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The Weekly in January followed Douchebag, the indie dramedy about estranged brothers on an unlikely pre-wedding road trip, to the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, where the buzz was deafening for former Santa Ana resident Drake Doremus' touching and amusing picture. Despite no budget, no big-name stars and a, well, douchy title, Douchebag was …

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Los Angeles Lakers fan are abuzz with news that Vanessa Laine Bryant, wife of Kobe, wore a blinged-out T-shirt with the words, “Do I Look Illegal?” to tonight's game. HOLLER! Shot of Vanessa in the T-shirt after the jump! ] I'll update this story in the morning–in the meanwhile, read Dave Zirin's excellent piece on …

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Well that's wrong. Despite the headlines at sites like the Week and the LA Times's Brand X blog, this accusation, based on speculation and suspect evidence, is quite old. ] Though she only recently took out a newspaper ad focusing on it, Taitz has been harping on this theory for nearly two years. In her …

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* based on state rankings Students who did not sleep through their science classes know that what goes up must come down, for every action there is an opposite reaction and if the California Department of Education releases Academic Performance Index rankings that can be used to list the top 10 schools based on statewide …

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* based on state rankings Earlier today, we ranked the top 10 public middle schools in Orange County based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings. Since Santa Ana Unified School District schools took up the bottom four rungs on the list of the bottom 10 public high schools, perhaps …

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*based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings, which are derived from statewide test scores. We listed the top 10 public elementary schools in Orange County earlier today, so here come the bottom 10, in descending order. (Numero uno does not sound as if it belongs.) . . . ] …

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* based on state rankings The California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings show 120 of 554 Orange County schools rank among the state's best. And 82 schools received the highest ranking when compared with schools with similar demographics. The Orange County Register talked with principals of two schools that showed up …

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* based on state rankings Earlier today, we ranked the top 10 public high schools in Orange County based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings. Now we turn our cynical gaze at the top 10 public middle schools. Amazingly, Irvine Unified School District schools not only take the top …

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OK, we've given you the top 10 public schools in Orange County on the high school and middle school levels.* *based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings, which are derived from statewide test scores. What follows are the 10 best OC elementary schools based on their 2009 base API. …

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