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Oct. 6, 2011
World & Nation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Behind America’s late leap into orbit and triumphant small step on the moon was the agile mind and guts-of-steel of Chris Kraft, making split-second decisions that propelled the nation to once unimaginable heights.Kraft, the creator and longtime leader of NASA’s Mission Control, died Monday in Houston, just two days after the 50th anniversary of what was his and NASA’s crowning achievement: Apollo 11’s moon landing.
July 22, 2019
Sports Now
June 25, 2010
Hockey
Bobby Carpenter became the first high school player ever to jump directly to the National Hockey League when he joined the Washington Capitals in 1981 after leading St.
Feb. 9, 1985
UCLA Sports
Down to third stringers at quarterback, tailback, UCLA loses its third in a row, 24-20 to Arizona State, and falls to 5-5 and out of Pac-10 title race.
Nov. 11, 2007
Hero Complex Blog
May 11, 2010
Entertainment & Arts
A work pairing Goethe’s ‘Sorrows’ and Schubert will kick off new season.
Sept. 28, 2004
Dodgers Now
Aug. 22, 2011
Sports
MLB Playoffs: Chris Carpenter is a comeback story for Cardinals
Oct. 15, 2012
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s “The Threepenny Opera” is already such a savage indictment of capitalism that it would seem to leave Long Beach Opera activist stage director Christopher Alden little to do.
June 13, 2005