A year in review: Top stories of 2012
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Chargers fire head coach Norv Turner, general manager A.J. Smith
San Diego Chargers President Dean Spanos announced Monday that General Manager A.J. Smith and Head Coach Norv Turner will not return in 2013. (Click to read story)
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SDPD patrol car hit by suspected drunken driver
A suspected drunken driver and an officer with the San Diego Police Department are recovering in the hospital Sunday following a crash in Santee. (Click to read story)
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Mother blames cruel hoax for son's death
The family of a man who died of cancer says he would still be alive today had it not been for a cruel hoax from a stranger who promised $250,000 in life-saving cancer treatments. (Click to read story)
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Investigators at San Marcos home where 1 person was found dead, 1 girl found injured
Authorities arrested a man in connection with the death of a woman in a San Marcos apartment in December. The 41-year-old woman was found dead and an 8-year-old girl was found badly wounded in the apartment. (Click to read story)
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Poway girl pepper-sprayed by mail carrier
The parents of a Poway girl are calling for a postal worker to be fired after he pepper-sprayed their 10-year-old on his route, but 10News discovered the story has another side. (Click to read story)
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San Diegans prepare for Mayan doomsday
With his gas mask on and machete in hand, Nikko Sanchez is ready for December 21, 2012, the day the Mayan calendar ends. (Click to read story)
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Text message scam offering $1,000 Target gift card
A text message scam is showing up on people's phones telling them they have won a $1,000 gift card for Target. (Click to read story)
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People line up to legally make untraceable guns
A long line of people snaked out of a North County machine shop on a Sunday in November. The customers were there to build a gun. (Click to read story)
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Security asks shoppers waiting outside El Cajon Best Buy to leave
The shoppers lined up at an El Cajon Best Buy more than a week early in anticipation for the stores' Black Friday sale have been asked to leave the property. (Click to read story)
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El Cajon teen recovers from six rattlesnake bites
An El Cajon teenager who was bitten by six rattlesnakes in Jamul was recovering a week after the freak accident. (Click to read story)
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Former student sues Clairemont High School officials over bullying incidents
A former student is suing officials at Clairemont High School, claiming she was repeatedly bullied three years ago when she was a student there. (Click to read story)
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Father of Spring Valley boy found safe talks to 10News
10News spoke exclusively with the father of a 12-year-old boy who sparked a massive search effort in Spring Valley in October. (Click to read story)
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Woman hit and killed estranged boyfriend in Chula Vista car accident
A 23-year-old man was hit and killed by a car in a Chula Vista parking lot in the 1000 block of Third Avenue in October. (Click to read story)
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Dad angry daughter spent $120 on junk food at school
A local father is angry his daughter's school allowed her to buy $120 worth of junk food at lunch, and he told 10News he's disappointed the school doesn't make sure she's eating healthy. (Click to read story)
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San Diego gas prices continue to skyrocket
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County recorded what is believed to be its largest single-day increase in October, rising 19.5 cents to $4.523, its highest amount since July 10, 2008. (Click to read story)
F. Kit / 10News
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Teen whose throat was slashed in freak accident remembered
A community is in disbelief because of the sudden and tragic death of a 15-year-old boy who died while trying to recreate a stunt online. (Click to read story)
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Local teen says she was forced to leave school due to bullying
A former Westview High School student spoke with 10News about how she was bullied so badly by classmates, she was forced to leave. (Click to read story)
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Controversial billboard in Encinitas removed
A controversial billboard in North County was taken down after it turned heads and sparked debate over its appropriateness. (Click to read story)
J. Little / 10News
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Swarm of earthquakes felt in San Diego County
A rash of moderate quakes shook the south end of the Salton Sea in August. The largest of the quakes was felt from Orange County and San Diego County east into Arizona. (Click to read story)
Heather Purvis
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Turtle rescued after being taped to balloons
Authorities are looking for whoever taped a turtle to several balloons and sent it flying in an Oceanside neighborhood. (Click to read story)
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Woman falls down 15-foot shaft while showering
A Logan Heights resident was injured when she slipped while taking a shower in her apartment, fell out a window and plunged about 15 feet to the bottom of an air and light shaft in the middle of the building. (Click to read story)
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Protective order issued against Border Patrol agents
A judge ordered two Border Patrol agents to stay away from a Navy doctor who complained when she saw the couple groping each other during a performance of Cirque du Soleil in Del Mar in August. (Click to read story)
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Woman posts theft suspect’s photo on Craigslist
A woman who had her purse and camera stolen told 10News that police did not follow up with an investigation, so she is doing it herself. She posted an ad on Craigslist with the theft suspect's photo. (Click to read story)
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Driver sentenced for crash that killed UCSD grad
