Korean War (1950-1953)

Dean Jeffries dies at 80; legendary car painter and customizer

2013-05-08 20:03:00

During the car-crazy 1950s in Southern California, Dean Jeffries was one of the first hot rodders to chop, channel and soup-up automobiles. His distinctive paint jobs and sculpted body work attracted many admirers to his auto shop, including the likes...

Pictures in the News | May 10, 2013

2013-05-10 10:42:44

Legendary Hollywood car customizer Dean Jeffries dead at 80

2013-05-08 14:24:00

Dean Jeffries, the legendary car painter and customizer who made the Monkeemobile and the Green Hornet's original Black Beauty, died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Hollywood. He was 80. His death was confirmed by his son, Kevin. During the car-...

For South Korea, no respect, no Kaesong

2013-04-30 00:00:00

It's time for South Korea to face facts: The Kaesong experiment has failed. The ideologically motivated joint business venture with North Korea known as the Kaesong industrial complex is not economically viable, nor has it achieved any of its political...

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer breaks shoulder in bike crash

2013-04-27 12:49:00

Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer broke his shoulder in a fall from his bicycle and underwent surgery Saturday morning, according to a court spokeswoman. The 74-year-old justice was resting comfortably and is expected to be released from...

World 3-D Film Expo returns to Egyptian Theatre in September

2013-05-07 10:09:00

The World 3-D Film Expo III, set for Sept. 6-15 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, will pay tribute to the 60th anniversary of what is considered the "Golden Age" of 3-D by screening several films from 1953, including� "House of Wax," "Hondo," "Kiss Me...

Obama, South Korean leader offer united front

2013-05-07 13:56:00

WASHINGTON – President Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye presented a united front in their warning to North Korea on Tuesday, saying they would not bend to confrontational behavior and welcomed international pressure on the North’...

Classic Hollywood: Sally Kellerman tells starry tales

2013-04-28 19:20:00

Sally Kellerman does a mean Marlon Brando. "Sally, don't you recognize me or are you playing it cool?" she mumbles in her best brooding tough guy, mimicking one conversation with the actor when, as a struggling actress, she made ends meet by working...

Global Voices: Pleas for Korean peace 60 years after fighting ended

2013-05-02 05:00:00

A conference to promote peace between communist and capitalist adversaries might sound like an antiquated notion in the post-Cold War era. But in this 60th anniversary year of the signing of the Korean War armistice, which suspended the fighting but...

Allan Arbus dies at 95; played psychiatrist on 'MASH'

2013-04-23 19:09:00

As the wise, dryly humorous psychiatrist caring for shellshocked surgeons and troops in the hit television series "MASH," actor Allan Arbus was so convincing that at least one colleague assumed he had expertise in the medical specialty. In 1973, the...

Sal Castro dies at 79; L.A. teacher played role in 1968 protests

2013-04-15 20:12:00

Sal Castro, a veteran Los Angeles Unified School District teacher who played a central role in the 1968 "blowouts," when more than 1,000 students in predominantly Latino high schools walked out of their classrooms to protest inequalities in education,...

‘Oblivion’ and Tom Cruise: A closer look at the Bubble Ship design

2013-04-10 08:22:59

5-16-13 Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War at Somerset County Office Building Hall of Honor.

2013-05-16 12:47:00

Stephen M. DuBrul Jr. died just over a week after his wife, the celebrated abstract painter Helen Frankenthaler. They lived on an estate on Contentment Island Road in Darien, pictured, that is for sale for $6.9 million, according to Zillow.com.

2013-05-12 05:23:00

Jim Mobley, member of Antietam Chapter 312 of the Korean War Veterans Association, speaks with South Korean Army Lt. Col. Hansoo Park during a dinner Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Mobley was among 27 local Korean War veterans who were invited to the dinner by the South Korean government.

2013-05-09 14:44:00