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- PASSINGS: Fred Kinne, Tony Huesman, Kenneth H. Bacon
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- Coltrane drummer
- White House backs away from public option in healthcare
- Compassionate release sought for dying inmate
- TV 'plugola' turns writers into hucksters
- Private lives, public messes
- Reducing high blood pressure
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- Taking heat for summer of flops
- Land of the free, home of hotheads
- Film execs accused of bribery
- Murphy's single in the ninth wins it
- Buzz attracts lots of humans to 'District 9'
- Monster mash-ups boost Jane Austen's sales
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- THEATER REVIEW
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- Small move tightens abs
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- Thin, healthy and weary of unfeeling busybodies
- Slow down? Just for a sec
- Les Paul plays a part in 'Loud'
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- Tribute to an animator's life
- Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart's father speaks about coping with loss
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- A drifting danger for children
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- Bracing to part with auto plant, way of life
- Parents sue landlord after son dies in apartment fire
- Mark Ellis' walk-off homer wins it for Athletics
- Major league infielders debate comfort versus protection
- Gambling on live action
- L.A. ughs: flying and dining
- Through the turnstile and onto the train
- Murray wins final in the Rogers Cup
- A timely exit, yes, but when to reenter?
- Panel focuses on preventing hate crimes
- Outsmarting Prop. 8
- Hollywood's control freaks
- Rockies, Marlins split double-header
- Y.E. Yang stuns Tiger Woods at PGA Championship
- Ports' engine far out of tune
- How we spent summer vacation
- Vickers sweats out win at Michigan
- Egypt labor strikes point to desperate conditions
- Thirteen plus nine equals a big victory
- It's more about money than art
- Pakistan Taliban leader's purported death opens window of opportunity
- Alcoholics misread facial expressions, study finds
- Afraid that he could return
- Harrington's eight on par-three No. 8 takes him out of contention
- PASSINGS / Tony Huesman
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- NATIONAL BRIEFING / NEW YORK
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- Speech follows beer summit
- Hillary Clinton's stop in Congo strikes a chord in Africa
- Rehab was painful for Hunter
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- The secret is in the sauces
- Dodgers try to stay cool
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- For L.A. lawns, brown is golden
- Genetic tests for ethnic groups
- Healthy habits to save your brain
- Bombs kill at least 8 at Iraqi market
- Wolf does a bit of multi-tasking
- Sanchez to start next game for Jets
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- Protector of French art riches
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- What's a few centuries between friends?
- Usain Bolt breaks record in 100-meter race
- Running backs show their power game to Carroll
- Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton's pitching is another source of concern
- Girth and GERD
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- WORLD BRIEFING / TAIWAN
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- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / AZUSA
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- For the record - Aug. 17, 2009
- FOR THE RECORD - Aug. 17, 2009
- Wildfire blamed on pot growers
- Rex Ryan brings a fresh approach to the Jets
- FOR THE RECORD - Aug. 17, 2009
- WISHING FOR GOLD
- DOWN THE STRETCH
- FRUIT FULL DAY
- Denise Austin: Q & A with a fitness guru
- It takes a community
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- 'Mad Men': Season 3 premiere
- 'Entourage': All the right moves
- Ted Green: It's time for Joe Torre to yank Jonathan Broxton
- Pebble Beach Best in Show: 1937 Horch 853 Vol & Ruhrbeck Sport Cabriolet, and lots of chrome
- Tony Pedregon loses crew chief, wins NHRA funny car race in Minnesota
- Japan's economy returns to growth, but can it last?
- Opinion: Obamas make brief visit to Arizona's Grand Canyon
- Book review: Michael Gross' 'Rogues' Gallery'*
- Bentley debuts all-new Mulsanne on the Concours stage
- Scenes from the Goodreads book swap with Kogi BBQ at Book Soup
- No ‘Betty’ for Paula? Talks with ABC collapse
- Theater review: 'Legally Blonde' at the Pantages Theatre
- Theater cast album reviews: 'Next to Normal' and more
- Pokemon champions crowned in San Diego in (ahem) 'awesome, monumental' battles
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- Speed and money: Monterey Historic Automobile Races
- Animal lovers' calendar: Week of August 16-22
- Celebrity Birthdays for August 16
- Nick Joanides wins one of two NASCAR Super Late Model races at Irwindale
- Kuroda released from hospital, plans to rejoin Dodgers
- L.A. Urban Rangers brave the exclusive beaches of Malibu
- 'District 9' lays down the law to men while 'Time Traveler's Wife' locks in women
- Kathy Goodman: Grading on a curve
- Fall TV we're pumped about
- Mama Battle: Nadya Suleman vs. Kate Gosselin
- LAT REVIEW: If you see 'Ponyo' once, you'll want to watch it twice
- 'It's Beginning to Hurt' by James Lasdun
- Ernst Katz dies at 95; founder and conductor of Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra
- Start house-hunting now to qualify for tax credit for first-time home buyers
- A lease-back proposal for foreclosed homeowners
- Paratrooper killed in Afghanistan by suicide bomber
- Ruth Ford dies at 98; actress was member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre
- Start from scratch
- Construction saved him from a life of destruction
- Playful compound on Mulholland Drive
- Online, your private life is searchable
- Mary B. Henry dies at 82; civil rights activist improved education, healthcare in L.A.
