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Multi-Tasking Taxes

California | Local | By Lisa Richardson | February 13, 2005
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LOSING THE RACE

Sports | By Thomas Bonk | February 13, 2005
As he walked through the airport in Atlanta on his way to catch a flight to Jacksonville, Fla., to see the Super Bowl, Charlie Sifford was stopped in his tracks by a man who stared at him for a few moments. Read more

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Firms Paying Heed to the Higher Price of Offenses

Business | By Jonathan Peterson | February 13, 2005
In state and federal courtrooms last week, prosecutors told stories of fallen executives treating their companies like personal fiefdoms – raiding the treasuries, decreeing phony financials and lying to conceal the rot from investors. Read more

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Lost’ takes an odd path to diversity

Entertainment | By Maria Elena Fernandez | February 13, 2005
When J.J. Abrams turned in an outline for “Lost” last year, Lloyd Braun, then ABC Television Group’s chairman, bragged excitedly to a buddy, “This, my friend, is ‘ER.’ ” Braun was so convinced by the 25-page outline in his hands, a hybrid of “Survivor” and “Cast Away,” that he ordered a two-hour, $11-million pilot with no script, just the creators’ vision of plane crash survivors on an eerie, not-so-deserted island. Read more

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