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Feb. 20, 2013
Entertainment & Arts
Three L.A. comics discuss whether Chappelle’s jokes were punching down or just needed some punching up.
Oct. 13, 2021
California
Forty years after a man was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife, he’s been given a chance at freedom. The woman’s family is shocked.
Aug. 19, 2020
Television
If any member of the “SCTV” cast was best equipped to host a weekly comedy/variety series, underseen Dave Thomas might be the man; in addition to his talents as an impressionist and skit player, Thomas seems perhaps the most average, all-American Joe from among that legendary crew, John Candy’s friendly girth notwithstanding.
Jan. 25, 1990
Food
Dave Thomas, the folksy founder of Wendy’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers who parlayed his taste for good food and friendly service and an innate knack for talking to people from their television sets into one of the world’s most successful fast-food chains, died Tuesday.
Jan. 9, 2002
Sports
The death of BMX star Dave Mirra has led many to wonder if brain trauma like CTE played a role in his suicide Thursday.
Feb. 5, 2016
Archives
Shopping: Idol Radec’s beachy menswear
May 30, 2010
Business
Yes, his hamburgers are fresh and square like his public persona.
Jan. 11, 2002
Top of the Ticket
June 22, 2007
Dave Thomas is finally on a hit TV series.
Feb. 20, 1994