Friday's TV Highlights: 'Crossbones' on NBC

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of July 20 - 26, 2014 in PDF format This week's TV Movies SERIES Crossbones There's little love for Lowe (Richard Coyle)...

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On Obama's private L.A. schedule: a meeting with Father Boyle

President Obama met privately with Father Gregory Boyle of Los Angeles' Homeboy Industries and four former gang members Thursday as part of the White House's My Brother's Keeper initiative aimed at lifting African American and Latino youths. "He talked...

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Chris Petersen seems to have found his perfect fit at Washington

My standing belief Chris Petersen was never seriously interested in taking USC's football job, or UCLA's the two times it was offered, was confirmed Thursday when Petersen complained about traffic — in Seattle. The good news is, he lives close enough...

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Sparks lose to streaking Phoenix Mercury, 93-73

DeWanna Bonner scored a season-high 22 points to lead the Phoenix Mercury to their 14th straight victory, 93-73 over the Sparks on Thursday night. Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner each had 18 points and Candice Dupree added 10 points and 11 rebounds...

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Angels' farm system, called worst, is producing best shots at winning

Kole Calhoun has given the Angels consistent production in the leadoff spot, and Wednesday night, he drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Angels to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Rookie...

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Ten states join Indiana appeal of rulings allowing same-sex marriage

Ten states have filed an amicus brief in support of Indiana's challenge of a lower court ruling claiming bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, arguing that states, not federal courts, have legal authority to define marriage, according to court...

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Up next for Sparks: Thursday vs. Phoenix

When: 7:30. Where: Staples Center. On air: TV: TWC Sportsnet, TWC Deportes. Records: Sparks 10-13; Mercury 19-3. Record vs. Mercury: 0-2. Update: For the third time this season, the Sparks play host to Phoenix, the Western Conference leader,...

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Angels capitalize on bases-loaded walk to beat Orioles, 3-2

KEY MOMENT: Trailing, 2-1, Josh Hamilton led off the eighth inning with a single to right field against reliever Tommy Hunter and scored on Erick Aybar's double to left-center field for a 2-2 tie. Howie Kendrick and David Freese struck out, Aybar stealing...

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White House working on new birth control insurance rule

The Obama administration plans to make another change in the rules governing how employer healthcare plans cover birth control, one in a long series of efforts to accommodate religious objections to some contraceptives. Details of the new rules will...

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Georgians choose millionaire newcomer Perdue in GOP Senate runoff

Georgia voters Tuesday chose a millionaire from a political family, David Perdue, over longtime congressman Jack Kingston as the Republican nominee for an open Senate seat, ending a bruising primary fight that may have roughed up the party's prospects...

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Manchester United's new coach is late to the party

Louis van Gaal hasn't had a chance to see many of the sights since arriving in Los Angeles last weekend. But on Tuesday he did get to experience the Southern California lifestyle. "This is my first time that I've been late to a press conference," Manchester...

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Donald Sterling opens third front in battle over Clippers ownership

Donald Sterling opened a third legal front Tuesday in his fight to maintain control of the Clippers, alleging in another lawsuit that he remained the team's rightful owner and demanding that his wife's $2-billion sale of the team to former Microsoft...

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry orders 1,000 National Guard troops to border

Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced plans Monday to deploy as many as 1,000 National Guard troops to the state's border with Mexico, faulting federal officials for "empty promises" in dealing with an influx of Central American children and families. "There...

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Fundraisers yes, Jimmy Kimmel no during Obama's Los Angeles visit

As violence exploded in the Middle East and the world recoiled at the destruction of a commercial jetliner, President Obama kept largely to his schedule, which included recent appearances at Democratic fundraisers that drew criticism from political opponents....

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Pregnant woman strangled, boyfriend beheaded in Craigslist sex meeting

When Michigan police found the body of a 25-year-old man in a park last week, they had a macabre mystery on their hands. The man's name was Charles Gerard Oppenneer, and investigators think he was killed by an injury to his head. The problem is...

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TCA 2014: Where is 'The Strain' going? Look to Corey Stoll's wig

FX's new vampire series "The Strain" has just begun its first season, but co-creator Guillermo Del Toro was not shy about discussing where the story would lead in future episodes during his appearance on a very packed panel at the Television Critics...

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CBRE Group is profiting from consolidation among office space firms

What do Microsoft Corp., the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have in common? All turned to CBRE Group Inc., based in Los Angeles, to handle global and U.S. office space needs. CBRE is the world's largest commercial...

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Israel pounds Gaza neighborhood it says is rocket-launching site

Israeli troops pounded an eastern neighborhood of Gaza City with air and artillery strikes Sunday, trading fire with Hamas militants armed with antitank missiles and rocket-propelled grenades and sending a tide of panicked humanity streaming from the...

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Dodgers rally late to beat Cardinals, 4-3

KEY MOMENT: With the score tied, 3-3, A.J. Ellis led off the ninth inning with a double to right-center field and was replaced on the basepaths by Miguel Rojas. Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal struck Hanley Ramirez on the left hand with a 99-mph fastball....

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Death of New York man sparks closer look at police use of chokeholds

The death of a New York City man who was allegedly placed in a chokehold by a police officer last week has reignited discussions about an arrest tactic that has been outlawed in most police departments and linked to dozens of in-custody deaths. The...

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KISS likes what it sees in Kenny Guiton

This is going to be a busy off-season for the KISS. Before Saturday's game against the San Antonio Talons, the team was 3-13 in its inaugural Arena Football League campaign, being outscored by an average of 18 points a game. With a full off-season ahead,...

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Integrity of jet wreckage site in Ukraine compromised, Malaysia says

The sprawling site in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysia Airlines jet went down in a missile attack threatened to become a humanitarian and forensic nightmare Saturday as pro-Russia separatists continued to limit the access of international teams seeking...

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This time Seattle drops Angels, 3-2, in 12 innings

KEY MOMENT: Kyle Seager and Logan Morrison, who each hit left-handed, opened the 12th inning with doubles against left-hander Joe Thatcher to end a 1-1 tie and end at 15 a streak of consecutive scoreless innings by Angels relievers. Endy Chavez's bunt...

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Conflicts of interest pervasive on California stem cell board

There's no good time for a public agency to be embroiled in a conflict-of-interest scandal, but this is an especially delicate time for California's stem cell agency. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, as the program is known formally,...

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