The emergency room bill is enough to make you sick - November 22, 2009 - Are you ready to play "How much was that visit to the ER?"
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California voters want a no-pork diet - November 19, 2009 - No matter how clever and careful the writer, on occasion a work should be ripped up and retooled. That also goes for writers of...
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An underground renaissance in Inglewood - November 21, 2009 - I was tired of staring at that blank space on my hallway wall. For years, I'd been searching for just the right artistic statement for the...
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Death and life in downtown L.A. - November 17, 2009 - On the day last month that Tim Cowell moved into his new loft in an old downtown office building, a friend warned him about the jumpers.
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KCRW manager succeeded by being true to herself - November 20, 2009 - My acquaintance with Ruth Seymour over the years had been fleeting. But inevitably when I saw the KCRW radio general manager, it would...
State's school funding process is failing - November 19, 2009 - Anyone who has spent time in or around government, from the deeply embedded bureaucrat to the young policy wonk, knows that there are...
Collect call from a pay phone could cost a small fortune - November 22, 2009 - In today's wireless world, it's hard to imagine that anyone would ever need to use a pay phone or call somebody collect. Just try asking...
Lean years require a shift in how you give to charity - November 22, 2009 - Are you detecting a tone of desperation in the charitable appeals you're receiving this holiday season?
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Getting a charge out of Nissan's Leaf - November 20, 2009 - This thought came to me as I was piloting the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle prototype around Dodger Stadium last Friday: When gasoline-...
In a low-rate world, here's how savers can help themselves - November 21, 2009 - You'd think that $10 trillion would merit a little more respect.
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Planning a family? How to prepare financially - November 22, 2009 - Dear Liz: My wife and I are planning to have a child in the next couple of years, and I realize that I have no idea how to go about...
Thanksgiving at our little Plymouth Rock - November 21, 2009 - My wife, Posh, is part Pilgrim. She's got all these funny ideas about religion and sex and is even pretty puritanical when it comes to...
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The city could be UCLA's for the taking - November 22, 2009 - The sweat still dripping, the stains still fresh, Rahim Moore ran from the Rose Bowl's grassy stage to a sideline stage.
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New Cardinal rule: Stanford has better players than USC - November 14, 2009 - Here's the really depressing news for Trojans fans in a shocking revelation from Pete Carroll after the athletes from Stanford...
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Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto is a bout that gets boxing off the ropes - November 14, 2009 - From Las Vegas -- Seldom has there been better proof that there is no accounting for taste.
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Excuses are the last thing the Kings need right now - November 22, 2009 - It was an early start. They've played more games than most teams and traveled twice to the East Coast. Ryan Smyth and Rob Scuderi are...
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Boxing referee Gwen Adair picks her battles, fights the good fight - November 22, 2009 - Gwen Adair never set out to be a pioneer.
Levi Johnston: He's hot, he's cute, he's playing hardball - November 19, 2009 - I'm not proud of this, but I sort of love Levi Johnston. I know he's an opportunistic buffoon. I know he's a grammatically challenged,...
It's no way to fight a war on terror - November 17, 2009 - I get where President Obama and Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. are coming from. They think that if we change our way of life, the...
The American way: Smile if you're insecure - November 16, 2009 - Six years ago, during a trip to the Middle East, I asked an Israeli playwright what his country's cinematic equivalent was to the American...
Legislating healthcare the old-fashioned way - November 22, 2009 - This weekend, as the Senate tackles the healthcare bill that may be its most important domestic legislation in a generation, you might...
Senate inquiry into Ft. Hood misplaced - November 21, 2009 - Sen. Joe Lieberman insists on pushing ahead with a Senate inquiry into the mass murder at Ft. Hood, despite White House...
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