PALO ALTO - Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn resigned Friday, effective immediately, in the wake of the company's ill-fated investigation of boardroom media leaks. Announcing the resignation, HP Chief Executive Mark Hurd called the tactics used by the company's outside investigators "very disturbing."
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Call it "Joe vs. Malibu, Part II." In this sequel, this haven of Hollywood celebrities is once again at loggerheads with the superstar of public open space: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Executive Director Joe Edmiston.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a major shift of policy, recommended on Thursday that all teenagers and most adults should have HIV tests as part of routine medical care because too many Americans are infected with the AIDS virus without knowing it.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush said Friday that if a U.S. official tried to strong-arm Pakistan into fighting the war on terror after the Sept. 11 attacks, he didn't know about it. Standing beside Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Bush brushed off any idea of disagreement, praising Musharraf for pursuing terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.
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The outbreak of E. coli has now spread to half the states. As of Friday afternoon, infections had been reported in 166 people in 25 states. That's up from 157 victims in 23 states on Thursday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Now the death toll is 9/11 times two. U.S. military deaths from Iraq and Afghanistan now match those of the most devastating terrorist attack in America's history, the trigger for what came next. Add casualties from chasing terrorists elsewhere in the world, and the total has passed the Sept. 11 figure.
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MALIBU - The body found late Thursday in the Santa Monica Mountains was that of a missing West Hills man who may have committed suicide, officials said today. The body of Wayne Edward Crowley, 47, was found late Thursday, two days after he was reported missing. Los Angeles Coroner's Lt. Joe Bale said an autopsy will be conducted, but that officials believe Crowley committed suicide.
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To her fans, Tara Correa-McMullen was known as an actress from TV's "Judging Amy," "Zoey 101,"and the movie "Rebound" with Martin Lawrence. But, to her immediate family, she was a special girl who made them laugh and brought them joy.
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AGOURA HILLS - For a football team long recognized as possessing one of the area's most proficient passing attacks, Agoura High took great satisfaction Thursday night in beating visiting Rio Mesa of Oxnard at its own game. Instead of Rio Mesa's Malachi Lewis grinding out yards behind a dominant offensive line, it was Agoura's Matt Bradley repeatedly following the lead of a punishing block en route to a 193-yard, four-touchdown performance.
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Tonight's high school football showdown between Oaks Christian of Westlake Village and St. Bonaventure of Ventura at Ventura High has been billed as the "Game of the Century" - that's what one ticket advertisement on eBay.com reads - and some wonder if this might be the most hyped game in area history. Perhaps. But there have been some great ones through the years.
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He would not bite. Would not give you the quote. Would not say the one thing you just know deep inside Jim Tracy had to be feeling. It was a hopeless pursuit. Tracy is a proud man, but if he harbors any bitterness toward the Dodgers, he would not offer it up. He spent five seasons managing L.A. Won 427 games, lost 383. Captured a division title in 2004. Was grateful for his time here. Handled himself with class and dignity, even as he was being pushed out after last season.
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When Steven Zaillian decided to make a new movie out of Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "All the King's Men," his first impulse was to take the action out of the Depression and put the film into the here and now.
Zaillian wanted to know what Willie Stark the bombastic Louisiana politician who begins as an idealist and ends up just as corrupt as the politicians he hated had to say to modern times.
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Massive Attack's dark, cinematic music has often been more of a sedative than a call to arms. But behind the scenes, in conversation with the British collective's leader, Robert del Naja (also known as 3D), angry feelings surface about the state of the world, particularly the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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PALO ALTO - Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn resigned Friday, effective immediately, in the wake of the company's ill-fated investigation of boardroom media leaks. Announcing the resignation, HP Chief Executive Mark Hurd called the tactics used by the company's outside investigators "very disturbing."
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CALIFORNIA Attorney General Bill Lockyer has sued six major automakers, claiming they are responsible for greenhouse gases that pose a "public nuisance" - a term that could apply to him from time to time.
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AS a rule, good money people aren't flashy. If they are doing their job correctly, they don't get a lot of public attention. If they aren't, that's when they get the headlines.
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