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2010 Stories by R. SCOTT MOXLEY

• Scott R. Baugh, Chairman of Orange County Republican Party, Gets a Challenger

  published Dec 31, 2010

  Scott R. Baugh, chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, won't get another term in office without a fight.Longtime party activist Tim Whitacre has announced that he will challenge Baugh for the... More >>

• OC Man Gets Huge Cell Phone Bill

  published Dec 31, 2010

  We all know that cell phone companies are making a killing nowadays.But one Orange County man probably isn't happy that he was targeted to make T-Mobile's 2010 profit margin even larger.How much was h... More >>

• Scott Peterson Accused of Sex Crimes with OC Teenager

  published Dec 29, 2010

  The Orange County District Attorney's office is prosecuting Scott Peterson for having an alleged unlawful sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl.I know what you're thinking: How could Peterson, w... More >>

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  Orange County Great Park Corp. Isn't Paying Its Billsr

  published Dec 29, 2010

  Late this month, a Montclair contracting business filed a lawsuit against the City of Irvine and it's Orange County Great Park Corp. in hopes of collecting $361,000 after creating a "shade structure" ... More >>

• Orange County Saved NFL Great Dick Butkusr

  published Dec 29, 2010

  You can blame Orange County for many things: Laguna Beach, The Hills, TBN, professional Holocaust deniers, Allan Mansoor, Public Enemy Number One Death Squad, Curt Pringle.But a Chicago newspaper... More >>

• Van Tran Move Makes Sacramento Bee's "Worst" List

  published Dec 29, 2010

  There's no doubt that three months before the November election polling showed Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez might be in danger of losing to Little Saigon state Assemblyman Van Tran.To t... More >>

• Veteran OC Register Court Reporter Takes New Job

  published Dec 28, 2010

  Rachanee Srisavasdi--a prolific court reporter for The Orange County Register for nearly 14 years--has accepted a new job as communications director for the Los Angeles-based Asian Pacific American Le... More >>

• Voice of OC Boasts of 2010 Accomplishments, Seeks Donations

  published Dec 28, 2010

  Only a handful of Orange County reporters dedicated themselves to investigative journalism on a daily basis before last March. That month saw the birth of Norberto Santana's dream: the Voice of O... More >>

• The Top 2010 OC Story That Didn't Make the Register's Year-End List

  published Dec 27, 2010

  Veteran Orange County Register reporter Martin Wisckol has named his "Top 10" political events of 2010.It's a thorough list, except for one thing: it omitted arguably the top local political story of ... More >>

• Most Alarming Angle to Latest Octomom Storyr

  published Dec 27, 2010

  As Chasen Marshall noted earlier, Orange County's Nadya Suleman has allegedly failed to pay $450,000 on loans for the house she shares with her 14 kids causing the man who says he's been shortcha... More >>

• Dana Rohrabacher: I Know How To Bring Peace To Afghanistan

  published Dec 27, 2010

  Dana Tyrone Rohrabacher--the politician who guaranteed actor/muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger knew how to solve California's problems if elected governor--now thinks he knows how to get the terror... More >>

• Christmas Morning in OC Brings Fog

  published Dec 25, 2010

  So much for the usual hot, summer-like Christmas in Orange County.Residents and holiday visitors awoke here this morning to heavy, wet fog and temperatures hovering around 50 F. In fact, in many ... More >>

• Feds Arrest Ex-OC Man in Massive Tax Refund Scheme

  published Dec 23, 2010

  News agencies are reporting that a former Orange County resident orchestrated a $763 million tax conspiracy that may have defraud the IRS and U.S. taxpayers of more than $10 million.According to the A... More >>

• Top 15 Notable OC Quotes of 2010

  published Dec 22, 2010

  15. "I want to tongue every inch of you because I love you."--A text message Oxford Academy high-school history teacher Christopher John Ontiveros allegedly sent to a 17-year-old female student before... More >>

• Mr. Wagner (Finally) Goes to Prison

  published December 23, 2010

  It’s not often in Orange County—or probably anywhere in California—that a prominent defense attorney becomes a prosecution... More >>

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  [UPDATED:] Husband Found Guilty of Suffocating His Wife in Anaheim Gets 25 Years to Life in Prison

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Update, December 20, 5:29 p.m.: 31-year-old Angel Duarte Cerna was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison for suffocating and murdering his wife in Anaheim before dumping her body on th... More >>

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  Cops: OC White Power Gang "Disrupted" in Undercover Sting

  published Dec 16, 2010

  After calling members of Public Enemy Number One Death Squad (PEN1) "haters and cowards," federal agent John A. Torres bragged today that government authorities had successfully infiltrated and disrup... More >>

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  [UPDATED]: Dirty Anaheim Cop Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Sexual Assaults of Undocumented Workers

  published Dec 16, 2010

  [Update 12:04 p.m., Dec. 16]: When the hearing resumed, Wagner's attorney, Robert Corrado, made several attempts to delay the sentencing, all of which Judge Schwarm denied. Two of Wagner's Jane Doe vi... More >>

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  House Votes to Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell; Loretta Sanchez Says Gay Soldiers Can Bolster National Security

  published Dec 15, 2010

  The endless screaming you hear is from a rural Virginia estate, the home of former Orange County Congressman Robert K. Dornan, who must be quite aroused by today's events. Loretta Sanchez, the wo... More >>

• Dana Rohrabacher Confronts Huge Surfing Waves

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Dana Rohrabacher--the dubiously self-styled "surfin' congressman' who usually makes sure a photographer documents his occasional beach appearances--is fearless.We know this because, well, Rohrabacher ... More >>

• Little Saigon Decapitation Case Gets Reversed

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Judge James P. Marion didn't believe Kenny Minh Phan's excuse for running away from a 2008 fatal near-decapitation accident he'd caused in Little Saigon after ignoring a red traffic light.Phan claimed... More >>

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  Santa Ana's Most Famous Cat Gets A Holiday Tribute

  published Dec 14, 2010

  Loretta Sanchez may have won what was her most precious election victory in November, but the divorced Santa Ana congresswoman also suffered a great loss: her dear, 19-year-old feline companion, Gretz... More >>

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  No. 1 Thing NOT To Do If You Plan To Escape Police Custody

  published Dec 14, 2010

  --Provide the arresting police officer with your full name, date of birth, home address and telephone number.But apparently nobody shared that elementary criminal tidbit with Sergio Ramirez Flores.Acc... More >>

• Loretta Sanchez Makes PR Blunder List in Sex Escort Case

  published Dec 13, 2010

  As Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez's Republican general election opponent, Van Tran repeatedly portrayed the veteran Anaheim Democrat as an odorous floozy.And sure enough: Fineman PR, a San Francisco-ba... More >>

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  OC Supervisor: Let's Renege on Public Employee Union Contracts

  published Dec 11, 2010

  Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach says there are three options to how the county can face an alleged looming financial disaster regarding county employee pension and benefit plans.First, the empl... More >>