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Razor-sharp concertina wire installed at U.S.-Mexico border
The U.S. says its use on an eventual 5-mile stretch of existing fence is to protect agents. But critics say it disregards immigrants' safety.
The U.S. Border Patrol is installing razor-sharp concertina wire atop border fencing between San Diego and Tijuana, marking a major shift in approach along a frequently violent stretch of the frontier.
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Robert Mondavi, 94; vintner was a powerful ambassador for California wine
One of the best-known figures in American viticulture, he had little formal training in making wine. His exile from the family business became the stuff of legend.
Robert Mondavi, the pioneering Napa Valley vintner whose drive and salesmanship revolutionized the way the world thought about California wine, died peacefully Friday at his Yountville, Calif., home, a spokeswoman for the Robert Mondavi Winery said. He was 94.
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Same-sex marriage ruling is a boost for San Francisco's Newsom
The mayor basks in the state Supreme Court's decision. But the issue could later hurt him politically.
For a moment, right after the state Supreme Court legalized gay marriage, Mayor Gavin Newsom rejoiced privately. Then he phoned a onetime critic of his campaign for same-sex unions: his father.
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L.A. murder mystery follows tangled trail
A victim remains unidentified for years as police in Los Angeles and Maywood unknowingly probe the case separately.
Late one night in 2003, a body was found in a scorched minivan along a Watts riverbank. The remains lay blackened and twisted in the front seat. The only recognizable parts were a Mexican cowboy-style belt buckle, a bracelet and a wad of cash in the back pocket that had somehow been spared by the blaze.
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Trolley loses brakes and crashes at The Grove
A double-decker trolley bus has lost its brakes late tonight and crashed at The Grove shopping center in Los Angeles.
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A monument to Japanese Americans in the Antelope Valley is restored
Vandalized during WWII, the memorial is brought back with the help of many in the community and descendants of the pioneers who first erected it.
The phone call to Tom Shiokari came last July. The news was unexpected. But after almost 70 years, a wrong was to be set right and a dishonorable chapter in the history of the Antelope Valley's Japanese American community rewritten.
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Buddhist Meditation Center rises in Adelanto
A 60-ton white marble statue of the saint Quan yin greets visitors. The monk who takes care of the shrine hopes to raise $12 million to build a 6,000-square-foot meditation hall.
It doesn't take long to get acquainted with the rhythm of things at a new Buddhist shrine in this high-desert community presided over by a monk nicknamed "Tom" and a 24-foot-tall statue of a saint said to have miraculous powers.
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Ex-chief of UCLA willed-bodies program indicted
The former head of UCLA's cadaver program and a businessman were indicted Friday on eight felony counts involving black market sales of donated human body parts in a scheme that allegedly cheated the university out of more than $1 million.
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SANTA MONICA City fells 23 disputed trees
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Saturday, 17 May 2008
