Loud boos for Dodgers fans - April 5, 2011 - A mediocre lineup filled with no-name players, an unlikable pair of bickering owners and the severe beating of a Giants fan on opening day...
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Water, water everywhere, but not enough is saved - April 4, 2011 - Government water managers cringe at the word "drought." But there are two words that they dread even more: "drought over."
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The stage is too big for kids - April 2, 2011 - As if parents don't have enough to worry about, with cyber-bullying and online perverts, now the nation's pediatricians are adding...
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Supervisor Molina's apology over unearthed remains comes too late - April 1, 2011 - Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina dreamed for years of putting a cultural center and museum on the historic old plaza near...
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On the Media: A small-town reporter's big influence - April 1, 2011 - The Mississippi fairly glides through this old cotton country, nothing if not strong and serene. But look a little closer at the big river...
How Big Pharma distorts the costs of developing new drugs - April 3, 2011 - Every time I come across a big-number statistic about the size or significance of some industrial activity, my nose wrinkles.
After ID theft, free fraud protection is worth it - April 5, 2011 - Gary Koop wondered whether he was being scammed when he received an official-looking letter from Health Net the other day warning that...
Look beyond sticker price for a car's true costs - April 3, 2011 - If you're thinking about buying a car this year, you're far from alone. Auto sales appear to be ramping up after a couple of fairly...
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Bitter battle to oust a CEO - March 26, 2011 - Most ballot filings for corporate director elections are a sure cure for insomnia.
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Big benefit of being 50 and self-employed? Savings options - April 3, 2011 - Dear Liz: I'm 50 and self-employed. I am trying to save as much as possible for retirement. I've put the maximum allowable in my...
Marge Hearn remains a Lakers gem - April 2, 2011 - We forget how special a Lakers game is, the best absurdist theater since Beckett. Cruise here. Kardashian over there. Jack ruling over...
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It all works, as Dodgers find an opening and take it - March 31, 2011 - It started with the starting lineup, Don Mattingly forgoing the usual manager's trot to home plate, instead running down the third base...
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Dodgers can't ignore safety issue - April 2, 2011 - The Dodgers want you to know that, except for the father of two who remains in a medically induced coma, it was an otherwise great opening...
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Boxer Erik Morales wants to beat Marcos Maidana, and beat the odds at least once more - April 4, 2011 - Saturday night will either be the beginning or the end for boxer Erik Morales.
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Kings' defense goes missing in 6-1 loss to San Jose - April 4, 2011 - From San Jose
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Dunk shot reinstated in college basketball 35 years ago this week - April 4, 2011 - Here's something Blake Griffin might not know: The dunk shot, once banned from college and high school basketball, was reinstated...
President Obama: At odds with clear demographic trends toward multiracial pride - April 4, 2011 - It could have been a historic teaching moment. Instead, President Obama, the most famous mixed-race person in the world, checked off only...
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No party for John Boehner - April 3, 2011 - For a man who's getting most of what he wanted, House Speaker John A. Boehner looked pretty unhappy last week.
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A wedge issue that's losing its point - April 2, 2011 - Wedge issues are the rhetorical enablers of the bitterly partisan politics that have disfigured our national conversation in recent years.
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Phyllis Schlafly: back on the attack - March 31, 2011 - This may come as a surprise, but Phyllis Schlafly, legendary conservative and leader (that is, victor) in the battle against the Equal...
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Jonah Goldbeg: Obama's sideline strategy - April 5, 2011 - Obama's in!
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