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Zac Sunderland, trying to be the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe alone, has seen pirates, equipment breaks and a large ship come too close at canal. His 13-month trip is due to end soon.
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The only nesting pair in the capital could lose a chunk of its scarce urban habitat to the Department of Homeland Security. >>
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As Manhattan's wealthy falter, James Whitmore, a hair colorist at Pierre Michel, is sympathetic to all -- but one: Ruth Madoff. 'It's stolen money she's offering.' >>
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Bob and Pam Eddy have fought to make a go of it selling live 'desert lobsters,' or Australian red claw crayfish. But wildlife officials have made the state even less hospitable to the crustaceans. >>
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Watching the election protests in their homeland, an Iran-born mother and daughter -- a poet and a singer -- are part of a growing expatriate artistic movement. >>
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Mexico's crackdown puts the squeeze on cocaine dealers in British Columbia. Up here, as the violence grows, bodies pile up. >>
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The parents of a 6-year-old schizophrenic search for help against daunting odds for a patient so young and a case so severe. >>
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Pop music critic Robert Hilburn recalls the years when the public turned its back on the singer. 'I'm lonely,' a 23-year-old Jackson said. >>
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Kevin Pollak's online talk show is free of broadcast TV's constraints. It has a rock-bottom budget and brings in top stars such as Jon Hamm, and ratings are no big deal. >>
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Picking grapes in the Coachella Valley is still dirty and dangerous. In the region where the United Farm Workers' first table grape contract was signed, the pay is less than it was 40 years ago. >>
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Meet Kyle Gosselin and Henry Ramirez. Kyle attends La Caņada High; Henry was at South L.A.'s Jefferson High before moving to Texas. Their backgrounds may be worlds apart, but their dreams are similar. >>
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James Vail has led his final concert after 40 years at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Westwood. His baton was always pointed toward the unattainable: flawless music-making. >>
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At New York's Beth Israel Medical Center, Buddhist chaplains offer prayers, meditation, massage and other assistance to the sick. 'We focus on listening,' one says. >>
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The National Wildlife Property Repository is the resting place for 1.5 million victims of illegal trade. They sit on shelves or in boxes as bracelets, shoes, pelts and more. >>
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Amado Campos is his own boss, but he works long hours, seven days a week. His costs are up but sales are down as his customers cut back in a poor economy. And he needs a new cart. >>
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Wrecked cars litter a neighborhood of the capital. Specialized workers take pride in doing whatever it takes to restore them, and sometimes that means stretching vehicles between trees. >>
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A matchbook found on a suspect in an L.A. killing sent two men to prison. Is it really evidence or is it just a coincidence? >>
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Animal rights group PETA protests their plans to exhibit their fish-flinging technique at an upcoming veterinarians conference. >>
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Father Peter Banks 'walks between the raindrops' as a bridge for Latino and African American worshipers in Watts. >>
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The race for the presidency has opened up public and political spaces into which Iranians, especially the young, have flowed with enthusiasm. One street rally turns into a disco.
