LOS ANGELES TIMES News, Mar 30, 2012

Los Angeles Times and Nerdist Industries Launch “Hero Complex: The Show” MarketWatch (press release) LOS ANGELES, Mar 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Los Angeles Timesand Nerdist Industries today announced the creation of “Hero Complex: The Show” an original entertainment news program for the new Nerdist Channel on YouTube. See all stories on this topic » Calif. man accused of stealing nearly $500000 in movie posters CBS News The Los Angeles Times reports Christian Eric Stevens, 36, appeared in a Van Nuys courtroom to answer charges that he stole 3000 movie posters owned by CBS from bus shelters, to sell them on an online auction site for more than $450000. See all stories on this topic » CBS News Lakers struggle in loss to Thunder Boston Herald By Mike Bresnahan / The Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - Derek Fisher looked satisfied after a big game, a great symbol for the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this month. But the boos that circled Staples Center in the fourth quarter were the more precise ... See all stories on this topic » Lindsay Lohan's legal woes end after 5 years Los Angeles Times (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times / March 29, 2012) By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Lindsay Lohan will not be appearing in court anymore if she continues to obey the law, a Los Angeles judge told her Thursday after ending the actress' ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times Lindsay Lohan Completes Probation MTV.com According to the Los Angeles Times, at the final probation status check-in for Lohan in connection with a shoplifting conviction and probation violations from the 2007 arrests, Judge Stephanie Sautner said Lohan had finished her obligations for ... See all stories on this topic » Man accused of stealing thousands of movie posters Atlanta Journal Constitution The Los Angeles Times says Christian Eric Stevens snagged the posters from bus shelters to sell them online. He pleaded not guilty Thursday to one count each of grand theft and receiving stolen property. Los Angeles police say they purchased a poster ... See all stories on this topic » Derek Fisher returns to Staples Center with Thunder Los Angeles Times (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / March 29, 2012) By Mike Bresnahan Derek Fisher was back at Staples Center, talking to reporters near the unfamiliar surroundings of the visitors' locker room. Exactly two weeks had passed since he was traded to Houston ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times California state colleges weigh asking students about sexual orientation Los Angeles Times (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times California's state colleges and universities are laying plans to ask students about their sexual orientation next year on application or enrollment forms, becoming the largest ... See all stories on this topic » New program offers breakfast in LA classrooms Los Angeles Times (Bob Chamberlin, Los Angeles Times / March 11, 2010) By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times Amayrany Reyes ignored the yogurt but gobbled up her strawberries and nibbled her blueberry muffin. Then the bright-eyed third-grader, sporting a pink bow in her ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times Man accused of stealing movie posters worth $450K Sacramento Bee The Los Angeles Times says Stevens snagged posters for "The Hunger Games" and other movies from bus shelters. Los Angeles police say they purchased a poster online from Stevens before discovering a trove of posters stamped "not for resale" at his home. See all stories on this topic » Review of evidence challenges conviction in baby's death Los Angeles Times (Michael Robinson Chavez, Los Angeles Times / November 15, 2010) By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times New findings by the Los Angeles County coroner's office and a prominent UCLA pediatrician "undermine and contradict" the evidence and expert ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times LA schools to notify parents when teachers are removed Los Angeles Times (Krista Kennell / AFP/Getty Images) By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times Parents will be notified within 72 hours when a teacher is removed from a classroom because of sexual-misconduct allegations, Los Angeles school officials announced Thursday. See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times Villaraigosa calls for raising retirement age on new employees Los Angeles Times (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday threatened to put a measure on the ballot raising the retirement age for new city employees if the City Council refuses to enact such ... See all stories on this topic » Miranda Lambert coaches herself along Los Angeles Times (Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times / March 30, 2012) By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times It's no great stretch for Miranda Lambert to empathize with the aspiring singers she's coached recently as a guest vocal advisor on NBC's "The Voice. See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times LA mayor