Super Bowl Sunday dip and chili recipes that score

Theoretically, you can serve almost anything on Super Bowl Sunday. We once even ran a story proposing a game-day wine tasting with selected charcuterie. But let's face it, that's probably not going to happen at our houses. What you really need...

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'Ode to My Father' stirs the box office and debate in South Korea

South Korea's path from postwar poverty to modern wealth is a rags-to-riches tale well suited to cinema, and it's intimately presented through one family in "Ode to My Father," the country's latest box office smash. Amid its success, "Ode" has sparked...

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Reader recommendation: Pink Jeep Tours in Sedona, Ariz.

Forget the vortex tour. The best activity in Sedona is the Pink Jeep off-road tour at sunset. And the best restaurants are Elote Cafe for dinner (line forms before opening time) and the Coffee Pot for breakfast (gluten-free waffle). Pink Jeep...

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When she opens the kitchen cabinets, memories spill forth

It's the end of January, and I've already broken or never picked up most of my New Year's resolutions. There is one, though, that I'm actually kind of enjoying. I was giving the kitchen a bit more than the usual once-over at the beginning of the year,...

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Ideas sparked by tools rediscovered in the kitchen cabinet

On a first go-through of my kitchen, I found these orphans languishing at the back of the cupboard: Madeleine pans of various sizes and provenance. Resolved: Make lavender madeleines and have a tea party. Hand-crank pasta machine. This guy was once...

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EDM nightclubs in L.A.

EDM nightclubs Sound 1642 N. Las Palmas Ave., L.A. soundnightclub.com Create 6021 Hollywood Blvd., L.A. sbe.com Lure 1439 Ivar Ave., L.A. lurehollywood.com Avalon 1735 N. Vine Ave., L.A. avalonhollywood.com Exchange 618 S. Spring St.,...

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Time Warner Cable misses estimates as programming costs rise

Time Warner Cable Inc., which is awaiting regulatory approval to merge with Comcast Corp., missed analysts' profit estimates as TV programming costs rose and the company offered more promotions to lure subscribers. Fourth-quarter earnings, excluding...

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Ford beats estimates despite declines in earnings, revenue

Ford's net income tumbled in the fourth quarter as the company took an expected charge to deal with its struggling Venezuelan operations. But without the charge and other one-time items, Ford came out ahead of Wall Street's expectations for the fourth...

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Vaccine skeptics are in denial

To the editor: My child is a student at Waldorf School of Orange County, and it's unbelievable that 41% of kindergartners started the school year unvaccinated. Just recently a Waldorf parent told me that no one is talking about the measles epidemic —...

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EDM nightclubs in L.A.

EDM nightclubs Sound 1642 N. Las Palmas Ave., L.A. soundnightclub.com Create 6021 Hollywood Blvd., L.A. sbe.com Lure 1439 Ivar Ave., L.A. lurehollywood.com Avalon 1735 N. Vine Ave., L.A. avalonhollywood.com Exchange 618 S. Spring St.,...

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Buy a Thrill: Catch Steely Dan at Palms Casino

The Internet practically imploded when Steely Dan, a less-than-obvious-choice, was announced as part of the lineup for Coachella, the spring music festival in Indio, Calif. If you missed out on tickets to the sold-out shows, head to the Pearl...

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NBA D-League teammates ejected after getting into fight on bench

It appears at least a couple of NBA Development League players need to work on camaraderie just as much as their basketball skills. Two players on the Iowa Energy were ejected during a game against the Rio Grande Valley Vipers on Tuesday...

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Travel, trouble, traffic: State Department numbers on deaths abroad

In just an average week, Americans safely make more than 1 million trips abroad. But over the course of a year, hundreds of U.S. citizens do die abroad -- and traffic is the leading killer. Statistics from the U.S. State Department show...

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'Reborning': Creepy, yes, but undeniably powerful

"Reborning" is the phenomenon in which customers purchase extravagantly expensive infant dolls – sometimes facsimiles of lost loved ones – that are amazingly lifelike in every particular. Fascinated by this "beautiful, grotesque and odd" fetish/fad,...

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'Anna Christie' habors but a spark of greatness

There's no shortage of acting in the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie." Accents are adorned like fake noses, illnesses resemble those found in 19th century operas and bits of melodramatic business might as well be underscored...

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USAID formally suspends contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan

The United States Agency for International Development has formally suspended the work of one of its contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan following accusations of mismanagement. A USAID statement issued Monday said the decision was the result of...

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Obama pays respects to late Saudi king, meets with country's new ruler

Greeted by a crowd of royalty and a band playing the U.S. national anthem, President Obama landed in Riyadh on Tuesday for a hastily planned visit to Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally. Obama cut short a trip to India in order to pay his respects during...

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USAID formally suspends contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan

The United States Agency for International Development has formally suspended the work of one of its contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan following accusations of mismanagement. A USAID statement issued Monday said the decision was the result of...

