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Beckham to play in Hong Kong
David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy will travel to the lucrative market in Asia and will play three matches there. The third and final one being in Hong Kong on mar 9, 2008. The exhibition tour of Asia of the club will prove to be a money spinner for the club, However the income that they…
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kaiser network: baltimore sun looks at overuse of ct scans (784)
Kaiser network: Baltimore Sun Examines Concerns About Overuse of CT Scans [Feb 25, 2008] The Baltimore Sun on Saturday examined concerns about the number of patients who undergo CT scans, which many critics consider “untested, overused, risky and a prime example of health care ruled by…
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molly hennessy-fiske, latimes: ca hospitals slow to report drug-resistant infections (783)
California lags in reporting of hospitals’ drug-resistant infection rates Experts say the state should require healthcare facilities to publicly disclose such information. By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer February 24, 2008 When California officials announced this…
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Special Offer: John Caparulo from Vince Vaughn’s Comedy Tour at the Hollywood Improv this Friday and Saturday - FREE
John Caparulo just hit big screens nationwide in Vince’s Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show…and now is a great chance to see him perform LIVE stand-up comedy in Los Angeles…for FREE. Jump on the Improv Website and use the PROMO CODE: FUN to get 4 FREE tickets to a show this weekend that he…
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san francisco life
san francisco life by Los angeles tour ... angeles distance san francisco los angeles drive san francisco los angeles flight san francisco los angeles flights san francisco los angeles las vegas san francisco los angeles map san f... Original post: san francisco life Tag: Los angeles tour…
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A Team Effort
The Coen brothers got their due as directors last night at the Academy Awards as No Country for Old Men collected four Oscars including Best Picture. They’ve been at it a while, directing for close to 25 years since Blood Simple, but that’s not to say their win was overdue. This just happened…
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Hey, Somebody Wrote A Book About My Home!!! (Including Foster Care And Just Everything)
In the South-Central neighborhood of Los Angeles, where Margaret B. Jones grew up in the 1980s, gangs recruited “with the same intensity as the N.F.L. did,” she says, and shootouts and hits were so ubiquitous that “the odds were stacked against a male child living to see 25.” Peddlers went…
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I trudged
I trudged February 26th, 2008 I trudged past the apartment blocks, stopping under trees to stop the rain from falling on my shoulders and my neck. My shoes are soaked through and my socks are soaked through and I feel my feet turning to paste. Each tree has a different view of a different…
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Behind the Pretty Faces and the Beautiful Bodies, Los Angeles best kept secret
If you walk down the Sunset Blvd and turn onto Hollywood Blvd, you might be surprised at the number of beautiful people you have brushed past. Really! In fact, the last time I was at the Kodak Theater, I suffered from a bout of personal inferiority complex. But then I came to know of the best…
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Memoirs of a Los Angeles Visitor
I always wanted to find out how the movie stars retain their youth. It seems that they never get old and they are always at the elixir of their youth for a long time. One of the reasons why I visited Los Angeles is to find out this secret. Apparently, this seems to be an open secret. Los…
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lifelube: new wave of drug-resistant HIV predicted (781)
New wave of drug-resistant HIV predicted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 (UPI) — A mathematical model predicts a new wave of drug-resistant HIV infections in San Francisco, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles said. However, paradoxically at same time,…
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Emerald City: Ban bottled water at the office, embrace prize-winning L.A. tap water
Latest from Emerald City, my enviro-blog at LAtimes.com Last week’s eco-topic: Green workplace >> Q&A: De-bottling the workplace. Melissa asks: “We go through a large amount of water bottles a day. I have considered glass cups and a filtered water pitcher instead — I am…
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Family remembers officer killed in Clinton motorcade
A Dallas family is mourning the loss of their father, motorcycle cop, Victor Lozada, who was killed in a crash Friday while escorting Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. While we honor the extraordinary life of police officers like... A Dallas family is mourning…
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The Bel Air Hotel
In honor of the eagerly anticipated issue of New York Magazine that hits newsstands tomorrow, in which Lindsay Lohan recreates Marilyn Monroe’s very last photo shoot, I thought I’d blog about the Hotel Bel-Air. Photographer Bert Stern held both the 1962 Marilyn Monroe photo shoot and…
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Ernest Debs Regional Park
Ernest Debs Regional Park February 25, 2008 Filed under: Los Angeles — faboo @ 9:57 pm Tags: audubon society, Ernest Debs Regional Park I think my thighs have stopped protesting now. Last Wednesday, the entire family headed over to Ernest Debs Park not far from our house. I’ve been up…
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UCLA moves up to fourth in two polls
The Bruins’ sweep of Oregon and Oregon State results in jump from sixth place in the Associated Press and coaches’ polls. UCLA gets one first-place vote from an editor who lauds their starting five. With its sweep of the Oregon schools last week, UCLA moved from sixth to fourth in both the…
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Poizner drops ballot initiative
Uninsured drivers would have had their license plates seized. California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has halted a ballot initiative drive that would have empowered authorities to seize the license plates from vehicles belonging to drivers who had no auto insurance.
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USC’s Jefferson working on the upside
Freshman forward has given coaches grief and struggled academically, but he’s showing signs of maturity to match his big-time talent. He has tested his coach, eaten his words after popping off about a rival and glowered at game officials who dared call him for a foul.
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FCC OKs Murdoch asset-swap deal
Federal regulators on Monday approved a long-pending deal allowing News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch to swap his controlling interest in satellite broadcaster DirecTV Group Inc. for a larger stake in his own company.
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Top 10: Obama uber alles
Can anything or anybody replace Barack Obama in readers' hearts? Not this week: Despite a selection of hot topics from Scientology to gun control to torture to the Christian Oscars, and even a surprise return by perennial favorite Stonehenge, Sarah...
