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Season is probably over for Giants' Brian Wilson
San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson says his season is probably over. Wilson said before Sunday's series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates that he will probably have elbow-reconstruction surgery, ending his season with only a save. An MRI exam...
Tags: Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants, Brian Wilson
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What we owe Afghanistan
Weary as Americans are of the war in Afghanistan, it has been obvious for some time that the United States would continue to play a role in that country after Afghan forces assume full control of security in 2014. So it isn't surprising that Washington...
Tags: Politics, NATO, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Afghan suicide bomb attack kills 4 civilians; 3 Britons injured
World NowA suicide car bomber who took aim at a Western convoy in southern Afghanistan on Thursday killed four Afghan civilians and injured more than 30 other people, including three British nationals who were involved in reconstruction work, Afghan and British... -
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Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say
After the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the George W. Bush administration flooded the conquered country with so much cash to pay for reconstruction and other projects in the first year that a new unit of measurement was born.
Pentagon...Tags: Crimes, Henry A Waxman, Los Angeles Unified School District, Accounting and Auditing, United Nations
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Dance review: Pacific Northwest Ballet premieres a reconstruction of 'Giselle' in Seattle
Culture MonsterLaura Bleiberg reviews the Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere of a reconstructed 'Giselle' in Seattle... -
As Japan seeks to finance reconstruction, U.S. debt costs could rise
Japan's need to raise huge amounts of money for reconstruction after the disastrous earthquake raises the prospect of higher U.S. costs to finance its own budget deficit and ultimately higher costs to American consumers on financing everything from houses...Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, Disasters, Sony Corp., Toyota Motor Corp., Homes
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Book review: 'Inherently Unequal' by Lawrence Goldstone
Special to the Los Angeles TimesInherently Unequal The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903 Lawrence Goldstone Walker & Co.: 242 pp., $26 In the years immediately following the Civil War, America appeared to possess the will and the means to end racial...Tags: Republican Party, Ku Klux Klan, Slavery, Social Issues, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Troubles at the Russian jewel, the Bolshoi Theatre
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Q&A: Dr. Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl on recovery efforts in Haiti
L.A. NOWDr. Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl talk about their work on recovery efforts in Haiti with Los Angeles Times' reporter Molly Hennessy-Fiske. Farmer and Dahl are in L.A. to attend the "Haiti Stories" conference at UCLA on Saturday.... -
Japanese see disaster as opportunity for broad change
One by one, members of Japan's heartthrob pop band SMAP make their pitch: "You are not alone," says one. "Let's help each other," beckons another. Then comes the final exhortation from celebrity Tortoise Matsumoto: "Believe in Japan's strength!"
Such...Tags: Disasters, Immigration, Business, Economic Policy, Tsunamis
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Afghan girl whose nose was cut off meets with local doctors, prepares for treatment
L.A. NOWAn Afghan girl featured on the Aug. 9 cover of Time magazine after her nose was cut off met with Southland doctors this week in preparation for treatment. The 18-year-old, identified only as Bibi Aisha (Miss Aisha), told Time that......
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