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c8639c7f03d772dc8e36014804ca6afb | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jun-21-la-fg-us-yemen-aircraft-20120621-story.html | U.S. weighs plan to send military aircraft to aid Yemen | U.S. weighs plan to send military aircraft to aid Yemen
WASHINGTON —Spurred by recent battlefield gains, the Pentagon is making plans to send U.S. military aircraft to Yemen for the first time to help move government troops and supplies more quickly into battle against Islamic militants, U.S. officials said.
Senior U.S... |
dbb1cbb560c78e78c77a48c4453aed7c | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jun-21-la-na-nn-viral-video-kids-bullying-school-bus-monitor-20120621-story.html | Video shows kids bullying school bus monitor; now, the questions | Video shows kids bullying school bus monitor; now, the questions
A video of New York schoolboys taunting a 68-year-old school bus monitor has gone viral, watched more than 1.65 million times since it was posted online Tuesday. It’s led many people to decry a new low in an increasingly coarse culture and to ask: What’s ... |
c902c9b0e483f7950e1968bfe9d5add5 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jun-21-la-na-nn-zimmerman-reenactment-video-20120621-story.html | Video: George Zimmerman describes Trayvon Martin encounter | Video: George Zimmerman describes Trayvon Martin encounter
In a video released Wednesday, former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman walks the scene where he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, describing for police what he said happened that night.
Zimmerman said to police in the video that he fired ... |
1ec82f35d4cb32d30ad2187d9fe95564 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jun-22-la-na-nn-distracted-driving-congress-20120622-story.html | Give states money to fight distracted driving? Congress ponders | Give states money to fight distracted driving? Congress ponders
WASHINGTON -- Should Congress use scarce gas tax funds to try to coax states into cracking down on distracted driving?
That’s the question before the House, which will vote next week on whether to seek to keep $78 million in “legislative candy’’ out of a n... |
10696dcd6da679657c9682f050e2daec | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jun-25-la-na-nn-koch-brothers-cato-institute-20120625-story.html | Koch brothers’ effort to take over Cato Institute appears over | Koch brothers’ effort to take over Cato Institute appears over
The Koch brothers’ attempted takeover of the libertarian Cato Institute has come to an end, at least for now.
Charles and David Koch — the Kansas billionaires at the center of a network of conservative financial and intellectual influence sometimes derisive... |
20b5147a5f6f9d2f0a28c04943f98916 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jun-25-la-na-nn-sea-level-atlantic-20120625-story.html | USGS: Sea level in Atlantic ‘hot spot’ rising faster than world’s | USGS: Sea level in Atlantic ‘hot spot’ rising faster than world’s
Sea levels in a 620-mile “hot spot’’ along the Atlantic coast are rising three to four times faster than the global average, according to a new study by theU.S. Geological Survey.
The sharp rise in sea levels from North Carolina to Massachusetts could me... |
fbaf30b7e15ef10d3612fa50666d139a | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jun-25-la-na-nn-supreme-court-immigration-arizona-20120625-story.html | In Arizona, cheers and disillusionment follow immigration ruling | In Arizona, cheers and disillusionment follow immigration ruling
PHOENIX -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer called it a victory for all Americans. But undocumented worker Jorge Martinez said the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday to uphold part of the state’s immigration law was a bitter defeat that would cause fear among im... |
0f432003579a41cee1fcdd836e72bfe8 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jun-28-la-na-nn-plane-glacier-alaska-06282012-story.html | After 60 years, Alaska glacier gives up wreckage from 1952 crash | After 60 years, Alaska glacier gives up wreckage from 1952 crash
The shifting of an Alaskan glacier has released wreckage and frozen remains from what is believed to be a military cargo plane that crashed 60 years ago, killing everyone aboard, military officials said Thursday. This week, for the first time, the militar... |
1bde54d733038c36c7d66f6fc948cccc | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jun-28-la-pn-house-expected-to-find-eric-holder-in-contempt-of-congress-20120628-story.html | House expected to find Eric Holder in contempt of Congress | House expected to find Eric Holder in contempt of Congress
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives has begun considering whether to find Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for ignoring a subpoena to turn over internal Department of Justice documents in the “Fast and Furious” gun-tracking scandal.
I... |
47ed66b435aec912a82c20bda8f3f153 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jun-28-la-pn-obama-calls-for-country-to-move-forward-after-healthcare-win-20120628-story.html | Obama calls for country to move ‘forward’ after healthcare win | Obama calls for country to move ‘forward’ after healthcare win
WASHINGTON – President Obama claimed victory Thursday in the Supreme Court decision to uphold his healthcare law, declaring it a win for the American people rather than for him politically.
In a brief address from the White House, Obama embraced the court d... |
2d3c2cad490dc64a35b6c2abab436839 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-01-la-na-nn-koch-cato-institute-20120301-story.html | Who controls Cato Institute? Koch brothers ask the courts | Who controls Cato Institute? Koch brothers ask the courts
The markets can’t solve everything: Billionaire brothers and libertarian icons Charles and David Koch are taking to the courts to solve an ownership dispute involving the Cato Institute.
The president of the institute, a longtime pillar of free-market thinking i... |
e7815f229917e3101bf06be8320bed40 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-02-la-fg-afghanistan-soldiers-20120302-story.html | In Afghanistan, two more U.S. troops killed over Koran burning | In Afghanistan, two more U.S. troops killed over Koran burning
The desert’s nighttime chill had taken hold at a small U.S.-Afghan base in the Taliban’s heartland: the home village, in fact, of Mullah Mohammed Omar, the movement’s founder and supreme commander. For the American troops manning the outpost, though, the da... |
9b647f64cd78ebe20e579460ed9ede85 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-03-la-na-nn-limbaugh-apology-20120303-story.html | Rush Limbaugh apologizes for ‘slut’ remarks aimed at Sandra Fluke | Rush Limbaugh apologizes for ‘slut’ remarks aimed at Sandra Fluke
In what was surely a rare move for the conservative radio host, Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday to the Georgetown University law school student he called a “slut” and “prostitute” earlier in the week.
