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    May 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. How to buy happiness

    Imagine that you woke up tomorrow morning to discover $1 million under your mattress. Leaving aside the obvious lumpiness issue, take a moment to think: What would you do with that cash?
    Imagine that you woke up tomorrow morning to discover $1 million under your mattress. Leaving aside the obvious lumpiness issue, take a moment to think: What would you do with that cash? If you're like many people, contemplating your newfound wealth...

    Tags: Rentals, Starbucks Corp., The Happiest News!, Research, Homes

    2. May 19, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  2. Khalfani Muhammad wins Southern Section Division 3 100, 200 races

    Khalfani Muhammad of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame has never faced a camera he didn't like or taken on an opponent he didn't want to beat. That made Saturday's Southern Section track and field championships the ideal environment for Muhammad to put on a show.
    Khalfani Muhammad of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame has never faced a camera he didn't like or taken on an opponent he didn't want to beat. That made Saturday's Southern Section track and field championships the ideal environment for Muhammad to put on a show....

    Tags: Track and Field

    3. May 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Spending in L.A. mayor's race breaks records

    Spending in the hotly contested two-year race for Los Angeles mayor exceeded $33 million on Saturday, breaking previous records as unlimited outside money continued to play a dominant role in Tuesday's contest.
    Spending in the hotly contested two-year race for Los Angeles mayor exceeded $33 million on Saturday, breaking previous records as unlimited outside money continued to play a dominant role in Tuesday's contest. Candidate super PACs and so-called...

    Tags: Gil Cedillo, Wendy Greuel, Los Angeles International Airport, AEG, Port of Los Angeles

    4. May 18, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  4. ‘The Last of Us’: Sony’s survival game will make you cry

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    With “The Last of Us,” the survival horror title developed by Naughty Dog exclusively for the PS3, Neil Druckmann and Bruce […]...
    5. May 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info

    When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of powerful governments and corporations using little more than his laptop.
    When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...

    Tags: Film Festivals, WikiLeaks, Movies, Religion and Belief, Espionage Act of 1917

    6. May 17, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  6. J.J. Abrams on ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’: ‘Spectacle is irrelevant’

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    With 2009′s “Star Trek,” filmmaker J.J. Abrams breathed new life into one of science fiction's most venerable franchises. His sleek […]...
    7. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Carole King to be honored with Obama-hosted show, Gershwin Prize

    Carole King seems to have fans in high places: The singer-songwriter's life will be staged with an eye toward Broadway, and next week her oeuvre will be honored at the White House.
    Carole King seems to have fans in high places: The singer-songwriter's life will be staged with an eye toward Broadway, and next week her oeuvre will be honored at the White House. Officials announced Friday that President Obama will host a star-studded...

    Tags: Theater, Broadway Theater, Barack Obama, PBS (tv network), Music Theater

    8. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. The Cannes fashion festival continues, David Beckham doesn't

    Cannes-do Style: Calvin Klein and the Independent Filmmaker Project celebrated women in film at an event Thursday night that included Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Carey Mulligan and Harvey Weinstein. In other Calvin Klein news, Mara will be fronting the new Calvin Klein fragrance, Downtown (out in July). Rooney was dressed for last night's fete in a slinky nude-colored Calvin Klein gown and a Jennifer Meyer bracelet.
    Cannes-do Style: Calvin Klein and the Independent Filmmaker Project celebrated women in film at an event Thursday night that included Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Carey Mulligan and Harvey Weinstein. In other Calvin Klein news, Mara will be fronting the...

    Tags: Rooney Mara, Roberto Cavalli, Vivienne Westwood, David Beckham

    9. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Mo Hayder's 'Poppet' takes nuanced, compelling look at evil

    Since introducing Detective Inspector Jack Caffery 14 years ago in "Birdman," Mo Hayder has written some of the grisliest crime fiction in recent memory. Caffery's cases in London and, later, in Bristol's Major Crime Investigation Team, have included the murder and bizarre postmortem autopsies of women by a surgically trained serial killer, abducted children and sadistic African rituals. That's enough evil to keep readers awake long after the cases are solved.
    Since introducing Detective Inspector Jack Caffery 14 years ago in "Birdman," Mo Hayder has written some of the grisliest crime fiction in recent memory. Caffery's cases in London and, later, in Bristol's Major Crime Investigation Team, have included...

    Tags: Authors, Crime, Law and Justice, Literature, Book, Arts and Culture

    10. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Asghar Farhadi goes for maximum emotional impact in his films

    CANNES, France — "Stories come to me," says Asghar Farhadi, his sharp eyes focused, intense. "This one came to me, and I decided to follow it."
    CANNES, France — "Stories come to me," says Asghar Farhadi, his sharp eyes focused, intense. "This one came to me, and I decided to follow it." It sounds straightforward, simple even, but nothing about the filmmaker's latest work, "The Past," fits...

    Tags: Film Festivals, Movies, France, A Separation (movie), Iran

    11. May 17, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  11. Troubled youths deserve more effective discipline than suspension

    The limits on student suspensions approved by the Los Angeles Unified school board this week may burnish the district's progressive credentials, putting L.A. in the forefront of a national shift away from zero-tolerance policies that ban kids from campus for minor offenses.
    The limits on student suspensions approved by the Los Angeles Unified school board this week may burnish the district's progressive credentials, putting L.A. in the forefront of a national shift away from zero-tolerance policies that ban kids from...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, University of California, Los Angeles, Entertainment Events, F-bomb Dropping

    12. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. In Mexico, immigrants' relatives watch U.S. debate, and hope

    TONATICO, Mexico — Armando Guadarrama was navigating his taxi through the narrow streets of this central Mexico pueblo on a recent Saturday morning, some 2,000 miles from the Beltway.
    TONATICO, Mexico — Armando Guadarrama was navigating his taxi through the narrow streets of this central Mexico pueblo on a recent Saturday morning, some 2,000 miles from the Beltway. But like many here, Guadarrama was up-to-the-minute with the...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Organized Crime, Career and Workplace, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice

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