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Rare2B, and the search for the perfect eco-friendly moisturizer
Odd thing about not being a teenager anymore: I thought breakouts would stop– but they keep on coming like I’m still 13. The culprit, I think, is the unusually rainy weather here. Rain means cold, which means turning on the heat, which means drier skin. And apparently, dry skin…
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Crazy Week.
Crazy Week. It’s been a crazy week! Things are busy at the studio and the rain came back to Los Angeles for awhile. All the showers brought the flowers. They are popping up everywhere. The rogue flock of parrots came back too. I don’t know where they went for the winter but they announced…
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More Diablo Cody
The Midwesterner Meets Hollywood My Diablo Cody binge continues into the evening. I am going to have one helluva of Diablo hangover tomorrow -okay, that comment was cliche, but Diablo’s blog entry above will save you from my pedestrian comments. First of all, I love how Diablo approached…
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Los Angeles Dentist
I do not like dentists offices. Lets put it this way, I will not choose it over a stroll in the park, or even a wrestler’s den if you ask me. Be it squeamishness or plain fear, los angeles dentists have never been in my Fave 5 lists. My daughter of course thinks otherwise. All of eleven years…
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Comeback (It’s Gay-Tastic!)
It’s Jimmy’s stars-studded answer to girlfriend Sarah Silverman’s infamous (and totally awesome) confessional music video, “I’m F**king Matt Damon” - and I don’t care what anyone else says; it’s fan-f**king-tastic! Here we have Jimmy K, who is, of…
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Maybe fusion isn't all that bad after all -- I have to do more research
Bento Asian Kitchen 1000 Torrance Blvd., Ste. B Redondo Beach, CA 90277 I always want fusion food to be like this: Pizzicato Five - La regle du jeu But too often it's not. It has too many mangoes, watermelons, and and weird combinations. I read about Bento…
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As The World Turns: ‘geweigerde’ kus toch aanvaard?
As The World Turns: ‘geweigerde’ kus toch aanvaard? Geplaatst op februari 26, 2008 door Benjamin Worden Luke en Noah uit de Amerikaans soap As The World Turns plots braaf? De Gay Krant herneemt een bericht van de Los Angeles Times over misnoogde fans. Luke Snyder (Van Hansis) en Noah…
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Tradable Kings
from Inside the Kings, 1. Scott Thornton Playoff contenders will have interest in a physical, veteran forward that can be had cheap. 2. Rob Blake The 38-year-old can still play defense at a high level, especially when motivated. He did a good job grooming Jack Johnson, but he’s worth…
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2008 National League Preview: Darkhorse Teams - Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers
The National League, unlike the America league, lacks the superpower teams that are almost locks to make the playoffs beyond the New York Mets. After that, there are conceivably nine or ten teams vying for the final three spots. I doubt the San Diego Padres will be able to compete and it will…
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Moments of Haste - Short Fiction
(photo: www.theatlantic.com) If I walked another step I felt I’d die, but I ignored the thought and forged ahead. I’d been a fool for layering my garb based on what I assumed the temperature outside of my bedroom window, and even more-so a fool for not turning back to layer down…
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Gone, Baby, Gone ...
Somehow, these two pieces of news belong together. Dutton's Books in Brentwood will be closing on April 30; watch that space for another jumped-up upmarket boutique, another Starbucks, another overdone bistro -- but not another bookstore. The altogether singular place...
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Special Edition: The Sasha Vujacic Chronicles, Rise of The Machine
__________________________________________________ _______________________________________ Special Edition: Date : 25/02/08 Sources : NBA.com/LAT/Espn/NBA.com/NYT llustration : A2’s/Alex8 Rédaction : Hgo 4 ans. Il aura fallu 4 années de labeur pour que le petit génie évoluant…
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LOS ANGELES: Get your act together before you lose our brilliant and creative youth
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Britney Spears yine hamile mi
Los Angeles'taki suşi lokantasından çıkarken görüntülenen ünlü şarkıcı Britney Spears'ın dolgun karnı 'Ünlü yıldız hamile mi?' dedikodularının çıkmasına neden oldu. Son dönemlerde oldukça zor günler geçiren ve psikolojik sorunları nedeniyle bir süre ...
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LA Orchestra Celebrates Ella Fitzgerald’s Birthday
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association’s 2007/2008 Jazz Series continues on Sunday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. with A Tribute to Ella, an evening that celebrates Ella Fitzgerald’s 90th birthday year. Special guest vocalists Ann Hampton Callaway, T.C. Carson, Ledisi, Mark Murphy, Janis Siegel and…
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Rob Blake waives NTC - FINALLY
I have been hearing ESPN has reported that Rob Blake has waived his NTC. A team source is said to be behind the deal. I have been hearing the Ducks and the Sharks are still the teams leading the hunt for Blake. The Wings could also be added to the mix.
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Real Estate: The Wingtip Report $500-650/sf for WHAT?!
The downtown Los Angeles housing market is progressing and has wonderful potential. However, the developers are setting prices (per sq. foot) at a level commensurate with Santa Monica (where you’ll also get a little amenity we call the Pacific Ocean) and Beverly Hills (where you’ll find…
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Fluidesign // Web design Los Angeles, Graphic Design, and Technology Consulting
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The Briggs - “Bored Teenager” Disaster Records
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State to pump up access to biofuels
State to pump up access to biofuels February 26th, 2008 California has adopted ambitious goals for alternative fuels and cutting greenhouse gas emissions -- and is calling on the masses to help. Ben LeBeau pulled up to the Conserv Fuel station in Brentwood on a recent Friday and started…
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