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Ray Collins dies; singer with the Mothers of Invention was 75
The Soul Giants were a struggling R&B cover band in Pomona in the mid-1960s when lead singer Ray Collins fired the group's guitarist and invited a musical collaborator from Rancho Cucamonga to take his place. His name was Frank Zappa. The band soon...
Tags: Music Industry, Invention and Innovation, Frank Zappa, Music, Rolling Stone
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Leafy greens top source of food-borne illnesses, CDC says
Those leafy greens you're always trying to incorporate into your diet? A study released Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says leafy greens such as spinach, kale and lettuces were accountable for the most food-borne illnesses...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Calicivirus, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food Industry
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Families react to death penalty in forest fire arson case
L.A. NOWThe children of a victim of the 2003 Old Fire in San Bernardino County told the judge who sentenced the convicted arsonist to death Monday that the defendant's actions had destroyed their lives. “It’s still very hard for me to...... -
Death penalty imposed for 2003 Old Fire in San Bernardino County
L.A. NOWA methamphetamine addict with a violent history was sentenced to death Monday for setting the 2003 Old fire in San Bernardino County that destroyed 1,000 homes and led to five deaths. A jury in August convicted Rickie Lee Fowler of...... -
Businessman Tahawwur Rana gets 14 years for role in terrorism plots
A Chicago businessman was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison for providing material support to overseas terrorists, including the Pakistani group that launched an attack in Mumbai that left at least 160 dead. U.S. District Judge Harry...
Tags: Pakistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, David Coleman Headley, Trials, Prisons
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Robert L. Citron dies at 87; central figure in O.C. bankruptcy
Robert L. Citron, the Orange County treasurer whose bad bets on exotic Wall Street investments resulted in what at the time was the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, died Wednesday. He was 87. Citron died at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange...
Tags: Bonds, Trials, Prisons, Republican Party, Robert J. Lopez
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3,120-calorie entree: Extreme or 'life's simpler pleasures'?
IHOP has a Country Fried Steak & Eggs combo menu item with 3,720 milligrams of sodium. Johnny Rockets’ Bacon Cheddar Double burger has 50 grams of saturated fat. The Bistro Shrimp Pasta from the Cheesecake Factory has 3,120 calories. Each one is...
Tags: Burger King, Steaks, Olive Garden, Bacon, Michelle Obama
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Strawberries, blueberries ward off heart disease in women: study
Younger women who ate at least three servings per week of strawberries or blueberries reduced their likelihood of suffering a heart attack by one-third compared with their sisters who incorporated fewer of the colorful berries into their diet, a new study...
Tags: Strawberries, Blueberries, American Heart Association, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure
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PASSINGS: Fyodor Khitruk, James R. Whelan, Arthur Chaskalson
Fyodor Khitruk Animated Soviet version of 'Winnie the Pooh' Fyodor Khitruk, 95, a prominent Russian animator and director who created the Soviet Union's cartoon version of A.A. Milne's classic Winnie the Pooh stories, died Monday in Moscow,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, News Media, Moscow (Russia), Russia, Human Rights
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Two sides of Fontella Bass, the late, great St. Louis soul singer
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticThis post has been updated. See below for details. Any appreciation of soul singer Fontella Bass, who died Wednesday at age 72, must first acknowledge “Rescue Me,” the propellant 1965 R&B banger that became her signature. But equally vital...Tags: Soul (genre), Aretha Franklin, Music, Popular Music (genre), Entertainment
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On Location: 'Zero Dark Thirty's' compound challenges
First-time feature production designer Jeremy Hindle admits to some dicey feelings while taking director Kathryn Bigelow on an initial walk-through of "Zero Dark Thirty's" key set. But they weren't rookie jitters. "I remember telling her, 'You're...
Tags: Pakistan, Kathryn Bigelow, Spike Jonze, Osama bin Laden, Entertainment
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Westside's Junior's Deli to close over rent dispute
Junior’s Deli, a 53-year-old Westside staple, will close at the end of the year, narrowing the ranks of Jewish delis in Southern California. Employees, some of them multi-decade veterans of the business, learned Wednesday of the comfort food...
Tags: Bruce Willis, Hank Azaria, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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