LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2012 (AFP) – Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, whose dystopian works such as “Fahrenheit 451″ offered cautionary tales about perilous futures and reflected post-war American anxiety, has died aged 91. Bradbury’s publisher HarperCollins confirmed his death on Tuesday in Los Angeles after an unspecified “lengthy illness,” as tributes poured in from [...]
A Monrovia gang member who shot a 16-year-old boy in
2008, leaving the victim paralyzed, was sentenced today to 40 years to life in
prison.
NEWARK, New Jersey, June 2, 2012 (AFP) – Jeff Carter scored the game winner late in over-time Saturday to lift Los Angeles to a 2-1 win over New Jersey, giving the Kings a commanding 2-0 series lead in the Stanley Cup Finals. Carter scored with 6:18 left in the extra session, extending the Kings’ road [...]
...Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Two men suspected of fatally shooting two USC graduate students from China during a botched robbery were charged today with capital murder and other counts, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Bryan Barnes, 20 (dob 5-10-92), and Javier Bolden, 19 (dob 8-29-92), are scheduled to be arraigned sometime after 1:30 p.m. in Department 30 [...]
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