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Ashford University Asks Some Employees to Resign 

Bridgepoint Education Inc.'s for profit college Ashford University was denied accreditation. NBC 7 reporter Diana Guevara spoke to administrators about the ...
Dawn Blitz U.S. and Japanese storm island

SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND -; A joint force of U.S. and Japanese infantry secured the airfield on a remote training range off the coast of San Diego Monday during the Dawn Blitz military ...
Prospect Quackenbush moved to Triple-A

Email SAN FRANCISCO -- The Padres promoted one of their top relievers from Double-A San Antonio to Triple-A Tucson on Monday. Right-hander Kevin Quackenbush, ranked by MLB.com as the ...
Padres hope hot-hitting Cabrera returns soon

Email SAN FRANCISCO -- Shortstop Everth Cabrera, who left Sunday's victory over the D-backs with a sore left hamstring, could miss this three-game series against the Giants at AT&T Park. Cabrera has what manager Bud Black termed a mild left hamstring strain and Black said the Padres will allow him to rest and rehabilitate the injury before deciding if a disabled-list stint is ...
Padres in holding pattern with Quentin Cabrera

Email SAN FRANCISCO -- There were few answers to be had Monday in regard to the health of shortstop Everth Cabrera and left fielder Carlos Quentin. Cabrera has a mild left hamstring strain and Quentin missed his third game in as many days with a sore left shoulder, an injury that popped up on a swing Friday against the D-backs. The news Monday on both was that they're still getting ...

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Gone In 60 Seconds

"Gone in 60 Seconds," this summer's Jerry Bruckheimer-produced would-be blockbuster, is actually a remake of a 1974 cult car-crash flick written, produced, directed by, and starring a Hollywood stuntman named H.B. Halicki. ...

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Ciriaco provides valuable depth starts vs. Giants

Email SAN FRANCISCO -- Newcomer Pedro Ciriaco got his first start with the Padres on Monday when he was filled in at shortstop for an injured Everth Cabrera, who is out with a mild left hamstring strain. The Padres traded for Ciriaco on Friday, adding him to the roster after second baseman Jedd Gyorko went on the disabled list with a right groin strain. As it turns out, it's a good thing ...
Lawsuit Holding OTL Tourney Hostage

FreePB.org's case against the city -- saying it's holding OTL hostage, unless FreePB gets a special event alcohol permit it failed to obtain from city ...
Grandmom child suffer smoke inhalation

CHULA VISTA -; A woman and her 4-year-old grandson suffered mild smoke inhalation in an apartment fire late Monday afternoon in Chula Vista, a fire official ...
RA Sushis Nickys Week in San Diego is a huge success

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , one of the world's premier pediatric cancer research centers. Since the fundraiser was initiated in 2005, Nicky's Week has raised more than $1.3 million for St. Jude to support the hospital's life-changing mission of treating kids battling cancer and other deadly ...
Alleged Child Abductor Faces Federal Charges

filed charged against McLeod last week. They include child abduction, meeting with a minor to commit a sex offense, online enticement of a minor, contact with a minor to commit a felony and enticing a minor to produce child ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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Herpes virus exploits immune response to cause infection

The herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1), which affects an estimated 50 to 80 percent of all American adults, exploits an immune system receptor to boost its infectivity and ability to cause disease, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues.

HSV-1 is a persistent and problematic pathogen. Typically, it infects victims through oral secretions (kissing, sharing a contaminated toothbrush) or through openings in the skin.

In healthy people, the result may be cold sores or fever blisters. In people with compromised immune systems, HSV-1 can pose more serious and chronic health problems.

It can spread, for example, to organs like the brain, lungs and liver, where the infection may become life-threatening. Some patients, such as those with atopic dermatitis - a common form of eczema that accounts for roughly 20 percent of all dermatologic referrals, are especially vulnerable to serious complications stemming from an HSV-1 infection.

Led by principal investigator Richard L. Gallo, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and chief of UC San Diego's Division of Dermatology, the scientists found that HSV-1 launches an infection by binding to receptors on the surface of skin cells. ...