- Home of the Week Update
- Listing details: Mulholland compound
- Nathanael West and the writing of 'The Day of the Locust'
- Terror stalks the Caucasus in faceless, borderless war
- In his cross hairs
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- UNDEAD RISING
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- Murray will be No. 2 after reaching final
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- Cornucopia by the bay
- Hard-line imam's death ends bloody clash in Gaza Strip
- Fear stalks Caucasus amid hidden war
- Corp playing waiting game
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- Their beat beyond words and pictures
- Legislators to return to full agenda
- His shot was heard beyond Anaheim
- When trash is one's treasure
- More than meets the eye
- After 15 years, smells like Cobain spirit in town
- 'Husbands': Three men and their inner babies
- A hawkish case for a nuke ban
- Alaska's Kensington gold mine gets a green light
- 5 killed in suicide attack in Pakistan
- Deadline or bust for draft picks
- BYU's sights are set on a repeat of 1984
- Practicing yoga with the Angels
- BESTSELLERS
- WORLD BRIEFING / FINLAND
- A hero or turncoat?
- Inexpensive wealth of advice
- CONSUMER BRIEFS / RECALLS
- READERS RECOMMEND
- QUEST FOR 2,000
- Austrian police's racial incidents piling up
- FEEDBACK
- NATIONAL BRIEFING / MISSISSIPPI
- THE $124 DEAL
- Eli Roth: I barely survived Tarantino
- Top 10 (or so) reasons this is funny
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- 24 frames a second -- and loving it
- Let's get real about P. Diddy
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- COCO, WITHOUT LABELS
- Anthology on the trail of the elusive essay
- Wal-Mart's spot in the world
- HOME OF THE WEEK UPDATE
- Getting a read on New England
- Construction saved him from a life of destruction
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- Cheney tell-all? Nothing 'personal'
- A PREMIUM ON DENIM
- On the front line of healthcare debate
- Dungy's work with Vick is laudable
- Kuroda incident makes one question rites of retaliation
- Rangers steal one from the Red Sox
- Lucha Mania
- Coverage and how it may alter
- Paratrooper killed in suicide bomber's attack
- Critics want this judge benched
- Kuroda takes a shot to the head
- China drought tied to pollution
- Lackey delivers for Angels
- Activist and L.A. 'matriarch'
- 41 die in fire at wedding in Kuwait
- Gang agency leader resolute
- Premier League coaches are ready for close-ups
- Haeger could start Monday
- Catchers will continue to split time
- Survivors of fierce WWII battle honored
- Obama still quibbling over college grade
- Eye-catching roadside humor seems to have taken an offramp
- Kabul bombing seen as warning to Afghan voters
- Plan for SoHo club gets chilly reception in WeHo
- GOP seeks revival in revolt
- Donaire defeats Concepcion for 21st straight win
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- A prescription for success
- The week ahead for the Angels
- Memo to the next chief
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- Tiger Woods plays it safe and makes it interesting
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- Just like a N.Y. vet
- California, I'm dumping you
- FEEDBACK
- Nigerian scammers find prey in U.S.
- No easy remedy for healthcare
- NATIONAL BRIEFING / NORTH DAKOTA
- NATIONAL BRIEFING / ILLINOIS
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- Glass friendlier to wine than plastic
- The Norton Simon Museum shows a muscular side of Buddhism
- With a song in his heart
- A healthcare solution that costs nothing
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- Leaves to be desired a lot
- In Colorado, Obama promises 'common-sense' healthcare
- Military deaths
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- Underrated/Overrated
- She makes a colorful addition to any story
- Mousavi forms new political front
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- WEEKLY MORTGAGE RATES
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- Nixon offered Brazil money to undermine Allende, records show
- Egyptian fishermen net their limit of pirates
- Founder of Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra
- EQUAL FACE TIME
- Drop the lawsuit? You don't know Dan Rather
- Healthcare rationing: Real scary
- Alliance could help Vick find redemption
- Giants edge Mets; Wright is beaned
- Whispers around the majors
- It's getting hard to hide in cyberspace
- Best airport for napping between flights? Singapore's Changi
- Actress with Welles' Mercury Theatre
- Sen. Jim Webb secures release of jailed American, meets with junta leader and Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
- The week ahead for the Dodgers
- Craig Counsell leads Brewers over Astros
- Stafford has mixed results in his debut
- Parker leads Sparks in rout
- Cruising for bargains
- Playful Mulholland compound
- Summer sausage
- Getting back to the land
- Urban Rangers on 'safari' in L.A.
- Stumbling through life
- More from 'Montana'
- Thanks, Les Paul, for sound returns
- Tourists get free insurance
- 'Gilded Youth'; 'Lies My Mother Never Told Me'