SPORTS
May 22, 2013 | By Ben Bolch
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Uh-oh, 2-0? The San Antonio Spurs find themselves in a familiar place, having won the first two games of the Western Conference finals for a second consecutive season. This is where their season unraveled in stunning fashion last year amid a barrage of baskets by Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. The Spurs lost four consecutive games, a season-ending slide that seemed all the more improbable considering they had won their previous 20 games.
NATIONAL
September 26, 2012 | By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
SAN ANTONIO -- Two Texas congressional candidates faced off in Spanish in a debate that could help decide one of the closest races in the country . Incumbent Republican Rep. Francisco Canseco, 63, a tea party conservative, and challenger Pete Gallego, 50, a Democratic state representative, participated in the hourlong debate sponsored by AARP Texas and the Spanish-language network Univision . “Welcome to this historic event,...
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 18, 2005 | Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer
Jose M. Lopez, the nation's oldest remaining Latino recipient of the Medal of Honor, who earned the award for single-handedly killing more than 100 German soldiers in a skirmish during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, has died. He was 94. Lopez died Monday of cancer at the San Antonio home of his daughter, Maggie Wickwire. He had lived in San Antonio since 1973. On Dec.
NATIONAL
January 11, 2004 | Lianne Hart, Times Staff Writer
After divorcing Texas Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez last year, Becky Whetstone said she felt outmaneuvered, out-financed and out of luck. Angry and frustrated, Whetstone -- a writer and family counselor -- considered her options and decided to go public. First, she began writing a book about life as a congressional wife. Then she created a website, www.congressmanswife.com, where she aired her grievances and invited others to share their own stories of love and loss.
NEWS
August 11, 2001 | JAMES F. SMITH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The widow and the editor of a U.S. journalist who was found buried in a shallow grave in the remote mountains of central Mexico in 1998 expressed anger Friday at a judge's acquittal of two men accused of killing him. But a U.S. philanthropist who helped finance the defense for the men--who at one point confessed to the killing--said prosecutors never even proved that Philip True was murdered rather than killed in a hiking accident, as one forensic witness claimed.
SPORTS
May 24, 2001
Got an e-mail from Nate after the first game of the Western Conference finals. "Evil 1, Good 0." Clever. Received an e-mail from Dan after Game 2. "I had the series going six games, but now it looks like a four-game SWEEP!" Cute. Nate and Dan represent the kinder, gentler element of the Los Angeles Lakers' fan base. Erin represents another element: "The next time David Robinson is quoting those scriptures, you may ask him to quote a few regarding judging, jealousy and being a HUGE hypocrite."