Body of missing 59-year-old man found in Riverside

Riverside police found a body in a dirt field Saturday afternoon that was later identified as that of a missing 59-year-old man. The remains of Dennis Guthaus, of Riverside, were found near Alta Cresta Avenue and Van Buren Boulevard, police said. Police...

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Americans Bae and Miller, freed by North Korea, back in U.S.

Two Americans detained in North Korea were freed and brought home to the United States on Saturday, the result of a surprising move by the reclusive nation that may signal a shift in its approach to the United States. The men — Matthew Todd Miller,...

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MLS Playoffs: Red Bulls advance despite loss

Peguy Luyindula scored his second playoff goal in as many games and the New York Red Bulls advanced to the Eastern Conference finals despite a 2-1 loss to D.C. United on Saturday at Washington. The Red Bulls advanced 3-2 on aggregate after winning the...

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J.T. Barrett leads Ohio State in win over Spartans

EAST LANSING, Mich. — J.T. Barrett threw for three touchdowns and ran for two, and No. 14 Ohio State got past No. 8 Michigan State, 49-37, Saturday night. The Buckeyes (8-1, 5-0 in Big Ten Conference) avenged their loss to Michigan State in last year's...

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L.A. City Council approves firefighter raises

The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to give a 2% pay increase to the city's firefighters next summer, along with increases in taxpayer support for healthcare and dental benefits. The unanimous vote provided one of the few bright spots for Mayor...

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L.A.'s not-quite 'subway to the sea' finally breaks ground

More than 30 years ago, officials promised that Los Angeles' first modern subway would cut through the congested and heavily populated Wilshire Corridor connecting downtown to the city's coastal suburbs. Now, after decades of delay over safety and environmental...

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Future of Bob Baker's puppet theater, once an L.A. icon, is uncertain

The boxy white building with weathered paint in Echo Park offers few clues that colorful, fanciful puppets dance inside. For more than half a century, the Bob Baker Marionette Theater has entertained children, as it did on a recent Friday when small...

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Marines mark 10th anniversary of fight for Fallouja

Jim Simpson's son, Marine Lance Cpl. Abraham Simpson, was killed on the third day of the 46-day fight for control of Fallouja, Iraq, in 2004. "My son was a devout Christian," Simpson said after an emotional ceremony Friday attended by hundreds of Marines,...

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Pinup video on military base raises eyebrows in Utah

The girlie video was intended as pure cheesecake. But for Jennifer Seelig, it was more like a horror flick. Seelig, minority leader in the Utah House, learned of the controversial footage last month as she boarded a flight to Washington. While in the...

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Federal appeals court upholds 4 states' gay marriage bans

A federal appeals court panel in Ohio upheld four states' bans on gay marriage Thursday, setting the stage for the Supreme Court to rule finally on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. The ruling by the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals is the...

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College football: What to watch Saturday on TV

Each week our national college football writer describes how he would handle the television remote on Saturday, handicapping what's worth watching, and skipping: MORNING Presbyterian (5-4) at No. 11 Mississippi (7-2) 9 a.m., SEC Network Presbyterian...

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'Any Sunday' sequel rides in as energetic eye candy

Bruce Brown's 1971 Oscar-nominated documentary "On Any Sunday" celebrated motorcycle racers and enthusiasts (like Brown himself) in the immersive manner of his noteworthy surf movie, "The Endless Summer." Now his son Dana (of "Step Into Liquid" fame),...

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Suspect in 4chan-linked murder case turns himself in to Oregon deputy

A man suspected of killing his girlfriend in Washington state, posting photos of her corpse and describing the slaying online and then leading police in Oregon on a high-speed chase is in custody, police announced Wednesday night. Shortly after the...

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Boys' basketball: Westchester tournament is set to begin on Dec. 1

The Westchester tournament is set to begin on Dec. 1 and 2. Opeing games include Westchester-King Drew; Hart-Morningisde; Beverly Hills-Washington; Bishop Montogomery-Rancho Dominguez on Dec. 1. On Dec. 2, it's St. John Bosco-St. Bernard; Long Beach...

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L.A. County team of monitors to oversee Fire Department hiring

The Board of Supervisors on Wednesday created a "strike team" of monitors to oversee hiring by the Los Angeles County Fire Department in response to a Times investigation that found a disproportionate number of relatives in the ranks and evidence of...

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Results mixed on California soda taxes, fracking, marijuana measures

Here is a breakdown of some big issues facing California cities and counties and how they fared in Tuesday's election: Soda tax Background: Measures were on the ballot in San Francisco and Berkeley to levy taxes on sodas and other sugary beverages...

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Californians OK Proposition 2, on rainy day fund

Proposition 2, to strengthen California's rainy day fund, has passed, AP reports. A constitutional amendment with bipartisan support, the measure was placed on the ballot by the Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown. Under the measure, state officials will...

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Tune out cable news and turn away fear

I miss the days when people would say "Bon voyage" to travelers heading off. Today, Americans instead say "Travel safely." I travel a lot. In the last year or so I've been to Egypt, the West Bank, Israel, Turkey and Russia. My loved ones worry out loud:...

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Dodgers reportedly to hire Athletics' Farhan Zaidi as general manager

Oakland Athletics assistant general manager Farhan Zaidi will be named the Dodgers general manager, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke under the condition of anonymity because a formal announcement isn't expected to be made until...

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Lakers close in on Phoenix Suns, 79-75, after third quarter

Suns 79 - Lakers 75 (end of third quarter) Kobe Bryant gave the home crowd a scare in the third quarter, leaping over the first row of spectators, landing awkwardly after chasing a loose ball. The veteran guard showed he still has some hops in those...

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The 'drone loan' and other surprising items at college libraries

At the Colgate University Library you can check out the book "Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution" by Richard Whittle, the book "The Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam" by Akbar Ahmed,...

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Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'MasterChef Junior' on Fox

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of Nov. 2 - 8, 2014 in PDF format This week's TV Movies SERIES MasterChef Junior Alexander Weiss, who won the first season...

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New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers look like themselves again

Tom Brady was kaput as New England's quarterback. He was so used up at age 37 — especially after a 27-point loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 4 — that talk radio in Boston and beyond crackled with suggestions the Patriots should trade him. The...

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Hidden code of two great composers deciphered

The propriety of projecting a composer's personal life onto how we hear and perform the music goes through fads. Half a century ago, the Bay Area was home to Apollonian musicologists who prized structural analysis and dismissed biography as gossip. ...

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Su'a Cravens knee injury not severe, says USC's Steve Sarkisian

An MRI exam of USC linebacker Su'a Cravens injured right knee showed "nothing structurally wrong," and the sophomore will work to be available for the Trojans Nov. 13 game against California, Coach Steve Sarkisian said Sunday. Cravens was injured Saturday...

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Duke University evaluating potential Ebola patient; risk downplayed

A patient who entered the United States from Liberia on Friday was in isolation at Duke University Hospital in Durham after developing a fever and was being tested for Ebola, North Carolina state health authorities announced Sunday night. The North...

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Football: Festivities begin for East L.A. Classic

Players from Garfield and Roosevelt got together on Sunday at Steve's Steak House in Commerce for the annual Beef Bowl as part of festivities for the 80th East Los Angeles Classic. The game is set for Friday night at East L.A. College. Garfield is...

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SpaceShipTwo's tail lifted early, NTSB crash investigation finds

Just before SpaceShipTwo broke apart in midair Friday, killing one test pilot and injuring the other, the tail lifted prematurely after the co-pilot unlocked a lever, the leader of the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday night. The lever...

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