Los Angeles Times
- Indonesians resigned to further delay in Obama's visit
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 09:32 PMMany understand the importance of the president staying in Washington until a healthcare bill is passed.
More | Talk - Afghan detainee releases aimed at earning goodwill
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 06:04 PMThe community-release program is part of a U.S.-led effort to redress a major Afghan grievance over suspected insurgents being held for months with little or no opportunity to make their case.
More | Talk - Monarch butterflies suffer population loss
Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 03:00 AMStorms in Mexico devastate an already low population of the migrating butterfly.
More | Talk - Earthquake in Chile gives engineers some pointers
Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 03:00 AMProfessionals from Los Angeles traveled to South America to study the aftermath, hoping their observations will help them design safer buildings.
More | Talk - Two of L.A.'s biggest supergraphics coming down as crackdown intensifies
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 03:11 AMTwo of the tallest and most controversial supergraphics in Los Angeles, standing 11 stories in Hollywood, are being removed by the sign company after City Atty.
More | Talk - Carl Icahn launches hostile takeover bid for Lions Gate
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 10:28 AMOne week after Lions Gate Entertainment rejected his holdings in the studio, investor Carl Icahn is launching a hostile takeover bid for the entire company.
More | Talk - Indonesia's reaction to Obama's postponed trip? It's OK
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 10:16 AMMost understand the president's decision to delay a visit until June, saying his push for healthcare reform legislation should be a priority.
More | Talk - UC could oversee prison health
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 03:04 AMA proposal by the Schwarzenegger administration to overhaul the troubled medical care system for inmates could save $12 billion over a decade, officials say.
More | Talk - Polanski is petitioning for freedom
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 09:18 PMThe film director's attorneys want the case against him dropped based on the alleged misconduct of the judge in the 1977 child sex case.
More | Talk - Attorney general candidate wants to list South Dakota job title on ballot
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 09:19 PMRepublican John Eastman has chosen to list his job as 'assistant attorney general' without specifying where. His opponents cry foul.
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- Dutch reject contention that gay troops undermined military
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 07:29 PMAfter retired U.S. Gen. John Sheehan criticized the Dutch policy, linking it to the Srebrenica massacre in 1995, the Netherlands' defense minister calls the comments 'unworthy of a soldier.'
More | Talk - GOP senator: Healthcare bill may cost immigration overhaul
Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 03:00 AMSen.
More | Talk - Clinton upbeat on Israel ties
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 06:36 PMShe and others at a Moscow meeting of the 'quartet' push for revived Mideast talks.
More | Talk - Anna Nicole Smith's estate loses claim to Texas oilman's riches
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 04:21 PMTexas oilman J. Howard Marshall II never intended to bestow his fortune on his wife Anna Nicole Smith, a federal court ruled Friday, marking another twist in a convoluted inheritance battle that has outlived both Smith and her adversary, Marshall's son and executor E.
More | Talk - 2 congressmen join healthcare bandwagon
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 11:49 AMTwo Democrats on Friday became the latest members of the House to announce that they will vote for the healthcare insurance overhaul as Democrats continued their cajoling ahead of this weekend's expected vote.
More | Talk - Scientists side with smelt, salmon protections
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 03:00 AMA panel with the National Academy of Sciences says measures taken to save the fish that have also curbed water supplies from the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta are scientifically justified.
More | Talk - Tiny amusement parks by the sea draw penny-pinching crowds
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 07:40 PMVacationers are turning to old-fashioned Ferris wheels and carousels over expensive, high-tech thrill rides. What's the appeal?
More | Talk - Budget report gives healthcare bill a boost
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 03:00 AMNews that the overhaul would cut the deficit by $138 billion over the next decade wins more Democratic support.
More | Talk - Flags raised over sponsor of Democratic golf fundraiser
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 09:42 PMAn association of cable companies that opposes Internet legislation before the California Legislature is footing the bill for an event at Torrey Pines in La Jolla.
More | Talk - DWP board imposes first of four electricity rate hikes
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 09:17 PMThe increases over the next year are planned to help the nation's largest municipal utility cover its financial commitments and continue Mayor Villaraigosa's plan for securing more renewable power.
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- Swine flu danger appears to be ebbing
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 07:50 PMThe CDC says a third wave of the H1N1 pandemic is less likely in the U.S.
More | Talk - Democrats make final healthcare push
Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 03:00 AMObama and Pelosi work to nail down support from wavering lawmakers ahead of Sunday's vote.
More | Talk - L.A., Anaheim vie to steal Comic-Con from San Diego
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 07:14 PMThe huge comic book and pop culture convention is outgrowing the San Diego Convention Center. All three cities want the crowds and their tourist dollars.
More | Talk - Child sleeping inside stolen truck found safe
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 05:01 PMAuthorities searched Friday for a thief who stole a truck with a 5-year-old-boy inside. The abandoned vehicle was recovered a short time later and the boy was safe, authorities said.
More | Talk - Pushing for healthcare measure, Obama calls on Congress to rise above politics
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 12:50 PMIn another pitch for reform legislation, the president says an expected weekend House vote is 'historic.' 'It's a debate about the character of our country,' he says.
More | Talk - Former KB Home exec testifies he lied in stock options inquiry
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 03:00 AMGary Ray, the home builder's onetime human resources chief, says he initially tried to conceal backdating involving ex-CEO Bruce Karatz from federal investigators.
More | Talk - Spotify CEO Daniel Ek hopes to bring music streaming service to the U.S.
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 03:00 AMBut the Swedish entrepreneur, whose free, ad-supported service already has 7 million users in Europe, says talks with record labels and rights holders have bogged down over details.
More | Talk - L.A. County supervisors' spending is probed
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 03:00 AMProsecutors examine whether supervisors broke the law when they spent millions of taxpayer dollars on pet projects without a public vote or discussion.
More | Talk - FDA cracks down on tobacco marketing to youths
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 10:06 PMThe agency uses its new authority to impose a nationwide ban on selling cigarettes and other products to those under 18 and to put new restrictions on sales methods.
More | Talk - Senators announce framework for bipartisan immigration bill
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 10:22 PMCharles Schumer, a Democrat, and Lindsey Graham, a Republican, propose increasing resources for border enforcement and legalizing millions of illegal immigrants. President Obama praises the proposal.
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