Doc Rivers could be just what the Clippers ordered

It was the Clippers' second day of training camp in La Jolla and assistant coach Tyronn Lue was demonstrating one of the team's new defensive techniques, telling the guards to "bump" opposing big men when they set a screen, then to hurry back on defense....

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Orson Welles' night of mischief with 'War of the Worlds' resonates

"Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program of dance music to bring you a special bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News. At twenty minutes before eight, central time, Professor Farrell of the Mount Jennings Observatory, Chicago, Ill., reports...

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It's best two-out-of-three in World Series as season hurls to an end

Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis will be offering his analysis throughout the World Series. Ellis, 32, recently completed his second full season as a starter for the Dodgers by batting .333 in a National League division series against the Atlanta Braves and...

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Benghazi witnesses grilled in secret on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON — Two of the Justice Department's key witnesses in last year's terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, were summoned to Capitol Hill this month and grilled for hours in separate legal depositions. Responding to congressional...

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Lou Reed put the underground front and center

Those looking for one version of Lou Reed's life need look no further than to the late critic Lester Bangs, who presented a particularly harsh, if affectionate, take on the artist's story in a single sentence. "Lou Reed is the guy that gave dignity...

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Stocks mixed following latest record high

Stocks were mixed in early trading Monday, keeping the Standard & Poor's 500 index at a record high, as investors assessed the latest earnings from big U.S. companies. The S&P 500 closed at a record high last week after getting a boost from...

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Myanmar violence between Buddhists, Muslims threatens reforms

THABYUCHAING, Myanmar — U Abdul Samat spent his life farming the rice paddies that stretched, brilliant green, in all directions. Now he was nearly 90 years old, a great-grandfather who walked with a cane. He was also a Muslim, and the men who stormed...

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Former teen idol Zac Efron buys a grown-up house

Zac Efron, who seems to be in every other movie these days, still found time to pick up a home in Hollywood Hills recently for $3.995 million. The former teen idol, who owns another house nearby in Hollywood Hills West, bought a two-story Zen-inspired...

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Condo owner's heirs caught off guard by foreclosure

Question: Last year a reclusive relative, who owned and lived in a condominium, died. Still grieving over his death, the family tried to get organized in dealing with his belongings and the life he left behind. It was overwhelming, but his mortgage was...

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Sebastian Vettel wins fourth consecutive Formula One title

GREATER NOIDA, India — Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel claimed his fourth straight Formula One championship Sunday after turning in a trademark clinical performance to win the Indian Grand Prix. Starting from pole, Vettel dominated the Buddh International...

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‘Walking Dead’: Robert Kirkman says Governor ‘could attack at any moment’

It's not an exaggeration to describe "The Walking Dead" as the biggest thing on television right now. AMC's hit zombie series, adapted from the comic book created by Robert Kirkman, has become the most-watched prime-time drama, its recent Season 4 premiere...

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Magic Castle's Houdini Seance Chamber conjures up chills, thrills

Things were starting to go bump in the night in the Houdini Seance Chamber at the Magic Castle, the private club in Hollywood that is the headquarters of the Academy of Magical Arts. Medium Misty Lee, who also appears at the castle as an illusionist,...

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U.S., Russia quietly cooperate on Iran

WASHINGTON — As the U.S. presses for a deal to limit Iran's nuclear program, it is getting help from an unlikely ally: Russia. Relations between the two countries have tumbled to a low point this year because of a dispute over Moscow's decision to grant...

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'Fifty Shades' casting, Kimye engaged, Netflix's surprising triumph

Rising above the Sturm und Drang, the entertainment stories that managed to captivate Twitter and move the cultural thermometer during this past week's news cycle seemed to cohere around a thematic grouping. Call it a kind of autumnal stirring. Last...

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Ringo Starr presents photos of the past, music for the present

Slide shows of amateur photography aren't usually premiered at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, but when you're a Beatle, rules are often bent. "That's one of me!" said Ringo Starr excitedly when he saw his face on the big screen Wednesday. "I like...

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Sean Hayes is on top of 'the World'

Sean Hayes recently returned to TV playing a single gay father of a teenage girl — and a series lead for the first time since "Will & Grace" — in NBC's "Sean Saves the World." It's one of five shows on the air from Hazy Mills, the production company...

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'Bad Grandpa' to take down 'Gravity'; Twitter hires Vivian Schiller

After the coffee. Before riding a shopping cart to work.  The Skinny: "Ender's Game" looks like it's pulling in some decent early reviews. Hope it's good; the novel is still a favorite of mine. Today's stories include a look at the weekend box...

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Microsoft leads the Dow higher on earnings gain

Earnings gains from Microsoft and other big U.S. companies are pushing the stock market higher in early trading. Microsoft led the Dow Jones industrial average higher after reporting higher sales of tablet computers. The Dow was up 34 points, or...

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Santa Barbara International Film Festival to honor Forest Whitaker

Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker is the recipient of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Kirk Douglas Award. (Francois Durand) By Susan King October 25, 2013, 8:52 a.m. Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker ("The Last King...

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The aftermath of JFK's assassination, as seen on TV

As this year's death-obsessed Emmy Awards broadcast took time to mention, Nov. 22 will mark 50 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The remembrance traveled from Walter Cronkite's announcement of the president's death to a Carrie...

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Recipe: Canter's egg salad

Canter's Deli simply blends eggs, celery and mayo, with some salt and pepper, for its egg salad. Recipe: Egg Salad (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times) By Noelle Carter October 26, 2013 Dear SOS: Don't laugh, but the egg salad from Canter's...

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TWC to carry Al Jazeera America, Jamie Dornan cast in '50 Shades'

After the coffee. Before World Series ratings come in.   The Skinny: I didn't catch the whole Red Sox victory, but got to the gym just in time to see the Cardinals' Carlos Beltran rob David Ortiz of a grand slam. Thursday's stories include a big...

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