tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000154448677478492023-11-16T08:55:10.693-08:00LATims.co.ccEasy access to Los Angeles and California Just LATi.ms, Your local source for breaking news, sports, news on weather, sports, world, science, financial, technology, travel, national, economy,Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-48601925902247915322011-03-13T04:25:00.000-07:002011-03-13T04:25:08.495-07:00Film focuses on remote museum in Uzbekistan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Back in 2000, USC film professor Amanda Pope and a former student, Tchavdar Georgiev, were traveling in Russia and some of its satellites, working on a series of short portraits of emerging leaders in the post-Soviet world. The two were in Uzbekistan when Pope heard about an amazing collection of Russian avant-garde art in a remote museum deep in the country's desert.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>But when she excitedly mention...</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Film_in_Uzbekistan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/Film_in_Uzbekistan</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-2147269476290340712011-03-13T04:21:00.000-07:002011-03-13T04:21:43.313-07:00Matthew McConaughey, Michael Connelly talk 'The Lincoln Lawyer' over beers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Matthew McConaughey has just cracked open his second Corona when the man wearing Mardi Gras beads and a Village People policeman's cap approaches his car.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>"Do you know Duane?" the inebriated-looking man asks with suspicion, poking his head inside the window and gestu...</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/The_Lincoln_Lawyer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/The_Lincoln_Lawyer</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-72533676515709571192011-03-13T04:18:00.000-07:002011-03-13T04:18:13.959-07:00Hollywood Headlines<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Charlie Sheen got the ax from "Two and a Half Men" this week, but he won't go down without a fight. Sheen's going after Warner Bros. and his nemesis, show creator Chuck Lorre, with a $100-million lawsuit. He's also got plenty to keep him busy, like his tour, "Sheen's Korner," cooking show and Twitter. Not to mention the custody battle with ex Brooke Mueller....</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Hollywood_Headlines" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/Hollywood_Headlines</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-72219998838085696282011-03-13T04:13:00.000-07:002011-03-13T04:13:03.509-07:00BAHRAIN: Gates urges reform to keep Iran at bay amid renewed violence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">I expressed the view that we had no evidence that suggested that Iran started any of these popular revolutions or demonstrations across the region," Gates said Saturday following talks with Bahrain's king and crown prince. Bahraini officials have repeatedly tried to discredit the anti-government protest movement by alleging links to Iran and the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, a claim the protesters deny.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">"But there is clear evidence th....</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/BAHRAIN_violence" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/BAHRAIN_violence</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-83029349463668964882011-03-13T04:08:00.000-07:002011-03-13T04:08:21.549-07:00Energy released in an earthquake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>The energy released on the Earth's surface only (ME, which is the seismic potential for damage) by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami was estimated at 1.1×1017 joules, or 26.3 megatons of TNT. This energy is equivalent to over 1502 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, but less than that of Tsar Bomba, the largest nu..</b></span>.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Energy_Released_Earthquake" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/Energy_Released_Earthquake</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-12465910045106238522011-03-13T04:03:00.000-07:002011-03-13T04:03:10.719-07:00Japan earthquake shifted Earth on its axis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Friday's magnitude 8.9 earthquake in Japan shifted Earth on its axis and shortened the length of a day by a hair. In the future, scientists said, it will provide an unusually precise view of how Earth is deformed during massive earthquakes at sites where one plate is sliding under another, including the U.S. Pacific Northwest.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>The unusually rich detail comes fr...</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Japan_Earthquake_Shifted" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/Japan_Earthquake_Shifted</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-80563483183854913172011-03-13T03:59:00.000-07:002011-03-13T03:59:04.759-07:00Japanese fearful as nuclear crisis builds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>The government in Tokyo may be reassuring a nation already reeling from the worst earthquake in its recorded history that Japan is not about to experience a full-blown nuclear disaster.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>But the closer you got to the Fukushima nuclear complex, where officials are struggling with the specter of meltdowns at two of its six reactors, the less people were buying it.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>On National Road 4 on the city's outskirts, Mari Kano was crawling through congested traffic Sunday morning with her two young children in tow, baskets of cl...</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Japanese_Nuclear_Crisis" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/Japanese_Nuclear_Crisis</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-40628102111401997092011-03-13T03:50:00.000-07:002011-03-13T03:50:01.497-07:00Japan faces soaring number of feared dead<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Reporting from Tokyo, Koriyama and Fukushima, The number of missing and feared dead in Japan's epic earthquake soared Sunday as a reeling nation struggled to contain an unprecedented nuclear crisis, pluck people in tsunami-inundated areas to safety, quell raging blazes and provide aid to hundreds of thousands of frightened people left homeless and dazed.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>A police chief in the battered Miyagi prefecture told disaster relief officials that he expected the death t....