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On the Spot: Travelers need money alternatives when going abroad

2013-05-19 08:00:00

In last week's On the Spot column, letter writer Nancy Jones said she was going to London and expressed concern about whether her credit cards would work because they are not Chip and PIN (personal identification number). She said she didn't want to carry...

How to buy happiness

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Imagine that you woke up tomorrow morning to discover $1 million under your mattress. Leaving aside the obvious lumpiness issue, take a moment to think: What would you do with that cash? If you're like many people, contemplating your newfound wealth...

Healthy savings, no debt but worried about retirement

2013-05-18 08:00:00

Call it retirement anxiety, or maybe recession obsession. For all of their married life, Patrick Webster, 63, and Susie Martin, 54, have been extremely frugal. Webster and Martin, who both work at Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes, have been...

Kai, the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker, arrested in slaying

2013-05-17 10:15:00

Caleb McGillvary, also known as Kai, the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker of “Smash, smash, SUH-MASH!” fame, was arrested in Philadelphia on a New Jersey�warrant in a slaying case, authorities said. McGillvary, 24, was arrested without incident...

Coffee break proves downfall for hatchet-carrying hitchhiker

2013-05-17 16:08:00

NEW YORK -- The hatchet-wielding hitchhiker known to his legions of Internet fans as Kai craved freedom, but he also craved coffee.� That helped police catch the one-time Internet sensation, Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, 24, who is suspected of murdering a...

'The Marriage of Figaro,' right in time with the 21st century

2013-05-17 06:11:00

Suffice to say that Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte weren't thinking about Proposition 8 when they composed "The Marriage of Figaro." The 1786 comic opera follows bullying Count Almaviva's efforts to invoke droit du seigneur to sexually conquer...

Hitchhiker Kai, arrested in slaying, was recognized by neck tattoo

2013-05-17 13:32:00

A neck tattoo on Caleb McGillvary, also known as Kai, was what helped a New Jersey resident lead police to the animated hitchhiker wanted�in connection with a slaying, New Jersey prosecutors said Friday. McGillvary, 24, the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker...

Scientists create human embryos to make stem cells

2013-05-15 17:43:00

For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells — a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites fears of...

Jack Dorsey unveils Square Stand, new iPad point-of-sale system

2013-05-14 10:22:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jack Dorsey, co-founder of San Francisco payments startup Square, is making another big push to expand into larger restaurants and retailers with a sleek new point-of-sale device. The Square Stand is made out of molded white plastic and...

You want issues? These are L.A. issues.

2013-05-10 00:00:00

In the heated Los Angeles mayoral race, candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti are heavily targeting unions, special interests, minorities and the like — especially the like, a bloc of voters most notable for their displeasure over the spelling...

With this Little League squad, it's a mom-and-pop-up operation

2013-05-11 19:06:00

The manager was rushing directly to practice from work, so she jogged onto the infield carrying a plastic bucket of baseballs while wearing a skirt. '"You can't play baseball in a dress!'' shrieked one of her players. "Just watch me,'' Claudia...

James Turrell shapes perceptions

2013-05-11 08:00:00

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Flying a couple of thousand feet above a volcanic field in Arizona near the Painted Desert, it's fairly easy to spot the extinct volcano known as the Roden Crater. It stands alone in the field, apart from hundreds of other...

A national real estate investment firm has purchased the property at 185 Spencer St., a former bank that now houses a Starbucks.

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Starbucks Frappuccino

2013-05-06 15:45:00

Starbucks

2013-05-02 17:14:00