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Today's Headlines | Friday, December 12, 2008
Today's Headlines
The commuter line's founders gambled that the line could operate without an automatic braking system, interviews with safety experts and documents show.
Marty Biegel created a winning basketball program at Los Angeles' Fairfax High at a time of racial volatility, setting an example for the city. But he was more than a coach; he changed their lives.
The crisis in global capitalism has spelled trouble for the Chinese Communist Party, confronted by public unrest as factories shed workers and investments collapse.
The crisis in global capitalism has spelled trouble for the Chinese Communist Party, confronted by public unrest as factories shed workers and investments collapse.
A last-ditch attempt at compromise fails, increasing the risk of bankruptcy for one of Detroit's Big Three and more turmoil for the overall economy.
The state air board orders a 15% cut in emissions over the next 12 years, bringing them down to 1990 levels.
The president-elect's third response to the Blagojevich corruption scandal may have been the charm.
California/Local
'Newbies' and old guard alike agree the tree-lighting was beautiful, but the arguments behind the scenes -- over war stances, gay rights and eco-friendly lights -- were far from pretty.
Bettie Page, the brunet pinup queen with a shoulder-length pageboy hairdo and kitschy bangs whose saucy photos helped usher in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, has died. She was 85.
Pilot of jet that crashed in San Diego followed procedure, Marines tell congressional delegation.
A day after testifying in a robbery trial, Dominick Fuentes allegedly told two alternate jurors about the defendant's criminal record. The district attorney's office is considering filing charges.
Movie Reviews
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Benicio Del Toro is excellent as the revolutionary in Steven Soderbergh's atypical biopic.
Clint Eastwood, at 78, shows he's still a formidable action figure.
Keanu Reeves, with his great stone face, lands on Earth in the enjoyable remake. This time, the film's chief concern is the environment, not nuclear weapons.
Arts and Entertainment
As the economy reels, many top performers show little appetite for another clash with the studios.
The surprising indie earns four nominations, including best drama. 'Frost/Nixon,' 'Doubt' and 'Benjamin Button' take five apiece.
Suspicions flare as religion meets the real world in the film version starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams.
National
A bipartisan Senate report calls decisions made by the former Defense secretary a 'direct cause' of inhumane treatment of prisoners of war. Other Bush officials also are faulted.
Obama and Congress may reverse last-minute changes, which could accelerate potentially harmful federal projects and allow drilling in Alaska's polar bear habitat.
Changes that will streamline the agriculture guest worker program aren't expected to have much effect in California.
World
As would-be mediators emerge, the prospect of negotiations between Western and Afghan officials and the Taliban is not so readily dismissed.
Police say one of the suspects, who are accused of having ties to Al Qaeda, apparently was planning a suicide attack.
Arabs and Kurds were gathered to talk about cooperation when a suicide attacker struck during a restaurant's lunch rush.
Business
With the sale of his ill-fated stake in video game maker Midway out of the way, he can now focus on attracting interest from buyers for parts of National Amusements to pay down company debt.
The privately held toy chain, which has 460 locations, has been hobbled by sharp declines in mall traffic as consumers cut back.
Economists don't know whether consumers are bringing down their debt voluntarily or whether it's being imposed on them through foreclosures or the denial of credit.
As DVD sales slow, the studio is launching its franchise characters into TV shows, a Broadway musical and theme park attractions to generate revenue.
Sports
Pain of coaches' crises is eased by players at Temecula Chaparral and Corona Centennial.
Each assistant is responsible for scouting several teams, and then making sure the players know what might be coming.
He helps set up advantages by taking penalties and gets his first hat trick in a 6-2 victory over the Blues.
Opinion
In the Blagojevich scandal, which will prevail?
When a columnist doesn't get paid, there's trouble, sort of.
New rules will be costly but should lead to cleaner air and lower health costs.
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