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For Afghan Scouts, 'Be prepared' takes on a new meaning
KABUL, Afghanistan –- Mohammad Aziz Ayob adjusts his Boy Scout scarf, leans over and settles a sapling into the dry Kabul soil as two NATO helicopters pass overhead, the clack-clack of their blades echoing off the neighboring mountains. Bobbing...
Tags: Taliban, Sociology, Social Organizations, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief
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Newport Folk Festival brings two-day concert to Santa Monica Pier
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticThe storied Newport Folk Festival, which bills itself as “the original music festival” and has delivered historic moments on the East Coast since 1959, will uproot and head west in the fall for Way Over Yonder, a new festival taking place...Tags: Entertainment, Feist, Kanye West, The Felice Brothers (music group), Arts and Culture
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Red Cross temporarily halts operations in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that it has temporarily suspended operations in Afghanistan after an attack this week in the eastern city of Jalalabad in which a security guard was killed and a staff...
Tags: Taliban, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Politics, International Organizations, Political Dissent
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Malibu residents: Not in my front beach
It isn't often we hear from those who empathize with Malibu homeowners in the continuing battle for beach access in that oceanfront city. Which isn't surprising, considering this fight pits moneyed residents against less-well-off beachgoers seeking access...
Tags: Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, Beaches, Crime, Law and Justice
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Suicide bombers attack Red Cross compound in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- In the second attack on a humanitarian organization in Afghanistan in less than a week, insurgents in Jalalabad struck the compound of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Wednesday, killing a security guard and wounding a...
Tags: Taliban, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Wars and Interventions, Politics, International Organizations
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How life (and death) change Egyptian soccer and its American coach
Bob Bradley wasn't looking for an adventure as much as he was looking for a job after being fired as coach of the U.S. soccer team two years ago. But in Egypt he found both. When Bradley arrived in the fall of 2011 to take over Egypt's national soccer...
Tags: Soccer, Arab Spring, FIFA World Cup, Chivas USA, Major League Soccer
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Marine's attempted-suicide conviction overturned by military court
A military appeals court Monday overturned the attempted-suicide conviction of a former Marine from Oceanside. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ruled that the military did not prove that the suicide attempt of Pvt. Lazzaric Caldwell...
Tags: Suicide, U.S. Congress, AEG, Michael Jackson, Military Justice
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Bikers will cruise Venice Boulevard for Sunday's CicLAvia
Los Angeles celebrates its sixth CicLAvia on Sunday, with Venice Boulevard mostly closed to cars from downtown to the beach. Parts of Alvarado, 7th and Main streets will be closed downtown. The idea is to give people on foot and bicycles the chance to...
Tags: Rentals
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Many shelters empty as Texas evacuees seek out friends and family
When the showroom floor of a West, Texas, auto dealership began to shake Wednesday night, general manager Ronnie Sykora knew something was very wrong. Then Sykora heard the news: A nearby fertilizer plant had caught fire and exploded. He rushed to...
Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Chemical Industry, Fertilizer, Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Obama arrives in Boston on a mission of healing and commemoration
BOSTON -- In a gesture of healing and commemoration, President Obama arrived on Thursday in Boston, a city still reeling from the shock of a bombing that turned a holiday into a terrorist attack. Accompanied by his wife, Michelle, the president landed...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Religion and Belief, FBI, Politics, Christianity
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Portraits of Syrian rebels
FrameworkNish L. Nalbandian is a freelance photographer based in Denver. He has traveled and photographed extensively around the world, mostly via motorcycle, over the last several years. In 2009, he rode a motorcycle from San Diego to Cairo (via cargo ship and...
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