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Critic's Notebook: Presidential debates as theater
The final presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney takes place Monday evening in Boca Raton, Fla., and if the concluding round is anything like the other two, the theatrical presentation of the candidates will be more closely...
Tags: Politics, Eric Bentley, CNN (tv network), Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney
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What the presidential polls show
Only six weeks to go in the presidential campaign, and the public opinion surveys have developed a case of the jitters. Last week, one respected poll reported that President Obama had opened an eight-point lead over Mitt Romney, but another reported...
Tags: Politics, Gallup, Inc., Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Unemployment Benefits
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Maria Cole dies at 89; singer was widow of Nat King Cole
Maria Cole, the widow of music legend Nat King Cole and the mother of singer Natalie Cole whose own singing career included a stint as vocalist for Duke Ellington's orchestra in the mid-1940s, has died. She was 89. Cole died Tuesday at a hospice in...
Tags: Television, The Boston Globe, The Mills Brothers (music group), Benny Carter, Tuskegee Airmen
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Authorities in Colorado shooting investigate sex website
L.A. NOWLaw enforcement authorities are investigating a sex website, Adult Friend Finder, which had an account of a person who resembled Colorado movie-theater shooting suspect James E. Holmes.... -
Colorado shooting suspect was active on Match.com
L.A. NOWThe suspect in the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting appears to have signed up for the dating website Match.com. James Holmes called himself "Classic_Jim" in his match.com profile, saying he was a 24-year-old from Aurora looking for "girls who like guys."..... -
Metrolink chief credited for improving rail safety will step down
L.A. NOWMetrolink chief John Fenton, who has worked to improve the service and safety of the struggling commuter line following the deadly Chatsworth crash, announced his resignation to become the head of a Florida-based railroad company.... -
Box Office: Fourth 'Underworld' film is No. 1 on strong weekend [Updated]
Company TownThe vampire film starring Kate Beckinsale, "Underworld: Awakening" opened to $25.4 million in ticket sales The George-Lucas produced "Red Tails" -- about the Tuskegee Airmen -- exceeded industry expectations, selling $19.1 million worth of tickets.... -
Movietickets.com joins lawsuit against exhibitor AMC
Company TownThe global online ticketing service MovieTickets.com has joined a lawsuit filed against one of its founding shareholders, AMC Entertainment Inc., the nation's second largest theater chain.... -
The stars align for kabbalah
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSecond of two parts When Philip Berg decided in the early 1970s to teach kabbalah to the masses, he predicted that orthodox rabbis would stone him and his wife, Karen. For a long time, that seemed a pompous overstatement. Few people had even heard of the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Trips and Vacations, Michael Buble, Fraud, Religious Texts
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In South Africa, ask for biltong
I was warned that meals during my March trip to South Africa would revolve around red meat. But I didn't know it would appear in a shriveled state similar to jerky.
Biltong, as it's called — from the Dutch words bil, or buttocks, and tong, or strip...Tags: Cape Town (South Africa), Trips and Vacations, Hotels and Accommodations, Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages
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Don Kirshner dies at 76; music mogul
Don Kirshner, the veteran music mogul who shepherded songs from a monstrously talented stable of young writers to the top of the pop charts in the 1960s, launched the career of the Monkees and then became a familiar face to millions of rock fans as...Tags: Television, Health, Heart Failure, Bankruptcy, Barry Manilow
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U.S. Open: Jankovic blames blustery winds for her loss; Sharapova prevails despite the weather
The Fabulous ForumFourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic found nothing to her liking Saturday afternoon at Arthur Ashe Stadium during her U.S. Open match. She was bothered by the wind that gusted to 22 miles per hour, and she would scream to her box, "I......
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