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Goats rescued after 2 days on 6-inch Montana ledge
Two young goats wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent nearly two days high above the ground until rescuers in a towering cherry picker plucked them from their perch, hungry but...
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NHL approves Kovalchuk deal after union agrees to change salary cap calculations
The NHL and the NHL Players' Assn., ending a contract saga that began July 1 and lingered into Labor Day weekend, reached agreement early Saturday morning Eastern time to change the rules governing...
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Weekly remarks: Obama on the tough economy; Geoff Davis: 3,833 pages of new...
President Obama's weekly remarks, as provided by the White House On Monday, we celebrate Labor Day. It’s a chance to get together with family and friends, to throw some food on the grill, and have a...
View ArticleDon Cornelius and the 'Soul Train' still grooving 40 years later
Approximately 35 years after their creative apogees, names like James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Barry White and Aretha Franklin exist as almost afterthoughts. Their legendary...
View ArticleRetail Roundup: Monthly sales, H&M's latest collaboration, Borders partners...
Retail sales Retailers posted surprisingly solid August sales numbers thanks to heavy discounts during the back-to-school season, which drove healthy levels of traffic and sales. Tax-free holidays that...
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The Deal: Chiasso further reduces clearance items
Modern online retailer Chiasso is offering an extra 15% off select sale items, bringing the total discount on some pieces to 50% or more, through Monday. Clearance items include the Trulli pillow,...
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Critic's Notebook: Reviving forgotten composers on CD
When it comes to the arts, summer in the city is a time for timidity, especially when we venture out of doors. Classical music audiences are expected to go to places like the Hollywood Bowl to hear...
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A hodge-podge of Lakers topics, including Ron Artest's defense and NBA trade...
To start the holiday weekend, let's go rambling around the Web. A Bleacher Report item on top NBA defenders caught my eye because it featured this headline: Is Ron Artest the NBA's top man-to-man...
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Ticket photo of the week: Democrat Obama confronts a puzzling dilemma
Again, we have a surreal photograph of President Barack Obama in action. This time the confused Democrat is caught in the New Orleans rain with a wide umbrella, a narrow gate and no White House...
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What is a masterpiece anyway?
What’s a masterpiece?Laurent Le Bon, director of the Centre Pompidou-Metz, says he doesn’t know. But that’s the central question posed by the new museum’s inaugural exhibition, “Chefs-d’oeuvre?” The...
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SYRIA: Photos reveal hidden devastation of a years-long drought
On a dusty, rocky plain patches of dried grass try to poke through. A couple of makeshift tents, composed of scraps of material flapping insecurely in the wind, attract the eye while two swaddled...
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Salazar: Arctic oil drilling must wait
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is making it clear that he's in no hurry to open the door to new exploratory oil and gas drilling in the offshore Arctic -- not, he said, until more is known about the...
View ArticleIllegal immigrants sparked large brush fire, authorities say
A fire that blackened nearly 900 acres in San Diego County was caused by illegal immigrants who were apparently lost and set off a signal fire. The Cowboy Fire did not burn any homes or cause...
View ArticleThree LAX terminals briefly shut during security snafu [Updated]
Things are slowly getting back to normal at Los Angeles International Airport after three terminals were temporarily shut down Saturday morning because of a security snafu. [Updated 10:22 a.m.: Airport...
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