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Veteran BBC correspondent Wheeler dies at 85
Sir Charles Wheeler, who reported from Washington, Berlin and other capitals during a long and distinguished broadcasting career, died Friday. He was 85. Wheeler died at his London home of lung cancer, the British Broadcasting Corp. said. Wheeler...Tags: Heads of State, Government, Buddhism, Death and Dying, Religious Leaders
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Former U.S. senator Jesse Helms dies; unyielding Southerner relied on race-baiting campaign tactics
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON -- Jesse Helms, the former U.S. senator from North Carolina who for half a century infuriated liberals with his race-baiting campaign tactics and presidents of both parties with his use of senatorial privilege, died today. He was 86. Helms,...Tags: Diseases, Elections, Upper House, Sex, Edward M. Kennedy
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Auction house seeks to sell Rosa Parks collection
Associated Press WriterArlan Ettinger will never forget the response he got when he took one of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks' hats to a meeting at the Apollo Theater in New York. "It was a fairly plain-looking black hat. And then I said it was Rosa Parks'. And their...Tags: Henry Ford, NAACP, John F. Kennedy, Demonstration, Auction Service
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Civil rights: Torch of independence passed on
We have a new reason to celebrate this Independence Day. For if you take the long view of history, as I do, you could say that the events on another Fourth of July, in 1863, saved the America that was envisioned by the founders and made possible in our...Tags: Parties and Movements, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Racism, Richard Nixon
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Obama may accept nomination at Invesco Field
Barack Obama's campaign is considering having him accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High instead of the Pepsi Center, the chosen site for the Democratic National Convention, two people with knowledge of convention...Tags: Ceremonies, Parties and Movements, Elections, Democratic Party, Society
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Light a sparkler to celebrate hopes for AHL
Light a sparkler to celebrate hopes for AHL The Lehigh Valley's Yankee Doodle Dandies have something to celebrate in addition to the commemoration of what happened down the Pike 232 years ago. They might light a sparkler or two because of a couple of...Tags: Ed Pawlowski, Bill Heydt, Coca-Cola Company, Philadelphia Flyers, National Hockey League
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Nation's capital: An ever-changing American mirror
AP National WritersThe 32nd president stares resolutely from his wheelchair, cast in the kind of immortal bronze reserved for the leaders we remember as distant paragons of national virtue. Yet something seems ... amiss. First of all, he is at eye level: man, not god;...Tags: Adolf Hitler, Iraq War, The White House, Tourism and Leisure, Democracy
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Team Obama's convention game plan calls for stadium rally
Gridiron fans, move over. The Obama campaign hopes to turn the last evening of the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Aug. 28 into a giant rally of voters in a football stadium. The unusual move, confirmed by two sources, would be an echo of...Tags: Elections, Ceremonies, Society, Political Campaigns, John F. Kennedy
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Some disciplined King-Harbor workers still on the job
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersLos Angeles County government leaders blamed their own employees for many of the problems that forced the closure of Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital, the notoriously troubled public medical center near Watts. Some workers had neglected patients....Tags: Civil and Public Service, Medicaid, Unions, Hospitals and Clinics, Law Enforcement
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The List: July 4 fireworks
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Artesia Artesia Park, Elaine Avenue and South Street, Artesia. (562) 860-3361.
Baldwin Park Festivities begin at 5 p.m. Sierra Vista High School, 3600 Frazier St., Baldwin Park. (626) 813-5245.
Bellflower Carnival runs today through...Tags: Six Flags Incorporated, Vehicles, Tourism and Leisure, CBS Corp., Passenger Cars
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