More on Iran's election >> COLUMN ONE
In Maryland, a special curriculum focuses on terrorism, cyber-crime, nuclear arms -- topics to prepare students for jobs in defense and the like. >>
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Money woes brought on by regulations, taxes and competition force many beloved taverns in the countryside to close their doors. But locals in a few spots have managed to keep the ale flowing. >>
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Years after 'Gatsby,' F. Scott Fitzgerald's secretary got to witness the second act of an author who didn't believe in them. >>
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The comedian and part-owner of Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders has a grand vision for making the sport popular in the U.S. To Carey, it all starts with the fans. >>
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Decades of threats have taught Colorado clinic founder Warren Hern to live and work under tight security. But they didn't prepare him for the slaying of his friend and fellow doctor George Tiller. >>
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These jobless folks, usually singles in their 20s and 30s, find that life without work agrees with them. Instead of punching the clock, they're hitting the beach. >>
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In Cairo, tens of thousands of trash collectors who raised pigs lost most of their income when the government, out of an unfounded fear of swine flu, ordered the animals killed. >>
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The Tongue Tearer and other terrifying contraptions from the 16th century land on an auctioneer's lap. His solution: 'Turn something terrible into something good.' >>
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
New fencing and high-tech devices make it difficult for drug traffickers to cross the border. So smugglers hoist packs and take to the desert on foot. Agents use century-old tracking skills to follow. >>
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Determining the truthfulness of applicants' accounts is a difficult task -- and even if asylum officers find the stories credible, they may not qualify under the law. >>
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The remote region in California's arid southeastern corner has a long history of hardship and hope. Now, an economy in free fall has residents wondering how much worse it can get. >>
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Interned Japanese Americans during World War II would do whatever it took to get away from the camp and go after trout in Sierra Nevada lakes and streams. >>
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Dodger Stadium's lush greenscape is groundskeeper Eric Hansen's turf. Every few years, he rips it up and lays down a new field of dreams. >>
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George Mark Children's House, which is funded through donations and is the only free-standing hospice and respite-care center for children in the U.S., has only enough money to operate through June. >>
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A South Korean documentary made instant stars of two elderly farmers and their aged ox. Now if the public would just stop sticking its nose into the couple's lives. >>
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A $100 bill stained with blood, shrunken and unwanted, tells the story of wars fought, lives lost and reclaimed, the cost of conflict and the price of moving on. >>
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In Mexico, lucha libre is rivaled only by soccer. The masked and caped wrestlers star not only in the ring, but in films, comic books and commercials. Now, the sport's following is growing in the U.S. >>
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Surrogacy is a natural fit for military wives, with their solid support networks, premium medical care and strong dispositions. For some it's easy money; for others it's a way to help unlucky couples. >>
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Lois Draegin, 55, lost a six-figure editing job. She now works unpaid for a start-up website, trading her knowledge for new online skills. >>
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'I like the philosophy of kill or be killed,' says a man who calls himself Taurus, one of a group of buffs united by an obsession with ancient Rome, especially the gore and glory of battle. >>
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Edwin Shneidman knows what the end will be: You're driving down a road in the desert, and the engine suddenly stops. >>
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Ogreish waves known as 'slabs' open a new frontier in a sport that is increasingly driven by a desire to confront nature. >>
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Tiny Columbus, N.M., a haven for baby boomer retirees seeking cheap living, small-town values and solitude, can't quite believe that a bloody brawl has broken out on its doorstep. >>
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Sol Berger, a Polish Jew, survived World War II by assuming other identities. At 89, he's returned to his authentic self. >>
MEXICO'S DRUG WAR
Juan Francisco Perez-Torres was abducted last month in front of his home and ransom demanded. Hundreds of such incidents occur each year in Phoenix, and Mexican drug-smuggling is usually involved. >>
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Taking a page from their female counterparts, menswear designers like Gareth Pugh and Rick Owens create flamboyant spectacles that hint at the vision of the larger collection. >>
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A reporter returns to see whether South Africa is living Nelson Mandela's dream. He sees signs of economic growth and black empowerment, but also of a rise in crime and income inequality. >>
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A National Assembly melee that featured a chain saw has South Koreans wondering why violence is part of their political process. >>
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Jimmie Rizzo traps coyotes throughout the Southland. The practice is controversial, with homeowners saying it protects their pets and animal advocates saying it's cruel and indiscriminate. >>
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The U.S. has never won the competition, known as the Olympics of food, but the French Laundry's Timothy Hollingsworth has top toques Daniel Boulud and Thomas Keller in his corner. >>
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Socialite Patte Barham, scion of a pioneering L.A. family, is intent on uncovering the crown jewels of the czar of Russia. She says they're buried in the Gobi Desert. Some say it's a fanciful quest. >>
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After a November blaze left the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in ruins, manager Ginny Harmon's job became more poignant. >>
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More than 1,100 American troops died building the road in what is now Myanmar. Today China and some in India see the long-neglected route as their lifeline. >>
