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ANAHEIM, Calif. — John Lackey will start Friday night's Game 1 of the AL championship series against CC Sabathia and the Yankees, getting the nod from manager Mike Scioscia before the Angels traveled to New York on Wednesday.

Lackey pitched 7 1-3 innings to lead Los Angeles to a 5-0 win over the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the division series. The right-hander is 3-3 with a 3.02 ERA in 12 career postseason games, 10 starts.

"It's a fun atmosphere, for sure," Lackey said. "It's the same as the last round. It helps to win the first game, but the importance is probably a little bit less in a seven-game series, especially being on the road. It'll be a challenge the whole series. They're a great team."

Lackey was 11-8 with a 3.83 ERA after missing the first 33 games because of a forearm strain. He got Los Angeles off to a great start in the first round of the playoffs, allowing just four singles against Boston.

"When John is on that mound, he competes as well as anybody I've seen," Scioscia said of the eight-year veteran, who won Game 7 of the 2002 World Series as a rookie.

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OAKLAND, Calif. — "Captain Jack" is no longer.

Disgruntled Golden State swingman Stephen Jackson asked to relinquish his captain title during a meeting Tuesday with Warriors coach Don Nelson and general manager Larry Riley.

Nelson accepted on the heels of Jackson's two-game suspension for an outburst at the coach early in Friday's preseason game against the Lakers in Los Angeles.

Jackson, who has asked to be traded, acknowledged he didn't think Nelson and the coaching staff were supporting him with the referees in a physical matchup with Kobe Bryant.

Jackson, the Warriors' leading scorer last season, picked up five fouls and a technical in less than 10 minutes and was sent to the locker room by Nelson following a testy exchange.

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LOS ANGELES — Lifeguards have given the all-clear for visitors to return to Los Angeles County beaches following a magnitude-8 earthquake in the Pacific Ocean near Samoa that prompted a tsunami advisory.

Los Angeles County lifeguard Capt. Terry Harvey said Wednesday morning that crews found no dangerous currents or other hazards during their night patrols.

The National Weather Service allowed its tsunami warning to expire early Wednesday.

Harvey says the tide was not higher than normal and a few Boogie boarders and surfers at Venice Beach disregarded the advisory. There were no injuries.

The massive tsunami flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 people.

LOS ANGELES — A judge has granted a three-year restraining order against a man accused of stalking Audrina Patridge.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Cunningham III issued the order Wednesday prohibiting any contact by Zachary Loring with "The Hills" star. Patridge sought protection from Loring after he showed up at her house several times. He was arrested on Aug. 30 after Patridge spotted him outside her home.

The 24-year-old actress testified during Wednesday's hearing, calmly recounting how Loring presented her with beer, wine, poetry and drawings.

Patridge said she was afraid of Loring, who was not in court.

A Los Angeles police detective testified that the 24-year-old Northern California man was exhibiting stalking behavior.

PHOENIX — A bankruptcy judge has rejected both bids to buy the Phoenix Coyotes.

Judge Redfield T. Baum turned down the offers of Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie and the NHL in a 31-page ruling on Wednesday.

However, he left the door open for the NHL to buy the team if it amends its offer.

The ruling comes on the eve of the start of the NHL season after nearly five months of often bitter legal wrangling between Balsillie and the league.

Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes took the team into Chapter 11 on May 5 with a plan to sell to Balsillie, contingent on moving the franchise to Hamilton, Ontario, over the NHL's vehement objections.

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WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department says two large investment funds have raised the minimum amounts needed to begin purchasing toxic assets from banks, finally launching this part of the government's financial rescue effort.

Treasury says Invesco Ltd. and the TCW Group Inc. both cleared the $500 million target to begin operations to purchase toxic assets.

They are among nine firms that received initial approval to participate in the program earlier this year. Treasury said it expected more firms would be cleared to begin operations soon.

The goal of the program is to rid banks of bad loans so they can resume more normal lending, which is key for sustaining any economic recovery.

The mother of a Northern California woman found alive 18 years after she was kidnapped says people should never stop looking for missing children.

Terry Probyn was reunited with her daughter Jaycee Dugard last month.

Probyn said in a statement Wednesday that she hopes her family's story will focus attention on all missing children. She said her daughter's story proves that "miracles can happen."

Dugard was 11 when police say Phillip and Nancy Garrido kidnapped her, then allegedly held her captive. Police say the couple raped Dugard, now 29, and Phillip Garrido fathered her two children. They have pleaded not guilty.

Probyn has been in seclusion with Dugard and Dugard's daughters since their reunification Aug. 27. She says they are doing very well under the circumstances.

The federal government is considering raising fees on applications for immigration-related services to help offset a shortage in revenue.

Alejandro Mayorkas, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, told reporters Wednesday in Los Angeles the agency is considering cutting costs or raising fees in the next two years to alleviate the problem.

Agency officials have blamed the revenue shortfall on an overall drop in immigration-related applications being filed amid an economic slump.

The decline also comes after the agency increased its fees in 2007. The cost of applying for citizenship, including a fingerprinting fee, is now $675, up from $400.

Mayorkas would not say how much the fees might be raised or which services might be affected.

The mother of a Northern California woman found alive 18 years after she was kidnapped says people should never stop looking for missing children.

Terry Probyn was reunited with her daughter Jaycee Dugard last month.

Probyn said in a statement Wednesday that she hopes her family's story will focus attention on all missing children. She said her daughter's story proves that "miracles can happen."

Dugard was 11 when police say Phillip and Nancy Garrido kidnapped her, then allegedly held her captive. Police say the couple raped Dugard, now 29, and Phillip Garrido fathered her two children. They have pleaded not guilty.

Probyn has been in seclusion with Dugard and Dugard's daughters since their reunification Aug. 27. She says they are doing very well under the circumstances.