No wonder public support for the war is plummeting and finger-to-the-wind politicians are heading for the exits: All the headlines out of Iraq recently have been about the rebels’ reign of terror. “I told him I didn’t have any drugs, that I had two boys and my business.”The deputy took his flashlight and used it [...]

And you can see how Southland products such as Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice and Atreyu measure up against national chart climbers.Maybe the cream of this year’s crop is Avenged Sevenfold, the Huntington Beach quintet touring behind the release of its second album, “City of Evil,” which fuses metal and punk in epic song settings.But kids at [...]

Cook, allowing the mixture to sweat but not brown, stirring constantly, 2 to 3 minutes.2 Add the mussels and cockles. He was a man with a well-honed and principled distrust for earthly authority. Drizzle the remaining ponzu sauce over the fish and salad ingredients, sprinkle with the sesame seeds and serve.Each serving: 620 calories; 44 [...]

Question: The water that comes into my 25-year-old house is rusty — in the sinks, showers, everywhere. It showcased the night’s revelation in Michele Stodart’s bass, subdued on the album but the driving force on stage.Still, there was a sense of missed opportunities, especially in vocal arrangements that gave Romeo Stodart nearly all the leads [...]

She rejected the offer.”We have put this house up for sale three times over the years,” she said. In fact, children who don’t believe in God might still like to be reminded how Lincoln saw this nation, might like to test drive the worldview of the man who saved the Union and set it on [...]

“They just have to take a bike or a bus and they’re in Germany. In doing so, he rejected the complaint filed by the American Civil Liberties Union that the display in front of City Hall promoted an official religion. “30 Rock” airs at 9 p.m., its third time slot since its fall debut and [...]

There are constants too: the struggle for personal identity, the search for love and security, and a heightened awareness of sensuality in the everyday. Both banks of the Sava are lined with floating restaurants, or splavovi, and on the eastern side of the confluence, the Kalemegdan fortress rises, aptly described by journalist Rebecca West in [...]

government officials would not comment on the case, but the settlement states: “This agreement is entered into by the parties for the purpose of compromising disputed claims, avoiding the expenses and risks of litigation and buying peace.”In January, U.S Magistrate Elizabeth D. Perelman and other Marvel directors were accused of transferring proceeds from the notes [...]

ARTESIA, N.M. To gild the lily, some osso buco sits on top, making the risotto virtually a main course, except that the proportions are reversed — more rice than meat.The service is warm and personable from veteran L.A waiters who know what they’re doing. “Bush twice made a big deal out of marriage [in the [...]

The parish took the full brunt of the storm, with thousands of homes and businesses either flooded or obliterated by high winds or storm surge.Up and down Highway 23, the narrow ribbon of asphalt that winds through the bayous, shards of brick and frame houses litter the flat countryside.Mattresses and curtains and trousers are strung [...]