The apology, posted to his website, said he did not... |
6e0e5e43ee718ff42b87fc75cde7428c | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-05-la-na-nn-popcorn-lawsuit-20120305-story.html | Michigan man files lawsuit over high price of movie popcorn | Michigan man files lawsuit over high price of movie popcorn
A Michigan man says the price of movie theater popcorn is ridiculously high. Same goes for the sodas and candies sold by movie concessionaires. So Joshua Thompson is taking the issue to a higher authority: He’s filed a class-action lawsuit to end what he says ... |
83341594fd0095a8131293e4d6f58f53 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-06-la-na-nn-buckyballs-37-20120306-story.html | Buckyballs are not -- repeat, not -- a toy: Child swallows 37 | Buckyballs are not -- repeat, not -- a toy: Child swallows 37
Buckyballs sure do go down easy. That’s what the parents of a Portland, Ore., 3-year-old discovered after 37 of the magnets -- which the company itself calls “high-powered” -- were removed from the child’s intestines.
Despite what you may have thought when h... |
aec80ba93cc451e4cb14e780ccfebfbd | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-06-la-na-nn-patricia-heaton-rush-limbaugh-20120306-story.html | Patricia Heaton is a Hollywood rarity: Outspoken conservative | Patricia Heaton is a Hollywood rarity: Outspoken conservative
Patricia Heaton‘s rush to support Rush Limbaugh this week shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has closely followed her rise as one of the most successful comedic actresses in Hollywood.
Heaton, a Twitter power-user who dubs her more than 69,000 follow... |
092f3f6e94e1af719f30b44bb6d7f171 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-08-la-na-nn-solar-storm-20120308-story.html | Solar storm is a bit of a dud -- but wait, there’s more to come | Solar storm is a bit of a dud -- but wait, there’s more to come
“The shock has arrived!”
At about 5:45 a.m. Eastern time Thursday, the geomagnetic storm from a massive solar flare that rippled the surface of the sun on Tuesday night finally reached the Earth’s atmosphere.
The Facebook page for the National Oceanic and ... |
5dcc01e7e0f27782e07c6c2ab0e04e5a | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-09-la-na-nn-chicken-mcnugget-george-washington-20120309-story.html | Chicken McNugget resembling George Washington still up for sale | Chicken McNugget resembling George Washington still up for sale
A Chicken McNugget bearing a striking resemblance to founding father George Washington is still on the auction block and can be yours -- assuming you have about $8,000 lying around.
Rebekah Speight of Dakota City, Neb., made headlines this week when she ne... |
12f2eec7439adde58c2d7b03be365338 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-12-la-na-nn-girl-scouts-100th-birthday-20120312-story.html | Girl Scouts celebrate a milestone: Happy 100th anniversary! | Girl Scouts celebrate a milestone: Happy 100th anniversary!
Girl Scouts of the USA, you’re aging exceptionally well. Happy 100th anniversary!The organization for girls was started 100 years ago today by Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Ga. Impressed by the fledgling scouting movement at that time -- aimed at boys -- Lo... |
39415aa3420985edac9da63944459ced | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-12-la-na-nn-richard-nixon-love-letters-20120312-story.html | Richard Nixon’s love letters go on exhibit | Richard Nixon’s love letters go on exhibit
Richard Nixon sure had a way with his lady.
The nation’s 37th president married his wife, Pat, after a courtship that was marked by love letters in which the two flirted the old-fashioned way: via pen and paper.
Nixon called her his “dearest heart” and his “Irish gypsy” in new... |
50bc1b610e03992d24e81026a9532130 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-13-la-na-nn-dick-cheney-canada-20120313-story.html | Dick Cheney cancels trip to Canada, saying it’s too dangerous | Dick Cheney cancels trip to Canada, saying it’s too dangerous
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was making headlines Tuesday after canceling an appearance in Toronto, reportedly citing safety concerns.
“Dick Cheney cancels Toronto trip, says Canada is too dangerous,” bleated the headline in the National Post, whic... |
b8636d665c12d7d88dd54bbb9057ee75 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-14-la-na-nn-akira-yoshizawa-google-doodle-20120314-story.html | Akira Yoshizawa gets Google Doodle: Wet origami? That’s genius | Akira Yoshizawa gets Google Doodle: Wet origami? That’s genius
Akira Yoshizawa, recipient of a Google Doodle honoring the 101st anniversary of his birth, was no mere paper folder. He was an origami artist credited with raising the paper-folding technique to a higher plane. And then dousing it with water.
Yoshizawa’s wo... |
249fd13dbb649ce1554567d0472b89ba | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-14-la-na-nn-new-jersey-man-lottery-cheated-20120314-story.html | N.J. man cheated co-workers out of $38-million jackpot, jury says | N.J. man cheated co-workers out of $38-million jackpot, jury says
Americo Lopes was the guy who ran the lottery pool among his fellow construction workers in Elizabeth, N.J. He’s also the guy who tried to swindle them out of a $38.5-million jackpot, a jury ruled Wednesday.
The jury awarded five of Lopes’ co-workers a t... |
19cc3fd486c24b87eee1b15eaf0ca679 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-16-la-na-stevens-prosecutors-20120316-story.html | Report details prosecutors’ alleged misconduct in Ted Stevens case | Report details prosecutors’ alleged misconduct in Ted Stevens case
A team of government lawyers prosecuting Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska never fully reviewed evidence that could have bolstered his defense, was inadequately supervised, and withheld information that would have “seriously damaged the testimony and credibili... |
bcd71072cc716b619c9ad191f78fd379 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-17-la-na-nn-corned-beef-and-cabbage-20120317-story.html | Corned beef and cabbage: Ireland says, no, thank you | Corned beef and cabbage: Ireland says, no, thank you
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, so naturally we think of corned beef and cabbage. It’s a dish that’s as Irish as pepperoni pizza is Italian and chop suey is Chinese.
In other words, not very Irish at all.
