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L.A. full of roads to ruin for cars
A drive along Angus Street in hilly Silver Lake requires navigating a gantlet of buckled concrete slabs and dirt-filled cracks. But on South Seabluff Drive in Playa Vista the ride is smooth, the pavement is black and you can smell the fresh asphalt....
Tags: Politics, Government, Road Transportation, Travel, Jan Perry
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'Entourage' recap: With friends like these
Show TrackerLast seen getting a beat down from Eminem and then being busted by the cops for possession, movie star Vincent Chase has hit bottom and now wants to climb out of the hole in which he finds himself. Because this...... -
New Zealand quake raises questions about L.A. buildings
The level of devastation from this week's earthquake in New Zealand has some California scientists saying that the state's seismic building codes should be reevaluated to address the striking structural failures seen in Christchurch.
In New Zealand,...Tags: Education, New Zealand Earthquake (2011), Colleges and Universities, Haiti, Industrial Accidents
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Chile miners: The roster of the rescued at Chilean mine [UPDATED]
La PlazaThe 33 miners trapped in Chile are being brought to the surface one at a time in a special capsule. They wore dark glasses to protect against the first bright light they had seen in 69 days. The first to be rescued are: 1. Florencio Avalos, 31, the... -
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Chile miners: Rescuers free men with determined efficiency
La PlazaWorking with machine-like efficiency, Chilean rescuers continued freeing trapped miners Wednesday morning in an operation that was broadcast live to a world that had seldom felt smaller. Rescuers continued to pull, man by man, the 33 miners who had been... -
Chile miners: Officials say some rescued men may leave the hospital Thursday
La PlazaThe 33 men rescued from the collapsed San Jose mine in Chile were in good health overall, with some of them set to be released from the hospital by the end of the day, officials said Thursday. Chilean President Sebastian Piñera, who met with the... -
Chile miners: Three of the rescued men are discharged from the hospital
La PlazaThree of the 33 men rescued from the collapsed San Jose mine in Chile were released from the hospital Thursday night, the first to head home after doctors earlier declared all of the miners free of shock and generally in good health. The three men --... -
Trapped miners in Chile face long wait
La PlazaRescuers were able to lower a video camera into the shaft but no audio link. Grainy black-and-white footage showed the dazed eyes of a single miner. The 33 men have been trapped for 18 days. Authorities are now working to get the miners glucose,... -
Trapped miners in Chile request 'a little glass of wine'
La PlazaComplex drilling has begun on a tunnel to rescue 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground in a Chilean desert, a process that could take three to four months despite Chile's efforts to speed up the process. The miners are already the longest-trapped in... -
A long, precarious wait for trapped miners in Chile
La PlazaIt's been more than a month of waiting now for "Los 33" of Chile, the miners trapped 2,300 feet underground at a gold and copper mine in the remote Atacama desert. The 33 men have had videoconferences with loved ones, watched a Chile-Ukraine soccer... -
Trapped miners in Chile begin receiving cigarettes
La PlazaThe 33 miners trapped 2,300 feet underground in a mine in Chile have persuaded officials to meet one of their most ardent requests since making contact with the surface: cigarettes. The regional governor in Atacama, where the San Jose mine is located,...
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