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    Oct 2, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  1. For notorious L.A. scam artist, the thoughts counted

    Of all the scam artists to set foot in Los Angeles, one of the most notorious was A. Victor Segno, who duped thousands of people around the world into sending him $1 a month to belong to his Segno Success Club. In return, he promised to send out brain waves twice a day to help members achieve success.
    Of all the scam artists to set foot in Los Angeles, one of the most notorious was A. Victor Segno, who duped thousands of people around the world into sending him $1 a month to belong to his Segno Success Club. In return, he promised to send out brain...

    Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Authors, University of California, Santa Barbara

    2. Sep 16, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Gabriel Vahanian dies at 85; key figure in 'God Is Dead' movement

    Despite a provocative title, Gabriel Vahanian's book "The Death of God" caused no public stir when it was published in 1961.
    Despite a provocative title, Gabriel Vahanian's book "The Death of God" caused no public stir when it was published in 1961. By the middle of the decade, however, a massive upheaval was underway in American society and Vahanian, a little-known Syracuse...

    Tags: Easter, Teachers, Religious Conflicts, Newspaper and Magazine, Religion and Belief

    3. Sep 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Book review: 'The Lost Prince' by Selden Edwards

    <strong>The Lost Prince</strong>
    -------------------- The Lost Prince A Novel Selden Edwards Dutton: 437 pp., $26.95 -------------------- Three years ago, a first-time novelist and longtime English teacher named Selden Edwards popped up on bestseller lists with "The Little Book,"...

    Tags: Book, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Great Depression (1929), Hungary, Newspaper and Magazine

    4. Jul 22, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Catalina calls from across the water

    Ferrying to Santa Catalina Island &mdash; just you, that special someone and an upper deck brimming with buoyant kids, chiding parents and assorted Jimmy Buffett look-alikes &mdash; isn't exactly a secret on any summer Friday. L.A.'s fabled leisure isle hosts more than 1 million visitors each year, and by the looks of those lines at the waffle-cone place, the throngs at the Green Pleasure Pier and the buzzing golf carts in downtown Avalon, many of them are hitting it right now. Should that deter you? Nah &mdash; it's all fun. But it might inspire a little solitude strategizing without resorting to hiding out in Two Harbors or (more drastic) hiking the Trans-Catalina Trail. When I'm traveling to Avalon, here are some of my favorite escape hatches beside, above and beyond the bay.
    Ferrying to Santa Catalina Island — just you, that special someone and an upper deck brimming with buoyant kids, chiding parents and assorted Jimmy Buffett look-alikes — isn't exactly a secret on any summer Friday. L.A.'s fabled leisure isle...

    Tags: Travel, Zane Grey, Aveda Corp., Plan B (drug), Jimmy Buffett

    5. Jul 22, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. New mystery and thriller books set amid the world wars

    Mysteries and thrillers set in the years surrounding and during our two world wars have become a cottage industry. From Ken Follett's "Eye of the Needle" in the 1980s to recent novels by Charles Todd and Jacqueline Winspear, the standouts blend enough history with the genre's more familiar elements to keep readers enlightened and entertained.
    Mysteries and thrillers set in the years surrounding and during our two world wars have become a cottage industry. From Ken Follett's "Eye of the Needle" in the 1980s to recent novels by Charles Todd and Jacqueline Winspear, the standouts blend enough...

    Tags: Germany, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, Agatha Christie, Gustav Klimt

    6. Aug 7, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. John Keegan dies at 78; military historian wrote 'Face of Battle'

    John Keegan, a British military historian whose critically acclaimed books spanned ancient and modern warfare and included the bestselling "The Face of Battle," has died. He was 78.
    John Keegan, a British military historian whose critically acclaimed books spanned ancient and modern warfare and included the bestselling "The Face of Battle," has died. He was 78. Keegan died Thursday at his home in Kilmington, England, according to...

    Tags: Tuberculosis, Iraq, England, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War

    7. Nov 11, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Alone with his memories and the crosses of heroes

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    Nov. 11, 1963: World War I veteran P. Rosso of Hollywood meditates at base of Civil War statue before placing flowers at Sawtelle cemetery in memory of war dead....
    8. Nov 8, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Three wars, three veterans

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    World War II veteran Emmet Burke, 72, left; joins Korean War vet Charles Alderson, 52, center and first World War vet Jack Coopersmith, 94, in salute during protest against sale of Veterans Administration land in West Los Angeles....
    9. Nov 7, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Veteran loves his cigars

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    Martin De Young, 100, says his greatest pleasure in life is smoking a cigar. De Young, a resident of the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, says he has cut down to three a day, one after each meal....
    10. Nov 6, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. World War I veterans vote

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    Walter Howard carries disabled World War I veteran Glenn Switzer to vote in Duarte, Calif....
    11. Aug 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. The Sunday Conversation: Martin Amis talks 'Lionel Asbo,' money

    Martin Amis, once dubbed "fiction's angriest writer," continues dissecting the absurdity and excesses of postmodern society in his latest novel, "Lionel Asbo: State of England," which reaches bookstores Aug. 21. The British novelist, 62, recently moved from London to Brooklyn, N.Y., with his wife, American writer Isabel Fonseca, and their teenage daughters, Clio and Fernanda.
    Martin Amis, once dubbed "fiction's angriest writer," continues dissecting the absurdity and excesses of postmodern society in his latest novel, "Lionel Asbo: State of England," which reaches bookstores Aug. 21. The British novelist, 62, recently moved...

    Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), England, Literature, Sheldon Adelson, Tampa

    12. Nov 7, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Cross found in Northern California identified as the Mojave cross

    L.A. NOW
    Mojave National Preserve officials confirmed Wednesday that the cross found Monday on a roadside in Northern California once stood in the Mojave Desert. Rangers at the preserve were helped in their identification by Henry Sandoz, who constructed and...
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