The Irish writing duo of Belfast-born Peter Morwood and former New Yor... |
5399854a84c8d6bf9f0e0ae14a67e879 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-19-la-na-nn-florida-teen-neighborhood-watch-20120319-story.html | Trayvon Martin death: Arrest urged in neighborhood-watch shooting | Trayvon Martin death: Arrest urged in neighborhood-watch shooting
Florida residents are no longer alone in their demand for answers in the case of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black teenager who was walking unarmed through a gated community in Sanford, Fla., last month when he was shot and killed by a neighborhood-wat... |
3a8adf1644b4198173b9defd0bf4dc27 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-20-la-na-nn-trayvon-martin-cell-phone-conversation-20120320-story.html | Self-defense? Trayvon Martin was using cellphone, attorney says | Self-defense? Trayvon Martin was using cellphone, attorney says
Florida teen Trayvon Martin was apparently chatting on a cellphone with his 16-year-old girlfriend when he was confronted -- and then killed -- by a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain. That call, says the attorney for the slain 17-year-old’s family,... |
e848103edcf0d4a2901c26964f9093d1 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-21-la-na-nn-banned-book-caravan-amid-tucson-ethnic-studies-controversy-20120320-story.html | Banned-book caravan enters Tucson ethnic studies controversy | Banned-book caravan enters Tucson ethnic studies controversy
Si se puede leer. Yes we can read.
Tucson’s ethnic studies quandary just won’t go away. Months after the school board suspended its Mexican American studies program rather than lose more than $14 million in state aid, a caravan of writers and activists brough... |
6adeed141ac1d2f094c52b878d7ef73e | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-21-la-na-nn-mega-millions-how-to-avoid-getting-scammed-in-the-office-pool-20120321-story.html | Mega Millions: 6 tips to avoid getting scammed in the office pool | Mega Millions: 6 tips to avoid getting scammed in the office pool
Mega Millions’ $290-million jackpot is up for grabs, and office workers across the country are no doubt pooling resources to buy a bunch of tickets. But how do you keep from getting swindled?
It happens, you know. Just last week, a New Jersey jury found ... |
7f3e83d3ec370f0cb4185ad085862c32 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-22-la-na-nn-new-mexico-causes-stir-with-centennial-marketing-campaign-20120322-story.html | New Mexico centennial -- and a call for ‘light-skinned Hispanic’ | New Mexico centennial -- and a call for ‘light-skinned Hispanic’
New Mexico was planning to celebrate its statehood centennial by inviting tourists to come experience the state’s rich culture, take in its extraordinary views and have epic outdoor adventures.
But the Land of Enchantment’s promotion hit a snag, raising q... |
31b0282e8035268fffc1ec233aeb56a1 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-22-la-na-nn-police-chief-steps-aside-0120322-story.html | Trayvon Martin case: Sanford police chief temporarily steps aside | Trayvon Martin case: Sanford police chief temporarily steps aside
Bill Lee temporarily stepped down Thursday as police chief of Sanford, Fla., in the wake of complaints about how he handled the case of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager shot to death by a neighborhood watch officer.
At a televised news conference, Lee an... |
2759f6c70f0f54d90e37a0007150c7e8 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-22-la-na-nn-trayvon-martin-case-rev-al-sharpton-20120322-story.html | Trayvon Martin case: Rev. Al Sharpton takes civil rights stage | Trayvon Martin case: Rev. Al Sharpton takes civil rights stage
The Rev. Al Sharpton awoke on Thursday morning to learn that his 87-year-old mother, Ada Sharpton, had lost her battle with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in Dothan, Ala. But the civil rights activist and MSNBC host had little time to privately grieve her... |
4a117622765d308021a694261a438e76 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-23-la-na-nn-george-zimmerman-20120323-story.html | Trayvon Martin case: George Zimmerman, mystery gunman | Trayvon Martin case: George Zimmerman, mystery gunman
George Zimmerman, who shot a black teenager in Florida, is in hiding after receiving death threats. A full portrait has yet to emerge of the 28-year-old, one of the characters at the center of the drama that has turned questions about race and guns into a national d... |
427a79cb5dcb69f7ffef3a36e017260f | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-23-la-na-nn-kim-kardashian-flour-bombed-20120323-story.html | Kim Kardashian ‘flour bombed’ at launch for her new perfume | Kim Kardashian ‘flour bombed’ at launch for her new perfume
Kim Kardashian was “flour bombed” Thursday night -- that is, someone hurled a baggie of flour at her -- as she arrived on the red carpet to market the launch of her new fragrance.
The flour bomb assault on Kardashian could lead to new rules of engagement betwe... |
a43f64558d2fce9cd384ebf0eac00e6b | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-24-la-fg-pope-mexico-20120324-story.html | In Mexico, Pope Benedict decries ‘evil’ behind drug violence | In Mexico, Pope Benedict decries ‘evil’ behind drug violence
Pope Benedict XVI traveled to Mexico on Friday, urging this nation’s Catholics to resist the temptations of violent drug traffickers and calling for change in Cuba.
This is Benedict’s first voyage to the Spanish-speaking Americas; after three days in Mexico, ... |
1c28a65fd36788f1af37bc020777e64d | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-24-la-pn-louisiana-primary-voters-enthusiasm-20120324-story.html | Louisiana primary voters hardly enthusiastic about GOP options | Louisiana primary voters hardly enthusiastic about GOP options
For much of a Saturday afternoon with perfect warm and breezy voting weather, the poll workers in the gym at T.H. Harris Middle School had the place to themselves. No more than several voters were in the booths at one time and for long stretches there were ... |
cf8ef784cc1c3b1a0d07a48f1f8908c1 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-26-la-na-nn-cesar-chavez-20120326-story.html | Cesar Chavez and farm workers get respect from U.S. Labor Department | Cesar Chavez and farm workers get respect from U.S. Labor Department
In another tribute to Cesar E. Chavez and the farm workers movement, the U.S. Labor Department on Monday named the auditorium at its Washington headquarters after the legendary California labor organizer.
