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Lester Rodney dies at 98; Daily Worker sports editor fought segregation in major league baseball
Lester Rodney, the sports editor and columnist for the American Communist Party newspaper the Daily Worker who crusaded to end segregation in major league baseball in the 1930s and '40s, has died. He was 98.
Rodney died of age-related causes Sunday at...Tags: Communist Party of China, Career and Workplace, World War II (1939-1945), Jackie Robinson, Colleges and Universities
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Tommy Henrich dies at 96; New York Yankees star
Associated PressTommy Henrich, nicknamed "Old Reliable" for his knack of delivering clutch hits for the New York Yankees, has died. He was 96. Henrich died Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio, the Yankees announced. No cause of death was given. A five-time All-Star outfielder,...Tags: New York Yankees, World War II (1939-1945), Detroit Tigers, All Stars, Obituaries
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George Steinbrenner dies at 80; owner of New York Yankees
George Steinbrenner, who made his name synonymous with the revival of the New York Yankees as a dominant baseball team and leveraged multiple championships into business ventures that forever changed the economics of the sport, has died. He was 80....Tags: ESPN (tv network), Philadelphia Phillies, Career and Workplace, World War II (1939-1945), Chicago Bulls
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Marilyn's Secret Tapes
Times Staff WriterIt remains one of Hollywood's most compelling, and unforgettable, mysteries. On Aug. 5, 1962, the body of Marilyn Monroe was found in the bedroom of her Brentwood home. The 36-year-old movie star was naked and facedown on her bed. An autopsy conducted...Tags: Celebrities, James Joyce, Madison Square Garden, Medical Research, Clark Gable
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Bonds' legacy is safe at home
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSAN FRANCISCO -- At Joe DiMaggio playground in the North Beach neighborhood near Fisherman's Wharf, the same park where DiMaggio learned to play baseball as a youngster, Jesse Smith spent Thursday afternoon practicing his free-throw shooting technique...Tags: Gaylord Perry, Steroids, Hank Aaron, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Why aren't the Bush daughters in Iraq?
KITTY KELLEY, who wrote "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty," is working on a biography of Oprah Winfrey.WHEN I WAS a little girl in a convent school, the nuns impressed on me the power of setting a good example. These beloved teachers are no longer around to instruct the president and his family, so I recommend that the Bushes learn from Mark Twain, who...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), World War II (1939-1945), Clark Gable, Oprah Winfrey, Armed Forces
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'I Have Control -- Control of My Life'
What follows are excerpts from John W. Miner's transcript of tapes that Marilyn Monroe is said to have made for her psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, in the days before her death in 1962. Dear Doctor: You have given me everything. Because of you I can...Tags: Psychology, Celebrities, Finance, Psychiatry, Plastic Surgeons
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The Cypres Sports Museum could feature the greatest collection of sports memorabilia in history
Times Staff WriterOnly the lucky ones so far have made it inside the Cypres Sports Museum, now taking shape in a nondescript office building about a mile south of Staples Center. Admission to the memorabilia collection in downtown Los Angeles has been by invitation only,...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Finance, Ty Cobb, University of Minnesota, Libraries
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Bill Werber dies at 100; Yankee teammate of Babe Ruth
Times Staff And Wire ReportsBill Werber, who was the oldest living former major league baseball player and a teammate of Babe Ruth, has died at age 100. Werber died Thursday morning of age-related causes after moving into an assisted-care facility in Charlotte, N.C., three weeks...Tags: New York Yankees, Crime, Law and Justice, Duke University, All Stars, Boston Red Sox
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'Alive in Necropolis' by Doug Dorst
Alive in Necropolis
A Novel
Doug Dorst
Riverhead: 440 pp., $25.95
Real estate means a lot in America -- ask the Indians. Or ask some of the first white Californians to be displaced by gentrification. They can't answer, being dead. In 1900, San...Tags: Gang Activity, Crime, Law and Justice, William Randolph Hearst, Tina Turner, Crimes
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News from around the world
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterUS sports history on display at new L.A. museum By BETH HARRIS, AP Sports Writer Beth Harris, Ap Sports Writer Thu Nov 27, 10:27 pm ET LOS ANGELES When Gary Cypres' sports memorabilia collection reached 10,000 pieces and threatened to overflow their...Tags: Cruises, Finance, Hank Aaron, New York Yankees, Air Transportation
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A shipshape way to see Lake Michigan
Times Staff WriterA small but devoted group of cruise aficionados wouldn't book a trip on a big ship -- even if you offered them free shore excursions or an upgrade to a stateroom on the top deck. Not for them the swimming pools, floor shows and shopping arcades of...Tags: Cruises, Jeff Austin, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, World War II (1939-1945), Rivers
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