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  • Sarah Palin finally meets John McCain

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    Also, Americans get to meet Sarah Palin too and Oprah cries off her false eyelashes... more

  • John McCain has known Sarah Palin since, well . . .

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    John McCain and his new running mate, Sarah Palin, spent some quality time together after Friday morning's rally in Dayton, Ohio, when they... more

  • Sharing a historic moment with strangers Quietly sharing historic...

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    I figured it would be one of those "Where were you when. . . ?" moments for years to come. So I wanted to listen to Barack Obama's acceptance... more

  • Crime watch unites Westside

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    When Terri Tippit opened the door of her Rancho Park home last week, a man stood before her and introduced himself as part of a "literacy... more

  • A popular Vietnam export: brides

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    Nearly 70 young Vietnamese women swept past in groups of five, twirling and posing like fashion models, all competing for the hand of a Taiwanese... more

  • DAVID STRICK'S HOLLYWOOD BACKLOT

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    As if being a wife-mother-actress wasn't enough, Jada Pinkett Smith also fronts the rock band Wicked Wisdom and has a line of T-shirts and... more

  • Desperation builds in Georgia

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    They squat in abandoned buildings, crash in rickety schoolhouses or sleep under bushes and trees. They stumble into the city wooden-faced... more

  • Crowd lifts bus and saves woman's fetus

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    Dozens of strangers converged from all directions to lift a 5-ton bus off a pregnant woman, a superhuman effort that managed to save the life... more

  • A hopeless soul and a tale of reawakening

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    The indie drama "Henry Poole Is Here" tells the story of a lonely, hopeless soul (Luke Wilson) who retreats to a newly bought house in the... more

  • HOLLYWOODBACKLOT

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    Comedian Sarah Silverman wasn't showing any signs of her recent breakup with longtime love and late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel when... more

  • Yin, yang of Phelps, Lochte

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    BEIJING -- Sorry, this is no Mozart versus Salieri duel in the pool -- though Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte are no strangers to producing... more

  • 'Winter' at Stage 7 at Culver Studios

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    A 'WINTER' TALE Here's an opportunity for L.A. audiences to become acquainted with one of Norway's most important and enigmatic contemporary... more

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