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Aretha Franklin, in top form, takes flight at Microsoft Theater

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

Any Aretha Franklin performance in Los Angeles is a special occasion if only because her aversion to flying makes visits to the West Coast from her Detroit home relatively few and far between. Still, her performance at the Microsoft (formerly Nokia) Theater was exceptional on a number of fronts.

GOP presidential forum foreshadows Thursday's debate

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

Foreshadowing the first GOP debate of the 2016 election later this week, more than a dozen Republican presidential candidates will test their messages and face questions Monday night at a New Hampshire voters' forum.

Does a voting-rights case threaten experimentation?

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

Suppose a state adopts a traditional approach to voting - only one day on which voters can cast their ballots at polling places, with limited opportunities for absentee voting.

James Holmes moves closer to death penalty as jurors reject leniency

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

Jurors weighing James E. Holmes' fate moved one step closer to sentencing him to death Monday when they ruled unanimously that the gunman in the Aurora, Colo., mass shooting did not deserve leniency for killing 12 movie-goers and injuring 70 others.

You need to get invited to this super-exclusive pop-up dinner

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

"Have you done this before?" asked a young woman standing outside a private Venice Beach residence Friday night. A growing group of people gathered around her, all waiting to get in the front door.

A cry from the heart in Yemen: 'We are a nation of bereaved'

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

In the last four months of devastating war in my country, and in my years as a journalist before this conflict began, I have seen and written about many terrible things. But nothing prepared me for this.



Private equity industry sees more federal regulation

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

With roots in the notorious corporate raids of the 1980s, the private equity business has long been considered one of the most powerful, freewheeling and lightly regulated corners of Wall Street.

GOP seeks end to Planned Parenthood money as both sides play to their base

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

Republican senators, including several running for their party's nomination for president, will begin to test whether voter attitudes toward Planned Parenthood have changed with a Senate vote Monday on a bill that would cut off federal money to the nation's large provider of family planning services.

For China's gay men, Dongdan Park in Beijing offers haven

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

In 1984, Ning Guofeng, a.k.a. "Lady Paris," was arrested by police officers after visiting Dongdan Park in Beijing - the third time he was charged with "hooliganism" in seven years. Sent to a labor camp for three years, Ning, now 77 and known as "Granny Paris," still keeps returning to the scene...

Switch-hitting in the majors is becoming a lost art

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

Shane Victorino, acquired by the Angels before the nonwaiver trade deadline last week, is clearly not the same player he was in 2012, the last time he played for a Los Angeles team.

California Inc.: CalPERS coming clean on Wall Street cash

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

Welcome to California Inc., the weekly newsletter of the Los Angeles Times Business section. Subscribe to the newsletter I'm Business columnist David Lazarus, and here's a rundown of upcoming stories this week and the highlights of last week. Looking Ahead Hackers, ahoy: Computer hackers take over...

Haskell Invitational is all American Pharoah as Triple Crown champ romps

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

A taped rendition of New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" blared over the P.A. as a record crowd of 60,983 at Monmouth Park welcomed Triple Crown champion American Pharoah onto the track for the $1.75-million Haskell Invitational on Sunday.





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