LA Protests Are Latest in a History of Street Battles
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LOS ANGELES (Sept. 8) -- Two nights of violent street demonstrations over the police shooting of a Guatemalan-born day laborer is the legacy of long-simmering distrust between residents in an...
Russian Drought Spurs Worldwide Food Price Hikes
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(Sept. 1) -- Severe drought in Russia has sent world food prices 5 percent higher in recent months, according to a new report by the United Nations, and though they remain well below the record...
Weather Delay, Internal Report Add to BP's Woes
(Aug. 30) -- Heavy seas forced a two- to three-day delay in the planned removal today of the temporary cap on BP's blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well. The latest setback comes as a new internal...
Gunman Slays 5, Abducts Own Kids Before Killing Himself
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LOS ANGELES (Aug. 30) -- A long-running domestic dispute ended tragically over the weekend as 26-year-old Brian Diez killed his estranged girlfriend and four other people at a party in Lake Havasu...
Pakistan Floods Drawing Only Trickle of Private Donations
Kamran Jebreili, AP
(Aug. 19) -- Devastating floods in Pakistan have affected up to 20 million people and destroyed a season's worth of crops in a massive human tragedy, yet private donations to international relief...
Obama Fundraiser Causes Traffic Jam Big Even for LA
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(Aug. 17) -- Here's something President Barack Obama's political advisers missed when planning a fundraiser in west Los Angeles: Beware the power of unintended consequences. Tight security for...
California Cities Struggling Under Wave of Corruption
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(Aug. 16) -- Call it the New Jersey of the West. Recent revelations of exorbitant salaries paid to top officials in the Southern California city of Bell are only the latest developments in a...
O'Keefe, Ex-NASA Boss, Has Dealt With Many Crises
(Aug. 10) -- Sean O'Keefe, who built a career out of managing crises, apparently survived the crash of a small private plane in southwest Alaska that killed five of the nine passengers, including...
Lead Weights Sink Bass Champ Mike Hart
Bill Mays, WON
(Aug. 5) -- Meet leadbelly. The fish, not the bluesman. A champion bass fisherman from Southern California has been banned for life from Western Outdoor News bass fishing tournaments after officials...
Heat, Humidity Turn South Into a Deadly Steam Bath
Danny Johnston, AP
(Aug. 5) -- High humidity and temperatures nudging over the 100-degree mark have turned portions of the Deep South and Mississippi River and Tennessee River valleys into a natural sauna, contributing...
Plane Crashes Into Building Near Phoenix Airport
AP
(Aug. 4) -- A small plane crashed into a warehouse and burst into flames near Phoenix's Deer Valley airport early today, killing one person, authorities said. The single-engine plane, a four-seat...
California Governor's Race May Be Nation's Costliest
Reed Saxon, AP
(Aug. 3) -- Billionaire Meg Whitman has already spent nearly $100 million in her bid to succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California in a race that could set a record for the nation's...
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