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AP Contributed

Did you solve it? I say tomato, you say tomato

  • Alex Bellos
  • Updated 13 hrs ago

The answers to today’s pronunciation puzzles

National
AP Contributed

Can you solve it? I say tomato, you say tomato

  • Alex Bellos
  • 23 hrs ago

Pronunciation puzzles

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AP Contributed

French professor accused of ‘gigantic hoax’ after inventing Nobel-style prize

  • Kim Willsher in Paris
  • Updated May 6, 2026

Authorities investigate Florent Montaclair over award given to himself and others including Noam Chomsky

Two events follow the legacy of Jaime DeAngulo, the Old Coyote of Big Sur.
Arts & Culture

Two events follow the legacy of Jaime DeAngulo, the Old Coyote of Big Sur.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Feb 22, 2024

Born to Spanish parents in France, Jaíme DeAngulo (1887-1950) ventured to the United States with the idea of becoming a cowboy. DeAngulo was a…

Quick Bites: Another celestial wine festival in the sky, MEarth mirth, drama on Ocean Avenue and free wine.
Eat + Drink

Quick Bites: Another celestial wine festival in the sky, MEarth mirth, drama on Ocean Avenue and free wine.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • May 12, 2015

A Pinot freak’s mandatory bucket-list mission comes 1-4pm Saturday, May 16, as vintners pour their favorite rare vintages at scenic Mer Soleil…

Ranking the finest specialty foods in Monterey County.
Eat + Drink

Ranking the finest specialty foods in Monterey County.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Apr 20, 2015

The biggest joy from this year's Best of Monterey County Readers Poll was not standing on the top of Bixby Bridge in a giant bottle costume. (…

MPUSD teachers' union reaches landmark contract agreement with district.
News

MPUSD teachers' union reaches landmark contract agreement with district.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 25, 2015

Some say the last time Monterey Peninsula Unified School District teachers had a multi-year contract was in the early '90s. 

Cal Am lightens the terms of its own proposal to extend the state's Carmel River cutback order.
News

Cal Am lightens the terms of its own proposal to extend the state's Carmel River cutback order.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Mar 11, 2015

California American Water officials have admitted they're not going to hit the state’s January 2017 deadline to cut back 70 percent of its pum…

Referendum on California plastic bag ban qualifies for 2016 ballot.
News

Referendum on California plastic bag ban qualifies for 2016 ballot.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Feb 24, 2015

The plastics industry has won an 16-month stall on California's landmark plastic bag ban, if it doesn't kill the ban entirely.

A Bitter List: 14 funny things comedian Lewis Black told us.
Arts & Culture

A Bitter List: 14 funny things comedian Lewis Black told us.

  • Mark C. Anderson, Adam Joseph
  • Updated Feb 4, 2015

"If you don’t think [God] has a sense of humor," Lewis Black told the Weekly last month, "why did he create us?"

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