LOS ANGELES (AP) — It sounds like the plot line to a movie: He's a former LA cop on a violent, rage-filled rampage who will stop at nothing for revenge.Instead, police say, it is the latest real-life crime story to grip Southern California, a place where fiction frequently blurs with reality and pop culture often plays larger than the truth.Christopher Dorner's alleged killing spree hasn't just terrorized...
Well: Straining to Hear and Fend Off Dementia
Label: HealthAt a party the other night, a fund-raiser for a literary magazine, I found myself in conversation with a well-known author whose work I greatly admire. I use the term “conversation” loosely. I couldn’t hear a word he said. But worse, the effort I was making to hear was using up so much brain power that I completely forgot the titles of his books.A senior moment? Maybe. (I’m 65.) But for me, it’s complicated...
Four in 10 Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, study says
Label: Business More than four in 10 Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and nearly one in 10 doesn’t earn enough to pay for essentials,...
Feb
11
Grammy audience down, still 2nd highest since 1993
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — While the Grammy Awards couldn't come close to the freakishly high ratings generated in 2012 because of Whitney Houston's death and Adele's smashing success, this year's show had the second-largest audience for the program since 1993.The Nielsen company said Monday that music's annual awards show was seen by 28.4 million people Sunday night on CBS.The Grammys this year were packed...
Catholic Bishops Reject Contraception Compromise
Label: Health The bishops said they would continue fighting the federal mandate in court. The administration said the proposal, issued last Friday, would guarantee free employee coverage of birth control “while respecting religious concerns” of organizations that objected to paying or providing for it. The bishops said the proposal seemed to address part of their concern about the definition of religious...
American-US Airways merger talks reportedly close to completion
Label: Business Merger talks between the parent company of American Airlines and US Airways continued Monday, with sources suggesting an announcement...
Feb
10
Ambitious makeover planned for old housing project
Label: World Denise Penegar puts a little extra effort into the teenage girls, the ones who've dropped out of high school to care for their...
All eyes on Frank Ocean as Grammy Awards approach
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Everybody's thinkin' about Frank Ocean.Ocean is a cause celebre and the man with the momentum as Sunday's Grammy Awards approach. One of six top nominees with six nominations apiece, the 25-year-old R&B singer turned cultural talking point will have the music world's attention.It remains to be seen if it will be the "Thinkin Bout You" singer's night, but there's no question...
For Families Struggling with Mental Illness, Carolyn Wolf Is a Guide in the Darkness
Label: HealthWhen a life starts to unravel, where do you turn for help? Melissa Klump began to slip in the eighth grade. She couldn’t focus in class, and in a moment of despair she swallowed 60 ibuprofen tablets. She was smart, pretty and ill: depression, attention deficit disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, either bipolar disorder or borderline personality disorder. In her 20s, after a more...
Fee increases are making FHA mortgages more expensive
Label: Business WASHINGTON — If you want to buy a house with minimal cash by using an FHA-insured mortgage, here's some sobering news: Because...
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