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- TCA Press Tour: 'Lone Star' aims to bring a little 'cable' to Fox
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- Irrigation project aims to help Kandahar thrive again
- Israeli policies toward Arabs; Doyle McManus on WikiLeaks; California's state rock
- Michael Phelps eagerly awaits results of switch back in suits
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- Television review: '12th and Delaware'
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- For stock market, jobs report looms large
- 'Inception' fends off 'Schmucks'
- Fifty years ago, Ralph Boston leaped his way into history
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- People's Pharmacy: Iodine and fungus
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- Abnormal heart rate lands Cubs pitcher Carlos Silva on disabled list
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- Israel to deport hundreds of migrant workers' children
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- Parents, please -- please! -- be careful with the bleach. New analysis explains why
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- Dwight Radcliff dies at 55; led program to help homeless veterans
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- 'Entourage': No bro left behind
- Opinion: Grand Old Party not so grand? David Stockman and David Klinghoffer advise a return to the past
- 'True Blood': The mystery that is Sookie Stackhouse
- Jon Jones shows he's ready for more with win at UFC San Diego event
- TCA Press Tour: 'Secret Millionaire' not an 'Undercover Boss'
- Monday's TV Highlights: 'Rizzoli & Isles' on TNT
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- Live review: Joanna Newsom at Orpheum Theatre
- Poll: Who should Manny Pacquiao fight next?
- Other cities stuck with the tab for Bell officials' massive pensions
- Theater review: 'Robin and the 7 Hoods' at the Old Globe
- Alan Greenspan: A drop in home prices could lead to second recession
- Critic's Notebook: Rearranging 'American Idol' -- and losing Kara DioGuardi's songwriting know-how
- TCA Press Tour: Maura Tierney winds up in role written for her
- Jered Weaver gets best of Cliff Lee in Angels' 4-1 win over Rangers
- TCA Press Tour: Steve Carell's co-stars respond to his exit from 'The Office'
- TV review: Christiane Amanpour debuts as the anchor of ABC's 'This Week'
- TCA Press Tour: Michael Chiklis comes on strong in 'No Ordinary Family'
- TCA Press Tour: No character left behind on 'My Generation'? Maybe not.
- Bryan brothers make history at Farmers Classic
- Brace yourself: Andre Ethier is the cover boy for Los Angeles Times magazine
- New ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee meets the elephant in the room
- TCA Press Tour: Matthew Perry's forecast is sunny and funny
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- Dance review: Viver Brasil at the Ford Amphitheatre
- NBA Family: helping Brian Grant make a difference
- TCA Press Tour: Shutting it down with 'The Rachel Zoe Project's' Brad Goreski
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- Robert Rodriguez and 'Deadpool' -- are the talks back on target?
- TCA Press Tour: ABC's new cop duo solves homicides on 'Detroit 1-8-7'
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- ISRAEL, LEBANON: Who is winning the intelligence war with Hezbollah?
- EGYPT: A more harmonious call to prayer for Ramadan
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