It also added pioneers of the farm workers mov... |
4d51f40a68f617cd25c322b912a1b3bd | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-26-la-na-nn-trayvon-martin-20120326-story.html | Trayvon Martin case: Marijuana reports irrelevant, family says | Trayvon Martin case: Marijuana reports irrelevant, family says
The parents of slain black teenager Trayvon Martin on Monday angrily lashed out at reports that their son was suspended from school because of marijuana, accusing authorities of continuing to demonize the memory of the victim in order to support George Zimm... |
4965bd5c2bb3a6e23537407092a29b29 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-26-la-na-nn-trayvon-martin-crowd-commision-20120326-story.html | Trayvon Martin case: In Sanford, Fla., hundreds speak as one | Trayvon Martin case: In Sanford, Fla., hundreds speak as one
SANFORD, Fla. -- The nation’s leading civil rights advocates and hundreds of outraged people packed this laid-back lakeside community Monday to demand the arrest of the man who killed African American teenager Trayvon Martin, even as city police sources revea... |
8b9538e1210567316ffd60ee3aac2d13 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-27-la-na-nn-trayvon-martin-20120327-story.html | Trayvon Martin case: Family goes to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers | Trayvon Martin case: Family goes to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers
The family of slain teenager Trayvon Martin traveled to Washington on Tuesday to meet with lawmakers studying racial profiling.
The parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, and the family lawyer, Benjamin Crump, will meet with some members of the ... |
9dc63082ee778d8bff97c685bb7a083c | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-27-la-oe-goldberg-trayvon-martin-race-20120327-story.html | Goldberg: Playing the race card again | Goldberg: Playing the race card again
“White Hispanic.” That’s how the New York Times, Reuters and other media outlets have opted to describe George Zimmerman, a man who would simply be Hispanic (or Latino in this newspaper) if he hadn’t shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The term, rarely if ever used before t... |
624e7561ccaa94f9738084422c0a028a | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-28-la-na-zimmerman-profile-20120329-story.html | In Trayvon Martin case, a complex portrait of shooter emerges | In Trayvon Martin case, a complex portrait of shooter emerges
SANFORD, Fla. — For many Americans, George Zimmerman has become the face of barbarous vigilante justice.
For Olivia Bertalan, he was the face of compassion: a neighbor of consummate graciousness and low-key gallantry.
About six months before Zimmerman shot a... |
ee7c09569bd718d5855f3795be14d1b7 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-29-la-na-nn-trayvon-martin-spike-lee-20120329-story.html | Trayvon Martin: Spike Lee in talks with couple forced to flee home | Trayvon Martin: Spike Lee in talks with couple forced to flee home
Spike Lee, the noted film director and civil rights activist, is in talks to resolve complaints from a Florida couple who say they were forced from their home when he retweeted their address to his Twitter followers as part of the ongoing furor surround... |
af933cf16c1b869e6a4cbb5c617daea6 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-mar-30-la-na-immigration-residency-20120331-story.html | Obama proposes new rule for immigrant families | Obama proposes new rule for immigrant families
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is proposing to make it easier for illegal immigrants who are immediate family members of American citizens to apply for permanent residency, a move that could affect as many as 1 million of the estimated 11 million immigrants living h... |
7c7b321b8b32e81ad0fec7b4cd23126f | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-03-la-michele-bachmann-to-endorse-formal-rival-mitt-romney-20120502-story.html | Michele Bachmann to endorse former rival Mitt Romney | Michele Bachmann to endorse former rival Mitt Romney
While seeking the Republican nomination for president for much of last year, Michele Bachmann urged voters in her party to support her as the true conservative in the race — a plea that was an implicit dig at front-runner Mitt Romney.
But four months after dropping o... |
4e471d65f86078dcade4c632aa7bb868 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-04-la-na-nn-kent-state-survivors-20120504-story.html | Kent State shootings: Survivors want Eric Holder to examine tape | Kent State shootings: Survivors want Eric Holder to examine tape
Four people wounded in the 1970 National Guard shootings at Kent State University have asked for a federal investigation centered on a digitally enhanced audio recording of the confrontation. Four students were killed and nine injured in the incident, whi... |
ebfc44a59fecb80725ff84cb25d09cbe | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-07-la-pn-obama-arne-duncan-gay-marriage-20120507-story.html | Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he supports gay marriage | Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he supports gay marriage
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday that he supports gay marriage rights, a declaration that came as President Obama’s reelection campaign downplayed comments from Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday that some saw as an evolution in the administration... |
0f98ea7cfa07681479ae068610e6e0d9 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-09-la-na-nn-facebook-principal-20120509-story.html | Facebook friend or high school principal? Students can’t be sure | Facebook friend or high school principal? Students can’t be sure
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Attention, students: If someone you don’t know tries to friend you on Facebook, ask yourself whether it might actually be your high school principal.
Consider “Suzy Harriston.” Her profile picture showed only penguins, and a bunch of s... |
88bbdaee9180fef7096620eb608dcde0 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-16-la-na-nn-injuries-martin-zimmerman-20120516-story.html | Trayvon Martin case: Details on Zimmerman injuries, but no answers | Trayvon Martin case: Details on Zimmerman injuries, but no answers
An autopsy of Trayvon Martin, the black unarmed teenager who was fatally shot by a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer, shows that his body had injuries to the knuckles, while a medical report on the shooter, George Zimmerman, shows that he suffered a ... |
ed4e3b075a5648a9dc8c1abf7c81042f | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-16-la-na-nn-medal-honor-20120516-story.html | Obama awards Vietnam War-era rifleman a posthumous Medal of Honor | Obama awards Vietnam War-era rifleman a posthumous Medal of Honor
President Obama awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor to a Vietnam-era warrior Wednesday, commemorating his bravery as well as a generation of veterans often forgotten, even shunned, by the nation they served.
