Displaying items 85-96 of 491
» View latimes.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-41
•
Next >
-
NY election mix-up: 'Osama' on the ballot
Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama." The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential...Tags: Terrorism, Osama bin Laden, Elections, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War
-
Mortgage payoff on steroids
CONSUMER CONFIDENTIALWhen Stockton resident Kevin Byrd refinanced his mortgage a couple of years ago, he figured he'd need the full 30 years to pay off more than $300,000 in debt. Now he expects to get it done in just 10 years. Or less. Byrd, 50, is employing a system...Tags: Credit and Debt, Sales, Money and Monetary Policy, Loans, Mortgages
-
A delivery too late
Times Staff WriterOn April 1, 1999, Veronica Melendez was in labor at King/Drew when her baby's heart rate began to slow, a possible sign of fetal distress. She was sent to the operating room for a caesarean. En route, however, doctors diverted the 22-year-old to a...Tags: Malpractice, Crimes, Justice System, Gaming, Entertainment
-
An infection missed
Times Staff WriterAngel Ayala was 8 months old when he was taken to King/Drew's emergency room in 1993, suffering a fever and seizures. No one at the hospital was sure what was wrong. His mother, Diana Ayala, says he was sent home a week later, just as sick as when he...Tags: Justice System, Seizures, Viral Diseases and Infections, Health, Lawyers
-
A diagnosis botched
Times Staff WriterBY 9 p.m. on March 24, 1999, Petra Lamas had spent nearly a day at King/Drew with her ailing 11-year-old daughter, Patricia Arellano. Patricia had been taken to the hospital with abdominal pain, and doctors had removed her appendix early that morning...Tags: Malpractice, Death, Appendix, Nursing, Crime, Law and Justice
-
An emergency unmet
Times Staff WriterBy the time he got to King/Drew, Oluchi McDonald was in such unbearable pain that a nurse described it as 10 on a 10-point scale. It had begun that morning, March 12, 2003, when he awoke with a stomachache unlike anything he had ever felt, says his...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School, Death, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
-
'Friendly Fire' Still a Factor in Battles
Times Staff WriterSince the Persian Gulf War, when 25% of U.S. combat fatalities were caused by American forces, the Pentagon has worked mightily to solve the devastating problem of "friendly fire" casualties. Despite those efforts and the increasing precision of U.S....Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Wars and Interventions, Air and Space Accidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bombings
-
Power to the people mover
Times Staff WriterWhat's thought to be the biggest airport people-mover system in the world is to open Saturday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Texas. Replacing a 3-decade-old train, the $880-million SkyLink stretches nearly five miles, with cars that can...Tags: Vehicles, Dallas, Public Transportation, Trips and Vacations, Travel
-
Poll Analysis: Priests Satisfied With Their Lives
Times Poll DirectorDespite the serious, ongoing problem that the American Roman Catholic Church is confronting with the child sexual abuse scandal, priests today are very satisfied with their lives and are more committed to their vows and to the Church they serve than...Tags: Research, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, Standards, Colleges and Universities, Scranton
-
Poll Analysis: Priests Say Catholic Church Facing Biggest Crisis of the Century
Times Poll Assoc. DirectorMost priests and members of religious orders believe the Catholic Church is currently facing the biggest crisis of this century, according to the latest Los Angeles Times poll. The survey of 1,854 priests and religious in 80 dioceses across the United...Tags: Research, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, Elections, Colleges and Universities, Abusive Behavior
-
Whitewater roulette
Times Staff WriterThe paddlers scout the waterfall, their kayaks as bright as bits of candy against the Sierra Nevada's sculpted gray granite. Behind them, water blasts into the mountain air through a misshapen rock spout, then hammers down on the rock ledge below. But...Tags: Insurance, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Society, Science and Technology, Elections
-
County Health Chief Is Rebuked
Times Staff WritersLos Angeles County supervisors sharply rebuked their health department chief during a rancorous public debate Tuesday and ordered him to physically move his office to Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. "Park yourself there," Supervisor Gloria...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unions, Zev Yaroslavsky, Health and Medical Professionals, McDonald's
Oct 10, 2008
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 9, 2008
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Dec 5, 2004
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 5, 2004
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 5, 2004
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 5, 2004
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 6, 2001
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 15, 2005
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Oct 21, 2002
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Oct 20, 2002
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 27, 2004
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 13, 2005
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Human Mishaps topic gallery.
