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'Top Chef': Push the panic button
Everyone does it. Law school graduates the night before the bar exam. Golfers standing over a winning putt. A couple about to have their first child. There’s no reason why the remaining six cooks on...
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EGYPT: Party leader buys biggest opposition newspaper
Businessman and head of Wafd political party, Sayed Badawi has concluded the acquisition of Egypt's biggest opposition and most outspoken newspaper, Al Dustour. "A number of shareholders, who believe...
View ArticleHome loan rates drop yet again to record low
Another week, another record low for home loan rates. Freddie Mac said rates for both 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages dropped for the ninth time in the past 10 weeks. The mortgage giant's weekly...
View ArticleTeen shot and killed in Echo Park in suspected gang incident
A teenage male was shot and killed Wednesday night in the area south of Echo Park in what police say is a possible gang-related incident, said LAPD Officer Bruce Borihanh. A male suspect walked up to...
View ArticleThe Morning Fix: Eisner and Comcast's Shell in running to run Tribune! Could...
After the coffee. Before realizing another summer is rapidly slipping away.It really is a small world after all. Former Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner and Comcast Corp. programming...
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Cult favorite Zero + Maria Cornejo boutique opens Thursday on Melrose Place
Cult-favorite fashion label Zero + Maria Cornejo launched its first-ever store outside its native New York City on Thursday, Aug. 26, on Melrose Place. The sleek 2,000-square-foot boutique, located at...
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IRAN: Hardliners push for family-law bill that activists say further erodes...
Women's-rights activists and reformist politicians are alarmed over the push by some hardliners to reintroduce a family-law bill that not only moderates but also some staunch conservatives find...
View ArticleMortgage delinquencies remain high at 1 in 10 loans
One in 10 American households with a home loan was behind on payments by at least one month this summer, the Associated Press reported. The wire service quoted a Mortgage Bankers Assn. report on...
View Article'Sons of Anarchy' actor arrested in altercation with police officer
An actor from the TV drama "Sons of Anarchy" was arrested after a bizarre altercation with a Glendale police officer who pulled him over for allegedly talking on a cellphone and not wearing a seat...
View ArticleSarah Palin speech documents should be public, judge rules
The contract and other documents related to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's fundraising appearance at a Cal State campus should have been made public, and officials violated the state's open-records...
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Nadya Suleman's home gets a new owner
The La Habra home where octuplets mother Nayda Suleman lives is now owned by her attorney. Suleman faced possible eviction from the home earlier this year when its lienholder said the Suleman family...
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Monster Mash: New York approves new skyscraper to rival Empire State; Kevin...
-- Changing skyline: New York's City Council has approved a new skyscraper by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects that will rival the Empire State Building. (New York Daily News) -- Prestige project: Sam...
View ArticleWall Street Roundup: Bearish millionaires. Dick Fuld now flying commercial.
A blip of light. Among all the bad economic news that has landed recently, the Labor Department announced Thursday morning that the number of people filing for unemployment benefits dropped for the...
View ArticlePresident Obama schedules a major classroom address to the nation's school...
President Obama has scheduled an important back-to-school address to the schoolchildren of the United States. It will be on Sept. 14 -- hopefully during the entire math lesson -- carried online and via...
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Venice RV dweller faces charges for dumping raw sewage. Does crackdown go too...
The RV war in Venice is heating up. Responding to community outrage over the dumping of raw sewage onto the streets of Venice, Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich said Wednesday that he intended...
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