NATIONAL
March 16, 2012 | By Christi Parsons and Neela Banerjee, Washington Bureau
President Obama launched a fiery defense of his energy policy Thursday amid growing pressure to stem rising gasoline prices, perhaps by releasing oil from the nation's emergency petroleum reserve. Obama avoided mentioning the Strategic Petroleum Reserve option, but acknowledged the pain Americans feel at the pump and mocked Republicans for "acting like 'We've got a magic wand and we will give you cheap gas forever.' " "We've seen it all before; we know better. You know better," he told a crowd at Prince George's Community College in Maryland.
ENTERTAINMENT
October 30, 2011 | By Mark Olsen, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Even Joe Swanberg has to stop to count the number of Joe Swanberg movies out there right now. Just this year he premiered "Uncle Kent" at Sundance and unveiled "Silver Bullets" and "Art History" at the Berlin International Film Festival. The 30-year-old filmmaker also released "Autoerotic" on video-on-demand with limited theatrical play dates. He has been shooting throughout 2011 as well and is on course to soon finish his 15th film (10 of those he made in just the last two years). The AFI Fest 2011, which starts Thursday, will spotlight Swanberg, hosting the world premiere of his newest film, "The Zone," alongside screenings of "Art History" and "Silver Bullets.
HEALTH
February 9, 2009 | Chris Woolston
At a time when most people are avoiding metals such as lead and mercury, there's a full-out rush among the health-conscious for silver, a metal that is showing up in elixirs and sprays, soaps and toothpastes. Considered potentially toxic by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, silver enjoys a lustrous reputation in alternative health circles.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
December 24, 2007 | GEORGE SKELTON
Six years ago on this date, I wrote that "California needs an electric train set for Christmas." Santa still hasn't come through. I had in mind a big train set that's 700 miles long with locomotives barreling at 200 mph. A bullet train. To be honest, I'm no longer as excited about it as I once was, anyway. Turns out, as a Sacramentan, I wouldn't be allowed to use the train for a very long time. Neither would people in San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Modesto or Stockton.
BUSINESS
December 7, 2007 | Maura Reynolds and Jonathan Peterson, Times Staff Writers
President Bush's plan to slow the mortgage meltdown could help prevent hundreds of thousands of people from losing their homes, but many others would get no relief -- and the plan's effect on the broader economy remained a topic of sharp debate. Under the plan outlined Thursday, lenders would be given broad latitude to fix troubled loans, notably those with low introductory teaser rates that will reset to higher payments between Jan. 1, 2008, and July 31, 2010.
SPORTS
August 7, 2007 | Chris Dufresne, Times Staff Writer
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- It was in a sticky heat on Monday that heralded freshman quarterback Jimmy Clausen walked across campus toward his first fall football practice at Notre Dame. He wore sandals and a red T-shirt, rolled up to mid-chest. He carried one football shoe in each hand. It marked a beginning, for sure, but of what? More than being the answer for Irish football right now, Clausen is just one of many questions.