Rupert Murdoch has pulled the plug on News Corp.'s high-profile experiment to create a digital national newspaper.The demise...
Dec
03
Coast Guardsman is killed after suspected smugglers ram his boat
Label: World A veteran U.S. Coast Guard chief petty officer was killed Sunday after suspected smugglers rammed his vessel near Santa Cruz...
Vietnam Veterans, Claiming PTSD, Sue for Better Discharges
Label: HealthNEW HAVEN — In the summer of 1968, John Shepherd Jr. enlisted in the Army, figuring that the draft would get him anyway. By January 1969, he was in the Mekong Delta, fighting with the Ninth Infantry Division. Within a month, his patrol was ambushed, and Mr. Shepherd responded by tossing a hand grenade into a bunker that killed several enemy soldiers. The Army awarded him a Bronze Star with...
Chinatrust Bank to move U.S. headquarters to downtown L.A.
Label: Business Chinatrust Bank has agreed to move its U.S. headquarters to downtown Los Angeles from Torrance.The bank will rent two floors...
Dec
02
After a billion, what next for Facebook?
Label: World MENLO PARK — In just eight years, Facebook signed up more than half the world's Internet population.Now it's going after the...
Katzenberg, Spielberg attend Governors Awards
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Stars such as Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are arriving at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles to pay homage to four industry heavyweights.The film academy's fourth annual Governors Awards are being presented Saturday to honorary Oscar winners Jeffrey Katzenberg, stuntman Hal Needham, documentarian D.A. Pennebaker and American Film Institute founding director George...
After a billion, what next for Facebook?
Label: Business MENLO PARK — In just eight years, Facebook signed up more than half the world's Internet population.Now it's going after the...
Dec
01
South L.A. frustrated by delays in building new King hospital
Label: World Earlier this year, Joane Austin rushed her elderly mother to the emergency room for fear she was having a heart attack.Austin...
Glen Campbell considering more live shows in 2013
Label: LifestyleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Glen Campbell may be wrapping up a goodbye tour but that doesn't mean he's done with the stage.Campbell is considering scheduling more shows next year after playing more than 120 dates in 2012.The 76-year-old singer has Alzheimer's disease and has begun to lose his memory. He put out his final studio album, "Ghost on the Canvas," in 2011 and embarked on the tour with family...
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