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Lady Gaga fans: dressed in their Gaga best
She’s worn plastic bubbles on her bod, red lace over her face and 10-inch Alexander McQueen armadillo clodhoppers on her feet. It seems Lady Gaga will wear anything. And so will her fans, who, on...
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'Top Chef': The wrong chef sent packing
Pretty much everyone -- and we'll include the president of the United States -- knows all too well that Washington, D.C., isn't always very fair. Yet rarely is the capitol as unjust as it was in...
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Did 'Star Wars' become a toy story? Producer Gary Kurtz looks back [Updated]
Here is a longer version of my story on Gary Kurtz that appears in Thursday's Calendar section. “Star Wars” was born a long time ago, but not all that far, far away. In 1972, filmmakers George Lucas...
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Project Gutenberg on quest to digitize 1 billion books
Johannes Gutenberg may have invented modern printing, but Michael Hart invented the e-book. At least that's what Hart's e-mail signature says. Indeed, Hart is considered by many in technology and...
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The Deal: Jonathan Adler rugs on sale through Sunday
Jonathan Adler, the man whose book was titled "My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living," delivers a brand of happy chic that just got a little more cheerful: All of his hand-loomed, 100% llama's...
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Apple iAd partners say they're happy with early results
Apple's iAd mobile advertising platform is getting favorable reviews from the companies whose advertisements were the first to run on the new system, including Dove soap-maker Unilever and Nissan....
View ArticleWall Street Roundup: Hedging on guns. Wall Street's next sheriff.
Jobless claims up. The number of people filing for unemployment claims rose last week when most analysts had expected a decline, the Labor Department reported. Why stocks fell. Mohamed El-Erian...
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IRAN: Woman sentenced to stoning death 'confesses' to assisting murder, slams...
A 43-year-old mother of two who recently was sentenced to death by stoning has admitted she was an accomplice to her husband's murderer, confessed to adultery, and posed stark criticism to her lawyer...
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Caught in the Web: Shannon Brown back with the Lakers
--The Times' Broderick Turner explains why Shannon Brown sees the Lakers as the best fit. --NBA.com's Frank Blinebury lists the Lakers as one of the top five teams to watch next season. --Dime...
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'Eat, Pray' L.A. Times bestseller again
Elizabeth Gilbert, devastated after her marriage failed, went to Italy, India and Indonesia to recover and to try to rediscover something about herself. Her immersion in food, faith and the paradise...
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