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Daily Archives: August 5, 2012
From ‘Blade Runner’ To Fastest Woman, Action-Packed Opening To Track Events
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The sound of thousands of voices singing “God Save the Queen” was a powerful note in a day of stirring achievements. The celebration was for the heptathlon triumph of Britain’s Jessica Ennis, but nearly every athlete who put foot or…
Olympics gymnasts can now relax a bit for event finals
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LONDON — Olympic gymnastics event finals are a bit like a prom after-party. Now that the team and all-around competitions are over, it’s time to relax and just have fun. After two days off, the gymnastics competition returns Sunday with…
Guadalupe celebration: LA braces for biggest celebration of the Virgin outside …
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Eric Zassenhaus / KPCC A woman takes a photo of a child in front of a shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe outside of El Mercado in L.A.’s Boyle Heights. Catholics in Mexico and the United States typically celebrate Our…
Expats search for home-country Olympics
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Print E-mail By LEANNE ITALIE The Associated Press From the Irish pubs of Stockholm to bustling Koreatown in Los Angeles, expat Olympic fans around the world are following — or trying to follow — their favorite back-home athletes, an often…
London Olympics: Some events are age-friendly
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LONDON — There’s not much left for Kim Rhode to do in her Olympic career. She’s the only U.S. athlete to win five medals in five consecutive Games. The shooter from El Monte is also the first female to compete…
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Waiver Claim of Cliff Lee Doesn’t Seal a Philadelphia …
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The Philadelphia Phillies put Cliff Lee on waivers recently and then the Los Angeles Dodgers claimed him. However, the Dodgers’ waiver claim and subsequent acquisition of Joe Blanton from the Phillies may indicate that the sequel to ‘Lee is Traded’…
MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch defends ‘seriousness’ of shows
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Jeffrey Deitch has seen the future of American museum audiences. And, he says, they will look a lot different from the old guard at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art. “They’re not the people who make a living as artists,…
Employment growth exceeds expectations
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U.S. employers added 163,000 jobs in July, easily outpacing the previous three months of weak hiring. July’s reading was far more than the 100,000 jobs economists expected. But despite that, the nation’s unemployment rate inched up to 8.3 percent from…
From ‘Blade Runner’ To Fastest Woman, Action-Packed Opening To Track Events
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The sound of thousands of voices singing “God Save the Queen” was a powerful note in a day of stirring achievements. The celebration was for the heptathlon triumph of Britain’s Jessica Ennis, but nearly every athlete who put foot or…
