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Beane was among 1,109 customers in the East Bay Municipal Utility District who were fined for using more than 1,000 gallons of water per day, according to the San Jose Mercury News. In fact, the A’s executive vice president of baseball operations was responsible for the third-highest intake of the group at 5,996 gallons per day. MORE: 15 unique facts about Oakland’s former ‘Big Three’ Beane told the Mercury News he has tried to cut back on water consumption, a large portion of which is used to maintain his expansive landscaped yard....

The toll this time: seven dead–four of them teenagers–plus Ashbrook, who shot himself in the head as officers arrived. Seven people were injured, three of them critically. Inevitably, the tragedy, in the home state of Republican presidential front runner Gov. George W. Bush, took on political overtones. Bush attributed the shootings to “a wave of evil passing through America now,” and urged Americans to “pray for love in people’s hearts....

The $3 trillion House-approved bill includes a measure for direct stimulus payments to individuals of around $1,200 and up to $6,000 for families, as U.S. citizens continue to reel from the nationwide impact of COVID-19. The Republican-dominated Senate looks set to reject it in its current form, with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell among voices criticizing the act and those behind it. However, even if it were likely to be passed, the Senate recess looks set to push any decision back, leaving it unable to get through Congress before the end of this month....

Did George Patton think that way? Did Rambo? Forget it. But Stormin’ Norman Schwarzkopf does, and it has made him the military hero the United States has yearned for ever since Vietnam. Briefing the country on television last week, he stood 6 feet 3 in his desert fatigues, a Combat Infantryman’ s Badge and paratrooper’ s wings on his barrel chest, four stars on his rumpled collar. He talked morals and character along with strategy and tactics, the just cause as well as the will to power....

Danielewski admits that he knows a few other writers and artists, but when he insists that he likes the fact that Los Angeles is not a literary town, believe him. Because “House of Leaves” is like no other novel you’ve ever read. As big as the Los Angeles Yellow Pages, it takes the form of a book-length essay by a mysterious blind man named Zampano, writing about a 1993 documentary film called “The Navidson Record....

The New York bulletin board is hooked up to the Internet, an international web of computers that links 20 million users. if one system is compromised, many more are vulnerable. The December break-in turned out to be the first of hundreds of similar reports; earlier this month Gary’s team concluded there was an organized effort to infiltrate the Internet. Although the culprits were still loose and their motives were unclear last week, CERT’s detective work has won the team respect and new attention on the net....

Both sides maneuvered to spin the settlement. Jesse Jackson, who helped raise money to make the case go away, tried to change the subject to discrimination against women. Affirmative-action opponents claimed victory but lamented losing the chance to watch the increasingly conservative Supreme Court use a Piscataway ruling to inflict even more damage on affirmative action. ““Racial preferences are tearing this country apart, and here come these outside groups paying to keep the case out of the Supreme Court,’’ said Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity....

A year and a half ago, when the National Institutes of Health started investigating the work of his laboratory, Dr. Robert Gallo fell silent. Dogged by accusations that the AIDS virus he identified in 1984 was based on a French laboratory’s tissue sample, the normally ubiquitous scientist seemed to shrink from the spotlight. Last June, for instance, AIDS researchers from all over the world descended on San Francisco for a teeming, weeklong conference....

Why they’re under acknowledged is easy to see. Matt Luke’s squad went 5-7 on the year and just 1-7 in the SEC. It wasn’t a good team. In fact, it wasn’t even an average one. So what were A.J. Brown, D.K. Metcalf, and Elijah Moore doing lurking on that roster? And what ever happened to quarterback Jordan Ta’amu? Brown, Metcalf, and Moore are all NFL starter-caliber receivers, which is more than a lot of players can claim....

The Packers quarterback was a guest Wednesday on comedian Pete Holmes’ “You Made It Weird” podcast and was asked about the experience. MORE: All-time greatest Packers | Rodgers recovering from knee surgery Rodgers, then 21 and preparing for the NFL draft, was in the New York area for an interview the next morning when the sighting occurred around midnight. Weird, indeed. There was a weird siren in the distance. So we go outside — it was a snowy night — and it was one of those kind of bright nights....

Rodgers made his weekly appearance on the “Pat McAfee Show” Tuesday, and the self-proclaimed “optimist” had some pretty un-optimistic things to say about the Packers’ offense. Rodgers made it clear that the team was suffering from mental mistakes — but not to worry, he had his highest-graded game of the 2022 NFL season, according to him: MORE: NFL power rankings — Packers slide continues after loss vs. Washington Even in a game where we had 50 plays or something, it wasn’t a ton of plays, they had like 37 minutes in time of possession — a lot of mistakes....

The Bears linebacker took to the ESPN show SportsNation Monday, where he talked about a variety of topics (like rookie Ezekiel Elliott’s fashion faux pas at the draft). But Houston also took time to call out the leader of one of his team’s rivals: Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers. MORE: NFL Draft grades | Don Shula hospitalized for breathing complications “He’s a little arrogant for me. He’s a little too arrogant,” Houston said on SportsNation Monday....

The young Ravens quarterback strutted his stuff literally when he hurdled over a Packers defender in an effort to reach the end zone. The short touchdown run was eventually reversed after an illegal block, but it led to some sound advice from the veteran signal-caller. “I love watching you play, man,” Rodgers told Jackson after Baltimore’s 26-13 win over Green Bay. “That was pretty spectacular.” He added, “Have a great season....

With Green Bay down a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, Rodgers hit Davante Adams for a game-tying, 16-yard score. After the Packers got the ball back inside their own 20 with just over a minute remaining, Rodgers set up a winning field goal by Mason Crosby. MORE: Packers vs. 49ers: Highlights from Green Bay’s 33-30 win We’ve seen Rodgers do this so many times before, but his late-game brilliance still manages to captivate social media....

However, one of the apparent straws that broke the camel’s back was something that not even the most passionate football fans would expect. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the “death knell in the relationship” between Rodgers and the Packers came when Green Bay made the decision to release wide receiver Jake Kumerow ahead of the 2020 season. “Rodgers, I’m told, also wanted to be involved in more of the personnel decisions,” Rapoport said....

Who’s better? We’ll find out next month in Rio, when the two swimmers face off in both the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyles. Weitzeil beat Manuel Sunday in Omaha in the Olympic Swimming trials finals of the 50-meter event. Both first-time Olympians had already punched their ticket to Rio Friday night when Weitzeil beat Manuel in the finals of the 100-meter free. MORE: Five track and field athletes to watch...

The DJ, 31, who shares twins Zion and Zillion, 14 months, with Cannon, 41, took to her Instagram Story on Thursday, August 25, to tease The Masked Singer host. “Lmaooo! Ayyeeee! Move over Kardashians, Gen ‘C’ taking over babyyyy,” she wrote alongside a slew of laughing emojis. On Wednesday, the Wild ’n Out star announced his ninth child is on the way, his third with model Brittany Bell. “Time Stopped and This Happened…@missbbell #Sunshine #SonRISE,” he captioned the maternity shoot video on Instagram....

Wambach, a soccer legend and larger cultural figure in the wake of the 2015 Women’s World Cup, will play her last game with the U.S. Women’s National Team on Tuesday in New Orleans. She’ll retire as the leading goal-scorer in USWNT history with 184. MORE: ‘Fire Klinsmann,’ Wambach says | Relive the USWNT’s World Cup win Ideally, she said in a Gatorade ad released ahead of the game, that’d all be forgotten soon enough....