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With new arrest, ricin case takes a strange turn
TUPELO, Miss. — Federal agents of all sorts invaded northeast Mississippi several days ago, on a mission: Find the man who sent a poison-laced letter to the president. But the United States government quickly found itself entangled, once again, in a...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Roger F. Wicker, FBI, Karate, Judges
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Pat Derby dies at 70; rescuer of exotic and performing animals
Pat Derby could coax Willie the bear with a handful of jelly beans, make Christopher the cougar twitch his tail on command, and even kissed Rijo the tiger. But when it came to Walt Disney, she had less patience. Derby, a Hollywood animal trainer...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Lobbying, Throat Cancer, Politics, University of Cambridge
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Letters: Ringling Bros.' side
Re "No more curtain calls for elephants," Editorial, Nov. 26 The L.A. City Council's proposed ban on elephants in traveling shows, which The Times supports, is really based on the rhetoric of animal rights activists who oppose all animals in captivity...Tags: Entertainment Events
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Letters: It's no-show time for elephants
Re "No more curtain calls for elephants," Editorial, Nov. 26 It was a pleasure to read that the Los Angeles City Council will likely ban elephants from performing in the city. Governments in dozens of countries have banned exotic animals from performing...
Tags: Entertainment Events, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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Why elephants need circuses and zoos
The Times' editorial Monday on the L.A. City Council's proposed ban on elephants performing in traveling shows such as circuses paints a romantic picture of elephants as gentle giants. The editorial board seems to buy into the animal extremists'...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues
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No more curtain calls for elephants
The Los Angeles City Council is poised to consider a measure that would in effect prevent elephants from performing in traveling shows and exhibitions in the city. It's hardly unusual for the council to sound off on any issue under the sun, but in this...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Feet, Arthritis
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Clown hitches a ride
FrameworkA clown – looking very similar to the famous Keystone Cops – hitches a ride on a police motorcycle during the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus parade of animals.... -
Classic Hollywood: The movies at work
As far back as Louis Lumière's 1895 "Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon" 46-second short, work has been a central theme in motion pictures.¶There have been stark dramas about officer workers as drones (King Vidor's 1928 "The Crowd"), satires...
Tags: The Grapes of Wrath (movie), Entertainment Events, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Entertainment, The Apartment (movie)
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L.A. to consider ban on elephants in traveling shows, exhibits
L.A. NOWAmid discussions of tax increases and medical marijuana, the Los Angeles City Council will soon add elephants to its agenda.... -
Circus training without feeling like a clown
I always dreamed of running away and joining the circus, and then on a recent Wednesday I did — and took my whole family with me. We sneaked away from bothersome school and work obligations and went for a private group class at Cirque School in...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Dizziness, Cirque du Soleil
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