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A long cooling-off period for San Onofre nuclear plant
Southern California Edison built San Onofre's two nuclear reactors in about nine years, but tearing them down will be a technically complex, multibillion-dollar job completed over decades. It is likely that Edison first will mothball the plant, which...
Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Nuclear Power, Barbara Boxer, U.S. Marine Corps
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Six dead in Philadelphia building collapse, mayor says
PHILADELPHIA — A building that was being torn down collapsed with a thunderous boom Wednesday, raining bricks on a neighboring thrift store, killing six people and injuring at least 13 others in an accident that witnesses said was bound to happen....
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Accidental Death, Philadelphia Building Collapse (2013), Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Disasters and Accidents
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The how-to behind the Land of Nod's rainbow wall
Earlier this week we posted one more sign of the American retail recovery, the expansion of the Land of Nod at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. Times photographer Allen J. Schaben's shot of the brick wall at the checkout counter prompted us to ask Land of...
Tags: JC Penney Company Inc.
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Retail rents starting to inch up
After surviving a brutal recession that saw many chain retailers, restaurants and shops struggle and even go under, Southern California landlords are regaining the upper hand in rent negotiations. With shoppers willing to spend money again, signs of a...
Tags: Business, Office and Retail Spaces, Target, Eastman Kodak Company, Realty
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Attention, e-shoppers: E-commerce is growing in sales and influences
Los Angeles TimesFuturistic fabrics and high-tech garments are just one way technology is affecting the fashion landscape. Another, e-commerce, was the topic of discussion at Fashion Digital Los Angeles, a recent day-long conference in Hollywood. Some 450 registrants...Tags: Clothing, Amazon.com Inc., E-Commerce Industry, Kmart, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes
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Seattle-area bridge collapse severs an artery for holiday traffic
SEATTLE — Dan Sligh was on his way to a camping trip with his wife when he noticed the oversized truck in front of him on Interstate 5. It seemed about four feet too wide on the right side for the bridge they were approaching near Mount Vernon,...
Tags: Memorial Day, Mount Vernon, Disasters and Accidents
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Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm
MOORE, Okla. — A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children. And so she raced against the storm. She had 30 miles to cover from her job in Edmond to Plaza Towers...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Amid Oklahoma tornado devastation, hunt for survivors persists
MOORE, Okla. — The grueling recovery from a killer tornado began Tuesday as search-and-rescue operations continued, but authorities acknowledged that the likelihood of finding anyone alive grew dimmer by the moment. In a rare bit of good news, the...
Tags: White House, Disasters and Accidents, National Weather Service, Briarwood, Moore Oklahoma Tornado (2013)
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Case study conservation on the Eames' Case Study House
Surprisingly, little has changed at the Eames House since 1949, when Charles and Ray Eames designed their Pacific Palisades home and studio as a model of affordable modern living. Most of the objects they lived with remain in place at the two-part,...
Tags: Museums, The Getty, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Washington bridge collapse: 'A white flash, and cold water'
SEATTLE — Dan Sligh was on his way to a camping trip with his wife and Navy colleagues when he noticed the oversized truck in front of him on Interstate 5 seemed about four feet too wide on the right side for the bridge they were approaching near...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Mount Vernon, Transportation Industry, Disasters and Accidents
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Ex-LAPD detective gets 20 years for killing wife in Hawaii
A former Los Angeles police homicide detective was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in a Hawaiian prison for fatally beating his wife with a tire jack, authorities said. Dan DeJarnette, 59, pleaded guilty in March to manslaughter in the case. The plea...
Tags: Justice System, Murder, Lawyers, Punishment, Prosecution
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