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Funerary urns as modern art
They may be cast in steel, assembled out of driftwood, machined on industrial lathes or hand-carved out of salt, but ultimately all of these urns have two common purposes: to contain and to heal. Rather than be burned, buried or sequestered in a...Tags: Judaism, Social Issues, Al Jolson, Michael Collins, Tim Burton
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Pat Burns dies at 58; three-time National Hockey League coach of the year
Pat Burns, who made an unconventional and accidental transition from police officer to hockey coach and was the only man voted the National Hockey League's coach of the year three times, died Friday at a hospice in Sherbrooke, Canada. He was 58.
He had...Tags: Toronto Maple Leafs, Paulina Gretzky, Career and Workplace, Health, Cancer
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Yamaha's 'entry sport' FZ6R brings sanity to market
Up to SpeedThis year will be remembered for many things with regard to motorcycles in Southern California, most of them bad. Whether it was the utter meltdown of the market or the reopening and recent fire-induced reclosing of Angeles Crest Highway, there???s...... -
Half car, half bike, it's the 2010 Harley-Davidson Street Glide Trike
Up to SpeedBefore I rode Harley-Davidson???s new Street Glide Trike, my attitude about three-wheeled cruisers was that they were geezer machines ??? ridden by old guys whose backsides were as big as their bikes???. The thousands of dollars riders paid to convert....... -
ASA World Championships of Freestyle Motocross take flight Saturday at Fairplex in Pomona
OutpostsThe ASA World Championships of Freestyle Motocross return to Fairplex in Pomona this Saturday and the quest for the title looks as fierce as ever. Santee, Calif.'s Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg will be returning to defend his back-to-back titles against four-... -
LAPD Honors Motorcycle Officers
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles Times file photo Los Angeles Police Department officers with Indian motorcycles, June 1917. May 20, 1907: LAPD motorcycle officers arrest speeders. The speed limit downtown is 12 mph and 20 mph elsewhere. The speed limit at certain downtown... -
Love Ride motorcycle charity event canceled due to bad economy
L.A. NOWA lack of funds, not a lack of love, doomed what would have been the 26th annual Love Ride. Organizers of one of the largest one-day motorcycle charity events in the world announced Thursday that it had been canceled due...... -
First motorcycle crash causation study in 30 years proceeds with diminished funding
Up to SpeedWhen the National Transportation Safety Board released its fatalities report last month, the news was mixed. Overall traffic deaths were down for 2008, but motorcycle fatalities were up for the 11th year in a row. Motorcyclists now account for 14%...... -
Robert C. Truax dies at 93; rocket pioneer aided daredevil Evel Knievel's 1974 canyon jump
Robert C. Truax, a retired Navy captain and pioneering rocket engineer whose adventurous projects included working with daredevil Evel Knievel and building a rocket in his backyard, has died. He was 93.
Truax died of prostate cancer Sept. 17 at his...Tags: NASA, Defense, Johnny Carson, Engineering, Science and Technology
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Why the surge in motorcycle deaths? Federally funded L.A. study seeks answers
L.A. NOWThe first major study of motorcycle crashes in nearly 30 years is underway in Los Angeles, as researchers attempt to pinpoint why resultant fatalities have soared over the last decade to constitute 14% of all roadway deaths, despite the fact...... -
Harley-Davidson terminates Buell brand, sells MV Agusta
Up to SpeedHarley-Davidson announced today that it is discontinuing its Buell product line and will cease production of Buell motorcycles permanently by Oct. 30. According to Harley-Davidson spokesman Paul James, the discontinuation of the 26-year-old Buell brand,... -
Electric motorcycle maker Brammo gains momentum
Up to SpeedItâs been quite a week for Brammo Inc., the Oregon-based manufacturer of the Enertia electric motorcycle. Last Saturday, the company celebrated the opening of its first California sales outlet at the Best Buy store in El Segundo, where it held......
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