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Today's Headlines | Thursday, December 11, 2008
Today's Headlines
The DJ is suing the lawyer she hired to stop rumors circulating about her and Lindsay Lohan. He sues back. It's all fodder for blogs.
State's Air Resources Board will vote on costly measures to limit big-rig pollution.
The $14-billion measure faces an uncertain fate in the Senate, where Republican opposition remains strong.
The lack of government services allows the easily treatable disease to spread. The sick and their families must cope alone.
Five years after they were interviewed about life after 9/11, one is glowing about Barack Obama's election. For another, a personal loss undercuts the political victory.
4,000 other workers will be told to take 2 unpaid weeks off in worst fiscal crisis since the 1994 bankruptcy.
They hope to prevent the Illinois governor from filling Obama's vacant Senate seat.
California/Local
David R. Solow has been widely criticized since the wreck that killed 25 and injured 135.
A downturn in the real estate market and a precipitous drop in qualified buyers are prompting the conversion of downtown condominiums into rental units.
Pellicano ordered to forfeit $2 million
Cash-strapped county is also making 4,000 take two-week unpaid furloughs to try to make ends meet as revenue drops.
Movie Reviews
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Flashy and eccentric thriller stars Alan Rickman as a sneeringly arrogant dad reluctant to pay his kidnapped son's ransom.
Soundtrack -- evoking Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry and more -- smooths out script's bumpy ride.
Peter Morgan's compelling stage piece plays like a thriller in Ron Howard's hands.
Arts and Entertainment
Benicio Del Toro has made a career of playing men on society's outskirts. Now as the revolutionary 'Che,' he shows his power.
The film of Bernhard Schlink's bestselling novel succeeds solely due to Kate Winslet's performance.
Also 'The Wrestler,' a Laemmle celebration, 'Auntie Mame' and more
National
Limo and tuxedo companies are booked, balls are selling out and hotels are reserving luxury packages -- even a campground in West Virginia is seeing a flurry of interest.
An administration lawyer says plaintiffs haven't shown that ex-Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft and FBI chief Robert Mueller were involved in discrimination. The Muslim detainees' lawyers see a Catch-22.
Exports shrink for the first time since 2001 and is down by 2.2% from a year earlier. Imports are down by 17.9%. The declines underscore the rapidly worsening conditions in China's economy.
World
Greece's center-right government struggles to survive violence. A previously scheduled general strike shuts down most transportation.
The arrest comes amid pressure to crack down on Lashkar-e-Taiba after the Mumbai attacks. But Pakistan backtracks on reports that the leader of another Kashmiri extremist group was detained.
Respect-inducing Sheik Lawrence, whose great-grandfather rode beside the famed Englishman in World War I, is the real deal in Iraq's Anbar province.
Business
Sixty percent of those surveyed back assistance for homeowners facing foreclosure, and 64% favor tighter regulation of financial institutions. But lukewarm support is shown for helping carmakers.
Exports shrank in November for the first time in seven years.
National Assn. of Home Builders is now open to letting bankruptcy judges cut borrowers' loan payments and reduce their principal.
The average yield on an index of 40 long-term muni issues tracked by the Bond Buyer newspaper rose to 6.53% on Wednesday, up from 6.49% on Tuesday and 5.84% in mid-November.
Sports
CC Sabathia agrees to $161-million deal with Yankees, driving up the price of Mark Teixeira and Manny Ramirez
Mira Costa running back excels despite deafness.
The beat Phoenix, but they can't avoid the questions that linger about their defense.
Features
Bake muffins and breadsticks, make jam or infuse vodka with the flavors of the season, and wrap it all with a festive bow.
Today, learning how to cook on a budget is becoming important to more families. In the 1930s, making do was a kitchen art, honed by necessity. Sour grass soup, anyone?
Opinion
The 81-year-old built up, and now wields, considerable power over his country.
Jump-starting old construction projects to create jobs would harm more than help us. We need to focus on 'smart green' infrastructure.
Power corrupts, and ruling parties often lose their way.
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