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September 2007

• A happy sort of angry

  By Greg Braxton  |  September 30, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  AARON McGRUDER, the Artist Formerly Known as the Angriest Black Man in America, can't stop smiling. In fact, he's busting up, bobbing and... more

• The key to a good education is to always have a spare key

  By Steve Harvey  |  September 28, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  My niece Alex, a high school senior, had an appointment with a Yale graduate for some private SAT exam counseling. Alex went to the business... more

• Vick tested positive for marijuana

  September 27, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  RICHMOND, Va. -- Michael Vick is now probably one misstep from jail. The disgraced Atlanta Falcons quarterback tested positive for marijuana... more

• Mailer's next book? A 'conversation' with God

  September 25, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  NEW YORK -- Norman Mailer, whose many books have taken on sex, death, war, Hitler and Jesus Christ, is now ready for his biggest subject... more

• Getting the royal treatment

  September 23, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  JUST a day after celebrating his Emmy win last Sunday, Jeremy Piven kept the party going at the premiere of "The Kingdom" at the Mann's Village... more

• You can't bring this girl down

  By Maria Elena Fernandez  |  September 22, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  This is "Online Nation" co-host Stevie Ryan outside her comfort zone: When the line on the teleprompter reads "revolting beverage," she delivers... more

• Study touts CalPERS' benefit to economy

  By Marc Lifsher  |  September 19, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  Investments by the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the nation's largest public pension fund, spurred $15.1 billion in economic... more

• Brett Somers, 83; 'Match Game' regular was a comedian, actress

  September 18, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  Actress and comedian Brett Somers, who amused game show fans with her quips on "The Match Game" in the 1970s, has died, her son said. She... more

• A not-so-special effect

  September 16, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  WHILE reading the article by Paul Lieberman on Ken Burns' "The War" ["Sifting Through Ashes," Sept. 9], I couldn't help but be amused by Mr... more

• 'Woodcock' could use more Billy Bob

  By John Anderson  |  September 14, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  That Americans worship their children only makes Billy Bob Thornton more deliciously, subversively funny as a tormenter of the young. He made... more

• Sweet, empty calories

  September 14, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  At heart, the sweet if undernourished looking-for-love comedy "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With" is writer-director-star Jeff Garlin's way... more

• That perilous first stone

  By Andrew Klavan  |  September 9, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  As a rule, I don't do sex scandals. Bill Clinton or Larry Craig -- I don't care. I don't follow them. It's not a matter of high-mindedness... more

• Spat spillover

  September 7, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  It became clear early this year thatMark Leno, an assemblyman from San Francisco, would challenge Carole Migden, his state Senate counterpart... more

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