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Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who commanded the U.S-led forces in the 1991 Gulf War, died Thursday of complications arising from pneumonia. He was 78.
Holiday sales increased just 0.7% this year, according to MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse report. Analysts say don't blame worries about the "fiscal cliff."
Education programs will lose $4.7 billion if the country goes off the fiscal cliff next week. The impacts would be huge, but some wouldn't be felt right away.
Three models are being recalled voluntarily by big retailers like Amazon.com and Buy Buy Baby. Regulators say the products are hazardous. The manufacturer disagrees.
Accused by the GOP of issuing "job-killing regulations," Jackson has faced stiff political opposition in her four years at the Environmental Protection Agency.
The storm that spread blizzards from Texas to the Great Lakes, and spawned tornadoes will dump more snow before it heads off toward Canada and the Atlantic Ocean.
George H.W. Bush, 88, has been in a Houston hospital since just after Thanksgiving for a persistent cough. He has developed a fever and is now in intensive care.
The average number of people seeking unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing.
The courtship ritual between greater LA and the NFL involves money, politics, design details and environmental considerations - and lacks one key element: a pro team.
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The CEO of the company that owns the Orange County Register says he may want to buy Tribune Co.'s newspapers after the media conglomerate emerges from bankruptcy.
In apparent retaliation for an American law, Russian president Vladimir Putin is likely to sign a measure that would ban adoptions between his country and the U.S.
The Carlsbad facility should produce 50 million gallons of water a day — surpassing output at plants in Trinidad and Tobago — and supply 7% of the region by 2020.
LAPD said an eyewitness helped lead investigators to the 24-year old suspect they believe set a homeless woman on fire early Thursday morning in Van Nuys.
A San Diego pharmacy accused of offering doctors kickbacks in exchange for issuing prescriptions of their products will pay over $11 million to settle.
Police said a man left the store and poured something on the woman – who had been sleeping on a bench – before striking a match and setting her ablaze.
The program increases control of smog, soot and global warming gases. plus requires more zero-emission vehicles. The waiver allows other states to follow suit.
Migrating blue, fin and humpback whales are prone to ship strikes. A whale carcass that recently washed up on a Malibu beach was likely one of those hit, experts said.
An armed man stood in the street by a stolen car and demanded, with gun in hand, money from employees arriving at a Garden Grove business Thursday morning.
The tally included 901 handguns, 698 rifles, 363 shotguns and 75 assault weapons collected from locations in South Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.
A group of Occupy LA protesters had been living at the home to protest an eviction order for nearly two months. Eighteen people and five dogs were removed.
Immigration audits on businesses rise - New York Times Immigration officials have announced the highest number yet of companies audited for hiring undocumented workers; there were more...
Today is Thursday, Dec. 27 and headlines include a look at abuse allegations in county jails, opposition to a water fee, and questions for neighborhood councils.
A neighbor tried to rush into the burning apartment to help, but said the smoke was too thick to see anything. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Who do you think ended 2012 with egg on his or her face? What companies came out with products that just didn’t cut it for you…or anyone? Which politicians lost their dignity along with the vote this year? Give us a call and let us know your “favorite” failure or flop of 2012.
Everyone in Los Angeles was excited to see a new ownership team take over the Dodgers in 2012, so looking forward to 2013, all eyes are on the NFL. L.A. has been without a football team since the Raiders moved back to Oakland in 1995.
With only five days to go before ‘Cliffaggeddon,’ President Barack Obama cut his Christmas vacation short and flew back to the capitol to try to broker a deal.
Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he plans to sign a law banning all adoptions from his country to the U.S. It's retaliation for an American law that punishes Russian officials...
Even though the nation is still reeling from the tragic Sandy Hook School shooting, passing gun control laws will not come easy. But would it be easier to get Congress to approve a...
Nearly four years ago, Congress mandated the widespread adoption of electronic health records. Since then, thousands of hospitals, clinics and doctors have made the move to digitize...
The way things are going, finding a family doctor is going to be increasingly challenging. Fewer and fewer medical students are signing up to become primary care physicians.According...
A New York newspaper is coming under fire for publishing a map that identifies licensed gun owners in the area. The Journal News of suburban Westchester, New York published the map...
Earlier this month, Chris Anderson resigned as editor-in-chief of Wired magazine to team up with a 26-year-old engineering whiz from Tijuana. From the Fronteras Desk in San Diego, John Rosman says they plan to jumpstart what they call the, "personal drone industry."
Governor Brown signed nearly 900 bills into law last year, many of which will take effect on Tuesday.For more on what you can and can't do in California come January 1st, we're joined...
