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2011-07-11 13:56:00

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Cathie Wright dies at 82; former assemblywoman and state senator

2012-04-17 00:00:00

A cardboard elephant in Cathie Wright's Sacramento office during her 20 years in the Assembly and state Senate from 1980 to 2000 summed up the Simi Valley Republican's sense of statecraft: "It's Better to Be a Stomper, Than a Stompee." "I'm tenacious, I'...

Rich Saul dies at 64; played center on the L.A. Rams

2012-04-17 00:00:00

Whenever he hunkered over the football, as he did for 12 seasons as center for the Los Angeles Rams, Rich Saul had a way of being not only ferocious but folksy. "Rich would get down over the ball, and there's the nose guard, and Rich is talking to him,...

Dora Saint dies at 98; author of Miss Read novels

2012-04-16 00:00:00

Dora Saint, a prolific and gentle chronicler of English village life who wrote a popular series of novels under the pen name Miss Read, died April 7 at her home in Great Shefford, west of London, British media reported. She was 98. Attention to the small...

PASSINGS: Murray Rose, Tippy Dye, Garry Walberg

2012-04-16 00:00:00

Murray Rose Swimmer won Olympic gold medals Murray Rose, 73, a four-time Olympic gold medal swimmer from Australia who also competed at USC while studying acting in the late '50s, died Sunday in Sydney of leukemia, Swimming Australia said. Rose...

PASSINGS: Howard B. Schow

2012-04-15 00:00:00

Howard B. Schow Manager of Vanguard mutual funds Howard B. Schow, 84, a well-regarded manager of Vanguard mutual funds such as the $30.1-billion Vanguard Primecap, died of natural causes April 8 at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, said Joel P. Fried,...

Martin Poll dies at 89; veteran producer best known for 'Lion in Winter'

2012-04-17 00:00:00

Martin Poll, 89, a veteran producer best known for "The Lion in Winter," the Oscar-winning 1968 film that starred Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole, died Saturday in New York. He had pneumonia and kidney failure, according to his son, Jon. Hepburn...

Charles I. Schneider dies at 89; former Times Mirror executive

2012-04-17 00:00:00

Charles I. Schneider, a former president and board chairman of the Music Center Operating Co. who served as an executive with Times Mirror Co., died Sunday of age-related causes at his Beverly Hills home, his family said. He was 89. At the Music Center...

A bit of the Mediterranean washes up in Bel-Air home

2012-04-15 00:00:00

This gated Mediterranean-style mansion in Bel-Air centers on a dramatic round hallway off the entry. Wrought iron handrails ring the second level, and the hall is topped by clerestory windows and decorative glass. Location: 2244 Weybridge Lane, Los...

Association board mistreats homeowners seeking payment plans

2012-04-15 00:00:00

Question: I'm a board director who's not happy with the way our association has been operating. I'm not part of the "majority," so there is little I can do to ensure laws are followed and owners are not mistreated. The manager instructs directors not to...

'Laugh-In' actor's home on the market

2012-04-17 12:58:00

The West Hollywood home of actor Alan Sues, who portrayed several wacky characters on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" starting in the late 1960s, is on the market at $1.175 million. The Spanish-style house, built in 1927, is entered through a gated courtyard...

Qualifying for a mortgage has gotten much tougher, analysis shows

2012-04-15 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — How do you stack up as a potential mortgage candidate in this year's increasingly tough underwriting environment? Do you have the right stuff — credit score, debt-to-income ratio, equity or down payment — to get you...

DuBoe, who also is president, had been serving as interim CEO since January. She was chief operating officer before that. DuBoe joined United Way in 2003 and has been at the forefront of moving United Way's investments to three critical areas: income, education and health.

2012-04-17 00:00:00

A small group of immigrants and supporters walk east on 26th Street along the outside wall of the Cook County Courthouse on the first day of their three day march from the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago to Crete, Ill. They are marching in opposition to a detention center planned by

2012-03-30 00:00:00

John Carbon, attorney for Bianca Garcia, talks to the media after Garcia's scheduled appearance in bond court at noon at Cook County Criminal Court in Chicago. Garcia had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit when she struck and killed a Northwestern University law student over the weekend.

2012-03-26 00:00:00