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Kathy Griffin freaks out over her Emmy loss to Ryan Seacrest
"Call the paramedics!" tweeted Kathy Griffin upon losing the Emmy for best reality program to her nemesis. "I'm putting myself on a 5150 psych hold (a la Britney) 72 hours in a padded cell, far, far...
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Lakers blog profile: ZairaAmaterasu inspired by Kobe Bryant
This is the second post in a weekly series that helps you get to know members of the L.A. Times Lakers blog community. Feel free to send submissions to mgmedin@gmail.com Screen name: ZairaAmaterasu...
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Box office: 'Expendables' still going strong; 'Vampires Suck' draws audiences...
It’s not just the film’s aging stars that have staying power. For the second week in a row, Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables,” the action movie starring an ensemble of performers so long in the...
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Long Beach's funky flight day achieves liftoff
Off we go, into the wild green yonder. That could have been the theme song for an unusual flying contest Saturday in Long Beach. Thirty-five teams participated, pushing fanciful homemade gliders off a...
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Long Beach street race ends with three deaths
Three Long Beach residents were killed early Sunday when a car that had been racing down Ocean Boulevard smashed into a concrete sign, police said. The driver of a Mustang was racing the driver of a...
View ArticleSinger Faith Evans arrested on suspicion of drunk driving
R&B singer Faith Evans was arrested late Saturday after she was stopped at a drunken driving checkpoint near Marina del Rey, according to police. The Grammy Award-winning songstress was arrested on...
View ArticleWillowbrook carjacking suspect shot by sheriff's deputy
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy shot and wounded a carjacking suspect who allegedly stabbed a victim late Saturday in Willowbrook, officials said. The incident occurred about 11:10 p.m. in the...
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High-tech L.A. parking meters will take credit and debit cards; sensors...
The days of lugging around fistfuls of quarters to feed hungry parking meters, or circling the block repeatedly in search of a parking space, could be nearing an end for downtown Los Angeles motorists....
View ArticleRave at L.A. Sports Arena results in 80 arrests and numerous medical calls...
A rave held at the Los Angeles Sports Arena has resulted in the arrests of 80 people and numerous medical calls, according to city police and fire officials.The Love Festival, organized by Go Ventures,...
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EGYPT: $55-million Van Gogh painting 'Poppy Flowers' stolen from Cairo museum
The search is still underway for a Vincent Van Gogh painting that, according to Egypt's minister of culture, Farouk Hosni, was cut from its frame and stolen from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil museum on...
View ArticleRestaurants throwing in the towel as customers watch their waistlines and...
Between worrying about calories and worrying about money, most people have cut way back on dining out. And that's had a negative effect on the bottom line at most restaurants. There were 5,200 fewer...
View ArticleDecomposed body found in Newport Harbor may be that of missing woman
A decomposed body found floating Sunday in Newport Harbor may be that of a woman reported missing more than a week ago, authorities said. The body was discovered by fishermen at about 7:15 a.m. in...
View ArticleAngels place Maicer Izturis on disabled list
The Angels have placed infielder Maicer Izturis on the 15-day disabled list because of inflammation in his right shoulder, an injury he suffered while diving for a base hit against Boston at Fenway...
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Music review: Tchaikovsky spectacular once more at the Hollywood Bowl
In these pages 25 summers ago, Daniel Cariaga summarized the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 17th annual Tchaikovsky Spectacular at the Hollywood Bowl as offering little beyond the tried and true. A young...
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