NEWS
May 9, 2012 | By David Lauter
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's easy victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary turns Wisconsin's recall election into a rematch -- a bitter, $80-million, four-week argument over whether voters will reaffirm, or reverse, the 2010 election. The campaign to unseat Republican Gov. Scott Walker -- only the third attempt to recall a governor in U.S. history -- has deeply and evenly divided the state. A poll released last week by Marquette University Law School showed Walker and Barrett neck and neck with only 4% of voters undecided.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 25, 2012 | Los Angeles Times staff and wire reports
LeRoy Walker, the first African American to lead the U.S. Olympic Committee and the first black man to coach an American Olympic team, died Monday in Durham, N.C. He was 93. Walker's death was confirmed by Scarborough & Hargett Funeral home, but no cause was given. The grandson of slaves, Walker led the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1992 to 1996, shepherding the Summer Games staged in his native Atlanta and leading the group when the 2002 Winter Olympics were awarded to Salt Lake City.
ENTERTAINMENT
April 11, 2012 | By Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times Television Critic
Despite its rather tiresome and typographically unwieldy title,ABC's "Don't Trust the B - in Apartment 23" is among the least raunchy of this year's super-sized batch of female-centric comedies. It is also one of the funniest, which should make a point about the tantalizing though too often abusive relationship between shock and humor, and also the comedic value of the word "vagina," which will never be as high as the various slang terms for the word "penis. " (It may just be a syllable thing.)
NATIONAL
March 30, 2012 | By Michael Muskal
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, whose campaign to limit the power of public employee unions aroused the ire of labor groups across the country, will face a recall election later this spring, the state's Government Accountability Board ruled Friday. The board, which enforces state election laws, voted 5-0 to order the election. The decision had been expected because the board had certified that there were more than enough petition signatures to force the vote. At stake will be Republican Walker's political future and that of Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, also a Republican.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 27, 2012 | Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times
I go up to the Hollywood Hills for peace, solitude, hiking and walking my dogs. And Bronson Canyon is the best part of the hills. Minutes away from the Capitol Records building and studio lots is some of the most pristine native wilderness you will find along Griffith Park's 52 miles of fire roads and trails. The canyon path winds uphill from the Craftsman bungalows of Beachwood, through sprays of red-berried toyon, or California holly, the plant that gave Hollywood its name.
BUSINESS
December 25, 2011 | By Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times
The gig: A 95-year-old sailor, inventor and entrepreneur, Stanley A. Dashew is probably best known for his invention of credit card embossing and imprinting machines in the 1950s that helped give birth to the plastic credit card industry. He has also invented other devices in such fields as shipping, mining and marine recreation. He personally holds 14 U.S. patents. Dashew and his late wife, Rita, were world travelers who supported efforts to strengthen international ties and promote peace.