</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Japan_Number_of_Dead" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/Japan_Number_of_Dead</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-70061268141229137732011-03-13T03:44:00.000-07:002011-03-13T03:44:07.101-07:00NFL owners express disappointment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">A day after the NFL Players Assn. decertified as a union, and the NFL officially locked out its players, several team owners Saturday issued statements expressing their disappointment that the labor fight has gone this far.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">"I am very disappointed that we were not successful in reaching an agreement," Pittsburgh Steelers President Art Rooney II said, adding, "The NFL owners pu....</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/NFL_Owners" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/NFL_Owners</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-66502680094000962062011-03-11T10:53:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:53:25.711-08:00Redevelopment reality:increased tax revenue generated by their projects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>For decades, community redevelopment agencies have targeted blighted areas and encouraged investment in them by allowing developers to keep the increased tax revenue generated by their projects. The successes have been notable: One need look no farther than the south end of Los Angeles' downtown, where Staples Center and the surrounding commercial area sit atop what once were parking lots and crack houses.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>But abuse of the system has been a proble...</b></span></div><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Redevelopment" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/Redevelopment</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-77285091303611050382011-03-11T10:50:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:50:45.268-08:00Let police pursue criminals, not immigrant<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">California reached a milestone late last month when federal immigration officials quietly announced that all 58 counties in the state are now participating in Secure Communities, a controversial program created to track and deport dangerous criminals.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Unveiled in late 2008, Secure Commun...</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Criminals_not_immigrant" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/Criminals_not_immigran</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-73314062400686919502011-03-11T10:45:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:45:43.442-08:00Movie Projector: 'Battle: Los Angeles' will rule, 'Mars Needs Moms' will bomb<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">"Battle: Los Angeles" is expected to wipe out the competition at the box office this weekend, leaving "Mars Needs Moms" searching for any signs of life.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Sony Pictures' "Battle," an alien invasion story starring Aaron Eckhart, should open to domestic ticket sales of $30 million to $35 million, according to people who have seen pre-release audience surveys.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">But the biggest news at the box office this weekend will likely be the disastrous debut of "Mars Needs Moms," a big-budget animated movie from Walt Disney Studios that is on track ...</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Movie_Projector_Battle" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #404040; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://click2.info/Movie_Projector_Battle</a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-48165249073486132572011-03-11T10:42:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:42:39.351-08:00Darren Aronofsky returns to the drug world<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Darren Aronofsky cemented his auteur status a decade ago with "Requiem for a Dream," a dark story of a murky drug underworld. Now he could be returning to that milieu in a different capacity.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>The director of "Black Swan," along with that movie's producer, Scott Franklin, are putting their weight behind "Intricate," a story of a promising young athlete who finds himself caught up in the drug trade in 1990s New York, according to the new film's dire....</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Darren_Aronofsky" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/Darren_Aronofsky</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-21127493644111027292011-03-11T10:39:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:39:46.533-08:00'American Idol' results: One goes home, and one goes missing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Even before one finalist was eliminated on Thursday night's "American Idol," as the top 13 was about to shrink to an even dozen, one contestant was missing: Casey Abrams, who had been hospitalized for stomach pains just two weeks ago, was apparently back in the hospital. (Fox is not saying why, or whether Casey is expec...</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/American_Ido_Home" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://click2.info/American_Ido_Home</a></strong></span></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-44090221862864663072011-03-11T10:34:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:34:59.485-08:00Public consequences of pop stars' private gigs:Mariah Carey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">When pop stars Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Nelly Furtado and 50 Cent recently said they'd renounced millions of dollars they'd received for performing for members of Libyan strongman Moammar Kadafi's family, they drew attention to a growing and controversial cultural phenomenon: celebrity artists being hired by rich, powerful and sometimes disreputable clients to play at private or sem...</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Stars_Gigs" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://click2.info/Stars_Gigs</a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-90294603107791105102011-03-11T10:30:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:30:49.803-08:00Wisconsin Assembly passes union proposal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>The Wisconsin Assembly on Thursday gave final approval to a GOP measure that sharply limits collective-bargaining rights for most public employees.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>By 53-42, the Assembly passed the measure, an expected step after the state Senate OKd the propo...