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An emasculated man battles back in 'Fight Song'
-------------------- Fight Song A Novel Joshua Mohr Soft Skull Press: 272 pp., $15.95 -------------------- The San Francisco writer Joshua Mohr's fourth novel, "Fight Song," is a book about that weak and blubbering American species known as...
Tags: Authors, Religion and Belief
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Jerry Buss' legacy is creating a team all of Los Angeles could love
Jerry Buss was one of the greatest owners in the history of professional sports, the creator of the most entertaining championship teams ever, a fearless pioneer who bonded a giant and disparate city under a brilliant blanket of purple and gold. Yet...
Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, Jerry West, Arts and Culture, National Basketball Association, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Not seeing eye to eye, Lakers' Pau Gasol takes long view of coach
NEW YORK — In this mess of a Lakers season, there has remained one crazy, befuddling constant: Mike D'Antoni's decision to embarrass and then bench Pau Gasol. Good for Earl Clark. But when D'Antoni began his stint as Lakers coach by not...
Tags: Central Park, Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol, National Basketball Association, Kobe Bryant
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Evelyn Freeman dies at 96; therapist was pioneer in aging issues
Evelyn Freeman, a pioneer in the field of aging who in the twilight of her life helped people cope with the challenges of getting older, has died. She was 96. Freeman, who was the longtime director of the senior counseling program at what was then called...
Tags: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Pain, Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Conditions, Multiple Sclerosis
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Newton: Which mayoral team will it be?
The job of mayor requires a governing philosophy in order to guide the city and its policies. But it also requires administrative competence, the ability to manage effectively. It is the mayor's job to smartly choose the managers and commissioners who run...
Tags: Kevin James, Politics, Wendy Greuel, Dianne Feinstein, Elections
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Villaraigosa urges 'fiscal cliff' solution, defends Fix the Debt
L.A. NOWL.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called for a bipartisan deal to avoid the automatic budget cuts and tax hikes that threaten to push the U.S. economy off a so-called "fiscal cliff." During an appearance on CNN Thursday morning, the mayor also defended... -
Derelict 112th Congress sets new record for low achievement
The 112th Congress worked hard on just one thing: competing to be known as the most worthless, incompetent, do-nothing gathering of lawmakers in the nation’s history. These political underachievers may well have guaranteed themselves that dubious...
Tags: Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Heritage Foundation, Chris Christie, Republican Party
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'Obamacare,' fiscal cliff leads to small business optimism plunge
American small business owners are in a sour mood, with optimism at one of its lowest levels since 1986, but don’t blame Superstorm Sandy. It’s the fiscal cliff’s fault, according to a new report from the National Federation of...
Tags: Business, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Small Businesses, Economic Indicator, Consumer Confidence
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To avoid 'fiscal cliff,' our leaders need to be better than we are
This being the Christmas season, I’m going to give the nation’s political leaders a little gift, an excuse for bringing America to the edge of a so-called fiscal cliff: They’re only human. It’s easy to look back at other moments...
Tags: Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, U.S. House of Representatives
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Kings' Kevin Westgarth rides emotional waves in NHL labor talks
Kings enforcer Kevin Westgarth went through the same emotional extremes felt by everyone else who had an interest in the labor talks held last week in New York between the NHL and the players’ association. But Westgarth was a member of the players&...
Tags: Medical Specialization, National Hockey League, National Basketball Association, Kevin Westgarth, Career and Workplace
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Haley not considering a 'placeholder' to replace DeMint
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, faced with finding a replacement following Sen. Jim DeMint’s sudden retirement, said Monday that she will not appoint a “placeholder appointee.” Talk of such an appointee, who would pledge to serve for...
Tags: Stephen Colbert, Politics, Mark Sanford, Elections, Jim DeMint
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In Florida's colleges, it may be hello math kids, goodbye poets
When I was in college in the 1970s, a significant part of my financial aid package was a National Defense Student Loan. I was grateful but bemused. I was an English major with a minor concentration in philosophy and religion. How was my study of...
Tags: National Security, Teaching and Learning, University of Oxford, Students, Education
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