The artwork Orange, red, yellow by Mark Rothko fetches $86.9 million (£53.8m), the highest ever price for a piece of post-war art sold at auction.

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Rothko work hits record $86.9m

Two Southwest Airlines flights from Orange County, California, to Phoenix were the subject of security scares Tuesday night — and authorities are investigating whether the incidents are linked.

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Threats halt 2 Southwest flights

Gustavo Arellano, a journalist and Orange County native, is perhaps the greatest (and only) living scholar of Mexican-American fast food.

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North of the Border, It’s Everyone’s Mexican Food

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said charges would be brought against members of the school band involved in the death of Robert Champion.

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Florida A&M Hazing Death Charges Planned

Has been swimming for five days off Orange County.

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Dolphin May Be Bullying Victim

The man believed to have killed four homeless men in Orange County over the last month is now in custody, according to law enforcement officials.

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Anaheim, Calif., Police Make Arrest in Killing of Homeless Man

Geno Smith tied a record for any bowl game with six touchdown passes as No. 23 West Virginia set a bowl scoring record by beating No. 14 Clemson in the Orange Bowl.

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West Virginia 70, Clemson 33: West Virginia Routs Clemson 70-33 in Orange Bowl

Metro’s handling of emergencies — from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to 2010’s Snowmageddon , the August earthquake and most recently a person struck by a train — has managers, watchdogs and board members questioning the transit authority’s policies for dealing with crises in the system. Richard Sarles, Metro’s general manager, ordered a review of the handling of a Oct. 11 incident at the Clarendon station , where a 39-year-old McLean man intentionally placed himself in front of an oncoming train, Metro has said. Passengers were stuck on that train for more than an hour, and other Orange Line commuters faced major delays, crowded stations and escalators that became inoperable because of the number of riders. The man died a week later . Read full article > >

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Metro scrutinized over policies for handling emergencies and getting riders on their way

Eight people killed in Orange County hair salon.

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Cali. Shooting Came After Custody Fight

One leader of Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution, Viktor Yushchenko, testifies against another, Yulia Tymoshenko, at a controversial trial in Kiev.

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Orange Revolution allies in court

Maybe it was the orange T-shirts. After watching Montgomery County’s library budget be cut by more than a quarter in just a few years , supporters of the libraries decided they would for the first time wade into the arena of color-coded lobbying. Union members had donned yellow T-shirts. The Arts and Humanities Council has chosen green, red and other hues over the years, stylishly featured on coordinated ties, scarves, buttons and blazers. Read full article > >

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Orange carries the day for Montgomery libraries in budget fight

Three first-time novelists, including former Sesame Street scriptwriter Kathleen Winter, make this year’s Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist.

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A former Sesame Street scriptwriter is among the novelists on the longlist for this year’s Orange Prize for Fiction.

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Sesame Street writer up for prize

Metro is announcing more big weekend shutdowns. Over Presidents’ Day weekend , the Orange and Blue lines were split for a project that focused on replacing track switches outside Smithsonian Station . Next weekend, another major shutdown will affect a different part of the same lines.

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More Metro repairs will shut down east end of Orange line

The PSNI investigate four attacks on three Orange halls in County Tyrone.

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Orange halls attacked in Tyrone