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Obama pays respects to late Saudi king, meets with country's new ruler

Greeted by a crowd of royalty and a band playing the U.S. national anthem, President Obama landed in Riyadh on Tuesday for a hastily planned visit to Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally. Obama cut short a trip to India in order to pay his respects during...

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Kobe Bryant uses Super Bowl analogy to describe frustration, injury

Kobe Bryant will go back under the knife on Wednesday for season-ending surgery to repair his torn right rotator cuff. The 36-year old veteran's season will presumably end after 35 games played, an improvement over last year that saw Achilles'...

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Six-alarm fire in steep canyons spurs evacuations in Pacifica

A fast-moving fire in Pacifica south of San Francisco triggered a six-alarm response from local firefighters and local evacuations, authorities said Monday. About 90 homes were evacuated as the flames crept toward canyon homes, said North County...

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Home of the Day: South Pasadena Craftsman with Batchelder tile

High-pitched gables and a hipped roof lend a distinguished touch to this transitional Craftsman residence in South Pasadena. Built in the early 1920s, the home retains its period charm with such details as delicate crown molding, large picture windows...

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Good bets for Super Bowl partying in Las Vegas

As the clock ticks toward the Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, fans who will be spending the weekend in Las Vegas have a tantalizing decision to make: Will a humble hot dog be enough when dishes such as chili...

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Easy dinner recipes: Rich and comforting soups for Meatless Monday

Sometimes it doesn't get better than a comforting bowl of soup. Check out these ideas for rich and hearty vegetarian one-dish meals: Creamy mushroom and roasted onion soup: If you're craving a bowl of rich mushroom soup, this recipe delivers. No less...

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SAG Awards 2015: The duds, thuds and wows on the red carpet

We saw dull (Felicity Jones in a blush-pink, off-the-shoulder Balenciaga column), dowdy (Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a subdued black Monique Lhuillier gown with long black lace sleeves) and disappointing (Julianne Moore in an emerald-green beaded Givenchy...

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Boys' basketball: Cantwell-Sacred Heart defeats Price

After losing to Cathedral and Bishop Montgomery in the Del Rey League earlier this week, Cantwell-Sacred Heart knocked off Price, 72-56, in a game from the East L.A. Invitational. Gligorije Rakocevic scored 19 points and had nine rebounds. Antonio...

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Sundance 2015: Melissa Rauch goes from 'Big Bang Theory' to angry gymnast

On the surface, Melissa Rauch, a New Jersey-raised ‎actress who in recent years has found success as a pint-sized scientist on "The Big Bang Theory," would have little in common with a washed-up Olympic gymnast intent on milking every last drop of her...

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Female terrorists finding their place in Islamic militants' ranks

From bikini-clad beachgoer to veiled jihadist fugitive, the partner of Paris gunman Amedy Coulibaly underwent a startling metamorphosis that illuminates the dangerous potential behind militant groups' efforts to increase their recruiting of female...

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Sundance 2015: Melissa Rauch goes from 'Big Bang Theory' to angry gymnast

On the surface, Melissa Rauch, a New Jersey-raised ‎actress who in recent years has found success as a pint-sized scientist on "The Big Bang Theory," would have little in common with a washed-up Olympic gymnast intent on milking every last drop of her...

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Boys' basketball: Cantwell-Sacred Heart defeats Price

After losing to Cathedral and Bishop Montgomery in the Del Rey League earlier this week, Cantwell-Sacred Heart knocked off Price, 72-56, in a game from the East L.A. Invitational. Gligorije Rakocevic scored 19 points and had nine rebounds. Antonio...

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Chicken in a sauce: Easy dishes that won't put you in a stew

My slogan for 2015? "A chicken in every pot." Somebody's already used that? Well, mine comes with recipes to get you started. Take that, Herbert Hoover, and you too, Henry IV! It's about as basic as cooking can get: chicken cooked slowly in a sauce....

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Reader recommendation: Hotel Dauphine St. Germain in Paris

Our family has stayed at Hotel Dauphine St. Germain in Paris repeatedly during the last 12 years. We consider the St. Germain area, situated in the 6th arrondissement, the best, known for its shops, galleries and famous restaurants such as Café de Flore....

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Sundance 2015: As war escalates at home, two Ukrainians take on Putin

As movie executives arrived at the Sundance Film Festival this week from places like Beverly Hills and the Upper West Side, Artem Ryzhykov took a more perilous route. The cinematographer and star of a new documentary titled "The Russian Woodpecker"...

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Albert Brooks has taken a dramatic turn

On a recent balmy day in Santa Monica, Albert Brooks chuckled about the lengths to which he's gone to reboot his acting career, moving away from the belligerent neurotic of "Broadcast News" fame into playing a believable psychopath in "Drive" and more...

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