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Dodge removes Suzie the chimp from its Tent Event commercial [video]
A few weeks ago Unleashed broke the story about the curious case of a Dodge tent event commercial starring Suzie, the young chimpanzee, which was pulled after the car manufacturer received complaints...
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Monster Mash: ABT headed to Cuba; Aztec remains unearthed in Mexico City
-- Heading abroad: New York's American Ballet Theatre will travel to Cuba for the first time in close to 50 years. (Agence France-Presse) -- Human remains: Archaeologists have found ancient Aztec...
View ArticleLindsay Lohan could get out of rehab earlier than expected
Lindsay Lohan could leave her locked-down rehab center at UCLA earlier than expected -- perhaps as early as next week.Lohan was supposed to stay in rehab for 90 days after completing her stint in a...
View ArticlePolitico parent Allbritton Communications goes to battle at FCC over...
A small but very influential media company has become a thorn in the side of Comcast Corp. as the cable giant tries to get regulatory approval for its proposed purchase of NBC Universal through...
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Your morning fashion and beauty report: Emma Watson's eco-chic collaboration...
Emma Watson, just off filming the last "Harry Potter" movie and with her cute new haircut, has been invited to show her fashion collaboration with British fair-trade concern People Tree during Prince...
View ArticleMortgage rates sink lower still -- and refis jump
Mortgage rates fell for the ninth straight week, according to a widely watched survey, with the record lows triggering the highest volume of home refinancing in 15 months. Freddie Mac's weekly report...
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SUDAN: Chilled warehouses offer escape from heat during Ramadan
In an unusual way to escape the heat during the holy month of Ramadan, people in the Sudanese coastal city of Port Sudan pay $3 to rest in air-conditioned fruit warehouses from morning until dusk,...
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Caught in the Web: Pau Gasol travels to India as an NBA ambassador
--The Times' Mike Bresnahan details how Pau Gasol is taking it easy this summer. --L.A. Times Dodgers blogger Steve Dilbeck argues that Frank McCourt could learn a thing or two from Jerry Buss. --The...
View ArticleSilver Lake robbers assault two men, steal iPod
Police in Silver Lake are looking for a band of robbers with shaved heads and a baseball bat who they believe attacked two male pedestrians in separate incidents, stealing an iPod and other small...
View ArticleWall Street Roundup: GM's many bankers. Hedge fund police.
Layoffs pick up. In a bad sign for economic recovery, the number of people applying for jobless benefits climbed last week rather than falling as had been expected. Testing AIG. American International...
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Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato premiere 'Camp Rock 2'
Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato showed why it pays to stay all the way to the end of a movie, popping on stage Wednesday after the "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam" premiere in New York to sing the duet...
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Volunteer beach cleanup Saturday at Will Rogers State Beach
The August Nothin' But Sand beach cleanup will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon at Will Rogers State Beach, Pacific Palisades. Hosted by Heal the Bay, the cleanups are held on the third...
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Remembering track-and-field legends Hal Connolly, Scott Davis
The sport of track and field -- and the sports world in general -- is far poorer today. Two track-and-field legends, Harold Connolly and Scott Davis, died Wednesday. Connolly was an Olympic champion...
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Question of the day: Should Texas sanction Antonio Margarito after California...
Reporters from around the Tribune family tackle the question of the day, then you get a chance to chime in and tell them why they're wrong. Check back throughout the day for updates. Steve Svekis, Sun...
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Chlorine fumes at Caltech close nine buildings
Chlorine fumes leaked into the steam tunnels under Caltech’s campus in Pasadena on Thursday morning, leading campus officials to close nine buildings and evacuate several people.Officials received a...
View ArticleTwo San Bernardino County men suspected of stealing electrical wiring from...
Two San Bernardino County men were arrested this past week on suspicion of stealing electrical wiring from a shuttered federal prison in Boron, a desolate compound in the middle of the Mojave Desert....
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EGYPT: Electricity outages spoil Ramadan celebrations
Thousands of Egyptians were forced to break their Ramadan fasting by candlelight on Wednesday. Not really what could be called a romantic iftar, but rather a way of coping with rolling electrical...
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$500,000 Barnes Foundation grant questioned
An obscure but important early player in the now widely criticized plan to move the Barnes Foundation's unique collection of Post-Impressionist, early Modern and other art from a residential suburb...
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