calls for city layoffs San Francisco Chronicle The Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/H5LVII) says Villaraigosa told attendees at an investors conference Thursday that "a large number" of people will be laid off, but he would not reveal a number. The city's employee negotiating committee, ... See all stories on this topic » NFL stadium in Chavez Ravine? Well, we can dream Los Angeles Times (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times / November 2, 2011) By Sam Farmer You can bet the new owners of the Dodgers will at least kick the tires on that idea. In fact, a league insider said the buyers had preliminary discussions with the NFL while ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times Bill Plaschke: Fisher remains a calming influence, this time for Thunder Bradenton Herald By BILL PLASCHKE — Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - The homecoming began with the national anthem. The fans couldn't even wait until it ended. "Derek!" and "Fish!" they shouted during the song, interrupting the LA Delta Chorale in mid-red-glare. See all stories on this topic » LA mayor wants to raise retirement age UPI.com Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday if the City Council doesn't take the action he will try to have it put on the ballot for a vote by city residents, the Los Angeles Times reported. The general retirement age for municipal employees now is 60, ... See all stories on this topic » UPI.com Fisher returns to Staples Center with Thunder SunHerald.com By MIKE BRESNAHAN - Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES -- Derek Fisher was back at Staples Center, talking to reporters near the unfamiliar surroundings of the visitors' locker room. Exactly two weeks had passed since he was traded to Houston in a salary ... See all stories on this topic » Thunder rolls over the Lakers, 102-93 Los Angeles Times (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / March 29, 2012) By Ben Bolch Home is no longer the haven it used to be for the Lakers. A 102-93 defeat against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night left the Lakers with their third defeat in their last four ... See all stories on this topic » Frank McCourt laughs all the way to the bank Bellingham Herald By DAVID WHARTON - Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - Six months ago, the smart money had Frank McCourt walking away from the Los Angeles Dodgers with little more than a battered reputation. The beleaguered owner had sunk into a quagmire of debt - taking ... See all stories on this topic » More for Your Money: How to cope with high summer airfare prices Los Angeles Times (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times / August 31, 2011) By Catharine Hamm,Los Angeles Times If you're hoping to book airline tickets for your summer vacation, you may be feeling some extra pain in your pocketbook. A trifecta of factors is playing havoc ... See all stories on this topic » 'Before Watchmen' in spotlight at LA Times Festival of Books Los Angeles Times Zack Snyder's 2009 film adaptation of "Watchmen" will screen at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. (Warner Bros.) The landmark legacy of “Watchmen” and the intriguing future of “Before Watchmen” will be center stage at the Los Angeles Times ... See all stories on this topic » California public colleges plan to ask students about sexuality College Times By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — California state colleges and universities plan next year to ask students about their sexual orientation on application or enrollment forms, becoming the largest group of schools in the country to do so. See all stories on this topic » Adelanto campus calm after 'parent trigger' petition rejected Los Angeles Times By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times A day after Mojave Desert school officials rejected a controversial effort by parents seeking major changes at their lowest-performing elementary school, the embattled campus finally appeared calm even as ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Can't Explain Where $7 Million Gas Went By Kate Linthicum From. To. Email Sent! You have successfully emailed the post. Los Angeles Can't Explain Where $7 Million Worth Of Gas Went. Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times | Mar. 29, 2012, 5:00 PM | 74 | 1. Share on Tumblr. A A A. Facebook. Linkedin ... Business Insider Shopping: Unveiled in Beverly Hills, a ... - Blogs - Los Angeles Times By Susan Denley Got a wedding in your future? You may want to check out Unveiled: Bridal Style Revealed in Beverly Hills on Sunday. The luxury showcase will include a runway show of gowns from Vera Wang's 2012 collection and a list of more than 20 ... All The Rage Wal-Mart's Chinatown permits challenged by L.A. labor nonprofit ... By William Nottingham Facebook: Los Angeles Times Local News. More in: Tablet, Government, Labor. increase text size ... L.A. Now is the Los Angeles Times' breaking news section for Southern California. It is produced by more than 80 reporters and editors in ... L.A. NOW Jeffrey Deitch to appear on '60 Minutes' - Blogs - Los Angeles Times By David Ng Jeffrey Deitch, the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and former art dealer, will appear on "60 Minutes" this Sunday as part of a segment that looks into the boom in the contemporary art market. But will Deitch appear ... Culture Monster Oscars: Live from the Dolby Theatre in ... - Blogs - Los Angeles Times By Steve Zeitchik Could the theater formerly known as Kodak be closer to a new name? Audio and video corporation Dolby Laboratories has entered talks with CIM, the theater's landlord, for naming rights to the Oscars venue, Bloomberg News reported ... 