Obama presented the medal to the widow of Spc.... |
fcd22cb9f9857d38c6a081f9ecbf992b | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-17-la-na-nn-mary-kennedy-20120517-story.html | Autopsy: Mary R. Kennedy died of asphyxiation from hanging | Autopsy: Mary R. Kennedy died of asphyxiation from hanging
Mary Richardson Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. who had struggled with alcohol and drugs, died of asphyxiation due to hanging, it was announced Thursday.
The body of the 52-year-old was found in a building at her home in Bedford, N.Y., on Wedn... |
fe28f9f1efa0a2ee7c434250b0a4d5fa | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-17-la-na-nn-skechers-20120517-story.html | Skechers lawsuit: How to get your piece of the $40-million payout | Skechers lawsuit: How to get your piece of the $40-million payout
Skechers has agreed to pay $40 million to consumers who purchased its rocker-bottom shoes under the mistaken belief that the shoes would help give them Kim Kardashian’s booty or Joe Montana’s stamina. So how do you get your piece of the payout if you pur... |
78d7815bc365267aeb68c98bfdcb2fbb | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-18-la-na-nn-zimmerman-hoa-newsletters-20120518-story.html | Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman: A portrait of the Retreat | Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman: A portrait of the Retreat
If you were living in the gated Florida town house community called the Retreat at Twin Lakes last February, chances are you received a copy of the homeowners association newsletter.
It would have reminded you to properly dispose of your cigarette butts, an... |
865aab0ca1f9cd8d2fa6e3c82a4b460e | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-19-la-na-nn-naacp-gay-marriage-20120519-story.html | NAACP endorses same-sex marriage, says it’s a civil right | NAACP endorses same-sex marriage, says it’s a civil right
In a move that some called historic, the county’s oldest African American civil rights group voted Saturday to endorse same-sex marriage.
The National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People passed a resolution supporting gay marriage at a meeting of its boa... |
578fb29afc0c0f14631716257d8a1c3f | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-23-la-na-nn-famu-hazing-interviews-20120523-story.html | FAMU hazing-death victim allegedly requested rite | FAMU hazing-death victim allegedly requested rite
Robert Champion got his chance for advancement on the night of Nov. 19, according to witnesses. Expected to become the lead drum major for Florida A&M; University’s celebrated Marching 100 band, Champion wanted to go through the hazing rituals that were the stepping sto... |
de130e5b74c7ca6ee74417cbdbf84510 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-28-la-na-nn-marina-keegan-news-brief-20120528-story.html | Marina Keegan: A Yale graduate’s life cut short | Marina Keegan: A Yale graduate’s life cut short
News briefs can be cruel. Not because of what they say, but because of what they don’t.
The Boston Globe ran an item Saturday headlined “Wayland woman dies in Dennis car crash.” It was breaking news, but not unusual. The Globe’s metro desk regularly runs tragedies in brie... |
4e4738ed94e877860f64d62f3667ad3b | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-28-la-na-nn-san-antonio-scanner-chips-20120527-story.html | San Antonio schools to use scanner technology in student IDs | San Antonio schools to use scanner technology in student IDs
You can’t run in the hallways. Now you can’t hide in them, either.
The Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, will embark on an experimental project next year to track thousands of students at two schools by putting scanner chips in thei... |
2d2708d03a70ca6fbccaff09877a84d9 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-30-la-na-nn-five-wives-vodka-idaho-mormons-20120530-story.html | Five Wives Vodka can get a seat at the bar in Utah, not in Idaho | Five Wives Vodka can get a seat at the bar in Utah, not in Idaho
In Utah, you can never have too many wives bringing your vodka, but in Idaho? Not so much, please. The state Liquor Control Division in Boise has ruled that Five Wives Vodka, with a whimsical label featuring five lasses with hiked skirts, isn’t going on s... |
9177b15b0fb2225892fb100b5b702020 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-30-la-na-nn-seattle-shootings-police-mayor-20120530-story.html | Seattle slayings suspect shoots himself as police close in | Seattle slayings suspect shoots himself as police close in
SEATTLE — An explosive day of violence ended Wednesday when a man believed to be the one who shot five people in a university district cafe and a woman in a downtown parking lot knelt down in the street when surrounded by police and shot himself in the head.
“W... |
8101403120155a9beb6dc852feac304b | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-31-la-na-nn-bloomberg-sugary-drinks-20120531-story.html | New York Mayor Bloomberg takes aim at giant-sized sugary sodas | New York Mayor Bloomberg takes aim at giant-sized sugary sodas
NEW YORK -- As one New York institution – the Stock Exchange – prepared to celebrate National Doughnut Day on Friday with a mass giveaway of Krispy Kremes, another New York institution – Mayor Michael Bloomberg – told the city it’s time to fight fat by givi... |
840475d354203ad1313a2118ebc73b75 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-31-la-na-nn-face-eating-cannibal-zombie-20120531-story.html | Mom of face-eating attacker says: ‘He was no zombie’ | Mom of face-eating attacker says: ‘He was no zombie’
A face-eating zombie cannibal or a Bible-reading, church-attending Christian?
Those are the two vastly different portraits being presented of Rudy Eugene, above left. He was gunned down by police Saturday afternoon in Miami after horrified onlookers found him naked a... |
bba02c2051f998812e7133b6a2eb2379 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-02-la-na-nn-hurricane-sandy-east-coast-20121102-story.html | Post-Sandy misery: Power out, toilets clogged, temperatures falling | Post-Sandy misery: Power out, toilets clogged, temperatures falling
NEW YORK -- Days after Sandy hit, metropolitan New York and the New Jersey coast continued their push to repair and rebuild amid rising tensions about the lack of electricity, the dearth of gasoline, the cold weather on the way and the frustrations ove... |
82405fcd4ba643f8616a6e86eba8e223 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-08-la-na-nn-noreaster-east-coast-20121107-story.html | Aid groups seeking funds to assist Superstorm Sandy victims | Aid groups seeking funds to assist Superstorm Sandy victims
As a nor’easter brings winds, waves and snow to areas of coastal New Jersey and outer boroughs of New York City hit hard by Superstorm Sandy, private aid agencies are racing to raise money and provide services for people in the region.
