santa Ana at the end of June, spokeswoman Ilana Bagell said.More O.C. retail...

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Mud runs make muddy buddies

07/18/11 Running is called a solo sport - usually by people who don't run.Just ask the 7,000 runners at Sunday's Irvine Lake Mud Run. As waves of teams take the course, there's nothing solo about the race.A team of super heroes waits directly in front of me at the start line. Most I...

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Missed flight helped college take off

07/19/11 It's possible Frank Seaver was the first person ever to miss an airplane flight. On May 9, 1913, word came to his mother in Pomona that a military plane - flown by Seaver's friend Army Lt. J.D. Park - had crashed in Santa Ana, killing the pilot.

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