</b></span></div><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Wisconsin_Assembly" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #404040; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://click2.info/Wisconsin_Assembly</a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-27588837271049028442011-03-11T10:26:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:26:18.207-08:00$6-billion solar industry logs another record year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">The solar industry seems to have turned in yet another record-breaking year in 2010, as the total market value of the sector spiked 67% to $6 billion from $3.6 billion in 2009, according to an annual report.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Companies installed 878 mega...</span></b></div><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read More: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/S6_Billion_Solar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/S6_Billion_Solar</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-73987087138513818752011-03-11T10:22:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:22:49.635-08:00Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' condition improves by 'leaps and bounds'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head in a Tucson parking lot in January, "is making leaps and bounds in terms of neurological progress," doctors say, and there is "a good possibility" she will be able to attend the final launch of the space shuttle Endeavor, which her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, will comma...</b></span></div><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Rep_Gabrielle_Giffords" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/Rep_Gabrielle_Giffords</span></a></strong></span><br />
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/Obama_Japan_Quake" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/Obama_Japan_Quake</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-19072883742402512032011-03-11T10:13:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:13:29.859-08:00LIBYA: Dutch marines captured in Libya appear headed to Athens<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Thanks to a deal brokered by Greek officials, the Libyan government has agreed to allow three Dutch marines captured after a failed evacuation mission in Libya last month to leave Tripoli for Athens Thursday, according to the Associated Press, quoting a Greek defense ministry official.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">The official, who was not identified, said a Greek milit...</span></b></div><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/LIBYA_Dutch_Marines" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/LIBYA_Dutch_Marines</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-21638501608164683712011-03-11T10:10:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:10:56.147-08:00LIBYA: Ras Lanuf still controlled by anti-government forces, rebel leaders say<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>The oil port of Ras Lanuf in eastern Libya was under heavy bombardment Thursday but remained in the hands of anti-government forces, according to leaders of the rebels, who were quoted by the Reuters news agency.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>The information contradicts reports that Reuters sai...</b></span></div><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/LIBYA_Rebel_Leaders" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/LIBYA_Rebel_Leaders</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-32189556062350065832011-03-11T10:08:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:08:23.611-08:00LIBYA: International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor willing to hear Kadafi's side of story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, who is investigating Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi and members of his inner circle for possible war crimes, told the Reuters news agency Thursday that he would welcome hearing Kadafi’s version of events as part of his probe.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Luis Moreno-Ocampo said the United Nations Security Council needed to start thinking about how it would pr...</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/LIBYA_International_Criminal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/LIBYA_International_Criminal</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-79357982575075180752011-03-11T10:04:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:04:58.401-08:00LIBYA: Aid agencies hindered in attempts to get medical supplies to areas most in need<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Ongoing insecurity continues to hinder aid agencies from reaching areas of western Libya that are in urgent need of medical supplies and assistance, officials from Doctors Without Borders said Thursday.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Teams of the agency’s medical staff have managed to reach health facilities in Ajdabya and Brega, but were unable to proceed to Ras Lanuf, about 270 m...</span></b></div><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/LIBYA_Aid_Agencies" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/LIBYA_Aid_Agencies</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-40425341977593827212011-03-11T10:00:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:00:39.785-08:00LIBYA: Government forces preparing for full-scale attack on rebels; West should butt out or face defeat, Kadafi's son says<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Seif Islam Kadafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi , said Thursday that forces loyal to the government were preparing for a full-scale attack on anti-government forces and that Western countries would face defeat if they chose to support the uprising, according to a report from Bloomberg Ne...</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/LIBYA_Government_Kadafi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/LIBYA_Government_Kadafi</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900015444867747849.post-64582961989667997272011-03-11T09:55:00.000-08:002011-03-11T09:55:48.505-08:008.9 quake kills hundreds in Japan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">The quake triggers a tsunami that threatens much of the Pacific. Up to 300 bodies are found in the city of Sendai in northeastern Japan, an area believed to have been hit hardest by the massive waves....</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Read more: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://click2.info/89_Quake_Japan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://click2.info/89_Quake_Japan</span></a></strong></span></div></div>Lati.Mshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599902519836594901noreply@blogger.com0