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Battleship Iowa heading to final berth as San Pedro museum
L.A. NOWHundreds of invited guests -– including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa -- are set to board the USS Iowa to witness the battleship’s arrival this afternoon at its permanent home in Berth 87 on the San Pedro waterfront. The ship has been... -
Battleship Iowa heads to permanent home on San Pedro waterfront
L.A. NOWJust after 3 p.m. Saturday, the battleship Iowa got underway on its final, 3.4 nautical mile journey through Los Angeles Harbor on its way to becoming a floating museum.... -
Twitter feud erupts between Jerry Brown press shop, columnist
PolitiCalA Twitter feud between Gov. Jerry Brown’s press secretary and writers from the Sacramento and Fresno Bee has found its way into the newspaper’s pages. Thursday’s paper included an item on the tweeting exploits of Brown press secretary... -
Goldberg: Romney feeds the crocs
"If Mitt Romney can be pushed around, intimidated, coerced, co-opted by a conservative radio talk show host in Middle America, then how is he going to stand up to the Chinese? How is he going to stand up to Putin?" So asked Bryan Fischer, a radio host...
Tags: Radio, Gays and Lesbians, Politics, Religion and Belief, Minority Groups
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Tony Blankley dies at 63; press secretary to Speaker Newt Gingrich
Reporting from Washington -- Tony Blankley, who gained notoriety as press secretary for Newt Gingrich during the Republican takeover of Congress in the 1990s and later as a conservative commentator on radio and television, has died. He was 63.
The...Tags: William F. Buckley, Radio, Bill Clinton, Politics, Republican Party
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Gevork Vartanian dies at 87; Soviet spy helped derail plot to kill Allied leaders
Gevork Vartanian, a former Soviet intelligence agent who helped derail a Nazi plot to assassinate allied leaders at a 1943 conference in Tehran, has died. He was 87.
Vartanian died Tuesday of an unspecified illness, according to Russia's Foreign...Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Russia, Politics, Dmitry Medvedev, Arts and Culture
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British ambassador describes mob attack in Tehran
World NowBritain's Ambassador describes attack on Tehran embassy as police largely stood by. Meanwhile, the Iranian embassy in London was closed.... -
'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' recap: 'Friends don't sue friends'
Show TrackerOn "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," Kyle rejects Taylor and Russell from her annual "White Party."... -
Theater review: ‘What the Butler Saw’ at the Odyssey Theatre
Culture MonsterPhilip Brandes reviews Joe Orton's black comedy "What the Butler Saw" at the Odyssey Theatre.... -
Your local chippy: The Pikey is open in Hollywood
Daily DishYour local chippy: The Pikey is open in Hollywood.... -
Daum: New words to live by
Every year around this time, the Concise Oxford English Dictionary releases a list of words that will be added to its next edition. It's lucky that the announcement comes toward the end of August, when most humans want to go on vacation and most...Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations, Arts and Culture, Journalism, Same-Sex Marriage
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Otto von Habsburg dies at 98; son of Austria-Hungary's last emperor
Otto von Habsburg, the oldest son of Austria-Hungary's last emperor who saw the end of his family's centuries-long rule and emerged to become a champion of a Europe united by democracy, died Monday in his sleep at his home in Poecking, Germany, where he...Tags: Obituaries, Berlin (Germany), Politics, European Parliament, Human Interest
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