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SERIES Jay Leno’s Garage Leno discusses race rivalries with Matt Damon, who stars as Carroll Shelby in the upcoming film “Ford vs. Ferrari,” in the season finale of the car-lover’s series. 7 and 10 p.m. CNBC Infection This three-part crossover event begins on “Chicago Fire” as first responders encounter a fast-spreading virulent disease. The action […]

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Free this weekend? You can choose your perfect pumpkin, feast on Japanese street food and walk for HIV/AIDS awareness in Southern California. Throughout Santa Ynez Valley Six wine-centric towns host events during the four-day Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley, an excuse to spend the weekend in wine country. Highlights include the Solvang Grape Stomp, […]

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Google on Tuesday showed how it will attempt to get its high-end Pixel phones out of their rut: a combination of familiar Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. technology, the addition of juggernaut carrier AT&T Inc. and cutting-edge camera and digital-assistant features that showcase the company’s lead in artificial intelligence. The new models — the […]

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Robert Shapiro, the former chief executive of Woodbridge Group of Cos., received the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison for running a $1.3-billion fraud that caused more than 7,000 retirees and other investors to lose money. Shapiro, 61, of Sherman Oaks, promised returns as high as 10% from investments in loans to property developers. […]

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View this post on Instagram MARIANNE. About 18 months ago, my friend @valerie_von_sobel suggested that I meet someone she greatly admired, Marianne Williamson, who was interested in commissioning a portrait. We made a date at the Baccarat hotel in New York, over-looking MOMA. Almost before I’d sat down, Marianne announced that she was going to […]

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TOKYO —  Japan’s government said Wednesday that the death toll from a weekend typhoon that caused widespread flooding has climbed to 63, with another 11 presumed dead. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters that another eight people were missing in typhoon-hit areas in central and northern Japan. At least 200 people were injured, 30 of […]

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