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It Doesn't Pay to Cheat, Eagles Can't Be Beat, Weyler Thinks on His Feet

A plea bargain bails out a former Tesoro student, and Santa Margarita Catholic wins O.C. Championships. Also Elvis (but not the one you think).

1. It might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but Omar Khan paid the price on Monday when he . Khan was accused of stealing passwords and advanced-placement tests and changing grades while a senior at Tesoro High. He will find out his sentence in August, and though he is expected to get 30 days in jail, he would have faced up to 38 years had his case gone to trial and had he been convicted of the 69 various felony counts against him.

2. Behind the play of Spencer Buckley of Santa Margarita Catholic, the s for boys' volleyball by defeating Newport Harbor. It looks like the Eagles are going to be around all season.

3. An America Idle goes to the beach ... no, the park ... and gets all  introspective when it comes to mommies and grandchildren. Check out .

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4. On this day in history, March 22, 1765, Britain passed the Stamp Act—a tax on all printed material purchased—on American colonies, whose response planted the seeds of revolution a decade later. In 1894, the NHL played its first Stanley Cup game between Montreal and Ottawa. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt legalized the sale of beer and wine. In 1972, a constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal rights to women passed the Senate but didn't win ratification from the states to become law.

5. Is it really possible that William Shatner turns 80 today? It is. Also celebrating are Bob Costas (59), Andrew Lloyd Webber (63), Stephen Sondheim (81), George Benson (68), Matthew Modine, (52), Reese Witherspoon (35) and skater Elvis Stojko (39). Others include the late Marcel Marceau (1923), Karl Malden (1912), Louis L'Amour (1908) and Chico Marx (1887).

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For What It's Worth: March is National Frozen Food Month. This is National Agriculture Week. Today is American Diabetes Association Alert Day.


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