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FNO update: Beverly Hills sweetens the deal with gourmet food trucks
The streets of Beverly Hills may not be paved in precious metals, but for at least one night they will be lined with a mother lode of gustatory gold, when the Los Angeles area's famed food trucks park...
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The Fixers: Restoration by Heart treats damaged art on paper tenderly
Art restorer Gustavo Perez of Restoration by Heart works on 200-year-old paintings like the one pictured above, Roy Lichtenstein's pop art pieces, even concert posters. Interestingly, he says Andy...
View ArticleJohn Boehner calls for firing of Obama's entire economic team; time 'to put...
Here is the text, as prepared for delivery, of House Republican leader John Boehner's remarks Tuesday at Cleveland's City Club. This speech was the subject of an earlier Tuesday morning Ticket post...
View ArticleThe Morning Fix: Pay TV subscriptions drop! Gay movies and TV shows become...
After the coffee. Before getting over the shock of Tiger Wood's divorce. Not that there's anything wrong with that. USA Today looks at the rising number of movies and television shows featuring gay...
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Caught in the Web: Collection of Laker links
-- The Orange County Register's Janis Carr put together a photo slideshow in honor of Kobe Bryant's 32nd birthday. -- ESPN.com unanimously picks the Lakers as the best team in the Western Conference....
View ArticleWall Street Roundup: Dissension at the Fed. 'Hindenburg Omen' returns
Housing market's bad surprise. Sales of U.S. existing homes dropped sharply, breaking records for slow growth that were set more than a decade ago. Dissension at the Fed. The Federal Reserve's most...
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EGYPT: Who is sponsoring the 'coalition' promoting Mubarak's son?
The Popular Coalition for Supporting Gamal Mubarak launched a campaign to promote the nomination of the president's son in next year's elections. But millions of Egyptians have been wondering about...
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Monster Mash: Eli Broad chooses Grand Avenue for new museum; Egypt still...
-- Official confirmation: Eli Broad announces that he will build his new museum on Grand Avenue in downtown L.A., with Diller Scofidio + Renfro as the architects. (Los Angeles Times) -- On the hunt:...
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The Broad Collection joins a long list of predecessors
Huntington, Getty, Simon, Hammer, Crocker, Menil, Wadsworth, Phillips, Frick, Morgan, Whitney, Guggenheim, etc. -- the list of super-rich Americans who, since the mid-19th century, established museums...
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The Ovation channel is ready for its close-up
It’s not easy being a little guy in a land of media giants, lacking leverage and deep pockets. But the Santa Monica-based Ovation cable channel has notched impressive gains and is attempting to prove...
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Your morning fashion and beauty report: Fashion's Night Out, nude models and...
Are you sick and tired of the young, "anti-establishment" presence in the fashion media? Well, tough luck. Tavi, at left, the teenage blogging phenom, will be weighing in during Fashion's Night Out on...
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A Swiftian proposal for publishers and more book news
Are some publishers nearing the end of their life cycles? Will the print-electronic revolution spell death for some? Instead of dragging their businesses slowly to the graveyard, should those facing...
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Shepard Fairey, AP trial date set for March
It appears that the long-running legal saga between artist Shepard Fairey and the Associated Press will drag on well into 2011.A judge in New York has set a March trial date in the case that pits...
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Miss Universe win goes to Miss Mexico, Jimena Navarrete
Jimena Navarrete, Miss Mexico, was crowned Miss Universe 2010 in Las Vegas on Monday night, taking over where the previous title holder, Stefania Fernandez of Venezuela, left off. Others in the top...
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Clicker launches iPhone app
Clicker.com, a programming guide for online video and television, has come to the smaller screen. As in the much smaller iPhone screen. Jim Lanzone, chief executive of the Los Angeles-based company,...
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Question of the day: Which teams are the most overrated and underrated in the...
Reporters from around the Tribune Co. weigh in on the topic. Check back throughout the day for more responses and feel free to leave a comment of your own. [Updated at 12:18 p.m.: Chris Dufresne, Los...
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Consumer Reports calls for protections on mobile payments through phones
Paying for a shopping spree by waving a smart phone may be more exciting than swiping a credit card, but according to Consumers Union, it might not be as safe.The nonprofit testing and information...
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Doc Rivers' suggestion that Kendrick Perkins' injury resulted in Lakers' 2010...
Let the revisionist history begin. The Lakers didn't win the 2010 NBA Championship because of Ron Artest's Game 7 heroics. They didn't win the 2010 title after becoming much tougher than in the 2008...
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Kanye West promises to release a new track every week
Christmas is coming early for Kanye West fans. The rapper, known for treating fans to goodies via his blog, has taken to Twitter (he’s a newbie and only follows Justin Bieber), promising to release a...
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Lamar Odom, Eric Gordon make final cut on USA men's basketball team
Today was final roster cut day for the USA men's basketball team -- and the Boston Celtics' All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo did not make the squad. The final roster was announced as team USA gets...
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