In early September, Growing Power, a leading urban agriculture organization based in Milwaukee and Chicago, announced it would receive a grant of more than $1 million from Walmart. The group has a long record of growing food and jobs on its inner-city farms, but that laudable...
Posted May 22, 2011 | 20:50:58 (EST)
LOS ANGELES -- A tip from a parole officer led to the arrest Sunday of the key suspect in the attack on a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium after the rival teams' season opener, a brutal beating that brought an outpouring of support for the victim and outrage...
Posted July 16, 2010 | 15:38:12 (EST)
After BP's financial travails -- falling stock, mounting claims -- financial analysts everywhere are uttering the dreaded B word. Incredibly, it seems that an energy company recently valued at $200 billion could go bankrupt.
As BP executives reiterate pledges to pick up the tab for stained beaches and soiled pelicans,...
Posted June 5, 2010 | 22:01:29 (EST)
(AP) LOS ANGELES - A porn actor suspected of killing a colleague died Saturday after falling some 40 feet from a rocky hillside after a standoff with police, officials said.
A "less than lethal munition" was used against Stephen Clancy Hill just before he fell, said police Officer Bruce Borihanh,...
Posted April 4, 2010 | 20:35:34 (EST)
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LOS ANGELES (Associated Press) - A powerful earthquake in Baja California rocked the U.S.-Mexico border region Sunday, collapsing a parking structure south of the border and causing power outages in both countries as it sent out seismic waves felt from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and...
Posted April 4, 2010 | 19:43:35 (EST)
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LOS ANGELES (Associated Press) - A powerful earthquake in Baja California rocked the U.S.-Mexico border region Sunday, collapsing a parking structure south of the border and causing power outages in both countries as it sent out seismic waves felt from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and...
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