CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 10, 2010 | By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times
Frustrated by their inability to find the notorious killer known as the Grim Sleeper, whose DNA was not in a law enforcement database, Los Angeles police this spring asked the state to look for a DNA profile similar enough to be a possible relative of the killer. In April, state computers produced a list of 200 genetic profiles of people in the database who might be related to the alleged serial killer. Among the top five ranked as the most likely relatives was a profile that shared a common genetic marker with the crime-scene DNA at each of 15 locations that the crime lab examined.
BUSINESS
December 2, 2001
"Firms Cut 21,000 Jobs in State" [Nov. 10] left me curious as to interviewee Deyanira Garcia's statements in describing her quandary. She is quoted as saying she needs at least $14 an hour, the rate of pay she received at her last job, to make ends meet. She now struggles along on $844 monthly unemployment benefits. She goes on to say that she would be unable to make it on what appears to be a rejected job offer paying her $10 an hour and continues drawing unemployment benefits while searching for that elusive $14-plus-an-hour job. With four small children to care for, she faces a daunting challenge to be sure.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 23, 1990
David M. Kennedy's article "America Searches for Content in Heroes, in Values" (Opinion, July 8) echoed similar feelings in me. How is it we take our feelings for granted while foreigners tend to speak "with unabashed reverence about things like freedom and democracy?" They have "the discomforting habit of invoking our national icons and quoting our national heroes in defense of liberty." Is it so unsophisticated and simple-minded for us Americans to pay homage and worship our own native American heroes while we "lionize the visitors and not the locals"?
WORLD
November 7, 2009 | Alexandra Zavis and Karim Sharifi, Sharifi is a special correspondent.
International and Afghan forces were searching today for two members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization force who went missing during a resupply mission in western Afghanistan, military officials said. The disappearances were reported Wednesday, the NATO force said in a statement. The military did not release the nationalities of the service members, or provide details of where and how they went missing. "We are doing everything we can to find them," said Navy Capt. Jane Campbell, spokeswoman for the international force.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 7, 2009 | Associated Press
Authorities were searching Friday for a woman who they believe intends to kill her two children and herself. Lisa Ruelas took her sons, ages 5 and 10, from their Altadena home Thursday, leaving a note telling of her murder-suicide plan, sheriff's officials said. Ruelas' husband died about 18 months ago and she could be depressed, Sheriff's Lt. Greg Sisneros told KABC-TV Channel 7. He said authorities began searching for the family after friends found the home empty and the note inside.
NEWS
July 26, 2009 | Rachel Hatzipanagos, Hatzipanagos writes for the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Kelly Hildebrandt is about to marry the man of her dreams: Kelly Hildebrandt. Like many couples, the two lovebirds have a lot in common; they both love fishing, scuba diving and hunting. But they might never have met if they didn't have a first and last name in common. "If we introduce each other, [people] have to think about it for a second," said Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt, of Coral Springs, Fla. "They say, 'Wait, you guys have the same name?' " They met online last year after Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt, 20, a student at Palm Beach Community College majoring in education, searched for her own name on Facebook.