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Frontman for LA band charged with $6M loan fraud
Robert Mawhinney gave the appearance that his fledgling band, Lights Over Paris, was successful. He enlisted rapper The Game for one of his videos, ...
SAG honoree Van Dyke glad he made someone smile
Forget dishonest modesty. Dick Van Dyke seems nothing short of gobsmacked about receiving the life-achievement honor at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild ...
Maze of gun laws in US hurts gun control efforts
Military-style assault weapons, gangster-style Tommy guns, World War II-era bazookas and even sawed-off shotguns — somewhere in the U.S., there is a ...
MBAs play poker in Vegas to win job at Caesars
Forget the firm handshake and networking chit chat. Business students who want a job at Caesars Entertainment need to work on their poker faces.
Will smart machines create a world without work?
They seem right out of a Hollywood fantasy, and they are: Cars that drive themselves have appeared in movies like "I, Robot" and the television show ...
Practically human: Can smart machines do your job?
Art Liscano knows he's an endangered species in the job market: He's a meter reader in Fresno, Calif. For 26 years, he's driven from house to house, ...
Sex abuse claims made against Los Angeles teacher
For decades, Robert Pimentel was a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. During that time he raised a family, coached soccer and avoided ...
Prior sex abuse claims made against LA teacher
For decades, Robert Pimentel was a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. During that time he raised a family, coached soccer and avoided ...
Snedeker keeps on rolling at Torrey
Brandt Snedeker says the records set by Tiger Woods should have an asterisk because they're not easily matched by normal players. That presumably ...
Voice of Te'o prankster? Couric plays voicemails
The person Manti Te'o says was pretending to be his online girlfriend told the Notre Dame linebacker "I love you" in voicemails that were played ...
Choi, Snedeker tied for lead at Torrey Pines
One week after he began his year by missing the cut, Tiger Woods didn't notice a big difference in his game. It was everything else about the opening ...
Reports: JJ Abrams to direct next 'Star Wars'
Another universe of sci-fi fans has been put in the hands of J.J. Abrams. According to multiple trade reports, Abrams, 46, is set to direct the next ...
Penalty could keep smokers out of health overhaul
Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance because of tobacco penalties in President Barack Obama's health care law, according to ...
Are Hollywood awards by gender out of touch?
Do Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren really need a category just for women — a singular kind of affirmative action — to snare one of ...
Watson pulls out at Torrey Pines
Masters champion Bubba Watson has withdrawn from the Farmers Insurance Open because of an illness. Watson is a past champion at Torrey Pines, winning ...
West Coast gets swing at San Francisco jazz center
Full of shimmer and swing, San Francisco's sleek new jazz concert hall opened Wednesday with an opening night gala featuring McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea ...
Security at Calif. dist. has high-powered rifles
The semiautomatic rifles look like they belong in a war zone instead of a suburban public school, but officials in this Los Angeles-area city say the ...
LA teacher suspected of sex abuse of 20 kids
An elementary school teacher who worked for nearly four decades in the Los Angeles Unified School District was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...
Voice actor for Charlie Brown arrested in Calif.
The man who was the voice of Charlie Brown in several "Peanuts" television shows was charged Wednesday with stalking and threatening his former ...
Grizzlies win 106-93, Lakers lose 4th straight
A team meeting didn't help stop the losing, and this season just keeps spinning away from the Lakers. Darrell Arthur scored a season-high 20 points ...
Column: For Mickelson, it's not easy being rich
It's not always easy being rich, as Phil Mickelson reminded us the other day. There are taxes to pay — apparently lots of them — and the price of a ...
Experts back NYC's link of gun laws, lower crime
In his nationwide effort for tighter gun control, Mayor Michael Bloomberg attributes historic crime lows in New York to strict gun laws that are ...
Trader Joe's raises price of 'Two-Buck Chuck'
The popular wine known as "Two-Buck Chuck" will need a new name after the bargain beverage's price was raised. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports ...
Callahan denies allegations of Super Bowl sabotage
Former Oakland coach Bill Callahan has denied allegations made by two of his former players that he "sabotaged" the Raiders in their Super Bowl loss ...