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Tax on rich expatriates would fund breaks for military personnel
You may not like paying federal taxes, but chances are you're not going to renounce your U.S. citizenship to get out of the obligation. That's probably wise, especially because a tax bill expected to be signed into law this week contains a provision...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Government, State Budgets
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Carly Simon: Coming around again with 'This Kind of Love'
![CARLY SIMON isn't the first name you'd expect to find on a list of classic-rock superstars who keep tabs on " American Idol." "I tune in whenever I get a chance," she says in that signature dusky voice. "How could I not, when this season Brooke White sang 'You're So Vain' and did such a nice job on it, and Carly [Smithson] was named after me?"](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-05/39358070-30181833.jpg)
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCARLY SIMON isn't the first name you'd expect to find on a list of classic-rock superstars who keep tabs on " American Idol." "I tune in whenever I get a chance," she says in that signature dusky voice. "How could I not, when this season Brooke White sang...Tags: Ellen DeGeneres, William Styron, Manhattan (New York City), Mother's Day, Brooke White
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A workaday road that cuts through California's back story
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCalifornia is laced with fabled roadways: Highway 1, the Golden State, El Camino Real, Route 66 and many others. Some follow the footpaths of padres, the trails of wagon trains. And some are monuments to the Freeway Age and California's bearhug embrace of...Tags: Richard Nixon, Petroleum Industry, Mortgages, Tourism and Leisure, Transportation
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Tolkien's children fight for 'Lord of the Rings' gold
HOLLYWOOD BRIEFSO "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" made no money. Let me amend that. The film trilogy, which grossed $2.96 billion worldwide at the box office and $3 billion or so more in DVD and ancillary markets, has not made any money for the heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien,...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Roald Dahl, Harry Potter, Movies, New York Times
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The U.S. cracks down on rich tax evaders
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterYou may not like paying federal taxes, but chances are you're not going to renounce your U.S. citizenship to get out of the obligation. That's probably wise, especially because a tax bill expected to be signed into law this week contains a provision...Tags: Interior Policy, Wages and Pensions, Personal Data Collection, Government, State Budgets
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Carly Simon's 'This Kind of Love' has Brazilian beat
The Associated PressCarly Simon was worried about preserving her voice as she rehearsed for her first public performance of tunes from her new CD, but she couldn't restrain herself as she got swept away singing the sexy title song, "This Kind of Love." Tall and slender,...Tags: Diseases, Movies, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Wim Wenders
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Study of 'Daily Show': It's a lot like O'Reilly
AP Television WriterA journalism think tank studying "The Daily Show" doesn't believe many people get their news from Jon Stewart -- because otherwise they wouldn't get the jokes. The Project for Excellence in Journalism also said it was surprised at how much the Comedy...Tags: Minnesota, Virginia Tech, Government, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Political Candidates
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Authors don't always profit with film deals
TRIBUNE NEWSPAPERS: Los Angeles TimesBy all rights, Deborah Gregory should be sitting pretty: As a first-time author, she wrote the Cheetah Girls novels, a bubbly 16-book series that became hugely popular with American tweens and teens. And she appeared to hit an even bigger jackpot when she...Tags: Game Playing, Manhattan (New York City), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Contracts, Movies
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Guidebooks and specialty travel
"The 25 Essential World War II Sites: European Theater," Greenline, $19.95; ISBN: 978-0-9787719-0-4 The battlefields, monuments and war museums of Europe, stretching from Omaha Beach to Bastogne, are too numerous and scattered to constitute a tourist...Tags: Herman Melville, Petroleum Industry, Beach Vacations, Bill Murray, Tourism and Leisure
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The Times and Japan-bashing
If you haven't been following our Dust-Up on China engagement with Joseph Farah and Andrés Martinez, here's a sample from Tuesday's exchange. Said Farah: I'm a fan of imports from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. I think most Americans are. These countries...Tags: Dana Carvey, Trade Policy, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Human Rights, National Government
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NOTABLES WHO LEFT US IN 2007
Associated PressFormer First Lady Lady Bird Johnson outlived her husband, Lyndon, by more than 35 years, expanding on her White House efforts to carve her own legacy as an environmentalist. When she died July 11 at age 94, she left behind countless miles of scenic...Tags: Marcel Marceau, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ingmar Bergman, Beverly Sills, Music Theater
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Requiem: 2007 passings of note
Among the major notables who passed from the scene this year, three of the most famous -- two masters of cinema and a genius of football -- died on the same day: July 30. Two others -- a historic Russian leader and a U.S. chronicler of war -- left us...Tags: Richard Nixon, Denver Broncos, Ingmar Bergman, Petroleum Industry, Beverly Sills
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