The needs are vast. At l... |
90bceba249472fa94deb69b2253d6504 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-15-la-na-nn-bp-criminal-penalty-gulf-oil-spill-20121115-story.html | BP guilty of criminal misconduct, negligence in gulf oil spill | BP guilty of criminal misconduct, negligence in gulf oil spill
Oil company BP has agreed to plead guilty to misconduct and negligence charges and pay a record $4.5-billion fine in connection with the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, one of the nation’s worst environmental disasters.
In an announcement Thursday morning... |
7f0dd062d5644efd51e6cf67d9fb2bb7 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-19-la-na-nn-solar-eruptions-20121119-story.html | Solar prominences erupt -- and the best is yet to come [Video] | Solar prominences erupt -- and the best is yet to come [Video]
A solar prominence can be a thing of beauty -- a glowing red, looping structure that can twist and turn hundreds of thousands of miles into space from the surface of the sun and last up to several months.
Two such structures went bad on Friday, however, bur... |
7419dff24f95fdf4bcefb4d9cdac6ef0 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-20-la-na-nn-miami-mother-daughters-closet-20121120-story.html | Miami mother, two daughters found dead in closet; husband charged | Miami mother, two daughters found dead in closet; husband charged
A neighbor found their bodies a week ago.
Gladys Del Carmen Sierra, 29, had been stuffed into a closet in her Miami home with her two daughters, aged 4 and 6. They’d all been suffocated to death. More days went by without an arrest.
Miami-Dade County Pol... |
008c6827c03011b5e8a8ac9c4657a9e6 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-20-la-na-nn-phillip-archuleta-new-mexico-vulgar-gesture-20121120-story.html | Vulgar gesture marks Archuleta’s victory in New Mexico | Vulgar gesture marks Archuleta’s victory in New Mexico
In the dog-eat-dog world of U.S. political campaigns, there are graceful winners.
And then there is New Mexico state lawmaker Phillip Archuleta.
The newly elected representative is under fire after a video was posted on YouTube showing him on election day flashing ... |
3dd3e2abe92d6528b9f3d039265d2ff4 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-21-la-na-nn-ohio-bridge-bombing-plot-20121120-story.html | Three anarchists get prison terms in Ohio bridge bomb plot | Three anarchists get prison terms in Ohio bridge bomb plot
Three men who pleaded guilty to participating in a failed plot to bomb an Ohio bridge in April were sentenced Tuesday to federal prison.
The case involved a paid confidential informant who provided a dummy bomb and other help to the men as FBI agents listened i... |
4954f703090fcd5f883613e9937c99c9 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-22-la-na-nn-150-car-pileup-texas-highway-20121122-story.html | 150-vehicle pileup on foggy Texas highway leaves 2 dead, 100 hurt | 150-vehicle pileup on foggy Texas highway leaves 2 dead, 100 hurt
A series of massive Thanksgiving morning pileups involving up to 150 vehicles in southeast Texas has left two dead and as many as 100 injured, authorities told the Los Angeles Times on Thursday.
It was one of the busiest driving times on one of the highe... |
ae28366ae1743cf05181734a6f6e0aea | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-25-la-na-nn-nasa-mars-dust-storm-20121124-story.html | NASA has unprecedented view of Mars dust storm | NASA has unprecedented view of Mars dust storm
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and two planet-based explorers are tracking a massive dust storm, offering scientists an opportunity to study the planet’s weather like none they’ve had before.
The regional dust storm was first spotted on Nov. 10 in the Red Planet’s sout... |
a5932e5fd889afced17c2cc74ed2adda | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-26-la-na-nn-powerball-record-jackpot-20121125-story.html | Powerball’s $425-million jackpot already has a winner: States | Powerball’s $425-million jackpot already has a winner: States
A lot of hopeful eyes are glued on the biggest number in gambling this week -- the record $425-million Powerball jackpot that’s destined to make some lottery ticket buyer somewhere very, very happy.
In advance of Wednesday’s drawing, some people are already ... |
3bb3294f5bd23946fc87e05a667ead9c | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-27-la-na-nn-bradley-manning-testify-trial-20121127-story.html | Alleged WikiLeaks source says he was illegally punished in jail | Alleged WikiLeaks source says he was illegally punished in jail
A key pretrial hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of giving classified material to the website WikiLeaks, which then made it public, began Tuesday in a case that highlights the government’s resolve to keep war and diplomatic material secret.
Manning... |
42458f6e1e881fbeac2a6ea4f2eb1206 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-29-la-na-nn-nypd-cop-helps-homeless-man-photo-20121129-story.html | Photo of N.Y. cop aiding homeless man draws bittersweet reaction | Photo of N.Y. cop aiding homeless man draws bittersweet reaction
A photograph of New York Police Officer Lawrence DePrimo giving boots to a barefoot homeless man has gone viral, getting more than 400,000 “likes” on the department’s Facebook page and a wave of positive media attention.
The New York Times reported that D... |
00f3c7349049f694b17a3b0a3893aac3 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-nov-30-la-heb-us-birth-rate-falls-to-lowest-level-ever-recorded-20121130-story.html | U.S. birthrate falls to lowest level ever recorded | U.S. birthrate falls to lowest level ever recorded
The U.S. birthrate fell to a record low last year, coming in at its lowest level since statistics began being collected in 1920. The drop was largely driven by a reduction in births by immigrant women, who may have decided to have fewer children due to the tough econom... |
de3739e112278222f272942f2e59720d | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-oct-08-la-na-nn-dallas-mom-glued-hands-20121008-story.html | Dallas mom faces sentencing for gluing child’s hands to wall | Dallas mom faces sentencing for gluing child’s hands to wall
HOUSTON -- A Dallas mother who admitted super-gluing her toddler’s hands to a wall also beat the girl so severely she ended up in a coma, according to experts who testified at a sentencing hearing.
