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PASSINGS: Jim Sweeney, Ira Rubin, Guy Tozzoli
Jim Sweeney Coach transformed Fresno State football Jim Sweeney, 83, who called Fresno State "a sleeping giant" when he arrived as its football coach in 1976 and then awakened the university — and the region — with 19 years of...
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World Trade Center, July 1986
FrameworkThe American flag flies over Battery Park in New York City with the World Trade Center in background.... -
Jog your way around New York
Special to the Los Angeles TimesNew Yorkers are always on the run. Bankers rush from Wall Street to Midtown; harried shoppers tear through the narrow streets of NoLita and SoHo. Travelers may find it hard to keep up with the pace — unless they bring their running shoes and join...Tags: Brooklyn Bridge, Politics, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Human Interest, Tourism and Leisure
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Occupy Wall Street, angry over eviction, occupies a new corner
Nation NowOccupy Wall Street vows to press on as lawyers challenge eviction in New York.... -
Bill Murray's poetry parade
Jacket CopyOn June 14, the Poets House in New York hosts its annual benefit poetry walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. As participants cross the bridge, they'll be treated to readings by work by Langston Hughes, Marianne Moore, Brooklyn poet Walt Whitman...... -
Writers bring their drama to Wall Street
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterStriking TV and movie writers chose Wall Street as a symbolic backdrop Tuesday for their demand for a bigger slice of the new-media pie. Their argument in a nutshell: Entertainment companies brag to the investment community that the Internet is a growing...Tags: Strikes, Newspaper and Magazine, DVDs and Movies, ABC (tv network), Tony Gilroy
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They rose like a rocket and crashed with a boom
Times Staff WriterAS the rambunctious entertainers of the Internet make their plays for the showbiz big leagues, these overnight superstars are enjoying the standard introduction to Hollywood. Which means not just glad-handing agents and Kafkaesque "lunch meetings" but...Tags: Nicole Kidman, ABC (tv network), Death, Satellite and Cable Service, Travel
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To New York and back with $19 to spare
Times Staff WriterFly back with me to the year 2000. The average hotel rate in New York is $237 plus tax, or about $270. Three nights' lodging, two plane tickets from L.A., museum admissions, modest meals, cabs — suddenly a long weekend is $1,500. And you haven't...Tags: Transportation, Tourism and Leisure, Rockefeller Center, Sculpture, Travel
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Guidebook: At Ground Zero
Times Staff WriterGetting there: American, United and Delta airlines fly nonstop from LAX to New York's JFK airport; restricted round-trip fares begin at $298. American, Continental and United fly nonstop to Newark, N.J.; fares begin at $278. Northwest, American Trans...Tags: Transportation, Air Transportation Industry, Ellis Island, Music Theater, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Ground Zero
Times Staff WriterOne of the first things you see when you approach the viewing platform that overlooks ground zero, the site where the World Trade Center once stood, are the thousands of messages written on flags, bedsheets, planks, teddy bears, T-shirts, hats--anything...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Darien (Fairfield, Connecticut), England, Buffalo Grove, Sharon
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Mixup of IDs Multiplies Heartbreak in N.Y.
Times Staff WritersThree months after the World Trade Center tragedy, mistakes in the tallying and even burial of the enormous number of dead are starting to emerge. This week officials of the city medical examiner paid quiet, rueful visits to the homes of two...Tags: Fires, Politics, Medical Procedures and Tests, DNA, Death
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Nine vying for four spots on Stroudsburg school board
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa.Nine candidates are vying for four seats on the Stroudsburg Area School District board. Incumbents Laurie Woods and Richard Pierce are seeking re-election to four-year terms. Newcomers Steven Harper, Deana Susinskas, Kelli Mercurio, Bruce Stewart,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Finance, Business, Teachers
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