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GOP flies high, but midterm won't b...

GOP flies high, but midterm won't be a breeze

A Republican takeover of the House — maybe even the Senate — looks less impossible every day. Still, money and message problems continue to weigh the party down.

Two months before election day, the U.S. economy is teetering. President Obama's approval ratings are anemic. Republican voters are pumped. The smart money is betting against Democratic incumbents.


Paul Conrad dies at 86; Pulitzer Pr...

Paul Conrad dies at 86; Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist helped bring The Times to national prominence

His unyielding liberal stance, delivered as savage black-and-white harpoons, bedeviled Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and others in power while shedding an uncompromising light on social injustices. He drew for The Times for nearly 30 years.

Paul Conrad, whose fiercely confrontational editorial cartoons made him one of the leading political provocateurs of the second half of the 20th century and who helped push the Los Angeles Times to national prominence, has died. He was 86.


Saving the healing herbs of the bay...

Saving the healing herbs of the bayou

Much of the land of the native Houma people is now underwater, and after the oil spill, one healer's great-grandson fears that the traditional plants once used to save the ill will soon be lost too.

Jason Pitre grew up hearing stories of how his great-grandfather healed babies on the cusp of death using herbs and plants found along Louisiana's bayous. The tribal healer, or traiteur , was known by the native Houma people for his potions and salves that seemed to treat any sickness.


Oil dispersant effects remain a mys...

Oil dispersant effects remain a mystery

BP sprayed chemicals massively in confronting the gulf spill, but scientists aren't sure how much good — or bad — they did.

In the wake of the BP oil spill, gaping questions remain about a key tool used during cleanup: the nearly 2 million gallons of chemical dispersants sprayed over the water or onto the gushing wellhead on the seafloor. Do the chemicals help recovery, hinder it — or neither?


BP oil well declared to be no longe...

BP oil well declared to be no longer a threat to gulf

With the replacement of the failed blowout preventer and a cement plug in place, the well's seal is almost permanent, the federal spill response chief says. The final step will be to plug the well from the bottom.

With a new blowout preventer in place and a 5,000-foot column of cement filling its core, the BP well is no longer in danger of leaking oil, the federal spill response chief said Saturday — although he said it must still be plugged from the bottom for the job to be complete.


Fleet of robots designed to clean u...

Fleet of robots designed to clean up oil

Scientists at MIT have created Seaswarm, which uses super- absorbent 'nanofabric' to suck up slick on the surface of the ocean. It's too late for the gulf spill, but it offers promise for cleaning up future slicks.

Want to clean up an oil spill? There's a robot for that. A team of scientists at MIT have developed a fleet of oil-absorbing robots — Seaswarm — that clean the ocean by collecting oil with a super-absorbent "nanofabric."


LA Weekly

To Stage War Plays, or Not to Stage...

To Stage War Plays, or Not to Stage War Plays

One reaction to Steven Leigh Morris' cover story on the Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble play cycle about Iraq and Afghanistan ("The War Within Us," August 26) comes from a reader named David. "Great," he says, "do we really need ...
The Family Prostitute

The Family Prostitute

View all photos in Kevin Scanlon's slideshow, "The Family Prostitute: Portraits of Women Brand-New to the Sex Trade."

In the workpl...

Done In by Democratic Process

Done In by Democratic Process

Grassroots democracy is, by all accounts, a good thing. But is there such a thing as too much democracy? L.A.'s continuing experiment with neighborhood councils suggests at times that the answer is yes.

The most recent example occurred in Studio City, where Michael McCue ...

NBC Los Angeles

Zsa Zsa Gabor's Husband Declares Wa...

Zsa Zsa Gabor's Husband Declares War on New York Post


Frederic von Anhalt lays down a profanity-laced rant against the newspaper, saying he plans to sue for $10 million.


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Matt Leinart Released From Arizona ...

Matt Leinart Released From Arizona Cardinals


Let the job search begin for a former Trojan and Heisman Trophy winner.


Matt Leinart - Heisman Trophy - Derek Anderson - Arizona Cardinals - Arizona
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Aunts May Get Supervised Visits Wit...

Aunts May Get Supervised Visits With Beresford-Redman Kids


The parents of former "Survivor" producer Bruce Beresford-Redman want a judge to appoint a third party to oversee their grandchildren's visits with their two aunts after the siblings allegedly told one child...


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Taste of Beverly Hills

Taste of Beverly Hills


Taste of Beverly Hills is a four-day festival that will celebrate all things epicurean in ALL of Los Angeles. The festival will consist of everything from local restaurant tastings and live cooking...


