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'American Idol' extreme makeover: Kara and Ellen out -- will you still tune in?
What a day it's been for "American Idol."In the last 24 hours, Fox's biggest hit has seen two of its judges exit.First, Ellen DeGeneres. DeGeneres, who made her debut as judge this season after Paula...
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Fashion, make-up lines inspired by Ciudad Juarez spark apology
The U.S. cosmetics company MAC, owned by Estee Lauder, and fashion house Rodarte have apologized for a controversial make-up line with product names such as "Quinceanera," "Ghost Town," "Factory," and...
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Gulf oil spill: Louisiana fish and shrimp get thumbs-up
Is Louisiana seafood safe to eat? U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Friday heartily endorsed the decision of Louisiana fisheries officials to reopen wide swaths of...
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Gulf oil spill: Fishermen decry a lost season
The reopening of a broad swath of Louisiana waters this week to fishing and shrimping won't salvage the livelihoods of many Gulf of Mexico fishermen this season after the devastating effects of the...
View ArticleGulf oil spill: Did Coast Guard allow excessive toxic dispersants?
Documents released by a congressional committee Saturday show that the U.S. Coast Guard appeared to flout a May 25 Obama administration directive that sought to limit the use of chemical dispersants on...
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Homeless in Haiti, and losing hope
Misery is gripping the survivors of Haiti's catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake, more than six months after the disaster and despite an international outpouring of humanitarian aid and goodwill. L.A....
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Mexican airline in disarray amid flight cancellations, pilot protest
Financial troubles forced Mexicana de Aviacion, the first airline established in Mexico and among the oldest in the world, to suddenly cancel on Monday several regular flights to destinations in the...
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Fishing limits in Aleutians aim to save Steller sea lions
Federal authorities have proposed shutting down fishing for cod and mackerel across more than 131,000 square miles in the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska to halt continuing declines in Steller sea...
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Can Christiane Amanpour breathe any life into the Sunday morning news show...
Call me crazy, but I've never been able to shake the habit of watching the Sunday morning news shows, even though you can go weeks on end without ever seeing any real news. So, of course, I had to...
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Showbiz shocker: Hollywood is really ruled by ... fear!
My favorite conservative film blog is Libertas Film Magazine, since they actually love movies and (unlike the crazies over at Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood) don't view every film through the prism...
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Bell coverage resonates with readers
The Times first alerted readers to the high salaries paid to city of Bell officials in an article July 15 headlined "Is a city manager worth $800,000?" The controversy following the report has led to...
View ArticleGlobal warming: Judge softens Proposition 23 ballot language
A Sacramento judge Tuesday softened the ballot description of Proposition 23, a November initiative to suspend the state’s sweeping global warming law. Proponents of the initiative called the ruling “a...
View ArticleDeath toll in Mexico's drug war raised to 28,000
At least 28,000 people have been killed in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon launched a campaign against organized crime and drug traffickers 3 1/2 years ago, the director of Mexico's national...
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The 'Inception' generational chasm: Is it about age or is it about taste?...
I've been getting deluged with e-mail and comments about this week's column "Why Is It That the Older You Are the More You Can't Stand 'Inception'?" As it turns out, while many "older" filmmakers...
View ArticleWhy 2 million (promised) green jobs couldn't sell a climate bill
From the early days of the Obama administration, environmentalists believed that they had found the message to carry them to victory in what promised to be a grueling debate over energy and climate...
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