Elizabeth Escalona, 23, pleaded guilty to injury to a child o... |
af397fff680e68037957a62477bf9d7c | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-oct-09-la-na-nn-jerry-sandusky-sentence-20121009-story.html | Today: Jerry Sandusky to be sentenced for abusing boys | Today: Jerry Sandusky to be sentenced for abusing boys
A sentencing hearing is to begin within the hour for Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach who will learn whether he will be locked away for the rest of his life for sexually abusing 10 disadvantaged boys.
Sandusky and up to six of his vict... |
fbb3b45eeaddbe1ab8e5253eb2a6ded6 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-oct-09-la-na-nn-jerry-sandusky-witnesses-20121009-story.html | Jerry Sandusky’s court ramble reflects ‘banal self-delusion’ | Jerry Sandusky’s court ramble reflects ‘banal self-delusion’
Up until the moment he was sentenced to essentially life in prison, former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky spoke in defiant terms that showed no remorse, insisting that he was innocent of sexually abusing any child and that he was a victim of a consp... |
401741eade42fc4381e21413d885249b | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-oct-09-la-na-nn-jose-vargas-illegal-immigration-20121008-story.html | Illegal immigrant journalist avoids deportation over traffic stop | Illegal immigrant journalist avoids deportation over traffic stop
Jose Antonio Vargas, the journalist who made waves last year when he announced in the New York Times Magazine that he was an illegal immigrant, won’t be targeted by immigration officials after a Minnesota traffic stop.
Vargas, 31, was arrested in Minneap... |
9969b26813e540e573d5365056622112 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-oct-09-la-na-nn-meningitis-outbreak-steroid-20121009-story.html | Toll from meningitis linked to steroid shots increases to 11 dead | Toll from meningitis linked to steroid shots increases to 11 dead
The death toll from a rare form of fungal meningitis has risen to 11, officials said Tuesday, and they reported that 199 have now been sickened by an outbreak of the disease believed linked to contaminated steroid injections.
In a posting by the U.S. Cen... |
1926fd138b7db3f445ceb528dff5312a | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-oct-09-la-na-nn-terror-suspect-mustafa-20121009-story.html | Terror suspect Mustafa, minus right hook, pleads not guilty | Terror suspect Mustafa, minus right hook, pleads not guilty
A radical Muslim cleric whose sermons influenced shoe bomber Richard Reid in his attempt to blow up a U.S. jetliner pleaded not guilty to various terrorism charges during his first appearance in a New York courtroom Tuesday after being extradited from Britain.... |
78556d54e1802ea16f73078494323217 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-oct-12-la-na-nn-mother-sentencing-hands-glued-20121012-story.html | Texas mom gets 99 years for beating, super-gluing girl’s hands | Texas mom gets 99 years for beating, super-gluing girl’s hands
HOUSTON -- A Dallas judge sentenced a young mother to 99 years in prison Friday after she admitted to super-gluing her toddler’s hands to a wall and beating the girl so severely she ended up in a coma, officials said.
“We’re very happy with the judge’s deci... |
6dc0c6a8a21be06fd38df896430e71d1 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-oct-25-la-na-nn-texas-arson-murders-execution-20121024-story.html | A family asks: Was an innocent man executed for arson murders? | A family asks: Was an innocent man executed for arson murders?
Relatives of Cameron Todd Willingham, a Texas man executed eight years ago for the arson deaths of his three young daughters, are petitioning the state to hold a public hearing, issue a posthumous pardon and clear his name.
The pardon request comes as state... |
292831395a0fc6f69fc539eceb09fc9e | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-oct-29-la-na-nn-hurricane-sandy-new-jersey-flood-20121029-story.html | New Jersey coast shudders in the bull’s-eye of Hurricane Sandy | New Jersey coast shudders in the bull’s-eye of Hurricane Sandy
ATLANTIC CITY - With a monster Hurricane Sandy steadily approaching, the New Jersey coast shuddered as predictions of a storm unlike any in memory began to come true. Some low-lying seashore towns were already underwater by high tide Monday morning, hours b... |
9d05039f49888ea2536de010b397cd45 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-oct-29-la-na-nn-new-york-hurricane-sandy-20121029-story.html | Hurricane Sandy shuts down New York City | Hurricane Sandy shuts down New York City
NEW YORK -- The city that never sleeps resembled one that clearly does.
Even Lady Liberty seemed to doze Monday as she faded in and out of view, shrouded in mist swirling over the whitecaps of New York’s harbor as Hurricane Sandy crept closer to the city. On land, streets that n... |
aa888df8601ee4e9344124729e44595e | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-oct-30-la-na-nn-hurricane-sandy-delaware-bridge-20121030-story.html | Sandy smashes road to old Delaware bridge, spares new one | Sandy smashes road to old Delaware bridge, spares new one
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. – Most residents in the coastal communities along the Delaware and Maryland shore were spared the harshest of Sandy’s destruction, but some areas showed evidence of the storm’s strength.
The road approaching an old bridge at Indian River Inl... |
1c0421f59cf82559c466b655a1570bec | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-sep-10-la-na-nn-shell-ice-arctic-drilling-chukchi-20120910-story.html | Ice threat halts Shell’s drilling in Arctic Ocean after one day | Ice threat halts Shell’s drilling in Arctic Ocean after one day
Only a day after Shell Alaska began drilling a landmark offshore oil well in the Arctic, the company was forced on Monday to pull off the well in the face of an approaching ice pack.
With the ice floe about 10 miles away, the Noble Discoverer drilling rig ... |
6b8d9ea014790665b2127ea47021323a | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-sep-13-la-na-nn-portland-police-reforms-20120913-story.html | Portland police to reform dealings with mentally ill suspects | Portland police to reform dealings with mentally ill suspects
Portland, Ore., will continue to revise its policies as part of an agreement with the federal government, which found a pattern of excessive force by police when dealing with mentally ill suspects, officials said Thursday.
The agreement, which comes after a ... |
18f8a2fd6ed76ffa4a2c513746c2d247 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-sep-16-la-me-boy-scouts-files-20120916-story.html | Boy Scouts helped alleged molesters cover tracks, files show | Boy Scouts helped alleged molesters cover tracks, files show
Over two decades, the Boy Scouts of America failed to report hundreds of alleged child molesters to police and often hid the allegations from parents and the public.
