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The All-Star team from the Cypress Federal Little League will represent Southern California at the Western Region Tournament beginning today in San Bernardino. The winner of the 14-team, double-elimination tournament advances to the Little League World Series, Aug. 23-29 in Williamsport, Pa. Cypress, which is managed by Greg Novy, plays a team from Juneau, Alaska, in a first-round game at 8 tonight.

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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an airplane crash that killed the father of NASCAR driver Mark Martin and two others Saturday at White Pine, Nev.

Julian Martin, his wife, Shelley, and their 11-year old daughter, Sarah, died in the crash near Great Basin National Park.

Julian Martin was piloting the twin-engine Piper when it went down in foothills near the Utah border, White Pine County Sheriff Bernie Romero said.