The Kings had two days off between games but when you’ve taken a job as a tightrope-walker in the NHL’s salary-cap circus, eventful moments are often unscheduled. De-scheduled were the team’s practice and media availability Thursday, however the Kings confirmed that winger Viktor Arvidsson has been placed on long-term injured reserve. Arvidsson is in his…
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So, Dodger fans, who do you blame? It has become an ugly October ritual in L.A., one that’s been avoided only once over the last 11 years. A team whose goal is, and should be, a World Series championship falls short, and the finger-pointing begins. Most of those fingers, at least from the fan base,…
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In advance of an annular “ring of fire” solar eclipse occurring this Saturday, NASA has set up an interactive eclipse explorer so people can see when they should look up, and what phase of the eclipse they will experience from their location. Most of the contiguous United States will experience a partial eclipse this Saturday,…
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Tara Patel | Bloomberg News (TNS) The small French winemaker behind Jay-Z’s Champagne is laying the groundwork for the launch of another luxury brand, aiming to replicate the success of the rapper’s Armand de Brignac “Ace of Spades.” Family-owned Maison Cattier has stored bottles to age in its cellars of what will be called Champagne…
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Festival Pass is a newsletter that lands in your inbox weekly. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now. Happy Thursday! This week’s edition of Festival Pass is going to be short and sweet. I’ll be honest, I’m tired! Goldenvoice’s three-day Power Trip fest out at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on…
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK, SEUNG MIN KIM and MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON — The White House announced that the U.S. government will begin operating evacuation flights to help Americans leave Israel as Israel prepares to escalate retaliatory action against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. The evacuation flights are expected to begin Friday, White House National…
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BY JUSTO ROBLES AND ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE Lea este artículo en español. Aura Silva was among 36 migrants who in early June were driven from Texas’ border to New Mexico and then flown to Sacramento. She had no family there to take her in and no knowledge of how to find shelter. She had just learned…
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Disney has announced a handful of new restaurants coming to its Downtown Disney area, including a Korean fast-casual eatery and a fried chicken sandwich joint. It’s all part of the theme park’s major renovation to its western parcel of land that connects Disney’s two major parks and three hotels. First up, Seoul Sister will serve…
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When President George W. Bush formulated the concept of an American Devil’s Island in Cuba, he did so heedless of the damage to the Constitution his experiment in torture and confinement without end would bring about. Bush made the case that torture and confinement at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay would allow the…
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Countless financial soothsayers and Wall Street wizards were once members of a curious cult. Their doctrine? The unshakable belief that interest rates had managed to find something resembling the fabled Fountain of Youth, leaving their numbers eternally low and never rising. The “Forever Low” brigade dismissed those of us who argued that high government debt…
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