A Los Angeles Times review of 1,600 confidential files dating from 1970 to 1991 has found tha... |
2e5380cc8f54f7770004cec70b750811 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-sep-17-la-na-nn-dna-evidence-green-beret-macdonald-20120917-story.html | Jeffrey MacDonald back in court in ‘70s ‘Fatal Vision’ murder case | Jeffrey MacDonald back in court in ‘70s ‘Fatal Vision’ murder case
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Jeffrey MacDonald, a Green beret doctor convicted of the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters, was back in federal court Monday for a hearing on new evidence his lawyer says will prove that MacDonald is innocent.... |
9ec55fd00083ff5afd804cf262a3b667 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-sep-27-la-na-nn-google-birthday-google-doodle-20120927-story.html | Google’s 14th birthday: 14 years to a cultural phenomenon | Google’s 14th birthday: 14 years to a cultural phenomenon
Happy Birthday, Google! Has it been 14 years already?
Indeed it has been. In the time it would take to raise a teenager with a mouthful of braces, Google has managed to single-handedly transform our culture. We use it to research our business competitors, settle... |
5ecae15fbc00952f4cbb928b0d623bc6 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-sep-29-la-na-nn-oregon-infant-murder-20120929-story.html | Man who searched for ‘father hates infant’ guilty of baby’s murder | Man who searched for ‘father hates infant’ guilty of baby’s murder
SEATTLE -- An Oregon man who conducted Internet searches for the phrase “father hates infant” and had a violent child abuse video game on his computer was convicted Friday of murdering his 11-month-old twin son.
A jury in Washington County, Ore., delibe... |
a950ae7d21b77a3919f2e6117f6af364 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-sep-30-la-na-nn-dallas-earthquake-20120930-story.html | Not everything is bigger in Texas: Baby earthquakes shake Dallas | Not everything is bigger in Texas: Baby earthquakes shake Dallas
Two small earthquakes shook the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area Saturday night, bringing a lot of surprise but little damage.
At 11:05 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake hit just north of Irving, a western Dallas... |
70bec928b49bccc444c6af0bd991aee8 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-apr-03-la-na-border-radar-20130404-story.html | Radar shows U.S. border security gaps | Radar shows U.S. border security gaps
WASHINGTON — A sophisticated airborne radar system developed to track Taliban fighters planting roadside bombs in Afghanistan has found a new use along the U.S. border with Mexico, where it has revealed gaps in security.
Operated from a Predator surveillance drone, the radar system... |
551dbaf35c8fe043fe08c24220bddd13 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-apr-04-la-na-sands-trial-20130405-story.html | Vegas magnate Sheldon Adelson comes out of the shadows | Vegas magnate Sheldon Adelson comes out of the shadows
LAS VEGAS — For years, he’s been the Wizard of the Strip, an Oz-like character whose wealth and power have never been in doubt but who has stayed behind a curtain, away from public exposure.
Sheldon Adelson, 79, who rose from impoverished roots in Boston to become ... |
ed4190eb92084c9069a097c93a6f25d1 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-apr-10-la-na-nn-bees-dying-20130410-story.html | The bee hero: Fighting the largest die-off of bees in U.S. history | The bee hero: Fighting the largest die-off of bees in U.S. history
This being Utah, the self-proclaimed Beehive State, Darren Cox is an expert in -- what else -- bees.
Civic fathers use the term for the population’s strong work ethic, but Cox deals with the stinging, honey-producing real McCoy.
Now the fourth-generatio... |
517d324cccc109b52b2aec57c4a565b9 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-apr-10-la-na-nn-scripps-vocabulary-quiz-20130410-story.html | Scripps vocabulary quiz: Don’t be pertinacious, take the test! | Scripps vocabulary quiz: Don’t be pertinacious, take the test!
Are you smarter than a Scripps National Spelling Bee contestant? In a new twist on an already challenging contest, spelling bee whiz kids will be expected not only to spell words but also to know what they mean.
Corrigible. Indocile. Intestate.
Those are ju... |
22f5e90adf348e94ceb9a24f0709ab01 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-apr-10-la-na-nn-washington-gay-wedding-florist-arlene-20130410-story.html | Washington sues florist who said no to a same-sex wedding | Washington sues florist who said no to a same-sex wedding
SEATTLE — The Washington attorney general has filed a consumer protection action against an eastern Washington florist who refused to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding, telling a longtime customer that it was “because of my relationship with Jesus Christ.”
... |
0ad1245017cbc419f613437c4cf9b905 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-apr-18-la-na-nn-fbi-boston-suspects-images-20130418-story.html | FBI releases images of two suspects in Boston Marathon bombings | FBI releases images of two suspects in Boston Marathon bombings
BOSTON -- The FBI on Thursday released images of two men who are suspects in the bombings at the finish line area of the Boston Marathon.
The agency, leading the investigation of the bombings that killed three people and injured 170, made public both photo... |
f426b07bc7aaf7aef964b4a5da467692 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-apr-19-la-nn-na-auto-body-shop-cambridge-bombing-suspect-20130419-story.html | Owner: Bombing suspect demanded his car back from shop on Tuesday | Owner: Bombing suspect demanded his car back from shop on Tuesday
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The owner of an auto body shop near the home of the Boston bombing suspects said the younger brother appeared in his store on Tuesday, nervous and demanding his car immediately.
Two weeks ago, said 44-year-old Gilberto Junior, Dzhokha... |
379661a52e7d1ffb58d0486cb4ec48c7 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-apr-20-la-fi-boston-bombings-media-20130420-story.html | Boston bombings: Social media spirals out of control | Boston bombings: Social media spirals out of control
Over the last few days, thousands of people have taken to the Internet to play Sherlock Holmes.
Armed with little more than grainy surveillance camera videos, cellphone photos and live tweets from police scanners, they have flooded the Web with clues, tips and specul... |
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