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Kings agree to six-year, $25-million contract with Slava Voynov
One of the major items on the off-season to-do list for the Kings was accomplished Tuesday when they reached a contract agreement with young star defenseman Slava Voynov. It is a six-year deal worth $25 million. He would have become a restricted free...
Tags: Slava Voynov, Los Angeles Kings, Ice Hockey, Matt Greene, Phoenix Coyotes
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Irwin Held dies at 87; longtime owner of Barney's Beanery
Irwin Held, whose license-plate-festooned West Hollywood beer-and-burger spot drew praise from rock stars but protests from gay rights activists, has died. He was 87. Held died Monday in his Los Angeles home, family members said. He had a kidney...
Tags: Philosophy, Gay Rights, Restaurants, The Doors (music group), Crime, Law and Justice
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Philadelphia collapse survivor: 'I started running for my life'
On the day officials announced they would assemble a grand jury to investigate a building collapse in Philadelphia, one survivor recalled the disaster that killed six people. Felicia Hill, a mother of seven, was working in the Salvation Army thrift...
Tags: Lawyers, The Salvation Army, Philadelphia Building Collapse (2013), Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lenny Dykstra could be released from prison this weekend
Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra is expected to be released from jail Sunday, just 15 months into his three-year term, the Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting. After pleading no contest in October 2011 to three grand theft auto charges and one count of...
Tags: Judges, New York Mets, Prisons, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Philadelphia building inspector dead in apparent suicide
A Philadelphia building inspector who had checked and signed off on a demolition site that later collapsed and killed six people has died in an apparent suicide, officials said Thursday. Ronald Wagenhoffer, who was 52, was found dead in his vehicle...
Tags: Lawyers, Disasters and Accidents, The Salvation Army, Philadelphia Building Collapse (2013), Suicide
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Philadelphia building collapse: City tightens rules on demolition
Officials in Philadelphia announced sweeping changes to the city’s demolition standards Friday as the first lawsuit was filed in the four-story building collapse that left six people dead. In a televised news conference, Mayor Michael Nutter...
Tags: Government, George Zimmerman, Laws, Safety of Citizens, Bankruptcy
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Kobe Bryant says mom not told she could sell basketball memorabilia
The Kobe Bryant memorabilia story has taken another turn: The Lakers star claims he never gave his mother permission to sell some of his basketball mementos. Bryant's lawyers have asked New Jersey-based Goldin Auctions to terminate plans to sell items...
Tags: Lawyers, Basketball, Kobe Bryant, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Wheeler rolling to FCC. DreamWorks Animation eyes AwesomenessTV
After the coffee. Before a long morning of earnings calls. The Skinny: I got through the season finale of "The Following" last night. It wasn't easy. Fortunately, afterward I watched the premiere of Comedy Central's "Inside Amy," which was a tad...
Tags: Federal Communications Commission, Mad Men (tv program), News Agency, Television, Brian Robbins
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Hilary Koprowski dies at 96; developed oral vaccine for polio
Hilary Koprowski, a Polish-born researcher who developed the first successful oral vaccine for polio, has died. He was 96. Koprowski died of pneumonia April 11 at his Philadelphia home, said his son, Dr. Christopher Koprowski, a radiation oncologist....
Tags: Science, Centocor Incorporated, Biotechnology, AIDS, Biotechnology Industry
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WATCH: Philadelphia triple shooting caught on video, man sought
Philadelphia police have released dramatic footage of a shooting that left three youths injured and the gunman at large. Police didn't give a possible motive for the Tuesday shooting, which happened just outside a Chinese takeout food store. The...
Tags: Shootings
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Marc Duvoisin named L.A. Times managing editor
Readers' Representative JournalA message to the newsroom from Editor Davan Maharaj: I’m pleased to announce that Marc Duvoisin is the new managing editor of the Los Angeles Times. As you know, this announcement is a long time coming. It reflects months of...... -
Philadelphia Orchestra shows local boy some brotherly love
The Philadelphia Orchestra has come to the rescue of a budding musician, 9-year-old Aidan Milligan. The special-needs fourth-grader was so excited over an upcoming trombone lesson that he left his instrument on the curb at the end of his driveway. It soon...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Music
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