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It's a tough job, and Bryan Cranston is more than glad to do it -- playing Walter H. White, the frazzled antihero at the center of AMC's "Breaking Bad," that is. Though playing White, a meek chemistry teacher who gradually transforms into a hard-core drug dealer after he finds out he has life-threatening cancer, is "a dream come true," Cranston pointed out that the character and the series' increasingly dark tones have taken an emotional and physical...

Two men charged in state court in connection with the brutal beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow will each face federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, authorities said Tuesday. Marvin Norwood and Louie Sanchez were arrested last year and charged with felony assault and mayhem in the attack on Stow in one of the parking lots at Dodger Stadium on March 31, 2011. The U.S. attorney's office added the weapons charges in a 14-page indictment. If convicted of the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, each man faces up to 10 years in federal prison.

We now have a real Texas bull in the China shop! BRYAN W. STEVENS Chino Hills

In the stream of photos on their Facebook pages, Javier Bolden and Bryan Barnes look like the life of the party. The young men hung out with a group that dubbed itself "No Respect Inc.," a "party crew" that followed a local DJ to parties and other events across South Los Angeles. The photos show Bolden and Barnes dancing, shirtless, showing off their tattoos and muscles, and striking poses with young women. Under one photo Barnes took of himself in December, he wrote: "Merry Christmas To All Da Females Dat Didnt Have A Good Christmas :)"

"MOM!" Bryan yelled. "Jonathan's looking at me! Make him stop." "Don't squabble, boys," Mom said. "You're doing it again." Bryan stamped his foot and glared at his brother. "You're looking at me!" said Jonathan. "Am not!" "Are too!" Bryan slammed the door as he went out of the house. He decided to climb up the sycamore tree in the front yard. He always felt better when he was sitting way above everything else.

Sleet mixed with rain caused problems in San Antonio, Texas, where members of the Bryan High tennis team were scrambling to try to dry the courts for a tournament at McFarlin Tennis Center.

Apparently very few people realize that in one of his former lives Christo was the manager of the boutique where the emperor bought his new clothes. CARL D. BRYAN JR. Bakersfield

Enough of the foster care horror stories. Today's column is a testimony to things done right: an account of a man's commitment to kids who aren't his, a teenager's struggle to move past anger and forgive, a family built on love and grit. And a victory for social workers and probation officers, more often in the spotlight for failing kids. Ten years ago, Jaime Zamorano fell in love with a woman who had four young children. She also had a drug and alcohol addiction. They had a daughter together, but Zamorano tired of the drama and moved on. He wasn't alone for long.

I hope Terry Donahue read Jim Murray's column. It's one of his masterpieces and fit him to a "T." What is he going to do next year when he won't have Mr. Three Points to rely on? He'll have to go for it! JACK BRYAN Long Beach

"This is a message from all of the soldiers who served with Bryan while in the Deuce. To Marcia, we are all sorry to hear about your loss; as well as to Bryan's family. We were together in the initial push into Iraq, through all of the training we had to do to prepare; he was always pushing other people to stay in and never give up. He will not be forgotten and will always be remembered. After all, he was one of the few, like we all were, who were not afraid to do the job that had to be done.

Long before Matt Cain did his Nolan Ryan imitation, before things got testy back in a Delaware court room and while the tarp was still on the field at Dodger Stadium, they had a nice moment Friday at AT&T Park in San Francisco. The 13-year-old son of Bryan Stow, the Giants fan severely beaten after last year's season opener at Dodger Stadium, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Giants' home opener. And it happened with a virtual assist from his father. Tyler Stow took the mound to throw out the first pitch, surrounded by the entire Giants team.