A 19-year-old woman who drank and smoked marijuana prior to a hit-and-run crash on an Ocean Beach freeway that left an aspiring engineer dead was sentenced to a year in jail and five years probation. (Click to read story)
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Suspected theater shooter from San Diego, recently moved to Colorado
A graduate student accused of killing a dozen people and wounding 58 others in a shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater in July grew up in Rancho Penasquitos, where his parents still live. (Click to read story)
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Case against woman accused in fatal crash still under review
The case against an alleged drunken driver accused in the deaths of two people in a crash on Interstate 8 near Alpine remains under review, a district attorney's spokeswoman said. (Click to read story)
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SDPD officer involved in fatal Mira Mesa shooting
A police officer fatally shot a domestic-violence suspect at a Mira Mesa residential complex when the man allegedly tried to grab the lawman's gun during a struggle. (Click to read story)
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$143K hospital bill shocks snake bite victim
A UC San Diego exchange student who is facing a $143,989 hospital bill for treatment after he was bitten by a rattlesnake spoke with 10News. (Click to read story)
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4 killed in SR-67 crash near Ramona identified
Authorities released the names of the four people killed in a three-vehicle pileup on a drizzle-dampened stretch of state Route 67 near Ramona that injured three others, including a 5-year-old girl. (Click to read story)
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Woman burned from beach rocks speaks from hospital
How rocks collected from a southern Orange County beach caught fire in the pocket of a San Clemente woman's cargo shorts, landing her in a hospital with third-degree burns, remained a mystery. (Click to read story)
Good Morning America
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Photo on teacher's Facebook page upsets parents
Parents voiced concerns about a picture they say they saw posted on a teacher's Facebook page that appears to show him being spanked by a student. (Click to read story)
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Junior Seau's death being investigated as a suicide
Former San Diego Chargers star and community icon Junior Seau was found dead in his Oceanside home of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Oceanside police said. (Click to read story)
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2-year-old bitten by rattlesnake recovering
A 2-year-old Jamul boy was rushed to the hospital after he was bitten by a rattlesnake, but the way the child made it to the hospital is a story in itself. (Click here to read story)
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Neighbor speaks about possible link between suspect, missing woman
A neighbor spoke with 10News about the possible link between missing Fallbrook woman Brittany Killgore (R) and the woman arrested in connection with her disappearance, Jessica Lopez. (Click here to read story)
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Loud boom shaking reported around county
A loud boom and shaking was heard and felt by 10News viewers from all around San Diego County in April. (Click to read story)
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iPads, laptops stolen from Romney aides' SUV
Two iPads, two handheld radios and two laptops with detailed information about Mitt Romney's presidential campaign were stolen from an SUV rented by campaign aides. The SUV was parked in the Horton Plaza parking garage. (Click to read story)
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Bicyclist killed in crash on Balboa Avenue near I-805
San Diego police are investigating a fatal crash involving a bicyclist in Kearny Mesa. (Click to read story)
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Teacher accused in bucket urination case faces action
10News has learned action will be taken against a local high school teacher accused of ordering a student to urinate in a bucket. (Click to read story)
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Woman killed after being shot by homemade cannon ID'd
A woman who was fatally injured when her live-in boyfriend allegedly fired a homemade cannon into their East County mobile home was identified as 38-year-old Jeanette Ogara. (Click to read story)
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Owner of dog that bit toddler comes forward
The owner of a dog that bit a toddler in the face came forward after watching 10News' story. Two-year-old Rachel Todd was bitten after a trip to Presidio Park in February, her mother said. (Click to read story)
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Alleged drunk man pepper sprayed by Disney security
Video of an apparently drunk, violent and large man getting pepper sprayed by a much-smaller Disney security guard went viral on the Internet. The man was later identified by Anaheim police as 53-year-old Glenn Horlacher. (Click to read story)
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Man parks Jaguar, waves, jumps off I-805 in Mission Valley
A man jumped to his death from southbound Interstate 805 in Mission Valley after parking his Jaguar and waving, according to authorities on Monday. (Click to read story)
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Mistress testifies in trial of wife accused in doctor's death
The other woman in a deadly love triangle testified against a Navy doctor's wife who is accused of stabbing her husband to death in a jealous rage. (Click to read story)
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Lawsuit claims dozens injured by company's special shoes
A San Diego law firm says dozens of people hoping to tone up with the help of special footwear were dealt serious injuries by the shoes. (Click to read story)
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Navy SEAL dies from accidental gunshot wound
Authorities received a call from a person inside a residence in Pacific Beach. The person said a man, who sources identified as 22-year-old Gene Clayton, was playing with a 9mm handgun and accidentally shot himself in the head. (Click to read story)
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Details surface about 4 dead in Coronado shooting
New details surfaced about four people found dead at a Coronado condominium, where gunfire broke out two hours into the New Year. 25-year-old David Reis, an F-18 pilot, and his sister, 24-year-old Karen, were among the victims. (Click to read story)




