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Marines encounter, overcome surprise in Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Marines of the Two-Seven were not even supposed to deploy to Afghanistan. Their original destination was Iraq, and when they were sent here in April as a stopgap measure to help an overwhelmed NATO force, the plan had been to spend the time...Tags: Robert Gates, San Diego (San Diego, California), California, Defense, North Carolina
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Retired Marine rebuilds his life after brush with death in Iraq
In his San Diego apartment, retired Marine Gunnery Sgt. Nick Popaditch keeps two jagged hunks of metal from Iraq: one from a day of triumph, the other from the day he almost died.
One piece is from the statue of Saddam Hussein that Marines pulled down in...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Defense, Iraq War, Metal and Mineral, Schools
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A craft beer revolution is brewing in Southern California
It's been 75 years since actress Jean Harlow christened the Los Angeles Brewing Co.'s first shipment of Eastside beer after the repeal of Prohibition. Beer making in L.A. has been sporadic since then, but there are signs that a craft brew revolution is...Tags: San Fernando, California, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Tasting craft brews in L.A. and Orange counties
Tasting panache by the pint
Here's a selection of Los Angeles and Orange counties' craft brewers -- and some of the bars, restaurants and retailers that carry their beers. Additional outlets are listed on brewers' websites.
The Bruery, Placentia, www....Tags: Beverage Industry, Costa Mesa, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), El Monte, Whittier
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Suspicious letters sent to Times and to Palm Desert's McCallum Theatre
Suspicious letters delivered to a theater in Palm Desert and to the Los Angeles Times on Friday appeared to contain no hazardous materials, FBI officials confirmed. Laura Eimiller, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Los Angeles, said that the Joint Terrorism...Tags: Theater, Palm Desert, Barack Obama, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Employees
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Marine colonel from Md. serving in Iraq dies
A Marine colonel from Chevy Chase died Sunday of injuries sustained in Anbar province, Iraq, becoming one of the highest-ranked casualties of the war. Col. Michael R. Stahlman, 45, was injured in a nonhostile incident July 31, the Department of Defense...Tags: Injuries, Police, Chevy Chase, Police Investigations
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Second house for families of wounded troops opens in San Diego
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen Nicci McClearn of Chicago learned in July that her Marine son had been severely wounded in Afghanistan, she knew where she was headed: Fisher House, adjacent to Naval Medical Center San Diego. She had stayed there while providing emotional support...Tags: New York, Family, Injuries, San Diego (San Diego, California), Los Angeles
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Cubic lands $32M contract from Marines' Orlando unit
Sentinel Staff WriterThe Marine Corps' training-systems agency in Orlando has awarded Cubic Corp. a contract potentially worth nearly $32 million to help U.S. military advisers in training Iraqi and Afghan security forces, the company said today. San Diego-based Cubic's...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Cubic Corporation, California, Advanced Training, Contracts
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Marine Lance Cpl. Ivan Wilson, 22, Clearlake; killed in explosion in Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe opening line of Ivan Wilson's last letter home to his mother had a poignant resonance at his memorial service. "I guess you might say we've reached our final destination." Father Ron Serban read Wilson's words, describing his Marine unit's arrival...Tags: Defense, Schools, Armed Forces, Death and Dying, High Schools
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Parties pop up around MTV's Video Music Awards
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWho is the biggest star at MTV's Video Music Awards? Before and after Sunday's show, it's the resurgent Hollywood night-life scene. After stops in New York, Miami and a critically maligned program last year inside the Palms casino in Las Vegas, the VMAs...Tags: Grammy Awards, Panic at the Disco, Awards and Prizes, Books and Magazines, Academy Awards
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Riverside County Board of Supervisors considers new fire station
City News ServiceThe Riverside County Board of Supervisors is expected to approve an $8.16 million contract today with a Truckee, Calif.-based firm for the construction of a new fire station and fire training center in Thousand Palms. The county's Economic Development...Tags: Economic Policy, Riverside County, Fires, Riverside (Riverside, California)
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