First thing I do as Magic Johnson is to call Matt Kemp's bluff: "I think I heard you saying you could take me in basketball," I say. "Bring it on. " If the Dodgers are serious about reconnecting with the city, they'll throw a hard court down in Dodger Stadium some off-night this spring, put on a little exhibition between Johnson and Kemp to benefit AIDS research and youth baseball. Fill the field level with kids. After a quick one-on-one game in which Magic swats Kemp's shots into the upper deck, each player could bring a few of his friends out for a little scrimmage.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross on Wednesday urged attorneys for Bryan Stow and the Dodgers to settle their dispute without his intervention. Stow is the San Francisco Giants fan who was beaten and critically injured in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on opening day last year. His attorneys filed a civil suit against the Dodgers in Los Angeles Superior Court and a subsequent claim against the team in Bankruptcy Court. They have said Stow will need lifelong medical care and cited $50 million as a "conservative total estimate" of his damages.

Attorneys for Bryan Stow on Monday rejected the Dodgers' proposed resolution to his bankruptcy claim, setting the stage for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross to decide whether to hear the Stow matter in his court or simply defer to civil court in Los Angeles. A hearing on the issue is set Wednesday. Stow is the San Francisco Giants fan beaten and critically injured in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on opening day last year. His attorneys have said he will need lifelong medical care and cited $50 million as a "conservative total estimate" of his damages.

The Dodgers late Thursday proposed a compromise that would let attorneys for Bryan Stow proceed with their litigation against the team. Stow is the San Francisco Giants fan beaten and critically injured in the Dodger Stadium parking lot last year. His attorneys have said he will need lifelong medical care and cited $50 million as a "conservative total estimate" of his damages. Stow's attorneys filed a civil suit against the Dodgers in Los Angeles Superior Court and a subsequent claim against the team in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

The Dodgers should not be allowed to use the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to minimize their liability to Bryan Stow, attorneys for the injured San Francisco Giants fan argued Wednesday. The Dodgers, saying they should not be held liable for an attack they could not have predicted, have asked the Bankruptcy Court to throw out Stow's claim. Wednesday, Stow's attorneys asked the Bankruptcy Court to yield to Los Angeles Superior Court, where they filed a civil suit last May against team owner Frank McCourt, the Dodgers and related entities.

Shell casings and signals from one of the victim's cellphones led police to arrest two men in the slayings of two USC graduate students from China - a botched robbery that focused a harsh global spotlight on the campus that is a magnet for foreigners. At a news conference Friday evening, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck identified the suspects as Bryan Barnes, 20, of Los Angeles and Javier Bolden, 19. Barnes was taken into custody Friday afternoon by a team of LAPD SWAT officers, along with FBI and other federal agents, who raided an apartment near the USC campus.

Before he became a champion in UFC, Brock Lesnar was "The Next Big Thing" in pro wrestling. After retiring from UFC last year, the question was, would he become "The Next Big Thing" again? The Internet rumor train picked up full steam Sunday, when it was learned that Lesnar was in Miami, home of this year's WWE "WrestleMania" pay-per-view event. Some sites reported that Lesnar was backstage at the event, with speculation being he would interfere in either the Triple H-Undertaker match or the Rock-John Cena match.

The Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday asked a federal bankruptcy judge to reject all claims for damages filed by San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow over his severe beating in a Dodger Stadium parking lot on Opening Day of the 2011 season. Attorneys for the team and its owner, Frank McCourt, argued that none of the entities in the baseball club's corporate structure have any liability for the March 31 assault that left Stow in a coma for months. Stow sued the Dodgers in May, alleging negligence and poor security arrangements at the ballpark.

High school point guards are not usually 6 feet 5, but that's one advantage for sophomore Bryan Alberts of Sun Valley Village Christian, and he showed Friday night why he is headed for big-time status. With his team in need of leadership, Alberts took charge in the fourth quarter, scoring nine of his game-high 18 points and helping the Crusaders defeat previously unbeaten Pasadena Muir, 58-47, in the championship game of the La Salle/Temple City tournament. Alberts, who transferred from Chatsworth Sierra Canyon, was selected the tournament's most valuable player.