Travel |
By Am and A Jones |
November 2, 2008
What happens when the idea of adventure is still compelling, when the desire to commune with nature is strong, when you still fancy yourself an outdoorswoman but the appeal of pitching a tent has lost its luster?
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Identification papers believed to be those of missing adventurer Steve Fossett were found today by a hiker in the Sierra wilderness, according to a spokeswoman for the Mammoth Lakes Police Department.
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Police are searching for a woman who is suspected of drugging an out-of-state businessman at the Beverly Hills Hotel and stealing his Rolex watch, a Louis Vuitton wallet and other designer products totaling $35,000.
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Police arrested a man this morning on suspicion of manslaughter after he allegedly ran a red light on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, spurring a four-car collision that killed a taxi driver.
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An 8-year-old girl eluded a kidnapping attempt at her elementary school in Long Beach today, and a 9-year-old boy walking to a different school nearby evaded a stranger who tried to lure him to his vehicle, police said.
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A 48-year-old San Bernardino County man has died of West Nile virus, the third death this year in California from the mosquito-borne illness, authorities said today.
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Parents of children who commit graffiti vandalism in Los Angeles could be held liable for civil damages under a plan proposed today by City Councilman Bernard
C. Parks.
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A spokesman for the
U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles today apologized for incorrectly describing an Upland man arrested earlier this week on child pornography charges as a convicted child molester and registered sex offender.
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State game wardens continued their search today for a bear that mauled a Kern County woman in a remote area east of Bakersfield.
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A 40-year-old man convicted of stabbing a Redondo Beach police dog and making criminal threats against two of his ex-girlfriend’s adult daughters was sentenced today to five years and eight months in prison.
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