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In Mexicali, a haven for broken lives
Mario Ramos stirs a pot of beans with a bent spatula as the men crowd into the kitchen, the ragged line stretching out the splintered doorway.
Years ago, Ramos, 45, grilled up pricey seafood in a tiki-themed restaurant on Pacific Coast Highway in...Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Dining and Drinking, Politics, Prisons, Restaurants
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2 Chainz arrested; was it brass knuckles or just a large ring?
Pop & Hiss2 Chainz, the rapper born Tauheed Epps, was arrested in the Delta terminal at New York's La Guardia airport today on suspicion of carrying brass knuckles in his luggage.... -
Danny Burstein sings 'Blues' in 'Follies' but feels great
There's a flicker of uncertainty in Danny Burstein's friendly brown eyes as he greets a reporter backstage at the Ahmanson Theatre, as if he half-expects her to step around him on her way into the dressing room of one of his "Follies" costars. "When I...
Tags: Ceremonies, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, Elaine Paige, Celebrities
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Newark airport security? Worker used fake ID for years, police say
NEW YORK -- Twenty years ago, a man named Jerry Thomas died in New York City -- murdered in Queens in a case that was never solved. Not long afterward, a man named Jerry Thomas began working at Newark's international airport. The second Jerry Thomas...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, National Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Grupo Bimbo
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Odd couple of music execs have a forward-thinking strategy
Lucian Grainge and Scott Braun couldn't be more different.
Grainge, the 51-year-old chairman of Universal Music Group, speaks with a genial English accent and was recently named a commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Braun, the...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Companies and Corporations, Services and Shopping, Greenwich, Sony Corp.
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Adis Medunjanin convicted in terror plot to bomb NYC subways
As Americans commemorated the anniversary of the raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden – and endured the heavily partisan fight over whether President Obama’s supporters were too effusive in their praise of his actions –...
Tags: Crimes, Al-Qaeda, Islam, Emergency Incidents, Raymond W. Kelly
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Joseph Pereira is a different drummer
Timpanist Joseph Pereira was in the kitchen, preparing to marinate short ribs in French wine, when he made an important discovery: That nice plastic cork at the top of the wine bottle had a terrific consistency.
It wasn't long before Pereira, who has...Tags: Concerts, Kraft Foods, Inc., Music, The Godfather: Part II (movie), Entertainment
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Terror trial: N.Y. cinemas were potential targets, witness says
An Afghan immigrant who admitted planning to bomb New York City targets to protest the war in his homeland takes the stand again Wednesday in the trial of an alleged co-conspirator in the plot, which officials called "one of the most serious threats" to...
Tags: Walmart, Al-Qaeda, Immigration, Lifestyle and Leisure, NYSE
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Q+LA Lucy Liu
LA Times MagazineThe actress talks policing on Southland, finding her voice...and maybe not being as tough as nails as her rep... -
New details emerge about Jet Blue pilot's midair meltdown
A Jet Blue pilot who began ranting and acting erratically as his flight headed from New York to Las Vegas -- forcing the co-pilot to lock him out of the cockpit and make an emergency landing -- has been described as a seemingly content family man who once...
Tags: YouTube, American Airlines, Inc., Air and Space Accidents, Hinduism, Steven Slater
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John Rich dies at 86; director of landmark sitcoms
As a top television comedy director who won an Emmy directing "The Dick Van Dyke Show"in the early 1960s, John Rich was faced with a tough choice in 1970.
On the same day he received a phone call from Mary Tyler Moore wanting to set up a meeting to...Tags: Norman Lear, Emmy Awards (tv program), Taylor Hackford, Radio Industry, Interior Policy
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New York hires students to sting cabbies for refusing fares
Nation NowSince September, college students have been posing as taxi riders to catch drivers who refuse to take them to neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and parts of northern Manhattan -- all places it might be difficult to land a return fare to...
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