What happened on July 05, 2009

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The painful side effects of Obama's healthcare reform By Charlotte Allen, Charlotte Allen is the author of "The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus" and a contributing editor to the Minding the Campus website of the Manhattan Institute.
Britain's National Health Service: Simple, sensible and civilized By Clancy Sigal, Clancy Sigal is a writer and former BBC broadcaster who lives in Los Angeles.
The Supreme Court in summation
The beginning of Sarah Palin's end By Michael Carey, Michael Carey is a columnist for the Anchorage Daily News and host of "Anchorage Edition" on Alaska Public Broadcasting.
Sarah Palin lacks what the GOP needs most By Doyle Mcmanus
Bigger pictures By Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist at the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.
Obama doesn't have the only prescription for healthcare reform By Michael Tanner, Michael Tanner is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and coauthor of "Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It."
Palin: Pro and con
The death debate
Budget blame
Teens pay for not having a job

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What happened on July 05, 2009

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Ralph Lauren polo shirts look good, do good By Max Padilla

Derma rolling: hope for smoother skin? By Alexandra Drosu

Four short rules for shorts By Melissa Magsaysay

The versatile man By Adam Tschorn

Slip into Nine West's comfort zone By Melissa Magsaysay

NATIONAL

Sarah Palin not under FBI investigation, agency spokesman says By Josh Meyer

At Wichita's Water Wall, frolicking without a net By Robin Abcarian

Statue of Liberty crown reopens for Fourth of July By Tina Susman

Supreme Court leaned right on many issues this term By David G. Savage

Ex-President George W. Bush welcomed to Woodward, Oklahoma Associated Press

Pentagon optimistic on missile defense system By Julian E. Barnes

New laws in effect July 1 in many states Associated Press

Palin's speech had shades of Nixon, circa '62 By Andrew Malcolm and Johanna Neuman

Restoring Connecticut's historic whaling ship By Stephen Dunn

OPINION

The painful side effects of Obama's healthcare reform By Charlotte Allen, Charlotte Allen is the author of "The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus" and a contributing editor to the Minding the Campus website of the Manhattan Institute.

Britain's National Health Service: Simple, sensible and civilized By Clancy Sigal, Clancy Sigal is a writer and former BBC broadcaster who lives in Los Angeles.

The beginning of Sarah Palin's end By Michael Carey, Michael Carey is a columnist for the Anchorage Daily News and host of "Anchorage Edition" on Alaska Public Broadcasting.

Sarah Palin lacks what the GOP needs most By Doyle Mcmanus

Bigger pictures By Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist at the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.

Obama doesn't have the only prescription for healthcare reform By Michael Tanner, Michael Tanner is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and coauthor of "Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It."

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Chasing after a disaster chaser By Jason Felch

Remaking Avalon as a prime island getaway By Louis Sahagun and Roger Vincent

Allen Klein, powerful figure in music world, dies at 77 By Geoff Boucher

Anand Jon juror tried to meet with defendant's sister before conviction, defense lawyers say By Jack Leonard

Budget talks as a reality TV show? By Michael Rothfeld

Little progress reported on state budget Associated Press

Anti-tax rally offers good return By Chris Erskine

Discord takes root as garden recovers from fire By Catherine Saillant

Investigators focus on five Jackson doctors By Scott Glover, Rong-gong Lin Ii and Cara Mia Dimassa

1.6 million seek tickets to Jackson memorial By Dan Weikel

L.A. County sheriff's sergeant accused in assaults had been focus of prior misconduct investigations By Richard Winton

Army Spc. Eduardo S. Silva, 25, Greenfield; found dead in his bed in Afghanistan By Maura Dolan and Sam Quinones

Program offers rays of hope in an area on the edge By Scott Gold

Togo W. Tanaka dies at 93; journalist documented life at Manzanar internment camp By Elaine Woo

On vacation -- at a college campus By Gale Holland

L.A. Zoo littered with new baby animals By Carla Hall

California Briefing / Tehachapi By Dan Weikel

California Briefing / Angeles National Forest By Dan Weikel

ENTERTAINMENT

'Camus, A Romance' by Elizabeth Hawes By Wendy Smith

I'm holding out for an antihero By David Treuer

Queen Latifah By Choire Sicha

'American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry' takes 73 different directions By David L. Ulin

'Heroic Measures' by Jill Ciment By Joanna Smith Rakoff

'Songs of Leonard Cohen': A vinyl reckoning By Robert Hilburn

'Twenty Minutes in Manhattan' by Michael Sorkin; 'Drift' by Victoria Patterson; 'A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome' by Alberto Angela By Susan Salter Reynolds

Despite complexities, summer heroes still find time to save the world By Betsy Sharkey, FILM CRITIC

'American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone' by D.D. Guttenplan By Clancy Sigal

At Outfest, redefining gay film By Mark Olsen

Dancing in 'Jubilee!' By Christopher Smith

Fluff LeCoque makes 'Jubilee!' run By Christopher Smith

'Jubilee!' at Bally's Las Vegas is a classic glitz blitz By Christopher Smith

'What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?' by Kevin Mattson By Mark Coleman

Life's little dramas on 'Southern Belles' By Jon Caramanica

'Best of Nature' at the San Diego Natural History Museum By Liesl Bradner

'Knowing'; 'Jeff Garlin: Young & Handsome'; 'Push'; 'The Unborn' By Noel Murray

Murder ('Harper's Island') and romance ('The Princess Bride') in mind By Denise Martin

'This Wicked World' by Richard Lange By Antoine Wilson

Trampling boundaries in 'Lonely Are the Brave' By Sam Adams

Movies reboot as TV shows By Denise Martin

Southwest Museum pulls itself up by its bootstraps By Suzanne Muchnic

Ali Farka Toure brings Mali to the world By Andrew Gilbert

Was the price right for OCMA sale? By Mike Boehm

Museum painted into a corner? By Mike Boehm

Little Green Man? By Carol Farley

Culture Monster By David Ng

Classical Music By Mark Swed, MUSIC CRITIC

BUSINESS

Wal-Mart's good-guy stance on healthcare reform By David Lazarus

His keen sense of ethics has paid off handsomely By William Heisel

Northrop Grumman's Ronald Sugar: Quietly in command By Peter Pae

1929 Spanish Colonial Revival in San Clemente By Scott Marshutz

An updated Century City condo and a hilltop hideaway in Laguna Beach By Lauren Beale

Vacancies give renters room to negotiate By Lauren Beale

'Strategic Business Forecasting' is wittier than its title By Peter Pae