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Two journalists visiting Ciudad Juarez for three days find that death is always just around the corner. Killings in 2008: 1,350, and counting. >>
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The EDAR, a cross between a shopping cart and a pop-up camper, is a step up. >>
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Their husbands, both in the National Guard, died together in what prosecutors say was an attack by Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez. The women have found some comfort in their shared anguish. >>
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Where forest fires are raging, Ramon Maestas is a heroic firefighter and a respected leader; in Echo Park he's Little Ray, the ex-convict. He hopes the new persona will someday eradicate the old. >>
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Three years after her father got between her body and the bear's jaws, Jenna Otter agrees to join him on a hike to the spot in Glacier National Park. >>
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There's no doubt that David Brower was a man to match his mountain. But should North Palisade be renamed for him? Fellow mountaineers are divided. >>
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In restaurants around L.A., immigrants from Latin America who began as dishwashers learned the skills to become top chefs. >>
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With full scholarships and a strong support network, three students from low-income immigrant families enter the world of educational privilege and widened opportunities. >>
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In 1993, Amy Biehl was chased down by an angry mob blindly seeking a white symbol of apartheid. Two men convicted of her murder are part of an improbable tale of reconciliation and forgiveness. >>
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In one homeland they were treated as outcasts, in the other as refugees. Now thousands of these Amerasians are uniting and lobbying Congress for what they feel is a birthright: 'We are Americans.' >>
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Studying, videotaping, riding -- 'foamers' are crazy about trains. After the Metrolink crash, some wonder if their fervor goes too far. >>
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Daniel LaPorte went to Mexico and never came back. His parents didn't know of his drug involvement. >>
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Park service workers in the Mojave never know what vestige of the Wild West they'll find, right down to train robbers. >>
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The Georgia city that saw riots and rallies a generation ago now sees blacks and whites mixing on the dance floor. But those gatherings are still the exception. >>
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The upscale diner near 5th and Main draws on locals for financing and staff. Its owners aim to nourish the neighborhood. >>
Islam in a new world
In the Middle East, the devout and the secular are duking it out online. But does one side hear the other? >>
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After a life hemmed in by service to others, including three sons, a big corporation and an alcoholic husband, a Torrance woman jump-starts her vision. >>
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With no evidence of speeding, drunk driving or other malfeasance, a jury found George Damaa guilty in a car accident that killed three. He spent two years in jail and is now obsessed with the case. >>
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August Kleinzahler has made a name for himself -- as the bad boy of American poetry -- with his fighting words, and ways. >>
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The head of the U.S. Humane Society has retooled the organization from a mild-mannered protector of dogs and cats into an aggressive group flexing its muscle on behalf of all animals. >>
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They post their drawings of fellow commuters on public websites and befriend other such artists via chat groups, blogs and Facebook pages. >>
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Police told a gang member a girl he knew had identified him as a killer. Soon she was dead. >>
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Soccer, a frowned on activity in their home country, becomes a passion. >>
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With demand sky high for caterpillar fungus, a prized ingredient in traditional medicine said to boost energy and immunity, the Tibetan nomads who gather it are enjoying a windfall. >>
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Phil Holmes has taught English for decades, first to the privileged but lately to the disadvantaged. His method and his intensity make a solid connection with both extremes. >>
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Rafid Ahmed Alwan talks publicly for the first time. Charges that he fabricated intelligence that helped lead to war in Iraq are themselves fiction, he insists. >>
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Those who wear their guns in full sight are part of a fledgling movement to make a firearm a common accessory. >>
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Francisco Marroquin University is a bastion of libertarianism, drawing potshots from both sides of the political spectrum. >>
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A developer and his partners spend tens of millions on a golf and resort home project in the Anza-Borrego community, raising hopes and apprehensions. >>
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A village mayor had a vision: build a field and spark interest in baseball. It did, just barely. But what a ballpark. >>
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Basir Beria just wants to make kites. But even after a movie brought attention to his sport, the reality of making a living ties him down. >>
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Erica Ford washes and repairs their uniforms, along with those of other teams. But she's not cleaning up when it comes to salary. >>
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With rising gas prices and concern over auto emissions, more workers are taking to two wheels. But they must navigate an obstacle course of anarchic traffic conditions. >>
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One Palestinian decided to give up his weapons in hopes of gaining amnesty and a new start. His younger brother followed a different road. >>
ISLAM IN A NEW WORLD
The new film, based on the Islamic version of Jesus' life, depicts him as a prophet rather than the son of God. Its director says he wants to further understanding. >>
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'The Corn,' 'Washbag' and others were eccentric and beloved. Their era is ending, but patrons forged bonds not easily forgotten. >>
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The son of eastern European Jewish immigrants has devoted his life to playing and promoting the blues. He's calling his CD 'Old School Blues.' >>
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