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Smokers who tweet together, quit together, according to a new study by researchers at UC Irvine and Stanford. ] When smokers in cessation programs tweet each other regularly, they're more successful at kicking the habit, according to the study headed by Cornelia Pechmann, professor of marketing at UCI's Paul Merage School of Business, and Judith …

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There are a few murderers in this weekend's update of stories we've covered in the past, as well as sentences in the attempted murder of an ex-boyfriend, an Orange County human slavery ring and a disgusting molestation case involving foster parents. Also find pleas in a fatal explosion at a plastics plant, and one former …

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Post-9/11 military veterans in Orange County face far more obstacles finding jobs and accessing medical and mental health services than veterans from prior wars, according to a USC survey. ] The USC School of Social Work Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families examined 1,227 veterans and found that 61 percent who …

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UPDATE NO. 2, FEB. 17, 10:24 A.M.: In light of Lou Correa's loss to Andrew Do in the First District county supervisor special election, Latino rights activists are reportedly contemplating a voting rights lawsuit. KPCC reports the grounds for such an action would be that county Board of Supervisors district lines are carved in such …

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It's another busy weekend of updating as we bring details on the conviction of a gang killer of a 14-year-old, the trial starting against a former fugitive accused of choking out his boss, the disputed jail sentence given to a drunk/drugged-up driver who mowed down an elderly jogger, the sanity finding for a mother who …

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What happens at the cellular level to cause the faces of methamphetamine addicts to become ravaged and what can be done to limit the process have been unlocked by UC Irvine and Italian Institute of Technology research. ] The research by Daniele Piomelli, the UCI Louise Turner Arnold Chair in the Neurosciences, and his IIT …

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Instagram is a place for selfies, Transformation Tuesdays, and porn (not excluding the food kind). With its culture of “likes” and “hashtags,” it's also a fine place for popularity contests, which is why we're conducting one right now. What are the most popular cities in Orange County, the ones with the most hashtags? And here …

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The FBI has arrested an alleged, major cocaine trafficker tied to an underworld operation that hired privately chartered jets to fly Duffel bags stuffed with cash from New York to Southern California. Based on surveillance and the results of search warrants, agents took Canoga Park-resident Atta Arab, 50, into custody late last month and charged …

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