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    May 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation

    Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war.
    Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, American Legion, New York University, Harvard University, Prostate Cancer

    2. May 15, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  2. Orb trainer Shug McGaughey has Triple Crown reminders 'every day'

    BALTIMORE — Wednesday morning at Pimlico race track was similar to most mornings for Claude McGaughey III. Except there were lots of reporters around, which made it different.
    BALTIMORE — Wednesday morning at Pimlico race track was similar to most mornings for Claude McGaughey III. Except there were lots of reporters around, which made it different. McGaughey is a thoroughbred horse trainer, currently the one in the...

    Tags: Sports Illustrated, Pimlico, Equestrian, Breeders' Cup, Triple Crown

    3. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Helicopter crew killed in Vietnam in '67 to be buried at Arlington

    The remains of a Navy helicopter pilot from Huntington Park who was shot down and killed in Vietnam nearly 46 years ago have been identified, the U.S. Defense Department announced Tuesday. Lt. Dennis W. Peterson will be buried Thursday in Arlington...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Starbucks Corp., Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, U.S. Department of Defense

    4. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Young Vietnamese Americans learning the lessons of Black April

    One girl gasps as the grainy black-and-white footage rolls: Women are screaming, thrusting their babies at soldiers boarding a helicopter.
    One girl gasps as the grainy black-and-white footage rolls: Women are screaming, thrusting their babies at soldiers boarding a helicopter. In the next scene, hundreds of refugees packed in the belly of a rickety boat rock in the ocean, desperately...

    Tags: Justice and Rights, Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), U.S. Congress

    5. May 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. The Vietnam syndrome

    Thirty-eight years ago last week, I was among the last CIA officers to be choppered off the U.S. Embassy roof in Saigon as the North Vietnamese took the country. Just two years before that chaotic rush for the exits, the Nixon administration had withdrawn the last American troops from the war zone and had declared indigenous forces strong enough, and the government reliable enough, to withstand whatever the enemy might throw into the fray after U.S. forces were gone.
    Thirty-eight years ago last week, I was among the last CIA officers to be choppered off the U.S. Embassy roof in Saigon as the North Vietnamese took the country. Just two years before that chaotic rush for the exits, the Nixon administration had withdrawn...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Iraq, David Petraeus, Wars and Interventions

    6. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Sam Jameson dies at 76; former longtime L.A. Times correspondent

    Sam Jameson, a former longtime Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent with a deep knowledge of and close personal affinity for Japan, his professional and personal base for half a century, died Friday at a Tokyo hospital. He was 76.
    Sam Jameson, a former longtime Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent with a deep knowledge of and close personal affinity for Japan, his professional and personal base for half a century, died Friday at a Tokyo hospital. He was 76. The cause of...

    Tags: Heart Failure, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Japan, Wars and Interventions, Stroke

    7. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. It's Earth Day! Here are 7 ways to honor the planet

    Happy Earth Day!
    Happy Earth Day! It’s been 43 years since Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson celebrated the very first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. It’s not yet a federal holiday, but Earth Day is celebrated by schoolkids from coast to coast (along with many...

    Tags: An Inconvenient Truth (movie), Al Gore, Entertainment Events, Global Change, Weather

    8. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 'Mad Men': Change the conversation

    Harry Crane knows how to throw a temper tantrum. He is fearless if sloppy, and through doughy cheeks delivers a toxic barb in Episode 4 that is shocking on its own, but made exponentially so coming from this at-times hapless infant-man who in earlier years ran to his wife for crumbs of resolve.
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    Harry Crane knows how to throw a temper tantrum. He is fearless if sloppy, and through doughy cheeks delivers a toxic barb in Episode 4 that is shocking on its own, but made exponentially so coming from this at-times hapless infant-man who in earlier...

    Tags: Sex Crimes, The Smothers Brothers, Prostitution, Greenwich Village, Glee (tv program)

    9. Apr 19, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  9. John Shirreffs' move east is sad sign for Southern California racing

    John Shirreffs should not depart the Southern California thoroughbred racing scene without a salute. So cup your right hand to your forehead and read on.
    John Shirreffs should not depart the Southern California thoroughbred racing scene without a salute. So cup your right hand to your forehead and read on. There will be no brass bands playing when Shirreffs leaves. That's partly because it will be...

    Tags: Breeders' Cup, Kentucky Derby, Los Angeles International Airport

    10. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Keeping the idea of city streets safe in Boston Marathon aftermath

    A marathon is among the most open and egalitarian of sporting events. It doesn't come cluttered with superstar egos or luxury suites.
    A marathon is among the most open and egalitarian of sporting events. It doesn't come cluttered with superstar egos or luxury suites. For spectators, it's free. And the best place to watch it is from the sidewalk. In any big city, a marathon is also a...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Road Running, Wars and Interventions, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Architecture

    11. Apr 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. George McArthur dies at 88; L.A. Times Saigon bureau chief during Vietnam War

    George McArthur, who covered the Vietnam War for the Los Angeles Times as Saigon bureau chief after spending two decades as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press, died Friday. He was 88.
    George McArthur, who covered the Vietnam War for the Los Angeles Times as Saigon bureau chief after spending two decades as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press, died Friday. He was 88. McArthur died at a hospice in Fairfax County, Va., of...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Journalism, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Wars and Interventions, Korean War (1950-1953)

    12. Apr 26, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  12. ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’: Pine, Quinto on film’s real-world parallels

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    “Star Trek” has always been about more than a spaceship crew hurtling through the cosmos — over the decades, the ......
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