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Bell Council Decides to Investigate...

Bell Council Decides to Investigates Ousted City Manager


Council members decide to authorize investigation of Robert Rizzo, the former city manager.


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Biz Journals

Time Warner, Disney parent reach de...

Time Warner, Disney parent reach deal

A standoff between Walt Disney Co. and Time Warner Cable Inc. as the two sides drew up new contract terms ended late Thursday. (DIS) (TWC)
Gas prices drop before Labor Day

Gas prices drop before Labor Day

Heading into Labor Day weekend, Southern California travelers will be able to fill their tanks for under $3 a gallon at an increasing number of stations after a third-straight week of price drops.
Wells Fargo names chief administrat...

Wells Fargo names chief administrative officer

Wells Fargo & Co. has appointed Tim Sloan chief administrative officer, a new position that reports to the company's chairman and CEO, John Stumpf. (WFC)
First phase of Rose Bowl renovation...

First phase of Rose Bowl renovation OKed

The first phase of the proposed $171 million renovation of the Rose Bowl has been approved by the Pasadena Design Commission, according to a report in the Pasadena Star News.
Divorce court unveils Dodger debtlo...

Divorce court unveils Dodger debtload

The divorce trial of Frank and Jamie McCourt continues to unfold in Los Angeles, and not unlike a young child, the Los Angeles Dodgers continue to be stuck in the middle.
ABC, ESPN stay on air as Disney-Tim...

ABC, ESPN stay on air as Disney-Time Warner talks continue

The Walt Disney Co. and Time Warner Cable failed to meet a midnight deadline, but ABC, ESPN and The Disney Channel will remain available to Los Angeles cable customers as the talks continue. (TWC) (DIS)

LA Daily News

Malibu burglary suspect — als...

Malibu burglary suspect — also facing Reseda bribery, Honolulu drug charges — arrested in Hawaii

A man who fled the state after allegedly trying to bribe and then extort sheriff's deputies in Reseda by pretending they assaulted him in custody has been arrested in Hawaii, authorities said.
ATM robbers in Palmdale sought by d...

ATM robbers in Palmdale sought by deputies

Palmdale deputies are looking for two men who may have been potential witnesses to an attempted robbery in July.
Leases go to pot as L.A. closes Val...

Leases go to pot as L.A. closes Valley medical-marijuana collectives

The store had been a perfect fit for Martin Khachaturian's small Canoga Park strip center. It brought in tons of business.
L.A. artists fight to save city's l...

L.A. artists fight to save city's legacy of murals

At one time hosting an estimated 1,500 pieces of wall art, Los Angeles is the nation's mural capital, but that's a fading distinction thanks to prolific graffiti taggers, a legal morass over classifying the artworks as illegal signs, and neglect.
Not the best of times for L.A.'s la...

Not the best of times for L.A.'s labor unions

Battered by a faltering economy and threatened by salary cuts and reduced pensions, labor unions in Los Angeles have little to celebrate this Labor Day.
Labor Day closures

Labor Day closures

What's closed and what's not for Labor Day on Monday, Sept 6, 2010? Click and find out.

LA Downtown

The Road to Transitville

The Road to Transitville

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa?s 30/10 plan sounds simple: A county in dire need of economic stimulus uses $40 billion in guaranteed future tax revenue to secure federal financing for a dozen mass transit construction projects.
Underground Option Frontrunner for ...

Underground Option Frontrunner for Regional Connector

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority staff prefers an all-underground alignment for the two-mile Regional Connector transit link.
City Hall Abandons ?12 to 2? Develo...

City Hall Abandons ?12 to 2? Development Reform

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - More than two years after Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the ?12-to-2? reform plan to streamline the city?s infamously slow development entitlement and permitting process, those plans have died a slow death. The city is now turning to a private consultant for advice on developing a new system.
El Pueblo Takes First Step to Rehab...

El Pueblo Takes First Step to Rehabilitate Pico-Garnier Block

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - With her camera in hand, 54-year-old Lucy Bolindo stepped back to take picture of the 1869 Pico House, the first three-story hotel in Los Angeles. She then walked up to a window for a closer look and cupped her hands over her eyes so she could see inside the widows.
DOWNTOWN CHALLENGE: Man Cuts Hair

DOWNTOWN CHALLENGE: Man Cuts Hair

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - It felt a little strange at first to put my hands on other men?s heads, especially ones that I had just met minutes earlier.
?Pick The Pros? Football Contest

?Pick The Pros? Football Contest

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - While not everyone has what it takes to make it in the NFL, you can still get in on the football action with The Downtown News Pick The Pros Contest.
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