24 Frames Friday's Highlights: 'Merlin' on Syfy - Blogs - Los Angeles Times By Ed Stockly Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 25 - 31 in PDF format TV listings for the week of March 25 - 31 in PDF format are also available at latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv Weekly TV Listings and more... Show Tracker Medicaid: Who pays, and how?, states, medicaid, care - Opinion ... By THE LOS ANGELES TIMES THE LOS ANGELES TIMES. The vast expansion of Medicaid in the 2010 health-care reform law put Washington on a collision course with cash-strapped state governments, which have been scrambling to reduce the cost of the joint ... Lima News Headlines : News A rainy day's bollito misto - latimes.com - Blogs - Los Angeles Times By Irene Virbila Bollito misto Rain was predicted last weekend, but who knew if it would really show up? Nevertheless, I decided to cook as if a tremendous storm were on the way. The garden needed rainy weather. I needed it, too, if only as an excuse to stay ... Daily Dish 'American Idol' lost a winning voice in Heejun Han - latimes.com By Todd Martens Image: Heejun Han. Credit: Fox / Associated Press. Twitter: @PopHiss. Facebook: Los Angeles Times Pop Music. More in: American Idol, Chris Barton, The Voice, Todd Martens. increase text size decrease text size. Comments ( ) | Archives (0) ... Pop & Hiss Jim Lee and Dan DiDio Discuss "Before Watchmen" at the Los ... Revealing new details of the highly-anticipated summer release of the BEFORE WATCHMEN prequel mini-series comics, DC Entertainment will host a panel alongside a film screening of WATCHMEN at the annual Los Angeles Times Festival ... Comic Book News Dennis Rodman 'broke,' 'extremely sick,' his attorney says - latimes ... Facebook: Los Angeles Times Local News. More in: Crime ... L.A. Now is theLos Angeles Times' breaking news section for Southern California. It is produced ... latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../dennis-rodman-broke-extremely-s... Strong majority backs Jerry Brown's tax-hike initiative, poll finds ... California voters strongly support Gov. Jerry Brown's new proposal to increase the sales tax and raise levies on upper incomes to help raise money for schools ... articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/25/.../la-me-state-poll-2012032... Magic Johnson-led group is picked as Dodgers' next owner - Los ... A group led by Lakers legend Magic Johnson emerged Tuesday night as the new owners of the Dodgers, ending months of uncertainty for the storied but ... articles.latimes.com/.../la-sp-0329-dodgers-magic-20120329 Xbox now used more for online entertainment than online gaming ... Microsoft beefs up its entertainment lineup on Xbox Live, adding HBO Go, Comcast Xfinity and Major League Baseball games. latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../xbox-more-entertainment-gaming... Apple's iPhone Siri target of a lawsuit - latimes ... - Los Angeles Times Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant program built into the Apple iPhone 4S, is the target of yet another lawsuit. www.latimes.com/.../la-fi-tn-apple-iphone-siri-class-action-law... In China, millions make themselves at home in caves - Los Angeles ... March 18, 2012|By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times. Ma Liangshui, 76, has lived in caves around Yanan his entire life. (Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times) ... articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/18/.../la-fg-china-caves-201203... Sugar seeks sweet revenge against competition from corn - Los ... March 20, 2012|By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times. The sugar industry says sugar from beets, top, and sugar cane, bottom left,… (L.A. Times and wire ... articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/.../la-me-sweetener-suit-201203... Magic Johnson-led group is picked as Dodgers ... - Los Angeles Times Lakers legend known for community involvement will own small stake; Stan Kasten will run team. Sale is set to close April 30; if approved, it would end ... www.latimes.com/.../la-sp-0329-dodgers-magic-20120329,0,5... Federal contractors donate to 'super PAC' backing Romney - Los ... After an inquiry by the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington Bureau, M.C. Dean consulted its lawyers "and out of an abundance of caution and to stay ... articles.latimes.com/2012/.../la-na-contractor-politics-2012031... 45-foot paper airplane glides over Arizona desert - Los Angeles Times Cheers to the Pima Air & Space Museum for flying what might be the largest paper airplane ever constructed over the Arizona desert earlier this week. www.latimes.com/.../la-fi-tn-45-foot-paper-airplane-glides-ove...

