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Cookie Gilchrist dies at 75; AFL star player
Cookie Gilchrist, a bruising fullback who as one of the American Football League's first star players helped lead the Buffalo Bills to a championship in 1964, has died. He was 75.
Gilchrist died Monday of cancer at an assisted living facility near...Tags: Sports, Civil Rights, Social Issues, Jim Brown, Justice and Rights
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Two Guys Lose Weight: Oops!
Los Angeles TimesThe following is a blog documenting two Los Angeles Times editors' attempts to lose weight. It all began on Jan. 10. Yeah, I cratered. To skeptics who didn’t think I could survive the D.C. trip without falling off the diet bandwagon, they were...Tags: Transportation, Travel, Air Transportation, ESPN (tv network), Foods and Beverages
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Marcia Clark metes out justice in murder-mystery novel
Los Angeles TimesIt's telling that the title of Marcia Clark's murder-mystery debut is smaller than her name on the novel's cover. Clark is best known as the lead prosecutor in the media circus known as the O.J. Simpson murder trial. She's less recognized as an author,...Tags: Johnnie Cochran, Sex Crimes, Mystery (genre), Trials, Athletes
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Book Review: 'Juice!' by Ishmael Reed
Special to the Los Angeles TimesJuice! A Novel Ishmael Reed Dalkey Archive Press: 336 pp., $14.95 paper Nobody renders the aphorism, "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you," more vividly on the page than Ishmael Reed. From the beginning of his career...Tags: Civil Rights, African Americans, Social Issues, Criminals, Justice and Rights
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Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt dies at 63; former Black Panther whose murder conviction was overturned
Elmer G. "Geronimo" Pratt, a former Los Angeles Black Panther Party leader whose 1972 murder conviction was overturned after he spent 27 years in prison for a crime he said he did not commit, has died. He was 63.
Pratt, whose case became for many a...Tags: African Americans, Orange County Superior Court, New Orleans, Trials, Minority Groups
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Oprah Winfrey has a dream: Getting O.J. Simpson to confess to her
Company TownWhat vacation? Oprah Winfrey on Thursday conceded that launching her own cable channel has been more difficult than she had expected. But now that her syndicated daytime show has ended, Winfrey said she is committed to building OWN: Oprah Winfrey...... -
The Morning Fix: Pressure on 'Green Lantern' to shine. Oprah says she's ready to work. NYT review gives 'Page One' thumbs down.
Company TownAfter the coffee. Before figuring out why I'm as cloudy as the sky these days. The Skinny: This June gloom stuff is wearing me out. Your headlines heading into the weekend include box-office previews, Oprah Winfrey acknowledging OWN needs a...... -
USC vs. Virginia: Trojans hang on for a 17-14 victory
The Fabulous ForumWell, at least now the critics might cut the USC defense a little slack. It's the offense's turn on the hot seat. Save for its final two possessions of the first half, the Trojans did very little against a Virginia...... -
Should Reggie Bush apologize for being an award-winning embarrassment?
Comments BlogBill Plashcke wants disgraced USC tailback Reggie Bush to apologize. The Times columnist understands that Bush might put himself in some legal hot water if he admits to the wrongdoing that led to the NCAA invoking sanctions on the Trojans...... -
O.J. Simpson's appeal rejected by Nevada Supreme Court
The Fabulous ForumThe Nevada Supreme Court ruled Friday that all of O.J. Simpson's arguments for appealing his convictions on armed-robbery and kidnapping charges were without merit. The court did order the conviction of Clarence "C.J." Stewart, Simpson's co-defendant in... -
Technology: Is there room for Hipstamatic in photojournalism?
Opinion L.A.New York Times photographer Damon Winter recently took third place in the prestigious Pictures of the Year International contest for a photo that ran as a part of "A Grunt's Life," about American soldiers in Afghanistan. The photo, however, is...... -
Phil Spector, attorney Robert Shapiro settle dispute
L.A. NOWThere will be no courtroom showdown between imprisoned music producer Phil Spector and Robert Shapiro, the noted criminal lawyer he first tapped to defend him from murder charges. Spector settled a lawsuit demanding that Shapiro return a $1-million...
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