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In August, Alexandria, Ind., dentist David Steele proudly showed off to an Anderson Herald Bulletin reporter the two gold crowns he had fitted on his 1-year-old Persian cat, Sebastian. Though he said the crowns were ostensibly to strengthen Sebastian’s teeth, the reporter said that their prominence suggested “a hip-hop star’s guard-cat or a movie villain’s pet.” Steele also put a gold crown on his Boston terrier.
TODAY IN HISTORY Today the 294th day of 2006. There are 71 days left in the year. A British fleet commanded 1805 by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated a French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson, however, was killed.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best.”
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Inaugural SM 5000 is blocks party BY JESSICA ROBERTS Special to the Daily Press
CITYWIDE — The Santa Monica 5000 will begin with a bang and end with a party on Sunday, as some celebrities lend a little star power to the inaugural foot race through the city’s streets. Both the 5K and 10K routes will showcase much of Santa Monica — Main Street, the Ocean Avenue waterfront, City Hall — as well as a strong field of athletes, local runners and Hollywood stars. “Grey’s Anatomy” actor Isaiah Washington, who plays a surgeon on the popular TV drama, will lend his steady hands by pulling the trigger on the starting gun. The race will ultimately end with a post-race party at the Santa Monica Pier, complete with a pancake breakfast served up by Kim Powers from “Survivor.” The course is fast and flat, and expected to attract more than 1,000 registered runners for a race that will feature everything from a competitive elite race to a walkers and a baby-jogger division. “We had a few goals for this race,” said event organizer Karen Kalan. “One was See SM 5000, page 21
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DOWNTOWN LA — The 89-year-old man charged with killing 10 unsuspecting shoppers when he drove his car
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