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Veterans home-loan bond money going untapped
SACRAMENTO — In the last century, Californians have said yes to every request for money to help veterans buy homes. Since 2000, they have signed off on $1.4 billion in bonds for that purpose. But most of that money remains untapped. In fact, the...
Tags: Afghanistan, Politics, U.S. Congress, Loans, Homes
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In a disputed reef, Philippines sees face of Chinese domination
MASINLOC, Philippines — The fishermen were sailing the azure waters off the Philippine coast when Richard Caneda saw the morning sunlight glinting off a vessel "bigger than the biggest ship in the Philippine navy." Caneda could see a red Chinese...
Tags: Malaysia, Fishing, Maritime (music group), Taiwan, Boats
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Father, son sentenced to prison for rhino horn trafficking
Saying she wanted to send a message against the “extremely serious” crime of trafficking in rhinoceros horns, a federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a father and son to nearly four years in prison for selling hundreds of pounds of horns highly...
Tags: Judges, Organized Crime, Trials, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Letters: Vietnam today
Re "The Vietnam syndrome," Opinion, May 5 Frank Snepp, a former CIA analyst who was in Vietnam during the fall of Saigon in 1975, worries that we may not have learned the lessons of our war in that country. He may have missed the most important lesson....
Tags: Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Los Angeles International Airport, Birth Defects
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Letters: Mistreating those who serve
Re "Reward for combat duty: loss of jobs," May 6 I'm glad The Times is naming names. The companies that failed to protect the jobs of those serving the country need public shaming so we'll know which companies not to patronize. The excuse that the law... -
As Kentucky Derby nears, these two already have won
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As the Kentucky Derby approaches, consider Dennis O'Neill and Tom Knust as Twin Spires for racehorse Goldencents. The backstretch barns at Churchill Downs were celebrity central Wednesday morning, led by the current biggest...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Breeders' Cup, Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes
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Woman who cut off husband's penis was 'doormat,' her attorney says
A defense attorney on Thursday said a Garden Grove woman accused of lacing her husband's dinner with drugs, cutting off his penis and tossing it in a garbage disposal was "a doormat" to her manipulating husband. Catherine Kieu, 50, faces felony...
Tags: Trials, Punishment, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Films and Lectures
HAWAII Movie Filmmaker Catherine Bauknight will present "Hawaii: A Voice for Sovereignty," a documentary that raises awareness of issues that threaten the ancient and environmentally sustainable culture of native Hawaiians. When, where: 7:30 p.m....Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel, Southeast Asia
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Vietnam: Metropole offering tours of rediscovered wartime bunker
The Metropole, Hanoi’s legendary colonial hotel built in 1901, is offering four daily tours to its recently reopened underground concrete bunker where guests, staff and anti-war activists such as Joan Baez and Jane Fonda sought safety from U.S air...
Tags: Travel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hanoi (Vietnam), Arts and Culture, Culture
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Vietnam jails farmer who fought eviction -- and one of his foes
When the government came for his land, Doan Van Vuon fought back -- first with the law, then with a shotgun. The fish farmer used rifles and explosives to battle police and soldiers seizing his converted swampland, injuring several officers in the...
Tags: Politics, Trials, Punishment, Human Rights, Prisons
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Letters: Jonathan Winters, comic genius
Re "Comic had ark of characters," Obituary, April 13 I first met Jonathan Winters in 1967 in Vietnam. Not many Hollywood people did USO visits to our remote location. We never hosted the Bob Hope-type entertainers. Winters was brilliant. Before the... -
Cimarron Group closes office in Beijing
The Hollywood entertainment marketing company the Cimarron Group has closed its office in Beijing after less than a year in operation. The development underscores the challenges American companies face when trying to do business in China, where movies...
Tags: China, Employees, Career and Workplace, MGM Inc., Marketing
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