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ABC News, Australia, Mar 30, 2012

Departing Future Fund boss savages carbon tax ABC Online The former Commonwealth Bank CEO has this morning told Radio National that the carbon tax is "very bad" for the Australian economy. "If you want me to tell you my view, it is the worst piece of economic reform I have ever seen in my life in this ... See all stories on this topic »

Faceless portrait ABC Online A painting of a faceless man has won Australia's most prestigious portraiture prize, the Archibald. Though there is no face to identify the pith-helmeted figure, Storrier says his winning work is a self-portrait. He wears glasses and carries an ... See all stories on this topic »

1500 new workers needed in Australia Australia & New Zealand Magazine Australia's richest woman wants you… if you are a skilled worker from the UK looking to emigrate downunder. Gina Rinehart is pushing to fill over one thousand semi-skilled mining jobs in Western Australia with foreign workers. According to ABC News ... See all stories on this topic »

Rinehart wants 1500 foreigners to fill mining jobs Australian Mining Gina Rinehart is pushing to fill over one thousand semi-skilled mining jobs in Western Australia with foreign workers. According to ABC News Rinehart's Roy Hill Iron Ore project is negotiating with the Government on Australia's first Enterprise ... See all stories on this topic »

Olympic funding: a win-win for the sporting world ABC Online What I can tell you is this: ABC News did a lovely Adidas commercial with our Chef de Mission, Nick Green, who seemed quite chuffed with the number of sponsor's talking points he was able to get out in such a short time until his interlocutor kindly ... See all stories on this topic » ABC Online

Bishops launch campaign against gay marriage ABC Online The national convenor of Australian Marriage Equality, Alex Greenwich, says the church is out of touch with reality. "We know that there are many young gay, proud Christian people," he said. "When their faith comes out and makes a statement against ... See all stories on this topic »

Faceless portrait wins top Australian prize Radio Australia News A painting of a faceless man has won Australia's most prestigious portraiture prize, the Archibald. Tim Storrier's work The Histrionic Wayfarer (After Bosch) was chosen from 41 finalists to win the $US75,000 prize, an increase of $25000 from last year. See all stories on this topic »

Guess who the Prime Minister invited over for tea? Adelaide Now Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, right, talks with Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba at Kirribilli House in Sydney. Picture: AP Source: AP PRIME Minister Julia Gillard yesterday "warmly welcomed" a controversial African leader facing ... See all stories on this topic »

Faceless portrait wins Archibald Yahoo!7 News A painting of a faceless man has won Australia's most prestigious portraiture prize, the Archibald. Tim Storrier's work was chosen from 41 finalists to win the , an increase of $25000 from last year. Though there is no face to identify the ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo!7 News

Prime Minister Julia Gillard 'warmly welcomed' controversial African leader ... NEWS.com.au And when Mr Bongo visited President Obama in the United States last year, United Nations consultant Jack Blum alleged to America's ABC News that his family had skimmed away 25 per cent of the country's wealth for themselves in past years. See all stories on this topic »

Garment workers, the London Olympics and 'fair play' GlobalPost (blog) Australian Olympic athletes pose during the unveiling of the AustralianOlympic team uniforms at Sydney Olympic Park on March 28, 2012. The London Olympics take place from July 27 to August 12. (Mark Gunter/AFP/Getty Images) On the grand stage of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Pets And Wildlife Deliver YouTube Stardom To Alaska Woman Northwest Public Radio Aus: "It's amazing. Good Morning America, and ABC News. A journalist fromAustralia wants to do a story. Fox News wants to put the video on one of their nighttime shows. You know, one of those like, with Greg something – I don't have TV at home. See all stories on this topic »

GM wheat to be trialled in UK this Spring Permaculture Magazine Australia is not growing GM wheat as Japanese buyers, who buy 860 thousand tonnes of wheat from West Australia each year, do not want it (ABC news, 2403/11). Biotech company BASF recently backed out of Europe in the face of continuing mass public ... See all stories on this topic » Permaculture Magazine

Kylie Minogue will be the brain behind Sydney's New Year's Eve firework display NZ City As part of her 25th anniversary celebrations, the Australian-born singer has been appointed creative ambassador for the world famous event – and will be in charge of choosing the themes and colours for the display. Having recently visited the city to ... See all stories on this topic »

Finale of Excess Baggage pulls in just 95000 MuMbrella The top five programs of the night were news or current affairs programs with Seven's Today Tonight placing second on 987000 viewers, ABC News third with 985000, Nine News with 943000 and A Current Affair with 796000 viewers. See all stories on this topic »

AFP not looking into News Corp piracy allegations Telecompaper (subscription) The Australian Federal Police is not looking into allegations that News Corp engaged in corporate piracy in the Australian pay TV industry as it has not received a referral to do so. Earlier, the Australian Financial Review published allegations that ... See all stories on this topic »

New Book Claims Hubble Telescope Confirms the Existence of God Student Operated Press According to a report by ABC News and other news agencies, Astronomers in Australia say there are 10 times more stars in the visible Universe than all the grains of sand on the world`s beaches and deserts. Those scientists think the universe may ... See all stories on this topic » Student Operated Press

US Economy: Growth Still Solid International Business Times AU The NZ economy grew 0.3%, the Australian economy was up 0.4%, but most of Europe contracted. But there are shoals ahead: the elections in November, more budget fights this year and in 2013, and a growing belief that the three year surge in corporate ... See all stories on this topic »

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Forbidden fruit tempts ABC News Breakfast David Koch: Well Australia's first 4G computer tablet has hit our shelves... allows users ... And you'd be wrong... Forbidden fruit tempts ABC NewsBreakfast. www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3464157.htm

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