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Essential track: Glenn Jones debuts 'Across the Tappan Zee' video
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticThis post has been updated. See below for details. A few months back at Sonos Studio in West Hollywood, guitarist Glenn Jones performed solo work in conjunction with a recently completed documentary on the late guitarist John Fahey. Fahey's ability at...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Travel
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Koch brothers want to make your newspaper their megaphone
The people of Los Angeles would be up in arms if some out-of-town billionaires tried to buy the Dodgers and institute a rule that only right-handers could play on the team. Petitions would be signed, protests would be organized and politicians would...
Tags: Tribune Company, Fox News Channel (tv network), Media Industry, Television Industry, Bankruptcy
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Sen. Bob Casey backs gay marriage
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bob Casey, a Pennsylvania Democrat, reversed course Monday and called for the repeal of the federal law that defines marriage as between one man and one woman. His decision leaves only 8 of 53 Senate Democrats who still oppose...
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Parties and Movements
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Pictures in the News | March 7, 2013
FrameworkIn Thursday's Pictures in the News: The new north concourse of the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport was unveiled Wednesday (more photos); a young girl sleeps on her Irish wolfhound on the first day of Crufts dog show... -
Should NASCAR reconsider restrictor-plate racing?
In the aftermath of Saturday's crash at Daytona International Raceway, writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss whether NASCAR should reconsider restrictor-plate racing for safety reasons. Feel free to join the conversation with a comment of your own....
Tags: Daytona 500, Bobby Allison, Mark Martin, Tribune Company, Stock Car Racing
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Organizing for Action spurs small vigil outside NRA headquarters
FAIRFAX, Va. — A call by a pro-Obama advocacy group for a “Day of Action” to promote stricter gun laws drew about 30 people Friday morning to a vigil outside the headquarters of the National Rifle Assn., where they held placards...
Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Online Advertising, National Rifle Association of America, Lobbying
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Amusement parks: Taking U.S. roller coasters for a spin
SANDUSKY, Ohio — As an amusement parks blogger, I have visited most of the big theme parks in Southern California and central Florida, but my roller-coaster résumé was a little thin when it came to the parks in between. So last summer my wife,...
Tags: Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, Tourism and Leisure, Hersheypark, Travel
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Highs and lows of a roller-coaster trip
If you go
Cedar Point, 1 Cedar Point Drive, Sandusky, Ohio; (419) 627-2350, http://www.cedarpoint.com. Must: Cedar Downs Racing Derby, one of the last racing carousels in the world. Miss: The miserable Mantis stand-up coaster, which left my head aching....Tags: Six Flags Inc., Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Hersheypark, Amusement and Theme Parks
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A road trip across America's Coaster Belt
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterI’m setting off on a road trip across America's "Coaster Belt," hitting eight theme parks in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey in just 10 days. Along the way, I'll visit some of the oldest amusement parks in the world and climb aboard classic wooden...Tags: Human Interest, Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Entertainment, Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Tourism and Leisure
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T-Mobile USA to cut 1,900 jobs as it consolidates call centers
T-Mobile USA will consolidate its call center operations from two dozen facilities to 17, resulting in 1,900 job cuts. “Concentrating call centers is an important step to achieve competitive cost structures to successfully compete,” said...
Tags: T-Mobile, Fort Lauderdale, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Brownsville
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Romney's jobs record a little shaky
Mitt Romney stood before a shuttered steel factory in Pennsylvania the other day, using the iconic backdrop to underscore what has become the most forceful theme of his presidential campaign: the need for more jobs.
"He has done everything wrong," Romney...Tags: United States Census Bureau, Human Interest, Business, Career and Workplace, Government
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Congressional leaders reach agreement on pipeline safety
Nation NowHouse and Senate leaders on Thursday reached agreement on tougher safety rules for the nation’s vast network of pipelines in the wake of a spate of incidents including a deadly pipeline explosion in San Bruno last year that killed eight people and...
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