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Wilson High School track athlete killed after football game in Long Beach [Updated]
L.A. NOWFriends and family gathered today at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach to mourn the death of a 16-year-old honors student and track athlete who was gunned down as she and her friends were leaving a football game the...... -
Kudos for Obama's peace prize defense of 'just war'
Top of the Ticket"Barack Obama at his best," said Republican stalwart Pat Buchanan. "I thought it was presidential, scholarly.... It's a speech of a very mature president.... His defense of his country was eloquent.... I hope it's true that he wrote every word...... -
'Rebirth of a Nation' by Jackson Lears
Jackson Lears is a formidable, compellingly original cultural and intellectual historian.
In "No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880-1920," Lears skillfully delineated the role of aesthetic radicals -- notably...Tags: White House, John Reed, Andrew Carnegie, Minority Groups, Metal and Mineral
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Obama says Nobel Peace Prize is 'a call to action'
President Obama, who has pledged to place diplomacy ahead of confrontation and reached out to a skeptical world with offers of mutual understanding, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace today for what the Nobel committee called "his extraordinary efforts...Tags: Defense, White House, Nuclear Policy, 2016 Olympic Games, United Nations
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Prized for his noble words
Within hours of Friday's announcement that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize, commentators and politicians all over the map were denouncing the award as "absurd." At first blush, that seems the only reasonable response, because the... -
Last week in GOP triage punditry
Opinion L.A.It's not clear what precipitated this convergence, but the opinion pages of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and the Washington Post all devoted space last weekend to op-eds ruminating on contemporary conservatism. For those who missed this odd... -
The light of our identity
On July 3, 1776, John Adams wrote a famous letter to his wife, Abigail, back in Massachusetts. He predicted that America's Independence Day would "be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival." Adams felt it "ought to be...Tags: Politics, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Abraham Lincoln, National Government
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Text of Barack Obama Nobel Prize acceptance lecture
Top of the TicketBarack Obama Nobel Prize Acceptance Text, as prepared for delivery and provided by the White House "A Just and Lasting Peace" Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and... -
The White House, from country home to museum
Culture MonsterJackie Kennedy's transformation of the White House in 1961 from practically a lived-in suburban home to a pristine museum -- the results of which were enshrined on a hit TV tour -- was the first time many Americans were given...... -
Two teen girls charged with witness intimidation in Long Beach murder case
L.A. NOWProsecutors charged two Woodrow Wilson High School students in juvenile court Tuesday with witness intimidation after they allegedly approached a witness in the case against two teenage boys charged with the 2009 murder of athlete and honor student Melody... -
Fixing Mexico police becomes a priority
The lie-detector team brought in by Mexico's top cop was supposed to help clean up the country's long-troubled police. There was just one problem: Most of its members themselves didn't pass, and a supervisor was rigging results to make sure others did....Tags: Political Corruption, Laws, Politics, Organized Crime, Political Systems
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The White House: An American dream come true
Jackie Kennedy's transformation of the White House in 1961 from practically a lived-in suburban home to a pristine museum -- the results of which were enshrined on a hit TV tour -- was the first time many Americans were given such an intimate glimpse into...Tags: White House, Politics, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Upper East Side, Tourism and Leisure
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